Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse-Chapter 146: Underground Forest?

A while later...

Muku and the girls had gone back to check on the others as well as bring them along. As expected, there was no issue with the crows. The girls were inside the mansion so the crows just passed them by.

So there was no delay in bringing them along with the mansion closer to the hole. As for why they didn't just ignore such an ominous-looking thing... Well, they were feeling adventurous. The hole was something new, and they couldn't sense any threat from it, so...

"So who's going in first?" Jade asked. She, who could see in the dark and was practically fearless, didn't want to go first. The reason being... She couldn't see the bottom of the hole. It seemed to be getting larger the deeper it went too.

So, if there was something down there. It would be something amazing. Whether it would be amazing in a good way or a bad way. It was yet to be known. Whichever it was, Jade wasn't willing to be the lead. Being fearless didn't mean that she was stupid.

"To think The Beast Empress is a chicken", Emily, who had been behaving quite pettily with Jade since the "betrayal", mocked.

"You go first then" Surprisingly Jade wasn't triggered into making some rush decision. She calmly responded, putting Emily on checkmate.

"W-what? Do you think I won't do it? Unlike you, I have the guts. In fact, everyone follow me... Woah!" Emily replied hesitantly, kicking herself in her mind for unnecessarily causing trouble for herself. Only if she has stayed quiet. After all, she already knew that Jade was uncharacteristically calm that day.

The worst part is that she got so caught up in the moment to the point that she jumped into the hole. If Muku hadn't caught her with his telekinesis, who knows what would have happened? After all, the idiot couldn't fly, which she seemed to have forgotten when she jumped.

"Instead of someone leading... Which I don't think anyone but me can do for obvious reasons. Why don't we all go together?" Muku spoke, not even addressing Emily and Jade's little episode. He created a familiar platform as he did so.

The girls all got on. It would have been wise to leave a few to watch the mansion, but no one wanted to stay behind, so they could only hope for the best. The area didn't seem to have humans nearby. Also, beasts wouldn't randomly attack a building for no reason. So it was probably okay to leave it unattended for a little while.

And so the group slowly descended into the hole which kept on expanding outward the deeper they went. Emily has cast a fire spell that floated above them for better lighting. However, after a certain point, it couldn't light up the whole area. It was like the darkness was eating away at the light.

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An excruciatingly long time later...

The group had been descending for the better part of an hour. They could have descended quicker, but they had to be cautious. Which dragged the experience a lot more than it would have been without the need for caution.

"An underground garden?" Hope asked no one in particular as she looked around the place.

All around them were green plants. Which was surprising since no sunlight would reach that far down. Yet, even so, there they were, looking majestic and beautiful.

From giant trees to beautiful flowers. It was like they were looking at a piece that was cut from Eden. It was probably only possible due to the existence of the wondrous power known as mana.

"More of underground forest..." Jade replied while looking at the greenery that extended beyond what her eyes could see. Her eyes could see pretty far, so it was quite a lot.

Freya just looked on in a dazed state. She was wondering if such sights were normal to the rest of them since while they looked impressed, it didn't seem like they were moved that much. Which was quite surprising considering how she couldn't even close her eyes from how beautiful the sight looked.

"A-are we going to land?" Freya asked after calming down. She couldn't wait to smell the flowers. Which she was certain smelled great from how beautiful they looked. As someone who had always loved flowers, she felt like she was in a dream.

"Hhm... What do you all think? Should we?" Instead of replying to what Freya asked. Muku asked the others a question of his own.

"Well... I want a fight so yeah... Let's go!" Jade replied excitedly. Seemingly having gone back to her old self. Her battle intent was already surging.

Her reply, however, confused Freya greatly. She wondered why Jade was talking about fighting when there was nothing but flowers and trees below. Was she going to beat up the defenceless plants or something?

"I say we should be cautious and test the waters first" Layla gave her own take on the matter. While she also wanted to battle as much as Jade, she still wanted to guarantee her's and the team's safety. They were stepping into uncharted territory so caution was best.

"I support Layla's idea" Chloe gave her opinion as well. The others followed suit. Unlike Jade, they weren't mindless when the opportunity for battle arose.

"Tsk, you all are just killjoys" Jade spoke while rolling her eyes. Her battle intent decreased significantly.

"Now to your question Freya. You must remember something. The current world is different from the old one. What you see might not be what you think it is. Also, try your best to remember everything the others mention that's related to beasts okay?" Muku ignored Jade and addressed the confused Freya who became more and more confused the more he spoke.

Not giving her the chance to say anything. Muku created a large blade and then shot it at a large flower down below. The action made Freya even more confused, but only for a moment more...

"Rooooar!"

The so-called giant beautiful flower she wanted to spell roared like a beast as it started frailing around. A huge mouth opened up on the very flower she wanted to get close to.

Freya's body immediately went cold. That's when Muku's words made sense. When he picked them up before, he had mentioned something about a plant-type beast. However, she didn't put it in her head, thinking that it was a rare case and wouldn't happen again. Not to mention, none of the plants they were looking at looked like the one he mentioned.

So, she a flower lover who easily overlooked their humongous size, didn't think that they could be monsters. She felt so noob and embarrassed.

However, the plants didn't give her more time to think. Soon after the one Muku stabbed roared, the whole forest was aroused. Beastly roars filled the area as countless vines charged towards Muku's group.

It seemed the plants had other ways to sense their opponents besides using the ground.

"Haha. Finally! Beast Form!" Jade laughed as she turned into her beast form, which looked like a large green tiger. She had jumped off the platform before Muku could say anything.

He could easily bring her back but they couldn't fight properly gathered together like that. So he let her be. She'll clean up the initial group for the rest to land and fight from. There was no need to stop free labour right?

And so, Beast Jade landed on top of a beast tree. She then started slashing left and right all over the place. She didn't stay in one position for long. Dodging vines and clearing ground.

However, for some reason, no matter how many plants she killed, she didn't get any KP. As she was in her battle-crazed state, she didn't care to think about why that was. The girl kept on clawing at anything that moved. Soon a sizable group had been cleared by her... Well, it was covered by corpses of plant beasts, but it was good enough.

Muku and the others then landed and joined the battle. It became like a light show in the dark if anyone looked at the scene from afar.

"Wait, something is wrong! Why aren't we getting any KP? These things clearly have the strength of LR2s at least" Unlike Jade, Muku and the others were mostly clear-headed even in battle. So they quickly realised that something was wrong.

"Their mana seems to disappear into the ground after they are killed too. Maybe it has something to do with that," Elsa, who had been watching the battle from the background since she couldn't participate, commented.

Freya, who was standing along with Elsa, was surprised since she didn't notice anything. However, soon she realised that it was likely due to their difference in experience.

"Really? Then there's something really fishy going on here. Everyone, keep your guards up and don't stray too far" Muku immediately gave his order after hearing Elsa's words.

The others took heed of his words and fought more cautiously compared to before. Except for one who was still acting as recklessly as before.

"This brat is going to be the death of me" Muku spoke while massaging his forehead. Feeling a headache coming on because of Jade's unruly behaviour.

Unlike before, he grabbed her with his Telekinesis and brought her beside him. It was no longer viable to let her do what she wanted in such an uncertain situation.

"Hey!...Hhm?" Jade, who has been forced out of her craze by Muku, wanted to complain, but that's when they all sensed something.

They all looked in a certain direction. Their expressions are tense. Muku was even ready to make a hasty retreat if it was necessary.

Whatever was coming wasn't going to be easy to deal with...