Beast King's Crippled Mate-Chapter 303: Dark Witch’s Invasion (III)

"YOU—!" Gale wanted to curse at Aria, but he was speechless because of Aria’s level of cruelty. It reminded him so much of one man that forced him to transform into his true wolf form because he was so pissed with the cruelty he did during their war. "You are no different from your father. That bastard Tyrion also used many underhanded tactics to defeat me."

"Hahah, like father like daughter, I guess?" Aria sneered. "Unfortunately, you’re wrong. I am not like my father, I am—in fact—much crueler than he will ever be and much more ambitious. I want to rule this continent with you by my side—as a husband, or a pet—I don’t care."

"Grrhh!" Gale leaped again, ready to attack Aria for the second time, but Aria chuckled when his attack didn’t do anything against her misty body.

"Your attack won’t work on me, handsome. But it’s nice that you are paying so much attention to me. You only had your eyes on that crippled bitch all the time," Aria commented.

"How dare you call my wife that! GRHH!" Gale activated his deadly gaze, and Aria quickly covered her eyes with the dark mist to avoid getting killed by him. After all, Gale’s gaze would crush one’s heart and soul and kill them instantly. She might not use her physical body right now, but she still retained her soul.

"Attack!"

Seeing an opening, Blaze quickly gave an order to the soldier to aid the Beast King.

Many of the beastmen quickly threw their spears and shot their arrows toward the dark witch to no avail, but Aria was visibly distracted by so many attacks coming at her. She frowned at the unwanted interference.

"It seems that my presence is unwelcome here. But it’s alright. I will return after my victory is secured," Aria looked down at Gale and grinned, "See you soon, husband."

Aria covered her face with her cloak and vanished into thin air.

However, right after her disappearance, Gale could hear the approaching army of humans and beastmen, marching together in unison in his direction.

He gritted his teeth. Aria wasn’t playing around when she said that she brought the human and beastman children as a meat shield, because he could detect the scent of children.

"Blaze, go and find the scout squad. Give me information about the army marching towards us. I want to know if Aria really use the children."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Blaze dashed into the forest and returned about ten minutes later with all the information from the scouts.

"There are a massive amount of humans and beastmen marching towards us, Your Majesty. They are a bit slow, but since they are all brainwashed, they wouldn’t budge no matter how hard we try to wake them up," Blaze reported. "Yes, the children are strapped in front of their parents’ bodies as a meat shield for the beastmen, but the humans are a little different."

"Different?"

"Yes, all of them are undead, Your Majesty," Blaze reported, a sense of uneasiness appeared on his face as he had seen how some of the humans were without limbs or even heads, but they still marched. "They don’t strap their children in front of their bodies. But they are undead... so they are immortal..."

Gale said nothing, but his solemn expression showed that he finally understood the dire situation he was facing.

Zombies or the undead were his weakness. They were already dead, so they had no beating heart or soul. Gale’s deadly gaze did not affect them.

On top of that, their immortal bodies were unstoppable and would continue to regenerate even after they were decapitated. They would continue to get up until the witch was killed.

The only one who could actually banish those undead and kill the witch was none other than the Saintess, because the holy power was meant to banish all evil, including undead, witches, demons, et cetera.

’Swan is the only one with holy power in this world,’ Gale thought. ’Should I... request Goddess Selene to bring her to earth realm?’

Gale was considering it for a few seconds before he quickly scrapped the idea.

’No, I shouldn’t wish for her to come down and help me. She is currently taking care of our son. I don’t want them to be in danger because of this,’ Gale thought. ’I will find a way to protect his lake.’

"Go and tell the scout squad and flying squad to search for the witch’s real body. Her real body must’ve been hidden somewhere around here. If they find her real body, kill her instantly," Gale commanded.

"Understood, Your Majesty! But what about the rest? How about the beastmen who have been brainwashed? Should we... kill them too?" Blaze asked hesitantly. Though the Beast King could be cruel at times against his enemies, he was actually very caring to his people. Now that his people had been turned against him, he must’ve felt conflicted.

"Try to subdue the beastmen first. They are mostly without weapons, and prioritize subduing the ones with children strapped on their bodies," Gale instructed. "Try to minimize the death toll on the beastmen’s side as much as you can!"

"How about the humans, Your Majesty?"

"They have been turned into a bunch of undead. There is no point in not attacking them. Do your best and wipe them out. There is no way to save them. The only one who can save them is..." Gale paused his speech. He gritted his teeth, knowing that he was powerless against those undead. "My wife. Saintess Swan."

All the beastmen soldiers present could feel the grief coming from their Beast King. They, too, knew that Queen Swan was the only one who could banish these undeads.

Realizing that the morale of his army had gone down, Gale quickly shouted, "KEEP YOUR HEADS UP! MY WIFE, QUEEN SWAN WILL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN TO THE SACRED LAKE! THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TO PROTECT THE LAKE NO MATTER WHAT!"