Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse-Chapter 184: Sagely John!

At the explosion site...

"What happened here? To dare do this when you know I'm around. Do any of you still put me in your eyes?!" William exclaimed in anger the moment he arrived.

How could he not be angry when the floor and walls in the area were cracked? Which was a lot more troublesome in the apocalypse for obvious reasons. The materials to fix such problems weren't as easily available as before.

For that reason, William had set a rule to never get into physical conflict inside the mall. If people had an issue that needed fighting, he wouldn't stop them. They'll just have to go outside and settle their matters.

"It was her Boss, he caused all this, " a muscular-ruffian-looking fellow replied while pointing at a veiled woman.

"John! It's you again?! Do you think I won't kick you out just because you're one of the base's strongest? And who the hell is this?! Why is her face covered in front of me?" William's anger instantly increased.

It was obvious from his reaction that John was the kind of book you can judge by its cover. He looked like a troublemaker and really was one.

"That's the problem, Boss. I heard that there were some new people in the base. As an upstanding citizen, I decided that I should confirm their identities. After all, we had an issue with spies from the Gvt Base before" John was quick to reply before anyone could.

His reason for showing up probably had no connection to being a good citizen. However, William was willing to hear him out.

"So, I politely let myself into the room. After seeing that the other party had a veil. I got suspicious, then politely asked her to remove the veil. However, she was unwilling. So, I sagely, with no hidden intent, reached out to remove the veil. As John continued speaking, trying to make himself as innocent and harmless as possible. The listeners found their mouths twitching a bit. They could all tell that the man was definitely lying about his intent or behaviour. However, no one interrupted.

"Then she pushed me out of the room with so much force I almost crushed into the wall behind me. Of course, I was angered and maybe lost my temper for an instant as I sent out a punch in her direction after she came out. That doesn't really matter. What matters is that I think she's definitely a spy. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to stop my punch so easily with one hand. It was the generated force from that which caused the noise and damage. Boss, please, you must avenge me!" John finally finished spinni... Cough... Speaking his tale.

"Right... So that's what happened, huh? Okay, you're not going to get any support from the base for a month for your use of force indoors. You had no right to investigate someone's identity. Not to mention that from your words, you were being disrespectful to her. So it's understandable she'd behave the way she did. Also, it's Tilda who gives people rooms here. For this lady to get a high-floor room, it means her identity was confirmed. Yet, you had to come and cause trouble. You even tried to trick me with your words," William spoke continuously. Not allowing John the chance to interrupt.

"But Boss!" John called out in grievance. However, that's all he did. He couldn't think of anything to defend himself with.

"What? You have nothing to say, do you? Anyway, this is your last warning. If anything like this happens again. I'm kicking you out with no chance of coming back. Now get out of my sight," William spoke while glaring at John.

Honestly, if John weren't one of the strongest people in the base. And also very effective in hunts. He would have kicked him out long ago. While those advantages had protected John up to that point. He couldn't keep on forgiving him, otherwise everyone else would start rebelling, thinking that they'd be forgiven anyway.

"Understood, Boss. This won't happen again," John declared passively. However, there was obvious hatred in his eyes. It wasn't directed at William, though.

Which was obvious from how He glared at the veiled woman. Who was obviously Audrey, with hatred in his eyes. He was even thinking of lunging at her. However, as soon as that idea appeared in his mind, his body froze.

He tried to move, but he couldn't. Only his head could move. He subconsciously turned towards a certain direction. The direction was just behind William. There, his eyes met a grey pair of eyes that were a shade darker than the veiled woman's.

The moment the two people's eyes met. John was overcome with fear. He wanted to scream, but he couldn't. Cold sweat flowed down his back as he stood frozen.

It continued like that for a few more seconds until the owner of the grey eyes looked away. Though it was after giving him a little smile which made everything clear. John understood clearly. The message was, "try something with her and you're dead"

After the grey eyes, which were Muku's, of course, looked away from him. John could move, and he immediately ran away from the scene. He ran to his room and closed the door behind him. Then his body lost all strength from fear, and he fell to the ground. The plan of revenge against Audrey he was cooking up was instantly scrapped. He even hoped not to see her again, lest he have that monster as a reason to end him.

What he didn't know was that Audrey actually had the capabilities to end him herself. Which was part of the rest, William chose to punish him instead of telling them to go fight outside. He couldn't lose one of his strongest to a guest after all.

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Back at the scene...

William gave Muku a brief look of disbelief before looking away. He was the only one who sensed what Muku had done to John without moving.

It seemed his daughter was exceptionally lucky to find herself in the same team as such a monster. He had suspected that Muku was R3 from his invisibility display before. However, he wasn't sure because Muku hadn't completely activated his domain. Which made it seem like it could have been a spell he was using instead of a domain ability.

William knew for a fact that no one should have been able to reach R3 so quickly under normal circumstances. So, Muku had to be both extremely talented and lucky. Which were the two things one needed most in the apocalypse?

He didn't have those, so he had taken a rather dark shortcut to his strength. Which he hoped was never reviewed to the outside world, otherwise he'd be done for. Yet, Muku was a pure R3. Well, that was a story for another day.

"Everyone, go back to your business. Don't bother this lady anymore. She's a guest here. So, don't be rude like John, or you know how you'll end up," William ordered everyone after putting his chaotic thoughts aside.

Most of the residents did as told. Only six, apart from Tilda, remained. The white haires young man from before was one of those who remained. There was a slightly mischievous smile on his face.

After all, his plan has worked. He had found out what he needed to. He was the one who had manipulated the muscle-brained and lustful John to find trouble with Audrey through spreading gossip.

He wanted to see the capabilities of the new arrivals. Chloe's mana leak wasn't too pronounced from far away. So, no one outside was able to accurately judge her strength based on it.

This led to his bold plan. If Audrey was strong, then he'd think of a way to get acquainted with them, since one can never have too many allies. If she were weak, he'd get involved, then use it to improve his relationship with William. So it was a win for him, no matter what.

He preferred the first outcome, however. After all, the old man, William, was known to not favour people easily, no matter what they did for him. So, it was too much of a gamble. This made the first outcome more appealing. Luckily for him, that's what happened.

"Why are you all still here? Didn't you hear me?" William gave the group that stayed behind a dissatisfied look as he spoke. They were usually obedient, so he couldn't understand what was wrong that time.

"Don't misunderstand us, boss. We're not trying to rebel or anything like that. We just want to know who our new friends are. Will you not introduce us?" The white-haired young man was the one who responded. His voice was calm and charismatic.

With his handsome looks, he only seemed like a devil that hand come to steal the souls of young ladies away.

"Abel, I don't have time for your games right now. Go back, I'll call you all when it's time to introduce you all. Our guests have travelled a long way, and they would like to rest first," William spoke while giving Abel the stink-eye. He didn't like the white-haired brat who was always plotting behind the scenes.

Only if he wasn't his strongest general. He would have gotten rid of him a long time ago. Even before the troublesome John.

It was better to deal with someone overly dumb than someone overly smart. The dumb one is predictable and easy to read most of the time, while the latter...