Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse-Chapter 161: Bloodline Awakening Ritual?

"Woah... There's has to be at least one thousand beasts here" Jade spoke while looking down below.

The group had arrived at the source of the disturbance. Unfortunately, it wasn't some sort of treasure like they hoped it would be. What they saw, however, was even more surprising.

"That's your concern? You're seeing what we're seeing right? Probably even better than all of us yet that's what you thought to mention?" Emily spoke with bewilderment in her voice.

Jade had always been rather eccentric. Even before the apocalypse she was just different from the rest in how she did things. However, Emily never thought that she would be built different to such an extent.

"What do you mean? Is there anything around here more significant than the tone of beasts that are pretty much our key to Rank 3?" Jade replied, clearly as bewildered as Emily, though for the opposite reason.

"What do you mean by what do I mean?!. There's literally a dragon there! They are all gathered around a real Eastern Dragon and all you are ignoring it?!" Emily exploded with her reply. She almost felt like beating Jade up, especially after seeing her genuinely bewildered expression.

That's right, the beasts that had come from all over the place were gathered around a dragon. Well, at least it looked like a dragon, and with the fanfare, it had to be one right?

Dragon head, antlers, obsidian body, pure white fur running down from its neck to its tail, and long sharp claws, among other draconic features. It also stood at a height of about 10 metres tall. It's yellow eyes looking around the place intelligently. Seemingly unmoved by the many beasts.

"So what if it's a dragon? Haven't we been seeing weird creatures since day one? What's so special about it?" Jade, who didn't quite grasp the majesty of a real dragon being before them, replied nonchalantly. In her mind, it was just another source of KP if she could kill it.

"You know what, I'm done with you. If I keep talking to you, I'll probably develop PB problems while still a teenager," Emily replied in a disengaging tone. She no longer wanted to deal with the crazy girl called Jade.

"Tsk, whatever" Jade replied nonchalantly again. She still didn't understand what Emily was on about nor was she trying to understand.

"Can I go down and start killing now"? She asked then proceeded to ask Muku a question while cracking her knuckles.

"Let's wait and see what going on first. We can't just rush into a situation like this or we might not come out alive. Many of those creatures down there are as strong as the Spider Queen after all. Not to mention that we don't know what's happening with that dragon," Muku, who, unlike Jade, first thought before acting, spoke. He obviously stopped her from doing such a reckless thing.

"Aww, come on! I'm sure we can avoid the stronger ones while taking apart the weaker ones. I'm so close to reaching R3, just a few kills away. You're rank-blocking me!" Jade exclaimed in a complaining voice.

While it was somewhat understandable that she found it hard to control herself when her breakthrough was before her eyes. Muku still stood firm, the risk was too large. It was never a good idea to be the one to set off the fuse in such settings. Not to mention that he still couldn't understand how a dragon was there.

While they had seen quite several different beasts since the apocalypse began. They had yet to see any "mythical" beasts. So the dragon's appearance so suddenly was more than unexpected.

"Has anyone spotted anything worthy of note"? Muku asked the others, completely ignoring Jade. Sometimes the best way to deal with her was to just ignore her. Especially when there were more pressing matters to deal with.

"Umm, I noticed that the mana around the dragon isn't too stable. It's almost like It's trying to break through something" Audrey was the first to express her observation. She had been quiet since she was ignored before. She was slightly annoyed with Muku for it but she knew when to be petty and when to cooperate.

"And the beasts, no matter which side they are or what strength they have seem to not be able to go beyond a certain point. Maybe there's something they can send or sense that we can't" Layla was the next to speak, immediately after Audrey.

"I don't know if I'm correct or not, but I think I can see both greed and reverence in their eyes. They also seem to be waiting for something" Hope spoke after Layla. She's had activated her best skill to the max. Which was the legendary observation ability she had which she has displayed a few times before. Due to how reliable it was, the others were keen to believe her.

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"Well... I was actually just randomly asking. I didn't know there were so many observations. Anyway, thank you all. From your statements, I think the best option, for now, is to lurk in the background and see what happens," Muku spoke; he was half joking and half serious when he said he didn't expect them to actually have something to say. After all, they had practically just arrived,

However, that didn't stop him from believing them and making a decision based on what they said. He trusted them completely.

And so, the group practically joined the beasts in waiting. Albeit, they were the only ones floating conspicuously in mid-air. Even the beasts that could fly hand landed on the ground as they looked on.

....

A few minutes...

Just when Jade was about to complain, the sky darkened. A majestic and oppressive aura completely different from the one in Iris' case descended. They could only describe the aura with one word and that was "heavenly". It just felt divine. Like it didn't belong in the world of mortals like them.

Muku and his girls, along with the beyond one thousand beasts all bowed subconsciously. They couldn't stop themselves, it just felt so natural to them. It was like what they were doing was the most natural thing in the world.

However, there was one exception to the trend. That exception was the dragon. The creature was defiantly looking at the sky. There was zero respect in it's eyes. All that blazed in them was a determination to overcome. As for what it wanted to overcome? Only it knew.

The darkened sky immediately got darker until it was pitch black. Then strong winds started raging all over the place. If all the beasts that were present weren't R2s, then many would have been blown away. The phenomenon didn't stop there, purple lightning started to spackle in the clouds. It was like nature was expressing its dissatisfaction with the actions of the dragon.

"ROOOOOOOAR", as if the blatant disrespect in its actions wasn't enough. The dragon even had the nerve to roar at the sky.

"Hhm?" Freya suddenly made a sound while her head was still lowered like the rest.

"What is it?" Muku asked. While they couldn't raise their heads for whatever reason. They could still talk and do other things. They were still in control of every other action they did. So asking a question was pretty easy.

"Oh, uh... Iris just told me that we have stumbled upon a bloodline awakening ritual. If it fails then we might have a chance at gaining some major benefits, though the situation would become very chaotic since that's why those beasts are gathered here" Freya proceeded to tell the others about what Iris said to her.

"Oh, is that so... But what is a bloodline awakening ritual?" Muku replied then asked Freya a question clearly directed at Iris.

"Umm, she said, and I quote, "Hmph! Why would I help you after what you did to me? All you got from me was all you're getting. One day I will have my revenge?" End quote" Freya replied with her best Iris impression. Which was pretty decent since the last time Iris spoke to them, she was using Freya's body. So Freya already had the voice on point without trying.

"Oh... How petty of her" Muku spoke with an annoyed tone.

"Honestly, I understand where she's coming from", Freya, who ended up feeling some of the pain meant for Iris, couldn't help but defend her a bit.

"Well, whatever. At least she gave us something to work with. Now we know that this is some kind of ritual that either awakens a beast's bloodline or strengthens it. Also, that there is a chance it might fail. Which should be what all these beasts are hoping for so that they can reap some benefits that will likely improve their bloodlines that probably wouldn't have a chance at improving otherwise" Muku who had been mostly taking a backbencher approach in thinking recently to allow the girls to think for themselves exposed a little of his power.

Iris, who was hearing everything from Freya's mindscape, couldn't help but feel a chill go down her spine. How could she not when everything he said was spot on? It was so correct that she felt creeped out.

"From the little yelp, Iris let out after you finished speaking, I think you might be correct", Freya, who hadn't completely forgotten who her real teammates were, told Muku about Iris' reaction.

"Oh? While that is good news. I'm sure there's some significant information that can't be deduced so easily. Tell you what, why don't you tell Iris that I have a proposition for her... Though I'm sure she's listening on right now," Muku, who didn't want to leave things to chance based on his guesses, set a plan into motion.

He had thought of a deal Iris definitely couldn't refuse...