Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse-Chapter 250: Barrier core and Chloe’s recovery

Back at the mansion...

There was something different about it. It was still seated in the same place as before Muku left. It still looked the same. However, there was something new around it. And that was... A green barrier?!

That’s right! The mansion now had the same barrier which was found on safe zones!

As for how that was possible, it was actually an interesting story. A month before, Freya who was out hunting found herself at the NL Base’s ruins.

No one from the base had survived. So, it was completely abandoned. And there weren’t any people around it who felt like moving in. freёnovelkiss-com

Of course, a few people had spotted it. However, none had the guts to move into a destroyed safe zone. Like, was it even still a safe zone when it had been destroyed with the barrier intact?!

Anyway, Freya figured that she might as well search for any useful appliances left over at the base after the destruction.

However, the moment she stepped through the barrier. A prompt rang out in her head. It went like...

[Barrier core found. Do you wish to harvest it? Warning: The base’s residents will be notified of your actions. Caution is advised]

Of course, Freya didn’t hesitate in making her decision. There was no reason to hesitate. She had been racking her brain on where she could find a barrier core and she had found it.

Who cares about the warning? Everyone was dead! Would the Messenger notify them in the afterlife or something? Will they haunt her afterwards?... Well, honestly, after thinking about it like that. She couldn’t help but second-guess herself for a split second.

However, she still chose to take it. She realised how stupid her worry was. Despite everything that was going on. There was no proof that ghosts exist. So, there was no need to hesitate... Of course, she only thought like that because she didn’t know about the Monarch’s "ghostly state" before it was erased by Muku. And there was also Fake Raya’s "ghost"

Then again, they weren’t really ghosts in the traditional sense. So, it didn’t really matter.

The moment Freya decided to harvest the barrier core, cracks began appearing all over the barrier.

The sound the cracks made when they appeared made it seem like it was made out of glass. This went on for a few seconds until the barrier finally broke apart.

And it sounded like the shattering of a mirror. The broken pieces fell to the ground. Which gave Freya a great scare. Fortunately, they disappeared into nothingness before reaching the ground. Which she was glad about.

She wasn’t too keen on knowing whether they could injure her or not. She wasn’t that adventurous.

Anyway, a glowing green stone which was shaped like a hand-sized rectangular prism emerged out of the group after all the shards disappeared.

It floated in front of Freya giving off a gentle glow. Oddly enough, Freya felt safer just from looking at it. Which made no sense since it wasn’t providing her with a barrier at the moment.

She overlooked that weird feeling and reached out. She grabbed it with both her hands and immediately ran in a certain direction.

The core wasn’t something she could casually carry around while hinting after all. She had to take it home immediately.

However, she didn’t run long before two figures appeared in front of her. It was Emily and Elsa. The three of them had come out hunting together.

There was no way the ground would let Freya or Elsa go out alone in the current world after all. The two were still just R2s in a world where R3s were everywhere. Not to mention R4s.

Fortunately, R4s were always humongous and easy to spot. So, the ground would always see them from a distance away. The R3s were still the main problem...

Anyway, Freya told the sisters about what had happened. The trio then agreed to cut that day’s hunting session short. The core was just that agent of a matter.

After some time the trio made it back. A meeting was held. And everyone agreed to try out the core immediately. It was much-needed protection in a situation where they couldn’t just pick up their mansion and split like before.

And so, Freya immediately got to work. It didn’t take much effort to install the core. There was already a slot for it after all. And from that day. The mansion had a barrier.

Their barrier was even more secure than the safe zone barriers. This was because Freya had the authority to decide who entered into it. Which was different from the safe zone barriers which let anyone in as long as they were human. That had caused problems for many safe zones in the past.

One of the bases which suffered from the vague protection system was the Stadium. Tom, Dom and many others lost their lives due to that after all. And even before that, they had been attacked by the punk gang which Muku took care of.

To avoid such problems... Even though there was probably no one who could do anything to them anyway. Freya made it so that only her teammates could pass through the barrier.

She considered pranking Jade by excluding her since she still hadn’t shown up in two months. However, she quickly gave up on the idea. Who knows if Jade finds out and beats her up when she goes outside to hunt?

Such a thing was definitely not beyond Jade’s means. Especially the new Jade. She had sensed her in the mansion a few times. The one time that she wanted to notify the others she felt an invisible force crash down on her. It didn’t hurt her or anything, it just made her fall to her knees.

It was probably a warning from Jade to mind her own business. And from that day onwards. She dared not antagonise the girl.

Anyway, that’s how the mansion got its barrier...

...

Audrey and Chloe entered the empty mansion. It wasn’t yet late, so the others were probably still hunting outside or doing some other thing.

The ground has gotten used to mostly only seeing each other in the mornings and at night. And with the barrier, the mansion would get completely abandoned during the day.

Chloe immediately headed upstairs leaving Audrey behind. Maybe she was still too embarrassed about what she did. Or maybe she just felt awkward.

Well, whatever the reason was, Audrey quietly looked on. She just looked at Chloe’s back as she left.

She was just happy that Chloe was finally healing. The first month was the worst. The girl wouldn’t eat and would cry all day.

She literally went a whole month without food. Which was definitely bad for her. It was at that point that Layla decided to take matters into her own hands.

She went up to Chloe’s room. Budged in and told Chloe that she would break a bone in her body for every day Chloe doesn’t eat. And before Chloe could even react to the words, Layla grabbed her own finger and broke it in front of Chloe.

The sight freaked Chloe out so much that she screamed. It was an expected response to Layla’s brutal means. Especially when she wasn’t given time to react.

Chloe ran to Layla immediately and tried pulling her outside. Her goal was to go see Hope so that Layla could get healed. However, Layla refused to move until Chloe promised that she would start eating again.

Chloe promised on the spot. That’s when Layla let herself get dragged away to Hope. After getting healed, she took Chloe to the kitchen where a meal was already prepared for her.

Chloe ate everything with tears in her eyes. It was obvious that she was forcing herself. Layla hated seeing the sight. She hated the method she used, however, she just couldn’t watch anymore.

She had tried to let Chloe recover on her own time. However, it seemed Chloe had been too broken. She couldn’t put herself back together. She needed a little push. A push Layla was happy to provide for her sworn sister no matter the cost.

After that, Layla moved into Chloe’s room. Chloe tried to refuse. However, Layla refused to be pushed away. No matter where Chloe went, she was right behind her.

Things continued like that for a few days until Chloe finally gave up. She agreed to sleep in the same room as Layla. That night she felt a warmth she had never felt before. Or more precisely, she hadn’t felt it for a long time. She had completely forgotten about it. It was the warmth of having another person next to you.

And for the first time in a while. Her heart felt at ease. Without knowing it, she had already reached out and hugged Layla who hugged her back.

She then heard Layla whisper, "You’re not alone and you’ll never be alone" in her ear.

Like a broken dam, tears flowed out of her eyes uncontrollably. She cried herself to sleep that night.

The next day she woke up feeling a lot better. She felt so much better that she joined Layla for a hunt.

From then on, the two sisters were inseparable for a while. It was around that time that Audrey came back into the picture. Of course, she had been supporting Layla in the background. Just like the others.

Anyway, she began giving Chloe the motherly love Layla couldn’t. Layla could only give sisterly love after all.

For whatever reason, it didn’t take long for Chloe to get attached to Audrey. She tried to hide it. But it was pretty obvious to everyone. Nobody said anything though...

It was around that time that she began secretly following Audrey around on hunts. Maybe she was afraid she would lose another parent?

Well, if that was the reason, then she was right to do so. Audrey might have died if she hadn’t been around...

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