Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse-Chapter 162: Monarch’s bloodline?

"You can go ahead and say it. Like you said, she's listening on. If she has something to say, I'll tell you" Freya replied cooperatively.

"That's great, I'll just say it like this then. To you, Iris, who's looking on and listening to what I'm saying. If you tell us something significant to this moment that can help us gain extra benefits. We wouldn't have figured out ourselves. I Muku, will owe you a favour. Of course, you can only ask for something reasonable" Muku didn't delay as he immediately laid out his proposition for Iris.

"I agree. However, I don't know if the right situation is going to appear or not. So, as a way of keeping it fair. The deal will only be effective if the situation presents itself, and I won't say anything before then" Surprisingly, Freya just let Iris take over her body to directly speak to Muku after thinking about it for a bit.

She wasn't as aversed to it as she thought she would be. Maybe because she had finally grasped how much power she had over Iris. In a way, Iris was like an autopilot function she got for free with some benefits. With such a train of thought, she didn't mind letting Iris take over for a bit.

"Well... Wasn't expecting you to come out in person, but okay. I accept your deal. It's actually the most reasonable thing I've heard you say so far" Muku was slightly taken aback by Iris' appearance and willingness to cooperate. Her previous arrogance was gone.

He couldn't help but feel a bit suspicious that she might be planning something sinister. As someone who wanted her help, he could only put aside his suspicions.

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"Great. As a show of good faith, let me tell you a bit more about what a bloodline awakening ritual is beyond the obvious information you can get from the name. That is if you're willing to hear it, you might not understand it..." Iris then offered more information which again surprised Muku and the girls.

She seemed unreal at the moment. She was basically rewriting the impression they had of her with just a few statements. Even though there was still a little sarcasm, she was definitely a lot better than before.

"Sure, we're willing to hear anything you want to tell us", Muku replied with a smile on his face, ignoring the slight sarcasm.

She held the higher ground at the moment, so they, as the lesser party, could only fold with a smile. He had noticed that she had an "I'm superior" complex. So, playing along with her would make her happy. Which would then make her even more willing to speak and say more.

"As you should. Anyway, the ritual is something that only descendants of the most ancient beasts, the Monarchs, can partake in. As for who the Monarchs are, you don't need to know. You won't ever meet them. Just think of them as the gods of beasts or something like that..." Iris paused for a bit, either trying to organise her words or letting her words sink into the heads of her audience.

"Anyway, a long, long time ago, the Monarchs gave a bit of their blood essence to a few of their best subordinates. After which, the subordinates gained the capability to potentially reach Monarch level themselves one day. Which is practically impossible for every other beast. However, there was a tradeoff. The lineage would forever have to go through continuous tests to slowly awaken their bloodline from Rank Two onwards..." Iris paused again, definitely trying to catch her breath this time.

"Another thing is that the ritual has a high mortality rate. Also, the corpses of the failed beasts would become a great elixir that could possibly give the rest of the beasts a chance to rise higher in rank than they were supposed to. In fact, it guarantees at least one more rank increase to what the beast's, potential was before consuming the meat. Wipe away that greedy look green-haired girl, it doesn't work the same on humans. At best, it would test better and have a few more benefits, and that's it" Iris rested again. Otherwise, a continuous paragraph longer than that wouldn't be fun to read.

She happened to notice the drooling Jade who she called out. To which Jade snapped out of her thoughts and wiped away her drool with an embarrassed look on her face.

"What you should be hoping for is that it survives the ritual. That's where the real profit is. I'll tell you the rest after it's about to start... Look", Iris only spoke a little before pointing in the direction of the dragon.

Everyone who had been lost in her words immediately snapped awake again. They then looked where she was pointing. The sky had gotten even darker without them noticing. Ominous purple sparks of lightning flashed furiously in the clouds. All of them could tell that something significant was definitely about to occur.

CRACKLE! BOOM! BOOM!...

Without further warning thick lighting bolts at least two times thicker than Chloe's best attack struck. The target being the dragon on the ground.

The lightning struck continuously nonstop. Even Muku couldn't help but feel a chill go down his spine looking on. He could tell that with his best defence and all his mana, he would probably only be able to take three to five of the attacks before being killed off. Yet there the dragon was, having taken more than a hundred in less than a minute. It looked completely fine on top of that.

"How strong is that thing?! I thought it was just a Half-step R3. How's it able to take such strong attacks so easily?!!" Jade exclaimed in shock.

"You didn't sense wrong. That is its power level. Just that beasts with Monarch bloodline are monsters in the same rank. It probably has the strength to kill PR3 beasts right now, and it will have a lot more if it survives," Iris replied with a little smile on her face. She quite liked seeing the group realise that while they were strong in their rank. They were far from being the strongest.

"Impossible! There's no way such a creature exists!" Jade exclaimed again in disbelief. The others, Muku included were just as shocked. Muku even felt like pride got hurt a little. He couldn't even beat a normal Half-step R3 beast like Spider Queen yet that dragon bastard!...

"Hehe... Little girl, you have no idea what's possible. Why do you think all these beasts don't dare attack it despite their large numbers? In fact, the reason you all can move around so freely is because you're in the outskirts, otherwise... Hehehe" Iris replied in a schadenfreudian tone. She was having the best time of her life breaking down their walls.

Nothing was better than the expression frogs make when they realise that they are at the bottom of the well. Especially when the frogs were more than certain that they were aware of the whole world.

"Can you stop for now? We'll talk about that some other time. Let's focus on the task at hand for now," Muku, who had somewhat recovered from the sudden bomb Iris dropped, intervened.

He didn't want the team's mental state to take such a strong hit before the chaotic event they were about to experience.

"Sure" Iris didn't argue as she immediately agreed. She had already gotten her fun. There was no need to push anymore.

"Now ladies, focus on the matter at hand. Remember, this is our chance to get stronger. Don't let the possibility of what could have been getting to you. We're here now, doing fine. That's all that matters" Muku ended up having to give the girls a little pep talk.

While it was rare, there were moments like this. It was also at such times he was reminded that they were all still little girls who could stumble and fall and needed someone else to pick them up. While Audrey could definitely handle such situations a lot easier than the rest. Her mind would become blank on what to do. So he had to step in.

Even if he said he would step back. It would be unreasonable to completely detach himself. It wasn't like he was planning to leave them one day or about to die after all.

"Look, the first round of the Tribulation is over. Two more left and it would be home free," Iris' voice was heard again.

While it did help Muku in snapping the girls out of their disbelief. It was a double-edged sword at the same time.

After all, any smart person would realise something obvious from the words. Which all the members of Muku's group thought.

{There's more?!} Everyone thought, their eyes widening to the max. The first wave was already way above their abilities, and yet there was more. Wouldn't those be even stronger too??

"Shut up!" Muku couldn't help but snap at Iris.

He could tell that she didn't intend the hidden meaning of her words. She must not have thought about it too deeply. But still, the damage was done.

"Hhm?... Oh, sorry! I didn't mean it like that!" Iris was confused for a bit before realising why Muku snapped. She immediately apologized. She was trying her best to change their opinion of her. So she had been doing her best not to go overboard, but the slip might throw her efforts down the drain.