Beast King's Crippled Mate-Chapter 301: Dark Witch’s Invasion (I)

Blaze knew he didn’t have much time on his hands. He had to mobilize the soldiers as fast as he could because they needed to reach the Sacred Selene Lake before the dark witch got to the Beast King first.

He doubted that His Majesty would put up a fight—if any at all—against the dark witch, as he was too heartbroken to even lift his head right now.

They could’ve just attacked the dark witch immediately as she was just floating slowly toward the direction of the lake. Still, seeing how destructive her power could get, Blaze thought it would be more advantageous to fight in the lake, to incite their fighting spirit to fight for the Beast King.

And who knew, the Beast King might also feel encouraged to finally get up and defend himself.

"We are in a rush, but worry not, we are beastmen. We know how to traverse through the forest and other difficult terrain. We will split the group to fit the certain terrain," Blaze announced. "All the wolves, tigers, lions, and other forest beastmen will follow me through the shortcut to reach Sacred Selene Lake faster. The snake and crocodile beastmen will traverse through the swamp area nearby using a shortcut that is only usable for your type. All the flying beastmen will go straight to the lake, but make sure to avoid the dark witch. Our goal is to reach His Majesty before her. I believe His Majesty will finally regain his strength after seeing how hard we fight to defend him!"

Blaze saw that everyone was as pumped as he was. He raised his fist in the air and yelled before they left, "THE FATE OF BEASTMEN LAYS IN OUR HAND. LET’S FIGHT UNTIL OUR LAST BREATH!"

"OOHHHH!!!!"

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Meanwhile, Gale was sitting at the lakeside, staring at the calm lake. He waited patiently for his beloved while protecting this lake.

His strong instinct told him that something terrible would happen soon, but he didn’t know what that would be.

On top of that, he also had a hunch that his beloved would finally return with their cub. It had been six months since she gave birth. The Moon Goddess told him that his son is a Stormfront, but as for his first name, Selene said it would be a secret because Swan would tell him personally.

This should be a happy moment for him, because he had finally found his fated mate, and it was none other than his beloved Swan. He also had an offspring, his first one, who was conceived with love, not just out of obligation as an Alpha.

’But what is this uneasiness in my heart? I feel like something will be taken away from me for the second time. But it’s not Swan...’ Gale thought. ’I don’t think I would be hurt, since I’m unbeatable. But my instinct told me I am in grave danger.’

Gale tried to suppress this uneasiness by staring intensely at the lake surface, hoping the reflection of the moon would give him an ease of heart.

But then, he saw the reflection of the moonlight on the lake’s surface ripple. Gale’s body tensed as he immediately put his guard up, expecting an attack. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

He used his senses to detect any sound, scent, or movement coming in his direction.

’Hundred thousands of humans... and at least five thousand beastmen... What is this? Why are they approaching the Sacred Selene Lake without fear? Do they work together under one rule? I thought I’d conquered all of the beastmen tribes on this continent. Do they betray me just because I haven’t been ruling the Kingdom of Beastmen for a while?’ Gale pondered. ’This place should be well guarded even without me because the Moon Goddess put a few barriers around.’

Unfortunately, he didn’t have much time to analyze the situation. He stood up, and turned around, ready to face whatever threat was coming.

’I don’t care if they are a bunch of traitors. I will kill them all if I have to,’ Gale told himself. ’This place is the only place where my wife will return, and I cannot let it be destroyed no matter what.’

The wind started blowing in his direction, making it easier for Gale to pick up their scents. Just as he expected, it was a massive amount of human soldiers with a bunch of beastmen.

’This is unfortunate. I thought I wouldn’t have to kill another beastman anymore after I became a king...’ Gale had faced a lot of betrayal in his life, so to think that so many beastmen would betray him like this was even more hurtful. "Since there are so many of them, I guess I’ll have to take this a bit more seriously."

Gale took a deep breath, and he grunted as his muscles began to grow. He got visibly bigger, stronger, and hairier as he transformed into his two-legged werewolf form.

His eyes were glowing red, but it wasn’t deadly like before.

After Swan freed him out of his curse, he had full control over his deadly gaze. If he wanted to kill everyone who dared to go against him, all he had to do was to close his eyes for three seconds and open it.

The moment he heard a rustle in front of him, he took a deep breath and was ready to kill the intruder with his deadly gaze.

However, he was surprised when he detected the familiar scent of his new beta. He frowned and canceled his gaze.

"Blaze Silverfang?"

"Your Majesty!" Blaze Silverfang came out of his hiding and rushed to kneel in front of the mighty Beast King, followed by other beastmen soldiers from the castle which had arrived earlier.

"What happened? Why are you here with my army?" Gale asked. "If you intend to ask me to rule over the kingdom, then I will do it after my wife returns from the Goddess realm."