Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse

{Why should I? I'm pissed off more than anything. How could I not when my "mother" signed me up for a beating?} Muku replied in his mind.

He couldn't speak at the moment anyway. Though he was certain Mrs C could hear him. His tone was completely unbothered. It was almost like he wasn't the same person who was frustrated a few moments before.

{Oh come on. You make it seem like I enjoy watching you get beaten. In fact, it's quite the opposite. I like seeing you win. And I'd never put you in a situation you can't win. However, it seems I need to help you with this one a little. I put you in the situation after all... Should I?"} Mrs C spoke.

She then gave Muku an option to either accept her help or reject it. Muku was quite proud after all. So, maybe he wouldn't want her help. So, she let him choose.

{What kind of question is that? Of course, I want your help! I'm getting beaten up here! It would be great if you could give me one of my abilities back} Muku replied instantly.

Like hell he would reject free help. Hell, if he wasn't certain that she wouldn't let him go without finishing the trial. He would have asked to leave!

Did it take away some of his aura? Yes, yes it did. However, the girls wouldn't know. So why should he care?!

{Tsk, you know son. Being realistic isn't cool at all. Why can't you be a little more hot-blooded like other youngsters?? Anyway, here, I'm going to share with you an ancient physical technique. It won't guarantee a win and takes a long time to fully master. However, it should give you a fighting chance if you're lucky enough} Mrs C spoke in a pouty tone.

She wanted to see her son be hot-blooded and heroic. Yet there he was trying to get as many benefits as he could. She just ignored his requests and gave him what she wanted to.

Before Muku could retort, his head suddenly felt heavy. Unknown information began to unravel in his mind. It didn't hurt, however, he felt overwhelmed and dizzy. It didn't take even ten seconds before all the information was successfully transferred and comprehended.

However, he felt like it had been hours. He probably would have vomited if his body weren't frozen in place. Maybe that's the real reason why Mrs C stopped time. After all, the CSK would have stopped attacking instantly if she had ordered it to stop.

Anyway, Mrs C silently let Muku digest the new information in his mind.

{Hey! This says I need at least a week to get to the initial comprehension stage!} Muku complained immediately after going through everything.

{That's only if you're a normal person. You're my son. With my genes, I'm sure you can do it within minutes. Anyway, good luck son. Time will continue ticking in ten seconds... Wait, can time still be counted when it's paused? Well, whatever. As long as you understand, right?} Mrs C replied in her usual unreliable time then poof. She was gone.

Muku's eyes were instantly drawn to the time which floated in front of his eyes. There were five seconds left before he had to get back to taking a beating.

{Wait! I'm adopted! Where would I have gotten your genes?!} Muku screamed hysterically in his mind.

However, he didn't get any reply. Well, that is unless he takes the muffled laughter as a reply. Mrs C was clearly enjoying his misfortune.

Unfortunately for him, time ran out before he could further his case. The battle was underway again.

The CSK had had enough of looking down at Muku. It was time for action. It held out its hand to the side. Readying its one-shot kill move. It was going to rip out Muku's guts in one go.

The initial plan was to play around with him a little more from the sky. However, its instincts were telling it that it shouldn't waste any more time. And there was no way it would ignore its instincts. They were part of what had gotten it to R6 in the outside world after all.

So, Muku's time was up...

With that thought. The CSK's figure turned blurry in the air.

BOOOM!

A loud explosion rang out the next moment. The place where Muku stood before, now had five large claw marks. They were so deep that they had been engraved into the ground.

The CSK was finally starting to show its true strength. If it had used that move at the start. Muku would have long been dead.

His bits and pieces would have been all over the place by then. It was his luck that it had been in a playful mood...

A perplexed look appeared on the CSK's face as it looked at Muku. Who just blinked back at it.

That's right, Muku wasn't ripped apart like it expected. It hadn't actually physically attacked him. It gathered momentum with its claws and sent out wind blades with them. Yeah, it was that strong.

Even without mana, it could use mana-like attacks. Just its brute strength was that amazing. And that was with its power suppressed to 20% Half-step Rank 5. That's right, it wasn't even as strong as Muku thought it was in terms of Rank.

It was just slightly stronger than him in that regard. However, it knew how to properly use every bit of its power. Plus the racial superiority which naturally gave it a lot more strength and other advantages compared to Muku.

All that made it seem like a demigod to Muku. Which, from the beating he was getting, it pretty much was.

Anyway, it seemed Muku had found another way to combat the god. Of course that was with a little help from Mrs C. Which the CSK didn't know.

It looked at Muku with confusion in its eyes. His eyes were open the whole time. So, he shouldn't have used that trick from before.

The tables had switched again. It was its turn to feel frustrated. How could it not when an ant keeps on resisting its will? At the times it's most confident as well. It was almost like he was mocking it.

"ROOOOOOAR!" Its suppressed beastly nature was close to exploding out. It instinctively let out a loud roar.

The red in its eyes was starting to turn darker. More bloody and brutal. It was a creature that had gone a long time without being opposed after all.

BOOOM!

Again it exploded out in full strength. Or more of, it exploded out in full strength for the first time. This time, it didn't matter if Muku was able to sense it from a distance away. He wouldn't have enough time to react before it was upon him.

Which was the case this time. However, unlike before, it didn't seem like Muku had been planning to jump to the side from the start. It looked like he wanted to meet it head-on.

Which was the maddest thing he had done so far. It was literally coming at him with all its strength and he dared wait for it? What else other than "madness" could that be called?

BOOOOOOM! A loud explosion rang out upon impact.

Which in itself was quite surprising. After all. With their difference in strength. Muku should have been steamrolled with no resistance at all.

Yet there he stood seemingly unarmed. He looked up as the CSK looked down. His right hand was holding its left wrist.

The area behind him and to his left had been flattened. Somehow, it wasn't Muku who suffered the attack's full force. It was the ground which did instead.

"Blargh!" Suddenly Muku who had been standing still as he stared into the CSK's eyes defiantly spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Cough!. Cough! I told her I was adopted and wouldn't be able to do it. But still, I guess this is better than nothing" Muku spoke to himself as he wiped his mouth.

He took back his gaze from the CSK as he did so. It was almost as if he didn't see it as a threat anymore.

If the CSK wasn't already angered to the limit. It would have been angered even more. Though its desire to end Muku increased.

And so, it bit down. Since its hands weren't working, it might as well use its mouth, right?

Bang!

However, before it could do so. Muku made his move first. He punched it in the chest???

What help would that do? Especially when done from just an inch away??

Yet, surprisingly, the seemingly weak punch managed to push the giant CSK back. It was forced to take a few steps back from Muku and grab its chest as it did so.

Its anger instantly vanished. That was because it felt it. For the first time since the battle(beating) began, Muku actually managed to hurt it. There was no open wound on its chest. However, it felt some internal pain.

It didn't hurt too much. However, it couldn't be ignored. It was something Muku shouldn't have been able to do in the first place, after all.

"Tsk, I guess I'm still trash. That didn't do any significant damage at all... Hehe, surprised? Well, prepare to be shocked. You really should have ended me when you had the chance" Muku complained to himself then taunted the CSK after noticing its confused gaze.

This time it wasn't a death-seeking taunt. It was a confident one. Only someone with a real plan would have. It was different from the bluff from last time.

.....

In room zero...

"Hehe, I guess it's time for the real battle to begin. As expected of my son. He actually managed to get the idea of it quicker than I did. Of course, I won't tell him that. Lest he gets a big head" Mrs C spoke to herself with a wide grin on her face as she looked on.

Her eyes glowed with anticipation...