Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse

"The legendary technique FORCE!..." The CSK spoke again. This time it made it even more obvious that it knew what it was talking about.

"To think you would have access to such a legendary technique... Then again, considering the monster behind you. I guess it's understandable. It's also because of that blasted technique that I am here!" The CSK continued. It had gotten rather chatty.

It seemed completely unbothered by its injuries from before. Along with the new ones which were reflected by the trail of blood coming out of its mouth. Without a doubt, Muku had done significant damage to its internal organs.

However, it ignored all that. Its focus was on other things...

For whatever reason, it spoke with such hate when it mentioned the technique. From its words, it was pretty easy to guess that it had somehow suffered due to the technique.

"What do you know about FORCE?" Muku asked. He was immediately surprised by how he put emphasis on the technique's name. It was quite mystical.

That's when he realised that the CSK wasn't just being dramatic with the way it said it. It was just how things were. He guessed Mrs C probably had something to do with that. He could pretty clearly picture her giggling like a child every time they said the technique's name.

"Oh, I know quite a bit actually. However, all that doesn't matter. All that matters is that I also know that you've barely scratched the surface. Which means... If I don't give you FORCE. You won't be able to use it. With that said, DIE!" The CSK exploded forward the moment it finished speaking.

However, it seemed to have returned to its old methods of silently attacking. That didn't make things easier for Muku despite the lessened impact of the coming attacks.

In fact, his expression turned grave. The tides which were finally in his favour were about to change again.

It seemed he had to ration his remaining FORCE if he wanted to win this one. He hardened his expression as he got ready to receive the CSK's attacks.

Speaking of FORCE, it was a really mystical technique. Which anyone could clearly see from how it helped Muku turn things around when it looked like he was facing certain defeat.

The way it worked in the initial stages, which Muku barely reached was... It took the "force" from an enemy's attacks and then used it as a deadly weapon against them. Which was why Muku just had to tap the CSK for big hits. He was actually hitting it with its own concentrated force.

The force is contained in the user's body by circulating it in the bloodstream. It was a really hard thing to do. In fact, during the blocking round with the CSK. It was actually his own failure to contain the power properly which hurt him the most. He had been successfully expelling the excess force out of his body after all.

If he had just focused on blocking without collecting "force" he would have pretty much come out uninjured. However, that would leave him with no way to battle against the CSK. He would only be its punching bag. Which would suck. So, he took the risk of destroying his body and collected some force.

Fortunately for him, he got into the zone. This helped him comprehend how to properly collect "force" without getting injured.

Which gave him the great experience of beating up the CSK soon after. He has never been so satisfied about giving a beast a beating before.

Unfortunately, the stubborn creature just didn't know when to give up! It just kept on going a step ahead of him no matter how many steps forward he took.

Fortunately, things weren't completely bad this time. He could still salvage a win.

If only he were at the second stage of "Force Manipulation". At that stage, he would be able to do something called "Force Amplification".

Which is self-explanatory really. He would be able to amplify even little amounts of "force" to something deadly. Unfortunately, that's a stage which takes years to reach. And he had just barely reached the first stage through a life-and-death exchange. With a lot of luck... And plot armour too.

Then there was the Third Stage. The final stage, based on the information he got. Unlike the first and second stages which depend on getting beaten up first. Though to varying degrees. The Third Stage didn't need one to receive a beating first.

One finally gains access to their own force. They can create and amplify their own force. Which would be pretty cool. He could do some amazing things with that.

Though for some reason, he felt like there was a higher stage. Well, whatever, even if there is, it had nothing to do with Muku for the moment. All he needed to worry about was the beast gunning for his life. The one and only CSK.

Anyway, the CSK soon reached Muku. Unlike before, it kept a little more distance from him.

And instead of the heavy hits from before. Which would pretty much be no different from feeding Muku. It attacked with controlled claw attacks. They didn't have too much force behind them. Which would limit would limit the amount of force Muku gets.

It was the glaring weakness of the first stage. If the enemy knows that you're feeding off them. They'll just choose to feed you as little as they can.

That problem would get rectified at Stage Two. However, the user would still be weak to swords and such. If they are bare-handed. They'd lose their lives just as they collect the force. After all, who can tank a blade for force without getting cut down?

Anyway, just because the CSK was using "weaker" attacks. They were still very deadly. After all, its claws were specifically designed by nature to rip prey apart with little effort.

If Muku wasn't boosting his body's natural responses with force. He would have long been skewered to death. He was also glad that the technique came with a "Force Sense". As long as a creature was moving and creating even the littlest of force, he would be able to sense it. Which was what he was doing with the CSK.

He had a feeling that his "hearing sense" and "force sense" were related somehow. He just didn't know how...

With force working behind the scenes, Muku was putting up a good fight against the CSK. It was nowhere near his earlier display where he dominated. However, it seemed somewhat stable.

Though it was slowly going downhill for him. At first, he could dodge all the attacks. However, after a while, claw marks began to appear on his body. Blood began flowing out of him again.

His face got even paler. His version darkened a little. He also became a little sluggish. Which cost him greatly as the CSK took the chance to slash him deeply on the chest area. If the attack had been a little deeper. He would have definitely lost his life along with the battle.

The near-death experience scared him awake. His movements got a lot sharper after that. However, the sharpness began disappearing soon after. His body was failing him again. It was even more injured than when he was healed up before.

This time the CSK didn't get complacent despite things seemingly going its way. It kept on pressing harder and harder. It had learned its lesson already. Muku wasn't someone to be underestimated no matter what.

After all, the last time it underestimated him. It was knocked out of the sky and broke a wing. Which took flying off the table. Fortunately, Muku hadn't paid attention to it or he would have probably mocked it a long time ago.

{Tsk, why is this taking so long?! I'm gonna die before I have enough force at this point!} Muku thought to himself in frustration as he did his best to dodge the CSK's sharp nails.

He was in a real dilemma. He needed to get hit to get "force". However, every time he got hit moved him closer to defeat. It was a really troublesome situation.

So, he just went with the only thing his dizzy brain could think of. Which was to dodge as many of the attacks as he could while gaining "force" whenever he was hit. It wasn't much of a plan, but it was the best he could think of at the time. So, he went with that.

Soon he thought of a daring plan. Since the CSK wasn't going to give him force. He was going to take it.

Slash!

Bang!

Pwak!

"Argh!" Muku screamed in pain.

What happened was that he deliberately slowed down his movements a bit. Which made the CSK a little excited. So, it subconsciously increased the force in its slash. Which shouldn't have been a problem since only its claws were going to come into contact with Muku right?

Wrong! Just when the claws were about to reach him. Muku actually jumped forward. Which made the claws miss. However, the CSK's giant hand hit his shoulder instead. The strength in it was enough to shatter his hand as well as send him flying some distance away.

Although Muku screamed in pain. A smile appeared on his face immediately after as he got up off the ground.

A confident look appeared in his almost dead eyes again. He looked at the CSK with narrowed eyes.

It stood in place, seemingly not knowing what to do. His crazy act had caught it off guard. He literally could have died there if he had calculated things wrongly. His body was too beat up after all.

"Human, you're crazy. Insane in fact. However, you have my respect" The CSK spoke after collecting itself.

"Hehe. Thanks. You're a sadistic bastard who I wish rots in hell after death. However, you have my respect as well. I think it's time we end this. Don't you agree" Muku replied weakly. However, there was a mad and confident smile on his face. It was a perplexing sight.

This was when Raya returned from her trial. She had arrived just before things came to a close.

Whether it was Muku or the CSK who would win. Only the next chapter would tell...