The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

Klaus had been preparing for this moment for a while now.

The Paragon Forge, something that had never appeared in this universe before, was now within Klaus’s reach, making him the first and perhaps the last ever to wield it.

The ability to create the perfect version of anything.

The ability to create any weapon you wanted, provided you had the mind to comprehend the runes that went into creating such a weapon.

But that wasn’t all. Klaus could create anything, meaning he could create weapons, skills, techniques, and even humans. These weren’t things that could be easily made.

All of them required great understanding.

Take weapons, for instance. Out there in the Universe, some blacksmiths had trained and honed their craft for years before they could create acceptable weapons.

Of course, not all blacksmiths deserved that name. But out there, any blacksmith who could create even a common-grade weapon was respected.

Some might say common-grade weapons are just wasted, but in Klaus’s opinion, common-grade weapons weren’t useless; it was the person who wielded them that was useless.

A common-grade weapon in the hands of a good warrior becomes a deadly weapon. And so, common-grade weapons were good, and those who made them were respected. They spent years learning, training, and relearning.

However, Klaus just had the means to create what he wanted by simply saying or thinking it. Once the essence of the item was captured, the Forge would create the runes of the item, and Klaus would have to comprehend them.

It would be like learning new skills. Those runes were the very last detail that went into creating the item, and Klaus would have to understand them. That was tedious, but Klaus had prepared for it.

Of course, he planned on creating his first Perfect Warrior, and while he didn’t have that much material to use, he had a few things that would allow him to make someone worthy of being called a Paragon Fiend…

Klaus entered the forge and sat down on a comfortable mat. The moment he sat down, his mind connected to everything in the forge.

[Are you ready, brat?] the senior asked the moment Klaus sat down.

“I am a senior. It is about time I use all the means I have to bring out as much fight force as I can muster,” Klaus sighed. “Your theory about the awakening might actually be true, so until the heavens determine we are strong enough, I want to have as much force at my disposal.”

[You are on the right track, brat. But don’t overwork yourself. You have dozens of brains, and mentally, your mind is robust, but mental exhaustion is something you can’t avoid… so take it slow sometimes.]

“I will take that into advisement, Senior,” Klaus smiled and then waved his hand.

Three things appeared.

A blood essence that was radiating an intense heat.

A white and orange orb that was also radiating an intense heat.

And a pile of metals, Klaus got from Nadia. For now, she wasn’t looking to create any more puppets, considering she now had 27 Void-stage puppets that could grow with her.

Every time she broke through a realm, her puppets moved one stage. So she had no reason to create new ones. Until he had the mind to control all the puppets inside her Puppet shop, she would never need these metals.

Klaus looked at the three things and waved his hand again as piles of Space Crystals appeared on the ground beside them, and a few Star Dust Crystals also piled up.

“For now, I don’t have a stronger body to use, so I will use the metals and the metallic limbs of the Demon Spider and a few materials from the other beasts to create my first Paragon Fiend.

Later, when I get new and powerful bodies, I will upgrade him.”

[How many of them do you want to create?] the senior asked.

“I plan on going for quality over quantity, so just nine. I will call them the Nine Paragon Fiends, just like how I have the Nine Paragon Guards.

I learned a long time ago what it takes to rise through the ranks after reaching the Chaos stage, so I won’t create many just because I have the means.

I will create a few and make them incredibly powerful… This way, just one of them will be enough to clear the battlefields.”

[That is a good plan. If you don’t have the means to improve them, they will become weak in no time, so take your time and create mighty warriors, once capable of following a paragon into battle.]

Klaus nodded and started to calm his nerves. He already had a vivid image of the kind of warrior he was about to create.

“So far, only Nyxthar can be described as a perfect warrior among the dozens of warriors currently under my banner. That is not good enough. I want them all to become terrors in battle.

With this new addition, they can train and see to their growth, because I need to train as well. I need to master all my skills to perfection. So far, I have the means to kill a Chaos stage warrior, even if they are at their peak.

It will be a gruelling battle, but I have the means to kill them. But what if an Ascension stage warrior appears? What if a Nether stage warrior appears? Or even what if there are multiple Chaos stage warriors…

With my current form, even if I am at the Ascendent stage, killing an Ascension stage warrior wouldn’t be possible… So I need to become much stronger.

I need to awaken at least 8 Elements and not less than four soul bodies before the Awakening.”

Klaus sighed and then went back to calming his nerves down…

After a while, he decided to start the process. Because his mind was connected to the Forge, the moment he made up his mind, the Forge came to life.

Klaus waved his hand, and all the materials he would be adding to his forge were sent into it. Along with the blood essence, His star monarch blood essence, Flame Core, Space Crystals, and other things, the 10,000 Soul spirits he had collected so far entered the forge too.

Klaus was ready to start.

“He shall be called Skar, The Flame Reaper…” Klaus began.