The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

[58 Days Before the Awakening]

Klaus woke up a few hours later feeling refreshed.

He only slept for a few hours, but the refreshing feeling filled him up.

Maybe it was from the fact that his wives had amassed powerful warriors for the upcoming awakening. Or maybe he was just happy he had finally found one of the Nineteen Hearts of Death needed to awaken his Death Heritage Bloodline.

Maybe it was something else altogether. However, whatever the case may be, Klaus was just happy, and that refreshing feeling was now oozing from his body as he sat in the head chair inside the meeting hall.

Inside the hall were all his wives, his friends, his doom guards, and a selected few from the Bast Race, Vampires, Humans, Moon Borns, and the Academy.

In all, there were over 70 people in the hall, excluding his nosy mom, who just wouldn’t take the hint.

“It has only been a day, but since we all know what awaits us in 58 days, we can only be on our feet always to prepare,” Klaus began to speak.

“The place we will be exploring is somewhere I have no idea about. However, I know with absolute certainty that great treasures await us there, so we should take this opportunity to grab some.

That said, don’t grab more than you can carry.” Everyone laughed, with Klaus’s mom laughing louder than everyone.

Klaus turned and looked at her and smiled, “You are not going, Mom.”

“You—” The woman pouted, looking at Klaus like she had been dealt an injustice.

Asha, who was practically Klaus’s mother’s best friend, scoffed at Klaus and took her mother-in-law’s hand. “Don’t mind him, Mother, I will take you with me.”

“That is why you are my favourite,” Klaus’s mom laughed.

“Wait a minute. Why is she your favourite? Are we not your favourites too?” Lucy looked at the woman, who let out a small smile and responded, “You all are my favourites.”

Naturally, none of them believed her, for they all knew Asha was indeed her favourite. Not that they would protest that.

Knowing the circumstances that led to Asha losing her parents, they wouldn’t mind if their own mothers took her in as the daughter they never had.

Klaus turned away from his mom and focused on what he was saying.

“Depending on how much we find, a much larger team will be deployed after we come out, so do your best to cover more ground, and please, move in teams since we don’t know what awaits us there.”

They nodded.

“In that case, we leave in 10 minutes. Prepare.”

Klaus left and went back to the last floor of the Tower of Defiance. A few seconds later, his mom arrived there with Pickle Berry.

“Big brother, I will soon be turning 16. Can I also come?” Pickle Berry asked, looking as pitiful as she could look. Klaus, who was planning on denying her entry into the dungeon, hesitated.

He looked at his mother, who held a smug smile, and Klaus sighed. ’This woman is teaching Pickle Berry all the bad things an adult shouldn’t teach a kid.’

Klaus looked at Pickle Berry, who was even more pitiful now. He sighed again. “Fine. But stay close to me or your mom.”

“Yay!”

Naturally, the pitiful look in her eyes vanished and was replaced with happiness. Klaus just smirked and glared at his mom, who gave him the ’what?’ look.

“Mom, you shouldn’t wander off when we enter the dungeon. It might be dangerous.”

“Don’t worry, I will be fine.”

Though Klaus knew her confidence was coming from the fact that she would be moving with an Ascension Stage warrior and two Nether Stage warriors, he couldn’t help but worry about his delicate yet fragile mother.

Ten minutes later, everyone was aboard one of the transport jets the Moon Borns used to transport their people to Earth. Of course, the engineers in the Bast Race had improved some aspects of it, making it much stronger and faster.

They left for the location of the dungeon.

Two hours later, they arrived at the location. The portal entrance was still there.

Klaus walked in front of them. When they were at the entrance, a blue light shone from the nearly invisible portal, which was acknowledged by all nine star tattoos on Klaus’s back.

“Follow me,” Klaus said before walking through the portal. The moment he walked through, he arrived in a clearing where only small, beautiful trees could be seen.

A second later, the people he came with all appeared there. All of them started looking around to see if they would find something else. However, aside from the trees, nothing else was around.

“This is the last floor of the dungeon. Naturally, the dungeon is but a decoy created by whatever this place is.”

Everyone raised their brows, prompting Klaus to provide some context. “I believe this place is a pocket dimension. I have been here before, and back then, for some reason, I didn’t appear inside the dungeon like everyone else. I instead entered a trial that sent me to a different world.

So I think this place is a dungeon of some kind to people it doesn’t recognise and a whole different thing to people it recognises.”

’Perhaps it was better to show them than to say it.’ Klaus formed a hand seal and pointed his right index finger forward.

A golden light shot from his finger and landed on an invisible door.

A ripple spread out, and a portal appeared with a majestic golden frame. The aura coming from the door is foreign. It felt different, like it wasn’t from this universe.

However, while it is different, that doesn’t mean the aura is inviting or revolting. In a way, entering it will determine its true nature.

“I don’t know whether we will be separated, so we all should be ready,” Klaus said, eyeing Asha.

She understood the assignment, so she opened her insect domain, allowing Pickle Berry and Klaus’s mom to enter.

“Let’s go.”

Klaus walked toward the door and slowly entered.

The others followed quickly behind.

The moment Klaus walked through the portal, the space around him changed. He appeared on a small island featuring small green stones, each as delicate as a flower.

Standing not far from him, facing him with their back, was someone Klaus hadn’t met before, yet he felt comfortable when his eyes landed on them.

The person was, of course, a lady with pure golden hair. Every strand of her hair seemed to possess a life of its own, causing the very space around to wobble every now and then.

She held a fishing rod in her hand, and like a mundane person, she was fishing for something. Klaus walked closer and stopped when only five meters were between them.

“You are finally here,” a sweet voice entered Klaus’s ears, causing his world to spin slightly. However, he recovered the next second and replied.

“I don’t suppose we have met before, so who is this senior?”

A chuckle came from the lady’s mouth when Klaus spoke. “I guess reincarnating nine times has finally instilled some respect into you, Paragon.” The lady turned, and when Klaus’s eyes landed on her, his heart skipped a beat.