Raising Beast Cubs to Find a Husband novel Chapter 149

Chapter 149: The Tear of the Imugi

The cave was silent, save for the dripping of slime and the heavy, ragged breathing of the Void Abomination.

Jasper stood inches from the creature’s rotting snout. He was so small compared to the beast—a speck of white silk against a wall of purple corruption.

"Jasper! Get back!" Cassian screamed, struggling against the pressure of the Void Magic that filled the room.

Jasper didn’t move. A soft, emerald light began to glow around his small body. It wasn’t a spell he had learned from a book. It was his blood calling out to its ancestor.

"It is alright," Jasper whispered.

He raised his hand. The Abomination hissed, rearing back, its three mismatched eyes rolling in madness.

But Jasper didn’t flinch. He placed his palm gently on the creature’s nose, right between two oozing sores.

Hummmm.

A visible ripple of green energy pulsed from Jasper’s hand into the monster.

The Abomination froze. The thrashing stopped. The purple Void veins pulsing under its skin slowed down.

"It is not a monster, Brother," Jasper said, turning his head slightly to look at Cassian. His voice was trembling, but his words were precise. "It is a victim. The Void Magic is burning its insides. It is in agony."

The creature let out a low, warbling sound. It wasn’t a roar. It sounded like a sob.

It lowered its massive head, resting it on the floor next to Jasper, seeking the coolness of his aura.

High above on the jade platform, The Boss leaned over the railing. He adjusted his cuffs, looking genuinely fascinated.

"Remarkable," The Boss murmured. "The Void consumes all magic. It eats fire, water, and life. Yet the boy... he is harmonizing with it. He is acting as a biological filter."

He opened his notebook and scribbled a quick diagram.

"The Imugi bloodline possesses a unique resistance to corruption. Fascinating. I wonder how much strain he can take before he breaks?"

Duchess Venetia, standing beside him, looked furious.

"Why is it stopping?!" Venetia shrieked. "Kill the boy! Eat him! Assert your dominance!"

"Quiet, Duchess," The Boss sighed. "You are ruining the data collection."

He raised his hand. Black sparks of Void Magic gathered at his fingertips.

"I think I’ll take them both," The Boss decided. "The Beast for the raw power, and the Boy for the stabilization agent. To the lab."

He snapped his fingers.

CRACK.

Black chains made of solid gravity shot out of the ground. They wrapped around the Abomination’s neck and Jasper’s ankles.

"No!" Primrose shouted.

She didn’t think. She reacted.

Her Sun-Fire Tail ignited. She unleashed a wave of golden fire at the chains.

WHOOSH.

The fire hit the chains, but the Void Magic simply ate the flames. The chains tightened, dragging Jasper across the floor.

"Let him go!" Cassian roared.

He reached into his robes and pulled out three glass vials. He threw them with terrifying accuracy.

SMASH.

The vials broke on the chains. A cloud of neon-green gas exploded outward—Cassian’s signature venom, highly corrosive to magic constructs.

The chains hissed and dissolved into smoke.

Jasper scrambled back, hugging the snout of the confused monster.

The Boss tutted. "Annoying."

He hopped down from the platform. He didn’t use stairs; he just floated down, controlling gravity.

He landed softly in front of them. The pressure in the room increased tenfold. Orion fell to his knees, gasping for air.

"You are out of your depth, Snake Lord," The Boss said pleasantly. "And you, little Fox. You have three tails. I have the power of a dead god. Do the math."

He waved his hand. A wall of invisible force slammed into Cassian and Primrose, pinning them against the jade wall.

"Now," The Boss walked toward Jasper. "Come along, child. We have science to do."

"Stay away from him!" Primrose screamed, struggling against the gravity.

Venetia, seeing her "God" being treated like a pet, lost her mind. She grabbed a jagged piece of jade from the floor and charged at the monster.

"Wake up!" Venetia screamed. "You are a destroyer! Act like one!"

She stabbed the Abomination in the flank.

SCREEEEEE!

The pain broke Jasper’s calming trance. The Abomination went berserk. It whipped its head around, knocking Venetia into a wall. Its purple eyes began to glow with unstable, explosive energy.

The purple slime on its skin began to bubble.

"It’s going to self-destruct!" Orion yelled from the floor. "The magical core is critical!"

"It will kill Jasper!" Cassian shouted, thrashing against the invisible wall.

Primrose looked at the monster. She looked at the purple corruption covering it.

Then, she looked at her tails.

White. Silver. Gold.

The White Tail wasn’t just ice. It was purity. It was the frost that killed bacteria. The Sun-Fire Tail wasn’t just heat. It was the sun that banished shadows.

Sunlight cleanses, Primrose realized. I shouldn’t be trying to burn the monster. I should be burning the sickness.

"Jasper!" Primrose yelled, channeling every ounce of magic she had. "Hold him still! Don’t let go!"

"I can’t!" Jasper cried, hugging the thrashing beast. "He is too hot!"

"Trust me!" Primrose screamed.

"The Void compatibility was rejected," he muttered, writing in his notebook. "The subject reverted to its base form upon purification. Pity. I really wanted a Void Dragon." 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

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