Beast King's Crippled Mate-Chapter 323: Pride Crystal

The Eclipse Beam completely obliterated the giant’s flesh and destroyed Aria’s greed and wrath crystals, which stopped her from regenerating or gaining power.

However, there was still one crystal left inside her body, and Aria—on the brink of complete annihilation—was asked by Madam Harsetti, who finally returned to her side.

’You lost, little witch,’ Madam Harsetti said. ’Tell me how do you feel right now?’

Aria was seeing all white at this point. Her consciousness was corroding, and she could feel death was coming for her.

’I feel... resentment,’ Aria replied weakly. ’Why do I have to die when Swan can have a beautiful life and become a beautiful goddess? Why can’t it be me?’

Madam Harsetti chuckled, ’Because you’re not fated to be a Goddess. To me, you are just one of the many fiends that will rot in hell for eternity, and to the Goddesses, you’re nothing but an obstacle for their beloved Swan to ascend as a Goddess.’

’Why do you seem to be happy, Madam? Aren’t you angry at her too?’

’Why would I? I am the embodiment of nightmare and chaos. As the Shadow of the Sun, I exist to sow discord, so I can pull more people into the depths of hell. I can’t exist if the Sun Goddess doesn’t exist,’ Madam Harsetti replied. ’I will return to this world eventually, and wreak havoc as that is what I am born for. But you, do you want to leave this world without doing anything? Don’t you think that Swan deserves to be punished for what she had done to you? She has completely humiliated and disgraced your existence.’

Aria looked at Swan, who was still floating in midair. Her wings were spread out, while she hugged Gale from behind.

It was such a beautiful sight of a new Goddess and her promised consort, but Aria felt nothing but bitterness and resentment.

’How come she gets everything good in life, while I suffer for eternity in hell? Why is life so unfair to me? What did I do wrong?’ Aria thought. ’I never did anything wrong. Had my mother married me off with Gale instead of her, I would be at the top of the world right now. This is all her fault, not mine!’

Madam Harsetti chuckled, ’If you have no more attachment in this world, then why don’t you just destroy it?’

’Destroy it?’

Madam Harsetti summoned the last crystal that Aria had, the pride crystal, and said, ’This is the last crystal you can use. As long as you’re willing to use it, it will instantly trigger many natural disasters in this world. Everyone will die, and the world will turn into nothing but a deserted mess. What do you think? Will you give Swan a good life with her husband, their kingdom, and their descendants while you rot in hell, or will you use it and destroy everything in this world?’

Aria stared at the purple crystal in front of her, and then at Swan, who was still with Gale.

She had to take revenge for the humiliation Swan did to her, and to make sure that crippled bitch would never have a good life.

Thus, Aria reached the purple crystal and touched it with her finger, ’Since I cannot be the queen in this world, then this world might as well be destroyed. I shall activate the purple crystal, and kill everyone. I will pay with my soul, and I don’t care if I rot in hell as long as everyone suffers the same fate as I do!’

Madam Harsetti grinned, ’Good choice.’

She tapped her cane, and the purple crystal shone brightly before it was shattered into shards.

’We should go now. This world will be destroyed soon,’ Madam Harsetti said as she pulled Aria’s soul.

’Can we sit and watch first?’ Aria asked.

’Of course not, I refuse to be the target of the Goddess’ wrath. Besides, you have to serve your life in hell. It will be a long, long time,’ Madam Harsetti giggled as she summoned a burning rope.

She roped Aria’s soul and slowly pulled her down to hell.

Aria turned her head at Swan as her soul slowly sank. She glared at Swan hatefully and muttered, ’You never deserve anything, you crippled bitch. You should’ve been grateful that I didn’t kill you when you were a kid.’

Aria’s soul continued being pulled down until almost all of her soul was gone, and the last thing she said was, ’I should’ve killed you back then.’

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Meanwhile, Swan and Gale slowly descended back to earth after the fierce battle against the giant flesh. They descended at the Selene lake and landed in the middle of the sacred lake. Gale’s power instantly froze the water once they touched the surface, and all the beastmen, who had been watching their fierce battle, slowly kneeled while worshipping Swan, Goddess of Miracles, and her promised consort, Gale, the Blood Moon Wolf.

"Please bless us with your grace, Goddess of Miracles!’

Swan smiled at her subjects. She let go of her arms around her husband’s neck and disappeared for a second before reappearing in Gale’s arms.

"Thank you, husband," Swan said as she bopped Gale’s nose, which was still in his werewolf form. "I like to fly, but it turns out I prefer to be carried by you like this. It makes me feel safe."

Gale smiled, but he was in his werewolf form, so his smile was more like a malicious grin while showing his sharp fangs.

"This is my preferred position too. I like how you feel in my arms," Gale replied.

Swan chuckled before turning her head towards her subjects again and said, "My dearest subjects, I—Swan, Goddess of Miracles—will bestow you a little gift. I shall—"

Swan’s speech was cut short when the earth started rumbling. Everyone immediately fell into a panic, especially when the earthquake was getting stronger, and an explosion appeared far from their position, spouting lava from the earth’s core.