CHAPTER 388: CHAPTER 388: HONOURABLE DEATH?

Spikes’ eyes widened to the max. Then he began struggling with all his might as soon as Muku’s words registered in his mind.

"Don’t worry. There’s no need to panic. You provided me with valuable information. For that reason. I’ll give you a fighting chance. Hell, you can even. Try running away if you want... And I promise not to use mana in my pursuit. How does that sound?" Muku spoke in a calming voice.

"Really?" Spikes asked sceptically.

He didn’t think Muku was such a nice person. And if he really didn’t use mana. Wasn’t that the same as just letting Spikes live without admitting it?

"Of course. My word is my creed" Muku replied reassuringly.

As he spoke. The invisible binds around Spikes were released.

"Thank you..." Spikes spoke then...

BOOOOM!

The sound barrier was broken as Spikes made his escape. Like hell he would try to kill Muku with the chance he was given. It was clearly better to escape now than come back for revenge later.

Of course, he was coming back for revenge. It was a must after how Muku treated him. Like a harmless little toy. And he was also Scar’s friend. So of course he had to die!

The revenge would have to be far into the future because of the setback. His blood essence needed to recover first. Then he’d need to recruit new Believers. Then attempt to break through to R7.

If all that works out. He’d then come back for revenge. And it would all take many years. Who knows if his new strength would be good enough to win after such a long time?

But hey, it wasn’t like he had a better option. And honestly, Muku ruined him just as much if not more than Scar did.

Which was another reason the detestable him, had to die.

And from the looks of things. Spikes really might be able to escape...

Just when the happiness of making it out was starting to set in. His vision started getting darker and darker until...

He felt it!

Just before he completely lost his sight. He looked down. His eyes widened instantly.

Which was understandable after noticing a gaping hole where his heart used to be.

With his last strength. He looked back at Muku. He was almost blind at that point but there was one thing which was still as clear as day to him. And that was Muku’s hollow grey eyes.

They were literally the only thing he could see at that point. And they looked... Majestic!

It was almost like he was being looked down upon by creation itself. Or rather, the light of destruction as creation reclaimed what belonged to it...

Oddly enough, he had no regrets as he died. It was almost like he had the most honourable death. Like dying to those eyes was the most natural thing to do. And with that, Spikes’ unfortunate life came to an end...

His werewolf body began changing forms on the spot. It grew until it was an eighty-metre-tall wolf-like creature. Which was understandable from his werewolf-like humanoid form from before.

And yet, the hole’s size wasn’t minimised by his increased size. It actually grew in size to match the exact volume it took on his smaller figure.

"Hmm... I guess this means that there are no Monarchs around right? After all, my erasing gaze wouldn’t work if there were any. I just hope Spikes doesn’t hold a grudge against me in the afterlife for using it. I mean, it’s not mana after all. Though I guess maybe mana would have been a nicer and way more survivable power. Oh well..." Muku spoke to himself as he flew toward Spikes’ corpse.

That’s right, he has used his erasing gaze to end the troubled beast.

Was it unfair? No, not at all. As he said, he only swore off mana. So everything else was fair game!

As for even considering letting Spikes go after the valuable information he gave him... Hell no!

He could tell that Spikes was the vengeful type. After all, the beast was even betting with its life for a chance at revenge. So there was no way Muku, whose motto in life was "ending all possible threats" would let him go.

So Spikes’ death was set in stone from the moment he was captured.

Hell, there might have been a chance at life if he had kept quiet about most of the things that he revealed. But death was certain after he spoke too much.

Anyone with half a brain would figure out that there was real danger in Spikes’ plan if it worked out...

In fact, let’s say he wasn’t disrupted and his plan worked before reaching R7 was even an option for everyone else. Wouldn’t that lead to a real-world-ending apocalypse?

One can look at it this way. The current Muku was strong enough to destroy the old planet in a few attacks. Which means a R6 would be able to do it in one.

