The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

General Okoye, or as Klaus called her, Kaida, was one of the strongest beasts Efad, Klaus’s ninth incarnation, had in his beast army many years ago.

The day they met, Efad had to fight a great battle, one that lasted for three good days.

The Phantom Cats, who became his first beast companions, advised him back then to go to the Land of Monsters if he wanted to have a chance at building an army worthy of exacting revenge.

Of course, back then, Efad wanted nothing more than to get revenge on the Council of Elves, so he took their advice and led his 48 Divine beasts and the Two Vampires to the Land of Monsters.

However, what the two unruly Cats didn’t tell him was that the Land of Monsters is a place governed by seven powerful beasts.

Back then, when Efad and his beast army arrived, they were unfortunate to appear in a land ruled by the White Berserk Panther, a beast at the Life Realm who was almost done mastering the basic laws of life.

Her name was Bast.

However, while Efad’s first encounter with her is to be told another day, today, the story is about the right-hand woman of the Panther Goddess.

Her name was Kaida, a powerful purple-furred panther beast, one who was at the Domain stage, and one whom Efad had fought a great battle with.

With his team surrounded on all sides, Efad was left to fend for himself. Of course, back then, he was at the Chaos stage while his opponent was at the Domain stage.

And as a formation master, Efad was essentially out of his element. However, thanks to that battle, he learned something very powerful about his Star Monarch Bloodline.

He learned he had the ability to take the form of any beast he had under his command.

So he adapted, switching from one beast to the next, and while the outcome was obvious, Efad was grateful that Kaida did not kill him.

Later, she joined him with her leader, who would go on to become a Goddess in the future, one who seemed to have done her task quite well, as evidenced by the appearance of a Bast Race on Earth years later.

Klaus looked at the blushing general, whom everyone thought was emotionless, and could only smile

“Let’s find somewhere private to talk,” Klaus suggested, and General Okoye led him toward a room. Soon, they disappeared into the room.

Words soon spread around the base of the general, laughing, and to a human male at that.

Meanwhile, on the inside, Klaus and Okoye settled down.

“So, how have you been, Kaida, or should I call you General Okoye?” Klaus asked with a slight grin. As expected, Okoye smiled too.

“The master can call me any name he likes. And to your question, I have been doing well.”

“In that case, I will just call you by your current name.” Okoye nodded.

“Since when have you started recalling your memories?”

“About two weeks ago. Of course, before then, I had been having these strange dreams about a life I had lived, and the strange part was that whenever I woke up from those dreams, I saw changes happen to me.

However, the memories actually started coming to me from two weeks ago, and since then, I have become much stronger.”

Klaus nodded.

“I suppose you already have a fair idea of what had happened and what needed to be done.”

“I know, master. Though I have to ask, aside from me, have any of the family reincarnated into this world?”

Klaus nodded. “Rita also reincarnated, but she is currently having a hard time adjusting due to past bad choices. However, she is quickly adapting and, in no time, she will be ready for combat.”

“I suppose with Rita here, things aren’t too bad.”

Both Klaus and Okoye had yet to fully know what happened to them in their ninth incarnation, but from the memories they both have now, they knew to some extent that this had something to do with the Panther Goddess, Bast.

After all, the Bast race came from her, and from what Princess Eshira told him, the Bast race has some form of spiritual connection to the Panther Goddess, and that was a clear sign to him that she is still alive.

Now that he had met the right hand of the Panther Goddess, he was sure she was indeed still alive and would one day reconnect with him.

“After the battle, you can go meet Rita. I am sure she will also trigger her memories. Perhaps that will help her much quicker.

Also, after the battle, I will give you my blood to finally awaken your bloodline. Afterwards, the rest of the Bast race will get some too, though we first have to convince them that my blood is a good thing.”

“I will work on that, Master,” Okoye said.

“You can just call me Klaus.” Okoye nodded.

“Why don’t you show me your new team? The ones I met in the Land of Monsters were much more dangerous and well-coordinated. I want to see if you have managed to form something even remotely close.” Both Klaus and Okoye laughed.

Their first meeting was indeed funny, now that they both started thinking about it.

“Also, look what I have here.” Klaus waved his hand, revealing a sleek spear made of a much stronger metal than the vibranium her current weapon was made from.

“Is that…”

“Yes. Your weapons. Perks of being a paragon. I don’t leave anything that one’s belongings to me or those close to me to the heavens and their snotty favorite bastards.”

Okoye beamed with happiness as she received the spear from Klaus. The moment she touched it, her body shuddered as an unknown energy washed through her.

“Thank you, master. I almost forgot how it feels.”

Klaus just shrugged, and soon they were back outside where General Okoye took Klaus to every last corner of her base, showing her master what she had built.

“Impressive. Though not like your formal unit, these ladies aren’t bad either, and soon, they will become more impressive when they take my blood.”

Okoye was pleased to hear that Klaus was impressed with her team of 499 capable female warriors. The more they talked, the happier she got.

Thankfully, they weren’t in sight of any of her soldiers to see her smiling and laughing every few seconds.

After spending a few more hours with her, Klaus, Jane, and Princess Eshira left. Their next stop was the king’s palace, where they had a pleasant discussion about collaborating to protect the Earth.

The talk was long, but after eating dinner, they concluded on things that would benefit each other. Klaus also managed to score himself vibranium for his side projects.

The next day, Klaus visited Princess Eshira’s lab, where, after several hours there, everyone she worked with, including herself, concluded that Klaus was a hidden geek.

They had fun and later managed to connect them to Anaki and Inaki, who would be thrilled to work with genius minds like the princess.

Klaus sure knew that with the minds behind his first spaceship, joining the brilliant minds of the Bast race, he would be able to travel the starry skies soon enough.

He also discovered that the nerds who created Oracle were already in contact with the nerds in the Bast Race, working on further improving Oracle.

After ironing out a few details, Klaus and Jane returned to Moonville.

The battle was only a few hours away, so he also had to prepare his beast army, which had already numbered over ten thousand.