Apocalypse: I Have A Multiplier System - Chapter 434

Chapter 434: Chapter 434: Argument
Su Jiyai gave Mei a lazy look. “I don’t care about your rules. I mine, I keep.”

Mei crossed her arms. “That’s not how it works! We’re a team!”

Su Jiyai scoffed.

“A team? Since when? You guys doubted me, insulted me, and now suddenly we’re a team?” She smirked. “Nah. I take what I mine.”

Mei clenched her fists. “That’s unfair!”

Blaze wiped sweat off his forehead and sighed. “Mei, just let it go. Ragnar saved Juliet, and honestly, without him, we wouldn’t even be alive right now.”

Mei bit her lip, but she had no comeback.

Kars nodded. “Besides, he mined most of it anyway. It’s only fair he keeps what he got.”

Mei huffed and turned away. “Whatever.”

Su Jiyai ignored her and kept mining.

She quickly stored all the green crystals in her bag, planning to check them out later.

After a while, the cave entrance was almost cleared of crystals. Juliet rested against the cave wall, her face looking a lot better than before.

Blaze helped her stand. “We should venture the deeper part of the cave.”

Kars nodded. “Yeah, let’s go.”

Su Jiyai dusted off her hands and glanced at the dark tunnel ahead. The deeper part of the cave looked kinda spooky, but whatever. She had been through worse.

“Fine, let’s go,” she said, already stepping forward.

Blaze helped Juliet walk while Mei kept making annoyed faces, but at least she wasn’t whining anymore. Kars stayed alert, keeping his weapon ready.

As they moved deeper, the air got colder, and the walls started glowing faintly with weird blue lines.

“Uh… this cave is kinda creepy,” Juliet mumbled.

Blaze tightened his grip on his weapon. “Stay close, everyone.”

Su Jiyai walked ahead, her sharp eyes scanning everything. Then, she suddenly stopped.

“Wait.”

The others froze.

“What?” Kars whispered.

Su Jiyai crouched and touched the ground. It was uneven, like something had disturbed it recently. Then she noticed faint claw marks on the walls.

“We’re not alone,” she muttered.

Blaze frowned. “Another beast?”

Before Su Jiyai could answer, a deep growl echoed through the cave.

Everyone tensed.

A pair of glowing red eyes appeared in the darkness ahead. Then another. And another.

Mei took a shaky step back. “Oh no…”

From the shadows, three beasts crawled out.

They looked like wolves, but their fur was black as ink, and their fangs dripped with something that sizzled when it hit the ground.

Poison.

Kars cursed. “Darkfang Wolves!”

Juliet’s face paled. “We’re in trouble.”

Blaze pulled out his weapon. “No choice. We fight!”

The Darkfang Wolves didn’t wait.

Before anyone could react, they lunged forward, their poison-dripping fangs aiming straight for the group.

Blaze swung his sword. Kars raised his weapon. Juliet gasped and stumbled back.

But then—

Something weird happened.

Right before their attacks landed, the wolves suddenly froze in mid-air.

Their glowing red eyes flickered with confusion.

Then, out of nowhere—

Thud.

All three wolves dropped to the ground.

And bowed.

Like, full-on, heads-lowered, tails-tucked, front legs bent—total submission.

The cave went dead silent.

Blaze blinked. “Huh?”

Mei’s jaw dropped. “What… the… heck?”

Kars frowned. “That’s… not normal.”

Juliet whispered, “Are they… scared of Ragnar?”

Su Jiyai, still standing there like a boss, narrowed her eyes at the wolves.

The wolves didn’t growl anymore. Didn’t attack.

Instead, they whimpered softly and kept their heads low, as if they were greeting… a king.

Blaze slowly lowered his sword. “Okay. Someone explain. Right now.”

Mei shook her head.

“That makes no sense. Darkfang Wolves are supposed to be aggressive! They never submit, not even to stronger beasts!”

Kars rubbed his chin.

“Yeah, if anything, they should be fighting harder… but they’re acting like…”

“Like they recognize him,” Juliet finished, staring at Su Jiyai like she was seeing him for the first time.

The wolves stayed down, unmoving.

Su Jiyai just crossed her arms and smirked.

An idea appeared in her mind.

“Ai, are they bowing to me because of my werewolf lineage?”

[Most likely.]

Su Jiyai nodded at the wolves, acknowledging their strange behavior.

She wasn’t sure why they were bowing, but she wasn’t about to question a good thing.

But just as she was about to move on—

Rustle.

A tiny blur shot out from behind the bigger wolves.

