Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse
Chapter 222 - 222: Open door!

A few minutes later...

Muku and the little dragon on his shoulder finally made it in front of the "building"

The dense mana circled around the structure for whatever reason. However, that was to his advantage. It made everything clear...

Both of his guesses about the silhouette turned out to be correct. It was both a tree and a building. As for why it was like that. Well, someone seemed to have cut a huge tree down. Then carved the stump to look somewhat like a building.

It even had a large door which Muku didn't know how to open. He didn't try to blast it open or something like that. He was certain that it wouldn't do anything.

Though the door looked like it was made out of wood. He doubted he could damage it.

It was already agreed upon that the place was definitely created by an almighty being. So, what could his little strength do?

Besides, what if he angers the owner or some cliche hidden guards by attacking? Wouldn't he have to quietly let himself get killed by that point?

Since he couldn't see a huge doorknob anywhere on the door. It was safe to assume that it wasn't opened like that. Maybe it worked like the door he turned into mana...

With that thought, he tried to channel his mana into the door after placing his armour-covered hand on it. And that didn't work.

Speaking up the armour. He thought that he was too spent to remove it when he initially tried. However, he tried again after regaining all his mana. Yet, it wouldn't barge even a little bit.

It was pretty embarrassing actually. A legendary class Divine Metal Warlock being unable to control metal. Not just metal, but metal he had personally manipulated onto his body.

He should probably just give up on the divine part of his class's name. He clearly didn't deserve it if he had such performance issues.

Fortunately for him, no one was around to see his failure. And, the armour wasn't negatively affecting him in any way. The only problem he had with it was how it was subtly attacking his mental state again.

The attacks were easily manageable since they were nowhere near as powerful as before. However, it was still quite annoying.

Not to mention how the strength of the attacks seemed to be directly proportional to how much mana he had. Which was probably why they were a lot stronger before when he had more mana.

It was almost like... The bastard armour was using his energy to attack him! What the hell was that?! No wonder, he felt a weird expenditure that wasn't there before.

Even though his mana recovery was a lot better than before. He still felt a slight drag. Like something was holding it back from its maximum capabilities.

It had to be the damned armour! Was he having a "The Mask" moment? Like, the armour had been useful. However, it had drawbacks. Now, it was refusing to come off.

The worst part, daylight didn't do anything to it. At least Jim Carrey was safe during the day!

Muku didn't stop his complaints about the armour stop him from snooping around the door. He tried everything he could think of.

From all the secret door passwords he has heard in movies... "I see dead people" and "open sesame!" coming up at some point. Which got him a weird gaze from Raya.

However, that didn't stop him. He then moved on to secret knocks. Which also did work. At that point, Raya just quietly looked on. Not even reacting. She had already gotten used to his craziness.

"Umm... Why not try saying *Open door!*"? Raya spoke in a chibi voice while sitting on his shoulder. Her little dragon form looked rather cute.

All the ferociousness from her true form had been stripped away. Leaving behind a cute little white dragon with black fur running down the middle of her back. Not to forget her cute, big yellow eyes, which shone with innocence. She was about the size of a little kitten. All the above qualities made her pretty much look like the perfect doll any child would want.

"No, why would I try something so simple? This was obviously made by a being beyond the understanding of mere mortals such as ourselves" Muku immediately denied the chibi Raya's suggestion.

It was already hard enough to take her seriously in her current state. Yet she had to go and say such an unreliable thing. Had her little size affected her thinking capabilities or something?

"Try it. It's not like you have anything to lose" Raya stuck to her suggestion just for the sake of it. She also didn't think it would be that easy. However, she refused to be looked down on and ignored.

"Fine, but we're just wasting our time. There's no way the door is opened by saying "Open door!" That's way too sim..." Muku tried the suggestion just to get it over with.

However, before he could finish discrediting it. The huge door began shaking. The next moment it began rising up like a garage door. Which was different from how he thought it would open.

However, that didn't really matter. What mattered was that it was really opening up. And from the looks of things, it was all because of the suggestion he was putting down.

"...." (Muku)

"...." (Raya)

The two stood silently for a moment as the door opened up. Muku suddenly noticed Raya fidgeting on his shoulder when he gave her a side glance.

It was clear to see that she was holding herself back from laughing. His face reddened a little behind the armour. He had lost quite a bit of face in that little time span.

The door just had to open when he was confidently stating that it wouldn't open. It was clearly sabotage!

"Don't you dare la..." Muku was trying to warn Raya against laughing. However, before he could...

"Pfft. Hahahaha" Raya exploded into a feat of laughter. And it wasn't brief either. She laughed as hard as she could for as long as she could.

By the time she was done, Muku felt like there was a whole layer of skin missing from his face. She really showed him no mercy when she laughed.

What made it worse was that he knew it wasn't forced from their soul link. She really saw him as a clown. The disrespectful brat!

"Are you done?" Muku asked neutrally. Doing his best to hide the anger and shame he felt.

Which was pointless since she could peek into his emotions if she wanted to. Maybe she already peeked. That could be why she found the situation so funny.

"Huff, huff... Yeah, I'm done. We can go in now. We shouldn't keep the being beyond our comprehension waiting now" Raya took in a couple of big breaths to calm herself down.

She then expressed her readiness to proceed. She took a little dig at Muku just because she could.

It was amazing how much her personality had changed in just a few hours. The reliable partner Muku thought he had gotten was long gone.

He had gotten another headache instead. Was he doomed to always judge those around him incorrectly until the end?

Anyway, Muku ignored the obvious dig she took at him as he quietly proceeded forward. He'd just note down the grievance and settle it in the future.

It wasn't being petty. No!. It was just being fair. He can't be the only one to lose a layer of skin right?

Bang!

Just as Muku was stuck in his thoughts. Plotting his revenge. A loud bang sound was heard behind him. Then he found himself standing in pitch-black darkness.

That's right. He had been caught up in an old cliché. The door shut behind him soon after he stepped into the room.

The obvious next move would be to panic and hit the door pointlessly, right? Well, yeah. That totally made sense in a panicked situation. Muku was even thinking about it.

However, before he could do that. A blue light appeared in front of him. It was a little distance away from him. It came from the centre of the large empty room.

After taking a closer look. He realised that it looked like a door. Or more precisely, a portal shaped like a door. Even the blue light was a shade lighter than the blue from the portals from his planet.

Which probably signified that it didn't lead to the same place. Though just the shape and aura were enough for him to tell that it was different. Unlike the beast portals, the portal in front of him radiated with an inviting aura instead of a threatening one.

"What do you thi." Muku was about to ask Raya what she thought they should do.

However, before he could finish, she turned into a white like and returned to his body. Which stopped him from continuing.

{Argh Finally! I can breathe. Please tell me. What's your secret? How can you handle such strong gravity so easily?!} Raya spoke in his mindscape before Muku could ask what was going on.

"Hhm? What do you mean?" Muku asked confusedly.

{Wait... Don't tell me you don't feel any gravity here as well?! It's like ten times worse than outside, though?!... You know what, I can sense that you're confused as well. Let's forget it for now. Just go through the door. It's not like we can go back} Raya replied. However, she dismissed the topic since they were both confused.

"Okay...?" Muku replied still confused. He then proceeded to walk toward the portal...

Soon, he was standing in front of it. After some hesitation due to the recent event of being dragged into a crack. He jumped right in.

Like Raya said. It's not like they could go back...