Beast King'S Crippled Mate

Chapter 78: Chapter 78: What is my purpose?

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Rock felt his cold heart slowly melt simply by basking in her presence. His hunter- like eyes were glazed with tears as he gazed at Princess Swan. He muttered in a revering tone, "You are as beautiful as the day you saved me, Princess."

Swan hovered above the ground as she opened her eyes slowly. She saw Rock who looked haggard, kneeling in front of her, his eyes were glazed with tears as if he had found his salvation.

"My dear knight, what happened to you? Why do you look so sad?" Swan asked as she opened her arm and hugged her knight.

Rock wrapped his arms tightly around Princess Swan's waist and buried his face on her stomach. He couldn't hold back his tears, as he had found salvation the moment Princess Swan came to see him.

"Princess, I... I'm so happy that you would come before my death. Please tell me that you come here to give me salvation. Please tell me that I will be by your side after I get killed so I can continue to protect you with my soul!" Rock said. He had heard stories about his ancestor, who could manifest into a wolf soul who would continuously protect his master even after death. "I cannot escape my fate to die in Alpha Gale's hand."

"You will not die today, my dear knight. You will not die until I tell you so," Swan smiled while caressing Rock's hair.

Rock lifted his head, staring at his Princess, who looked like an angel-No, he was convinced that Princess Swan was an angel sent by the Goddess to give him a purpose in life.

"My husband will come to hunt you down, but I will not allow him to do it. I will send you far—far away until he cannot find you anymore," Swan said.

"But what should I do in the new land, Princess?" Rock asked. "You told me to run, but I've been lost these days. All I did was help humans to get out of the dangerous forest. I made friends with some of them because I thought it would make you happy. But I still don't know what my purpose is to continue living."

"All my life, I have only known violence and war. I live on the battlefield, and I am more than ready to die in Gale's hand if it's what he wants. He is my master," Rock said. "But Princess, I see you as my Goddess, so please tell me what I should do next. I will obey your words."

Rock was ready to rebel against his Alpha if that was what Princess Swan wanted, but seeing how she still referred to Gale as 'husband' it was fair for him to think that they were on good terms.

Swan was not in control of her words. Everything she said was devoid of emotion, but she was aware that she spoke like a deity speaking to her worshiper.

Thus, she said, "I want nothing but for you to continue living, my dear knight. My husband refused to listen to my plea, but I know he will regret killing you."

"But to continue living without any purpose is torture for me, Princess. Please give me a purpose in life," Rock insisted.

"Then, I want you to get stronger. So strong that Gale would not be able to kill you."

"D-do you want me to rebel, Princess?"

"No," Swan smiled and wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes. "My dear

knight, I am in love with Alpha Gale and will always be for the rest of my short life.

I never want you two to fight. I want you two to stand as equals."

"To be an equal to Gale Stormfront..."

"Indeed, be as strong as him. So he will see you as a friend rather than anoveldrama

disposable soldier," Swan said. "That is your purpose in life."

Rock nodded solemnly, "I will be as strong as he is, Princess, then I will return by your side and protect you with everything I have."

"Good. Close your eyes, my dear knight. My husband is near. It is time for you to leave."

Rock closed his eyes obediently, and a gentle light began to engulf his body before he was swallowed by the light.

An explosion happened the moment Swan teleported away.

The explosion destroyed the cave entrance, making the squirrel and owl

beastmen who had been working as scouts lose track of Rock Silverfang instantly.

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Gale arrived after rushing through the forest in his bipedal half-wolf form for three hours.

The night was still young, so he thought there should be no chance for Rock to escape this time.

However, he was faced with all the scouting beastmen prostrating in front of him as soon as he arrived One of them pointed out, "Please forgiveus, Your Majesty. We don't know what happened inside the cave, but we can't detect his presence anymore."

Gale frowned. He darted his eyes at the cave whose entrance had been covered with rubbles, "What happened?"

"T-the cave was suddenly filled with light. We tried to come closer to check, but the light burned our skin, and it was too bright for us to see anything," an owl beastman explained.

"A bright light?"

"Y-yes, Your Majesty. After that, the cave exploded, and we no longer detect Rock Silverfang's presence."

'This bullshit again,' Gale

complained as he walked towards the cave entrance. He punched it with one hand, and all the rubbles exploded, creating a huge hole for him to check the inside of the

destroyed cave.

He could still smell the faint scent of his beta, and was sure that Rock was still

alive, and had escaped once more.

Other than that, he also smelled

another strange scent that he could

not identify. But the lingering

warmth was quite similar to the feeling he had whenever he hugged his beloved mate.

Gale's frown deepened as he rejected the idea quickly.

'What am I thinking? There is no way Swan could find Rock in here. She can't

even walk properly,' Gale thought. 'But then, who is this person that helped Rock to escape?'