The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

Now that Lily was surrounded by three Tier 11 zombies—each a monster in their own right—she had to be careful. She also knew she had to go all out.

She had once been the Red Fury, but the current version of her was still far from claiming her old title. So, for now, she had to take it one step at a time… and that started by going all out and winning in the end.

She activated her wind element, and judging by the speed she was moving at, the Tier 11 zombies would soon realize she was no easy target.

Meanwhile, somewhere away from the battle, Klaus and the Savage King were locked in a fierce fight. They each had the intention to kill—well, the intent to kill in the Savage king’s eye wasn’t only directed at Klaus but at his entire team.

However, to get to them, he must first kill Klaus.

However, the paragon was no easy opponent… in fact, Klaus wasn’t even using all his strength. He hadn’t even started using his Spirit Master class, his Falling into Despair technique, or his 25 Death’s Chosen abilities.

He had not yet begun to use his skills—the ones he gained from his 4th incarnation and the ones he received from the Five Monarchs. He was only using his normal flame and lightning skills in combat.

Initially, he had expected the Savage King to overwhelm him. However, the danger he felt from the Zombie Queen wasn’t the same as what came from the Savage King.

The Savage King was much weaker…

Not that it is too surprising, unlike the Queen, who was at the 3rd level, the Savage King was still at the 1st level..

And unfortunately for him, he was facing someone like Klaus…a being who doesn’t follow the rules. Also, the savage King’s innate domain seems to have something to do with music, and since he can’t blow his flute at the moment, Klaus was overwhelming him.

However, Klaus also knew that the Savage King was a Chaos Stage warrior, so while he could match him in combat and even overwhelm him, he couldn’t afford to be complacent.

But that was just funny considering he was only using 5 parts of his Hivemind to handle the Savage King.

Like they say, if Klaus puts his mind to it, he can achieve anything, even killing a Tier 12 zombie in under a second. But he needed this…he needed this battle to examine his combat skills.

The other 63 of his minds were controlling spirit weapons that he had hidden on the battlefield to counter attacks his team couldn’t handle or attacks that would take them off guard.

“Die.”

The Savage King unleashed a flurry of attacks, sending sword arcs at Klaus. However, Klaus just used his Phantom Steps to evade the sword arcs.

It wasn’t even too hard for him to evade attacks that can kill Tier 11 beings easily. His movement technique, the 7-Star Astra Movement Art, was not something to be underestimated.

He could now use the first four forms. However, he was merely using the first form.

The first form, which is the Phantom step, had become significantly stronger. The Phantom Step allowed him to move like a ghost, making his movement light, silent, and even invisible to some degree.

At first, it wasn’t too powerful since his mind and body could barely encompass the wholeness of the technique. But he was different now, and so he didn’t even need to use the higher forms of the movement technique to evade attacks from a Tier 12 zombie.

“You might want to put in some more effort because if this is all you can offer, I might end up falling asleep.”

Klaus taunted, and the Savage King took the bait. His body exploded with energy. His speed increased several-fold, causing him to move at a terrifying pace.

He swung his sword, unleashing a powerful, wide arc made of green energy. It was enough to cleave through a mountain. However, Klaus just smiled and evaded.

But that wasn’t all he did…

The moment he evaded the attack, his eyes turned red, and the sword arc that was meant to strike him took a curve and moved toward Anna…

Anna was handling dozens of zombies, some at the peak of their Tier 10 stage. She wasn’t struggling against them, considering the 30 meters around her was a frozen hell, one where the zombies dared not traverse.

She called it Ice Hell… The skill is different from the Queen of ice domain, but just like the domain, the Ice Hell also doesn’t allow the zombies to get close to Anna easily. Perhaps they can get closer, if their Ice affinity is strong enough…

Of course, there is a downside to the Ice Hell skill…

As the pressure mounted, more zombies started pushing toward her, and as such, her frozen Hell was weakening. Even so, she didn’t need help.

She can use a different skill or spell to handle the pitiful zombies.

However, while she isn’t aware, far from her, a Tier 11 zombie pulled a bowstring and locked in a powerful arrow that could, without a doubt, break through many defenses…

This arrow was aimed at Anna.

She had no idea, considering the distance between her and the zombie was vast. However, if the zombie released the arrow, Anna would be in danger.

So, Klaus decided to act, but he didn’t want to use his spirit weapons for this. They were hidden for a reason. Instead, he taunted the Savage King, and thankfully, he took the bait and attacked.

Klaus now controlled the attack from the Savage King, and before the Tier 11 zombie could react, the sword arc appeared before him, giving him no time to defend.

His body was cut in half, destroying his attack in the process. Klaus smiled and looked at the Savage King.

“No…No…No. I don’t want you on my team, even if you kill all your soldiers for me… So stop attacking your own people.” Naturally, the Zombie King became even angrier.

He started attacking, unleashing all kinds of skills he had—limited skills, but dangerous ones.

But Klaus didn’t even bother with those. His focus was now on something else.

Since 63 parts of his Hivemind were spread across the battlefield, he could observe every last one of his friends closely, and so far, a pattern was emerging.

At first, he expected things to be due to the overwhelming number of zombies they were facing, but that thought was pushed aside when he looked deeper.

The zombies, especially the Tier 10 and Tier 11, were moving in a coordinated pattern.

It was as if they had a battle plan prepared ahead of time.

Klaus knew that, while his team could do more damage if they picked their targets, now, as soon as one zombie was taken down, more took their place, and their movements were well-coordinated.

Klaus knew the zombies on Earth, unlike the ones in the movies, were intelligent, but they weren’t at the level of humans, so having this perfect coordination in combat was far too advanced for them.

‘This can only mean one thing… There is someone behind this, someone with terrifying abilities, and I need to find them fast, before it’s too late.’