CHAPTER 281: CHAPTER 281: HORRIFIC

Even worse was how it wasn’t even a full-power attack. If the beast were serious it could have destroyed at least twice as much of what it destroyed. Not just in length but width too.

Of course, such a thing would require a fully released DA. It was currently on partial release...

That’s right, R4s could do some severe damage. One can look at it this way, New York which is considered the largest city by most is only 59KM across the widest point. And a not-too-serious attack from a PR4 can easily reach 100km. With weaker R4s reaching at least that.

Then the strongest attacks of PR4s can reach more than 200KM! One has to know that some countries were only that big. Which meant that R4s were country-level threats.

Then there were Pseudo R5s which Muku hadn’t met. The strongest could reach around 400KM! This meant that with 22 or 23 attacks they could destroy the biggest country on Earth. And they could fire at least a few hundred equally strong attacks.

If they attacked with their strongest attacks then maybe half that would be enough. If they could sustain them.

Anyway, enough of that. The Earth Dragon’s attack wasn’t actually the most horrifying part of the ordeal. That title belonged to what happened soon after it released its attack.

A creature which looked like an ogre appeared in front of the Earth Dragon before it could even take a step forward after releasing its attack.

The beast which was tyrannical a moment before, began shaking from fear as it stood still. It didn’t dare even breathe.

It seemed its attack had disturbed something it shouldn’t have disturbed. This was a real problem in the Beast World where stronger beasts were anywhere and everywhere.

The Earth Dragon happened to unluckily mess around close to a resting R5! Honestly, it was Muku’s fault. Everything probably would have been fine if he hadn’t disturbed the Earth Dragon’s rest for his experiment.

Unfortunately for the Earth Dragon, the R5 ogre didn’t seem to be in an understanding mood. It just stared at by with angry yellow eyes...

"Good. You’re scared. It seems you know your mistake. Honestly, if you had an opponent you were fighting I might have understood. Unfortunately, it seems you were just showing off your little strength for no reason at all. Now, we can’t let that go unpunished can we?" The ogre spoke softly in Beast Tongue, the weird language all could understand as long as they had intelligence.

The Earth Dragon had sufficient intelligence, but it just didn’t see the reason to shout at Muku who it was soon going to kill. Most beasts didn’t like talking too much even if they could. Raya was a rare case...

Anyway, the Earth Dragon was about to explain itself and say that there was an opponent. Maybe that way it would be spared. Unfortunately...

BOOOOOOM!

Whoooo! Bang!

The Earth Dragon’s humongous head was blown up with just a hand swipe from the R5 ogre. It seemed the ogre wasn’t feeling diplomatic at the moment...

Muku who was observing from a distance was horrified!

How could he not when the beast which could dog walk him was dog walked? I’m fact, it was beyond dog walked! He had seen it fully deploy its DA as it shook in fear. Yet that did nothing to soften the blow.

Its head was still cleanly blown. Its headless body fell to the ground soon after. The ogre just looked on with cold eyes then disappeared.

That’s right, it didn’t even take a little bite or dig out the beast core. It didn’t care. All it cared about was destroying the one who disturbed its rest, and it had done just that. There was no reason to linger. It wasn’t hungry, after all.

Even if it was, R4 meat was just too trushy in its eyes...

Muku continued looking at the headless body for a moment before he turned away and left. His destination was the outskirts of the outskirts. Close to the ocean. It was only then that he would feel safe.

As for why he didn’t go dig for the Earth Dragon’s beast core. He didn’t dare. What if the R5 was still lurking around? Wouldn’t his head also get blown up then?!

Actually, his worry was unwarranted as the R5 had really left. It had a million better things to do than guard a random R4 beast copse...

Then again, Muku was the kind who believed in better safe than sorry, so his move was expected.

The experience had actually calmed his and Raya’s racing hearts after reaching R4. The two had become slightly arrogant after reaching R4.

Which was understandable with the demigod-like power they now had. They were probably a lot stronger than "movie" superman by that point.

So yeah, being arrogant for a bit was kinda of unavoidable for most. Even if they knew that countless stronger creatures were moving around. It was only after seeing one in action that they really understood how weak they still were.

The Earth Dragon was strong, stupidly strong in fact. However, they still felt that they would catch up after a while.

But the R5 though, that thing, that thing scared them. That thing made them feel like they weren’t even qualified to be ants in front of it. And that was when they were observing it from a distance.

Sure, they had faced the Monarch which had strength almost equal to an R6, but that experience felt like a dream with all the factors that were involved. It was only with the ogre that they felt the real terror of R5s let alone R6s.

They didn’t even want to think about the possibility of R6s at that moment. It was then that Muku remembered the beasts which guided him. He was almost certain that all of them were R6. Cold sweat appeared on his body instantly just thinking about it.

If they had wanted to test him. He would have died before he even knew what was happening. Fortunately, luck had been on his side...

He also remembered his promise to fight Scar the Cynocephalus King one day. And that thing was also a R6, wasn’t it? He was sure it wasn’t just a random R6 either. It was probably one of the strongest ones out there.

A bitter smile appeared on his face as he thought about it. He regretted running his mouth that day. Instead of that he should have kowtowed and offered prayers to the CSK. After all, with they’re strength difference, it was pretty much a god to him.

He couldn’t help but wonder what had gotten into him at that time. Had his testosterone betrayed him? Yes, that had to be it. After all, he wasn’t usually a death seeker...

Fortunately, they were unlikely to meet unless he went to the Middle Zone. Which he would never do. Not to mention that they might still not meet then since the Beast Forest was huge...

Anyway, after R5 ogre-powered close shave with death. Muku rested in a hidden spot for a few days on the outskirts. After that, he went back out more cautious than ever...

He didn’t randomly attack resting beasts like before. He actually only attacked LR4s already involved in battles.

That way he was sure of their strength. Not to mention that it was easier for him to kill them.

It wasn’t a very honourable way of doing things but it was safe. And that’s all he wanted after the traumatic experience from before.

However, something which happened pissed him off. He realised something after killing his first two R4s through ambush tactics... A single LR4 only gave a measly 0.02 KP! Which meant that one had to kill 50 LR4s just for 1% of KP!

Muku was angered to the max. One had to know that straightforwardly killing even a single LR4 wasn’t easy. Beasts at that rank knew how to run away when things got tough. Most had a few escape methods each.

So yeah, getting significantly stronger was now even harder than before.

Mrs C intervened again at that point. She told Muku about the KP one gets from MR4s, PR4s and Pseudo R5s. The amounts were 0.05% for MR5s, 0.1% for PR4s. Then 1% for Pseudo R5s.

So one would have to kill 20 MR4s for 1% and 10 PR4s for 1%. To get to PR4. One could kill a hundred Pseudo R5s. But who was strong enough to do that at LR4? So yeah, the grind was real...

The colour drained from Muku’s face as he listened to Mrs C. It was sinking in that it won’t be easy to reach the peak anymore.

And he was certain that the situation would be worse once he reached R5. He asked Mrs C about the information, but she smiled without saying anything.

His stomach twisted from her silence. He realised that it might be even worse than he thought.

Anyway, he didn’t linger on it too long. There was nothing he could do about it after all. It wasn’t like he could give up on getting stronger. He wouldn’t be able to protect the girls that way.

So he could only soldier on with a belly full of complaints.