Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse-Chapter 85: Jack and Sarah’s prowess

The next morning....

Everyone was ready, Muku’s group had already arrived. They were already seated in one of the five trucks that were going on the expedition. Apparently, Jack’s group kept these trucks and two fuel tankers in the safe zone, saving them from being either destroyed by beasts or the world’s evolution from before. They were really lucky to have all of them. Especially now when they needed to go on such a long supply run.

"Never thought I’d get to ride a car again," Hope said excitedly.

"Tsk, this is nothing compared to a flying mansion" Jade replied with a pout on her face.

"What? Still salty about losing at rock paper scissors?" Muku took a jab at her.

"Why are you so happy when you lost too!?" Jade snapped at him.

"Well, I don’t mind sitting at the back, but you clearly do" Muku defended himself with a smug smile on his face.

"Tsk, whatever" Jade didn’t want to talk to him anymore lest she say something that would get her a spanking.

Like Muku said. They had lost at a rock-paper-scissors match, so they had to sit in the back. The front of the truck could only fit three people in. Audrey was the driver, and Elsa got a sit because of her child privilege. And the last seat went to Chloe who won the rock-paper-scissors match. Everyone else was sitting in the back.

While Muku, Hope and Emily were fine with it. Jade and Layla were gloomy because of it, just that Layla didn’t voice it. But it was obvious by the chilling aura that she was released that made the others gather around Emily, who had a wry smile as she released a bit of her aura, knowing what they wanted. They were again made painfully aware of how much Layla didn’t like losing at anything.

"Ah, finally, we’re setting off; this is going to be fun!" Hope was still as excited as ever.

"Until the sound of the trucks draws beasts our way, maybe", Jade spoke, trying to dampen Hope’s mood, but it did the opposite.

"That’s even better, I can get target practice!" Hope replied even more excitedly.

"Ahh! Get away from me; you’re so positive it’s blinding my eyes!" Jade exaggeratedly said while blocking her eyes. Hearing her, everybody laughed, even Layla smiled a bit. They were enjoying the trip quite a bit.

The people on the other trucks looked at them with odd expressions. While they were all tense, getting ready to fight off any sudden attacks, the other group was clearly enjoying the ride without a care in the world. Seeing the scene stifled their hearts greatly. Is this what the difference between experts and side characters like them led to.?

"Hey, are you sure about leaving the mansion unattended?" Jade said after they finished speaking.

"Yeah, it should be okay; beasts don’t usually stray too close to safe zones, after all", Muku replied with no worry in his voice.

"Maybe, but what about the residents of the safe zone?" Jade was still not appeased.

"Have you already forgotten about the Half-step R2 Corrupt Beast that Audrey "turned" last night and left in the backyard?" This time it was Emily who replied.

"Oh yeah....wait, won’t it rip them into shreds if they invade them?" Jade asked, not that she was worried about them, she was just curious.

"Mother gave it orders not to leave the mansion gate. And it can sense them before they get in, so it can scare them away. If they still go in after that then...they deserve to die." Layla was the one who replied this time. Like Jade and Muku, she didn’t particularly care about anyone outside of their group, so she didn’t feel anything while talking about the possible death of some people.

"Oh, okay" Jade replied with a short answer after being told all she wanted to know.

"They wouldn’t still try to enter after seeing it right?" Emily couldn’t help but ask worriedly, her heart wasn’t completely corrupted by the apocalypse like the others. Even Hope looked at Muku with some expectation that he’d provide a positive answer. She also still cared about humans in general like Emily.

"Who knows? Human greed is unpredictable, after all," Muku gave an answer that was neither good nor bad.

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"I-I guess you’re right", Emily replied; she wasn’t naive enough to think that everyone would choose to preserve their lives over satisfying their greed. At this point, she just hoped not too many died.

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Halfway to the destination.....

They had managed to avoid trouble so far due to the beasts they passed by not being close enough to catch the fleet. But their luck ran out as a pack of large brown wolves appeared in front of the fleet. Each wolf was at least MR1 and there was even a larger wolf in the back of the pack that looked on as the other ones approached. The aura It released was that of a Half-step R2, an advanced one at that, probably as strong as a human with 60-70% potential realisation.

