Beast King's Crippled Mate-Chapter 318: Wrath Crystal (II)

Gale looked at Aria and also sensed that the person standing in front of them was not the same Aria that he had been fighting the whole night.

The aura was obviously different, not to mention, this person didn’t seem to have anything going on inside her head.

"Has she been possessed by someone?" Gale asked.

"I think, rather than being possessed by someone—she has been consumed by her rage instead," Swan speculated. "It’s obvious that she refuses to lose and gets angry at the idea of being defeated."

Swan pointed at the red crystal on Aria’s forehead and added, "Look at that crystal. It’s the wrath crystal."

"What does it do?" Gale asked, as he truly didn’t know how many tricks this witch had up on her sleeve. "And how many crystals are left in her?"

"She should have one more if my count is not wrong," Swan replied. "But that’s not the point. That red crystal gives her an enormous boost in power. I don’t know how difficult it is to defeat her now."

Gale knew the situation was not light when Swan herself said so.

His gaze darkened towards the dark witch and he stated, "I will protect you. I will make sure that she will never be able to harm you."

Swan smiled at her husband. Unfortunately, as much as she wanted to be protected by him, she knew this was a battle between good and evil. It had always meant to be a battle between her and Aria.

Nevertheless, she wouldn’t mind an extra help, especially from her husband.

Aria looked at Swan and Gale, then pointed her finger. She shot a lightning bolt towards them.

Swan’s eyes widened because the lightning bolt traveled extremely fast and it looked like a fatal strike that could kill anyone, even an angel.

She didn’t have time to react, but it was Gale who quickly stepped aside and barely dodged the lightning bolt.

Gale was extremely fast, but for some reason, Aria could follow his movement easily and shot lightning bolts with deadly precision.

Gale began sweating as he tried his best to dodge many of the fatal lightning bolts. Swan’s invisible barrier might be able to protect them, but he didn’t want to risk it, since his instinct told him that the dark witch was extremely powerful right now.

Meanwhile, Swan was so shocked by how powerful Aria had become that she was left speechless.

Gale continued dodging until one lightning bolt finally hit Gale’s body, which was intercepted by Swan’s barrier.

Swan’s eyes widened as she dreaded even more when she realized something terrible.

"Gale..." Swan murmured.

"What?" Gale asked while trying to get away from Aria for now.

"My invisible barrier has cracked just with one hit from her lightning bolt," Swan muttered. "We only have one more chance before she destroys my barrier. It will take a while for me to set up a new one."

Gale gritted his teeth.

He quickly turned around and dashed away to avoid Aria’s attack. He wanted to make sure that even if that witch hit them with the lightning bolt, he would be the one to get hit instead of Swan.

Swan also wanted to help. She prayed and used her holy power to summon a holy beam from the sky to smite Aria.

However, the moment that holy beam was about to hit her, Aria turned into a shadow and dodged all three holy beams that Swan summoned.

Aria knew that she had to catch Gale first if she wanted to harm them. So she created a very thick fog around the forest, which allowed her to traverse a lot quicker than before.

The fog was so thick that Gale could barely see anything in front of him.

He kept dashing forward until he saw a flash of light in front of him, and his eyes widened when the lightning bolt came straight toward Swan who lay in his arms.

He quickly turned around, and the invisible barrier broke when the lightning bolt attacked him.

The second lightning bolt hit Gale’s back, and he was fatally hit, "ARGH!"

"Gale!"

Gale staggered.

That hit should’ve killed anyone but him. In fact, he should be downed by now, but he had his wife in his arms. He refused to die because that meant nobody else could protect Swan. freeweɓnovel.cѳm

"Urgh... GRH!" Gale quickly learned that he had been outsped by Aria. Hence, he started growing his body until he shapeshifted into his werewolf form.

"Gale, are you alright?"

"I—I am alright," Gale replied as he continued dashing away.

Swan could tell he wasn’t alright, as he moved a lot slower than before.

She wrapped her arms around his neck, and kissed the corner of his lips, slowly healing his fatal wound and giving him more energy to continue.

"You won’t get away!" Aria yelled from somewhere in this thick fog.

She shot three lightning bolts, and Gale could only dodge one before two of them hit Gale’s back.

"ARGH!" Gale grimaced in pain.

"Husband..." Swan began to feel desperate as her healing was not as fast as the damage that her husband received.

Swan tried to create another barrier, but Aria seemed to have seen through her plan, so she attacked the barrier halfway before it was fully created, making it impossible for Swan to make a proper barrier.

"This—can’t go on any longer. I have to do it," Gale murmured. He gently put Swan on the ground, shielding her within his embrace, and he began transforming into his true wolf form.

"GRHH! AWOOOOOO!!!!"

Gale’s body began to grow bigger until he shapeshifted into his true wolf form. He was much taller than the fog, so he could finally see everything around him.

Swan was still sitting right next to his giant feet, being guarded by the ever-watchful giant black wolf.

"Let’s go, wife!" Gale said as he picked Swan up, intending to put her on his back as they left the forest.