Of course, the current world was bigger and stronger. But that didn’t change how destructive each stage was to the surroundings. They might be able to destroy the planet... But they can certainly destroy those on it quite easily if the gap in between is big enough.

And while he had never seen a R7 or higher. He was certain that the current world, in its enhanced state wasn’t strong enough to contain R7 strength.

It might barely take R6. But definitely not R7.

Hell, if an R7 were to appear at the time. It might not need to do anything to destroy the planet. Just existing would be enough.

Such thoughts were backed up by the fact that it was the Guardians who kept the space together when Muku fought that Monarch before getting dragged to the Beast World.

And now that they couldn’t interfere anymore... Such situations couldn’t be risked anymore...

The encounter wasn’t all bad though. In fact, it was a good thing.

It made Muku aware of a lot of things he wasn’t aware of before.

It also made him realise that things could go sideways at any moment even without a World Evolution.

This was because there were way too many dangerous beings in the world with dangerous means that could change the situation for the worse.

Hell, it was a realisation he should have had a long time ago. First was Ares and Mest, then the Green Monarch, then Legion and the Mysterious Monarch behind it and now Spikes.

He’d be stupid to think that they were the only ones with the means to ruin the world with...

"Sigh. It seems I still can’t relax even with my current strength. I guess I have to reach R6 as soon as possible... As for how to do it however... I think it’s about time I talk to Iris. I just hope she doesn’t ask for an arm and a leg or I might have to spank the answers out of her. Which would make facing Freya afterwards quite hard. And Iris probably won’t cooperate as well as before after that..." Muku spoke to himself while entering Spikes’ huge body through the hole he created to look for the core...

Yeah, Spikes’ veins were big enough for him to walk through...

And so, since Jade was busy with something. He could only look for the core manually since he still couldn’t sense it inside a beast’s body despite having gotten stronger...

"Are you gonna eat this?" Raya’s hungry voice suddenly sounded behind Muku.

"You know Emily and Jade aren’t strong enough to cook R5 meat yet, so why ask? Hell, it’s a freaking wolf. I probably wouldn’t eat this even if it could be eaten..." Muku replied while rolling his eyes at the glutenous dragon girl.

"Hehe. Then I guess I will help you out and get it out of the way. It’s clearly blocking the view. And it might attract unwanted attention" Raya spoke while drooling as she looked at the meat around her.

If Muku wasn’t inside the creature, she would have taken her beast form and eaten it.

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever. Just know that this covers the few favours I owe you" Muku replied while walking in deeper.

At that point, looking for the core was a secondary goal. He was now rather intrigued to know how far he could get.

"Bullshit! Like this weak thing is worth so much! You can keep your meat then!" Raya angrily exclaimed.

She couldn’t believe Muku’s shamelessness. How dare he even suggest such an obviously unfair exchange?!

"Fine, fine. What about three favours?" Muku began negotiating.

"One" Raya replied seriously.

"Two?" Muku tried again.

"I will leave right now and won’t want this thing at all. Even for free." Raya threatened.

"Fine, fine. One. Geez! To such an impolite brat. Not only do you curse but you even threaten adults. How the world has really changed" Muku lamented like an old man who missed the good old days.

"Whatever. You aren’t looking for the beast core are you?" Raya chose to change the topic and not entertain the shameless fellow.

"Yes?" Do you know where it is?" Muku asked curiously.

Last time he checked. Raya also couldn’t detect beast cores in dead beasts.

"Yeah... It’s nowhere. You destroyed it with your over-the-top and completely unnecessary attack... Now can you leave? You’re dirtying my food." Raya replied nonchalantly.

"What?! How do you know?!" Muku asked surprised.

"I can’t detect an inactive core after death. But I can detect it fine before... And I sensed it getting destroyed" Raya said.

"Wtf?! Why are you only saying this now after years of watching me manually look for cores in the Beast World?!" Muku roared.