CHAPTER 290: CHAPTER 290: LAST WISH...

It surprisingly survived the blast! Sure, it was forced out of its elemental form and had lost a large chunk of its body. But it was still breathing.

Ironically enough, it was the part Muku had injured before which had been completely rooted off this time.

A stomp was left after the last attack. However, this time, there was nothing left. It was cleanly destroyed. And the injury extended upwards. The scales and a layer of meat had been destroyed. Some parts even exposed the creature’s bones.

Then there was its tail which was also gone. Muku figured that it had tried to protect itself with its tail which resulted in the tail’s destruction. It was a real wonder how the beast was alive with eyes still as intense as they had always been.

Muku couldn’t help but develop some respect for it for how it could shrug off so much pain. If it were him he would have been screaming in pain left and right. He would make sure that anyone and everyone around would know that he was in pain.

Hell, even the current him who wasn’t missing any limbs was wincing in pain and could barely focus on what was happening around him. Sure, he might have gone through even more intense pain before, but that didn’t mean that he was used to it. He was no masochist after all.

This time he had managed to escape with skin as dry as a corpse which had been burnt so much it faintly smelled cooked. Jade might have been tempted to take a bite if she were present, well, maybe not, but she would at least think about it.

While it wasn’t as bad as the Earth Dragon, it still hurt like hell to be cooked alive.

At the very least the heat was gone as the Earth Dragon couldn’t keep its domain up anymore. It had splurged on mana in its last attacks so it was just as spent as Muku. It only had a little mana which it used to create the platform it was standing on, which wasn’t enough to do anything to Muku if it attacked with it.

This wouldn’t have been so if it hadn’t been enlightened so suddenly. It probably would have whittled Muku’s mana away until it won. Unfortunately, there were no redos in life...

"Human... That’s what you are right? It seems you have bested me. Now are you going to end me or are you going to let me die on my own honourlessly?" The Earth Dragon addressed Muku.

It has finally remembered what he was after everything. The beast was the solitary kind which didn’t interact with others much, for that reason, it didn’t keep up with current affairs or care.

For that reason, the day the Monarchs addressed the Beast World about the humans had long been forgotten in its mind since it had been broadcast. Those who were sent to invade were sent to the portals at random.

And it had managed to avoid the draft so far, and so, it completely forgot about it. Which would anger any arrogant Monarch if they found out that a random R4 didn’t respect them enough to even remember such important things.

Anyway, it was only through the intense battle with Muku that it finally remembered that past event.

Anyway, it understood why the Monarchs had said that humans shouldn’t be underestimated despite their tiny build and weak appearance. Now it knew why, it had been looking down on Muku from the start despite everything.

Sure, the first escape from the Execution Ground wasn’t on it, but after that, it didn’t show due diligence. It should have hit him with everything it had from then until he was dead.

Unfortunately, it continued looking down on him until the end. Maybe it wasn’t that it wanted to look down on him, but just looking at him, his tiny size... Then there was his trash mana. It all made it look down on him subconsciously. He just looked so weak and unimpressive. Like an ant to humans.

It really was no different from how humans look down on ants due to their tiny size. Even if the ant is supposedly poisonous and can possibly kill, it would still be hard to take it seriously. At best one would mind it a bit whilst still thinking that, "it’s just an ant, I can squash it whenever I want...".

Anyway, there was a lesson to be learned in the event...

If you’re going to crush an ant, crush it immediately. Do not give it a chance to fight back even if you think it can’t fight back.

"Oh? Honour? I didn’t know you cared about that. You didn’t strike me as the type" Muku replied genuinely shocked.

That wasn’t something he was expecting from the beast’s mouth. It really didn’t seem like the type to care about such things.

"Hmm. It seemed you were paying a lot of attention to me. More than I was paying you. Maybe that’s why you’re the winner and I’m the loser... Anyway, you’re right, I didn’t care about honour before. But you would be surprised by how many things start making sense when you’re about to die" The Earth Dragon which seemed to have gotten a lot more chatty after the serious injury replied.

"Hahaha. You’re wrong there. I have danced with death quite a few times actually. So trust me, I know. Anyway, do you have any last wishes before I send you on your way?" Muku replied to the beast confidently. After all, he was speaking the truth.

From that time Ares ambushed him, to the time his bloodline went out of control when Emily "died" and more. He really has had a few close encounters with death.

"It seems you do know. I can see it in those freakishly tiny eyes of yours... As for my last wish, I just hope you can help out a beast which looks exactly like me if you encounter it in the future. That’s my one biggest regret... Of course, if you don’t meet them or they aren’t in any danger when you do, there’s no need to do anything. If they are unreasonable, beat them up for me" The Earth Dragon spoke with regret in its voice.

"Understood. I promise to do just that. Though I was expecting you to ask me to save your life or something..." Muku replied.

He didn’t dig deeper into the last wish even though he could tell that there was a great story behind it. He and the beast weren’t even close anyway. He would take what it gave without desiring more. Besides, it would suck to know more about a beast he was about to kill.

"Haha. My life. What life? I have the feeling that I’m only here because of you in some way. Which means that I’m already a dead beast walking. So there’s no need to be greedy. I even got a great battle for my send-off. Which is more than what I can say for the first time I died. We can say that you made up for what you did. Oh and, I no longer hold a grudge against you, life in the Beast World is just that. One moment you’re dead and the next you’re not. We all know that. I was only angry before because I was embarrassed by the death. Now I can finally rest in peace... We’ve spoken enough. So please, do it. My current state hurts more than you can imagine" The ED replied one last time.

It closed its eyes ready to receive Muku’s attack after finishing speaking...

"... Understood, Sir" Muku replied seriously then raised his hand and pointed it forward.

All the force in his body which could be spared was focused in front of the pointed hand. And it was a lot. After all, the last explosion fed him quite a lot despite everything.

Which was fortunate since he was sure he could end the ED’s suffering with just one attack...

It only took a few seconds to gather it all. A huge invisible vortex of force which had a diameter of around ten metres was formed. Then...

Whoosh!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

The huge orb flew toward the Earth Dragon at a super high speed. It was in front of the beast in less than a second. Then it exploded upon coming into contact with the beast’s large head.

This obviously blew the unprotected head up killing the Earth Dragon instantly. Putting it out of its misery. Finally, it could rest..

Though at the very last moment, it cursed Muku, the bastard, for killing it the same way it was killed before. Couldn’t he target its heart instead of something?? Did he think it was a certain purple super villain who shaves with a rake? There was no need to go for the head damn it!

Anyway, the moment the Earth Dragon’s head was blown off. Muku was transported out of the pocket dimension. Maybe Mrs C didn’t want him to see the gory sight?

He was used to seeing such things but not when some level of emotion was involved. So, maybe it was for the best that he didn’t stick around...

....

Back in room zero...

Mrs C stood in front of the completely healed Muku nervously. She looked like a child who had been caught doing something bad.

Then again, she didn’t get in the way of Muku killing off the Earth Dragon at one point.

So, yeah, she did do something wrong.

Muku didn’t continue the stare down for long. He slowly walked towards her and before she could react, he hugged her tightly...

"Thank you..." Muku spoke softly while still in her embrace...

(AN: Well, she could have easily avoided him if she wanted to, but you know... Well, whatever)