The fleet immediately stopped in its tracks and the combatants jumped out of the trucks. They stood in front of the vehicles ready to fight back the wolves, albeit nervously. There were at least 30 wolves while there were only 15 combatants, including Jack, and Sarah who had refused to stay behind. Although most of the people at the university had evolved and could take on unranked beasts and even LR1s, there weren’t many stronger ones. Random classes and weaker classes, a bit stronger than that, made up the majority. So having fifteen evolvers that could fight stronger beasts from MR1 to PR1 was already amazing. Even rarer was Jack who could fight the weaker Half-step R2s.

"Want some help?" Jade asked after suddenly appearing beside Jack.

"N-not yet, please watch our backs and only intervene if we can’t take it", Jack replied after calming his startled heart.

"Okay, if that’s what you want, we’ll make sure that no one gets too injured then,", Jade said before disappearing; the next moment, she was back with her group at least 15 metres away. Her speed really shocked Jack and his group, but at the same time, they felt slightly more relaxed knowing that they had such a strong group watching their back. Jack even took this as a chance for his group to gain more experience fighting beasts without stacking their lives on the line.

"Okay, comrades! show these beasts why humans have ruled this planet for so long and will wrestle back control eventually!" Jack screamed some motivating words to his group.

"Yeah!!!" The group, which was a mix of both men and women, also screamed back hot-bloodedly.

"Growl!"

"Growl!"

"Growl!....."

It was as if the wolves were waiting for this moment as that’s also the moment they lunged forward. Their yellow eyes filled with brutality with only one thought in their heads, which was to rip all these noisy humans into pieces and devour every last one of them.

"Strength buff!" Sarah was the first to cast a spell. It was surprisingly a support spell which was the first time Muku’s group came across such a thing. A faint yellow glow immediately enveloped all the evolver and their auras got a bit stronger as they charged forward to meet the wolves in battle. Their eyes were just as crazy as those of the wolves, though their craziness was powered by their backup.

"Crimson body!" Jack was the next to cast his own spell. His body was immediately enveloped by red flames, and his speed took another leap. He was the first one to meet the wolves.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Within ten seconds, he had punched four wolves back into the pack, and he showed no signs of stopping. He madly punched the wolves left and right. But sadly his punches weren’t strong enough to kill them in one shot. The wolves radiated earth elements, which might have played a part in their defence even though they couldn’t use it. But those he hit still took a bit of time to get back up again and shake off the dizziness.

Soon, the others joined him, and their struggle against the wolves began. That was when Muku’s group noticed that Jack had been targeting the stronger wolves and leaving the weaker ones for his group so that they could somewhat fight them off.

...

"He’s good" Muku commented.

"Yeah, a bit weak but knows what he’s doing. Hey Emily, why can’t you do what he’s doing?" Jade replied then asked Emily a question.

"That’s probably something class-related; my flames can’t enhance my body’s state", Emily replied, not too bothered by it. She would have liked being able to do it as well, but still, her class offered way more and could do a lot more damage.

.....

The battle had gone on for around five minutes, and somehow, Jack’s group was still holding on. They were now struggling a bit due to their fatigue but were holding on nonetheless. The importance of Sarah’s class was highlighted in this instance; although she was always at the back getting supported, she would cast "Rejuvenate" on whoever couldn’t take it anymore, and they immediately regained half of their stamina.

"Wow, what an interesting class!" Hope exclaimed while looking at Sarah with glowing eyes.

"Your "Hallowed Ground can do a lot more though?" Jade spoke with a bit of confusion. She wondered as to why Hope would be impressed by someone less impressive than her.

"Be that as it may, just because I’m better than someone doesn’t mean I can’t acknowledge their skill right?" Hope answered in a way beyond her years.

"Hmm, I guess you’re right....oh, it seems the leader is finally about to make his move", Jade was replying to Hope when she and the rest sensed the leader, who had stood back until now, about to make his move.