Before anyone could react, a small wolf cub dashed toward Su Jiyai.

It skidded to a stop right in front of her, its tiny paws trembling.

Then, with a soft whimper, it nudged against her leg, rubbing its little head against her like it was pleading for something.

Then—tug.

The cub bit the edge of her cloak, gently pulling at it. Its round, glowing eyes looked up at her, full of urgency.

Su Jiyai frowned. “What do you want, little guy?”

The cub let out another whimper and then lifted one tiny paw, pointing toward a dark tunnel deeper inside the cave.

Su Jiyai noticed something strange—

All the other wolves were staring at the cub.

Their glowing red eyes weren’t fierce anymore.

They looked sad.

Mei whispered, “Why do they look like that?”

Kars frowned. “Something’s wrong.”

Blaze tightened his grip on his weapon but didn’t make a move. “Ragnar, what’s the cub trying to do?”

Su Jiyai bent down, reaching out to the little wolf.

The cub trembled but didn’t run away. Instead, it pressed its head into her palm, seeking comfort.

Then—it spoke.

Not with words.

But Su Jiyai understood.

“Wolf Goddess… please… help my mother…”

Su Jiyai’s eyes widened.

She froze.

Did she just… understand what the wolf was saying?!

Mei, Blaze, and Kars didn’t seem to hear anything. They were just watching, confused.

But the cub looked up at her with desperate eyes.

Su Jiyai swallowed and carefully asked, “Your mother? What’s wrong with her?”

The cub whimpered. “She’s sick… she won’t wake up… You are the Wolf Goddess… you can save her, right?”

Su Jiyai’s mind blanked for a second.

Wolf Goddess?

What the heck?

She glanced at the other wolves.

They weren’t attacking. They weren’t growling.

They were looking at her with something close to hope.

She turned back to the cub. “Why are you calling me that?”

The cub blinked at her, confused.

“Because…Your aura is similar to the goddess…we worship.”

Su Jiyai stared at the little cub, her mind still spinning.

“My aura?” she muttered. “You mean, I feel like your goddess?”

The cub nodded eagerly.

“Yes! Our goddess left long ago, but the elders said she would return one day! And now, you are here!”

Su Jiyai didn’t know what to say. This was crazy.

First, the wolves bowed to her.

Now, they thought she was some kind of goddess? But… she had a feeling this wasn’t something she could ignore.

She took a deep breath and crouched down.

“Can you take me to where your goddess was worshipped?”

The little wolf’s eyes lit up. “Yes! Yes! Follow me!”

Just as Su Jiyai was about to move, Blaze spoke up.

“Uh, Ragnar, what’s going on? What’s the little guy saying?”

Mei crossed her arms.

“Yeah, you’ve been standing there staring at a cub for a while. Mind letting us in on the secret?”

Su Jiyai straightened up and dusted off her cloak. “It’s nothing. Just something personal. You guys stay here, I’ll be back.”

Mei’s eyes narrowed.

“Oh, no, you don’t. We’re a team! You can’t just walk off without telling us what’s going on!”

Su Jiyai sighed, already annoyed. “I don’t need to tell you everything I do.”

Blaze frowned. “Mei, just let it go. Ragnar’s done enough for us already.”

But Mei turned to Kars. “Kars, back me up. He can’t just leave us without explaining.”

Kars rubbed the back of his head.

“She’s right, Ragnar. If we’re a team, we need to know what’s happening. What if you run into trouble? We won’t even know where you went.”

Su Jiyai rolled her eyes. “This is my personal business. I don’t need to report to you guys every time I take a step.”

Mei huffed.

“Then stop acting like we’re some random strangers. We’ve been fighting together, surviving together. That means we look out for each other.”

Su Jiyai exhaled through her nose.

“You didn’t care about ‘teamwork’ when you were trying to take my loot earlier.”

Mei opened her mouth, then shut it, looking irritated.

Blaze sighed.

“Look, Ragnar, we’re just worried. If it’s really something personal, fine, but at least let us know where you’re going.”

Su Jiyai tapped her fingers against her arm. She didn’t like explaining herself. But she also didn’t want to waste time arguing.

She glanced at the cub, who was shifting from paw to paw anxiously.

“Fine,” she muttered. “I’m going deeper into the cave. That’s all you need to know. If you guys want to wait, do it. If not, I don’t care.”

Mei still looked unsatisfied, but Kars just nodded. “Alright. Be careful.”

“And if you find some powerful crystals, bring them to us. We want a share, too! In return,n we will wait for you here.” Mei said.