The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

The moment Klaus saw that Chaos had taken on the new monarch, he sighed and turned his focus back to Loff.

However, Icon spoke the next second, giving him more context…

⟪His name is Chaos. He came from a different universe after he received a summons. I have no idea what summoned him, but he seems capable, and he is on our side, so there is an upside to that.⟫

’I see. Good to have him then…’ Klaus didn’t want to jinx it, but with Asmodeus gone and this new surprise in the form of Loff, a monarch stage cultivator, things started to get out of control.

His team was breaking under the load of the enemy assaults.

The dead weren’t coming back to life anymore, and the worst part was that a new gate had opened when it shouldn’t have.

Right now, the only thing holding his team together was his wives, friends, the various generals, the Sylvan race, and the new arrival named Chaos.

Klaus knew he would be asking too much to have a void stage warrior fight a life stage warrior. That would be like throwing a can of gas into a fire.

So he can only do his best to minimize the death toll.

’This just doesn’t make sense.’

Klaus raised his hand, and the weapons flying merged, forming one large spear. With a gesture forward, the spear moved and attacked Loff.

Klaus summoned more weapons and began using his spirit master abilities to attack while strategizing.

It was true he never saw Loff coming, nor the new portal leading to Planet Ryn, or even a new monarch stage warrior coming out.

However, they are here, and as someone with 250 minds, Klaus knew his mind was his strongest weapon now.

Coming up with new strategies when other strategies failed was his specialty.

He first looked at Chaos, who was holding back the new monarch. ’Looks like he is having a good time… I just hope he can handle more because I don’t think she will be the last.’

Klaus turned his focus to Queenie, Tifa, and Lily, who were down to the last 300 life stage warriors to kill. Queenie was full-on Asura, her sword moving like it had a life of its own.

Lily, too, was having a pretty good time.

The only one he was concerned about was Tifa, whom he could tell was not in the right mindset.

’She is worried,’ He saw through her dull expression.

Klaus knew her worry was about her upcoming tribulation. To be frank, Klaus was also worried. He knew that the moment a monarch appeared, when there were still millions left to kill, the chances of more coming were very high.

This meant that while he was holding himself back, waiting for the tribulation he knew would be catastrophic, he couldn’t hold back anymore now that there were monarchs.

This meant that he must tap into his nine cores.

This would drain him, making him vulnerable during the tribulation. So he was very worried. However, watching his vampire wife become uneasy while still in battle made him panic.

Thankfully, Queenie alone was making sure the warriors stayed at bay…

’I must thank this Chaos guy. Casting a debuff on the life stage warriors was the best thing that could have ever happened at this stage of the battle.’

Right when Klaus said that, a sword he was controlling with his mind managed to bypass Loff’s defense and slice her right arm off.

’Bingo.’

The moment her hand came off, she faltered, allowing Klaus half a second to act.

“Law of Time – Time Stretch.”

Klaus’s hands moved, and then, like weaving reality itself, he stretched the time around him and Loff, allowing him to move a second and a half within half a second. This was more than enough time to activate two skills.

“Heaven’s Engine.”

The three-layered ring discs appeared and pressed down on Loff, whose bones creaked, and she was brought to her knees.

“Metal Law – Steel Dominion.”

The ground beneath her turned to metal. Klaus manipulated it, and it turned to spikes that instantly pierced her leg the moment they touched the ground.

Then a sword moved, and her legs and remaining arm were severed. Klaus appeared, grabbed her by the hair, and dragged her toward a metallic boulder formed from stone.

BAM BAM BAM

He slammed her face three times into the metallic boulder before pulling away. However, Klaus didn’t let go of her hair despite the cries of pain coming from her.

“A very long time ago, a family of five was kind enough to take me in when I was injured and on my deathbed.

They patched me up, fed me, and even dug into their own little savings and bought me the best medicine needed to completely cure me.

They knew I was a paragon, someone at war with the heavens. They knew helping me would be calling trouble upon themselves.

However, they did; for when they found me at the death door, they didn’t see a paragon, they didn’t see the enemy of the heavens. They saw a human who needed help, and so they helped me.

When I recovered, I offered to pay, but they said no. Their words were, ’Pay it forward.’ Back then, I didn’t understand what they meant.

I was a paragon; everybody wanted me dead. So, who was I going to show that kindness to? Yet despite my forcing them to pay me back, even going to extreme lengths of offering to become their guardian for a lifetime, they just smiled and waved me goodbye.

Two years later, I discovered that two demigods were fighting, and one of their attacks tore through space, landing in that small village.

The family of five died. They did nothing wrong… all they did was help me, yet the heavens killed them and not even their pregnant daughter was spared.”

BAM

Klaus slammed Loff’s face into the metal boulder again…

“They killed a baby who did nothing wrong simply because her mother fetched me water to bathe, her husband prepared herbs for my wounds, her grandparents cooked and spent money on more medication for me.

They killed her simply because her maid wiped the blood off my body. They did all this mainly because they could.

Today, they are doing the same thing… look around you. Look at how much suffering these people are going through simply because they know me, they live in the same world as me… they breathe the same air as me.”

BAM

Another faceslam.

“You left your world, thinking you could finally score one for the heavens. They let you in, and you obey, and today, because of you, thousands are dying.”

Klaus directed his sword to attack a Domain stage warrior who was aiming for a Void stage Sylvan warrior, a healer who hadn’t killed anyone yet she was nearly killed

“You know, in the past, I only killed the ones who raised their weapons against me. I believed killing the innocent was evil.

However, now, watching what you people are capable of, I am going to teach the heavens a lesson.”

“READY THE DESTROYER”

Princess Eshira, who was clashing against three domain stage warriors, teleported and appeared beside Klaus.

“Are you sure?” she asked, a little skeptical, knowing what the Destroyer was capable of.

“Ready the weapon.” Watching the cold look in Klaus’s eye, Princess Eshira’s body shuddered. The Klaus she knew in both his current life and his 7th incarnation wasn’t the same Klaus looking at her.

She waved her hand, and the spaceship sent from Planet Caelmir appeared. Tons of spaces, crystals, and explosive runes have been carved into it.

“ACTIVATE SELF DESTRUCT SEQUENCE”

In an instant, the ship came to life, and it turned toward the portal leading to Planet Ryn… “This is what happens when you mess with a paragon.”

“GO”

The ship moved, and in under a second, it entered the portal, appearing on Planet Ryn.