The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

Klaus has been waiting to hear Maud’s voice for hours now.

When he made Maud his Death Death, Klaus knew exactly what he was doing…

As the heir of death, Klaus has the means to select his Twelve Agents of Death. These 12 people will carry an aspect of death.

Maud is Death’s heart.

She possesses the Emotion of Death.

Basically, she grows stronger by feeding on the dying emotions of all beings.

From the start of the battle, Klaus told her to gather the souls of the dead; however, it was merely a lie meant to trick the heavens.

What Maud had been doing all this time was gathering the resentment of all the dead warriors on both her side and the enemy side, waiting for when she could form the first Heart of Death.

Just now, when Klaus knew he was about to have a very nasty welcome now that the main powerhouse in the battle had revealed himself, Maud also informed him she was done with the mission he had given her.

’Ah, I like it when plans come together in the end.’

Klaus was pushed back by the aura produced by the demi-lion. However, he stabilized himself and got ready for a good battle.

So far, he had killed three Heaven Executioners.

The Supreme Human is down to her last sword. After all, Klaus saw through her and knew her swords were her strength, so destroying two out of the three swords was a huge blow to her strength.

She wouldn’t be able to do much now.

The elf is also blinded in one eye. However, aside from that minor inconvenience, he is in good shape and can fight more actively now.

Klaus had already sensed many warriors on the heavens’ side burn their life force to activate some strange runes, so he knew the elf wouldn’t miss the same opportunity to ensure Klaus’s death now that their leader had stepped into the battle.

Right now, his headache is the masked figure and the demi-lion.

The masked figure had unsheathed her sword, meaning she would not only throw daggers now, but she would actually fight with her sword.

This makes her extra dangerous.

From the start of the battle, she had only used daggers, but even with just that, she was super dangerous. However, now, she is even more dangerous, holding a sword coated in sword aura.

As for the demi-lion, he holds his Crescent Blade, looking at Klaus with a calm yet furious expression.

“First of all, you fooled me, which speaks a lot considering I am not easily fooled,” Klaus said, looking at the demi-lion. He eyed the masked figure and sighed…

“I thought she was the leader all along, while you were merely a coward hiding behind your teammates. But bravo, you are much more cunning than I gave you credit for.

However, you were also stupid.” Klaus grinned, watching as Maud appeared beside him.

The heavens made no fuss about that because, in their eyes, Maud is a weapon attached to Klaus. Her entering the tribulation wouldn’t cause any change.

And that is why the heavens would lose.

After all, even if a Saint were to enter this tribulation, the changes that would have happened would have been super chaotic. However, they made no move when the most dangerous being yet stepped in.

“You have waited too long to make your move, allowing me to gather my strength for this very moment.”

The moment Klaus said that, Maud walked and entered his body.

BOOM

A dark aura, so suffocating to the point that the elf and the Supreme Human instantly crashed to the ground, unable to bear it, exploded from Klaus’s body.

The demi-lion and the masked figure retreated back, the look of shock and bewilderment flashing in the demi-lion’s eyes.

If the masked figure wasn’t wearing a mask, a pale look would have been seen on her face.

Klaus stood, his head bent down, as a three-layered ring diagram made from bones and obsidian hovered behind him. Inside each layer, three red skulls hovered, each releasing a chaotic power of death.

All over the battlefield, the dead bodies belonging to the enemy were lit in green flames, and their essence, which was in the form of a black aura, started moving toward Klaus.

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE

The heavens shook a couple of times, watching as Klaus, the Paragon of the Nine Stars, rapidly raised his strength.

“KILL HIM BEFORE HE IS DONE WITH THE TRANSFORMATION!”

The demi-lion named Leonis moved, and Seraphiel, the masked figure, followed Leonis as he spun his Crescent Blade, aiming to split Klaus in half. However, a wall of dark energy rose, blocking his path.

“Vraen!” Leonis shouted, and the Elf Archer, still on the ground, burned his life force to counter the pressure bearing down on him.

He rose to his feet and unleashed an arrow, shattering the wall. However, before Leonis could move, a bone staff appeared in Klaus’s hand.

He waved it, and giant spears made of death energy formed from the Death Essence coming from the dead bodies on the battlefield.

“Eye of Despair!” Klaus yelled, and a large eye appeared in the air.

“Hahahahaha!” Somewhere on the battlefield, the Monarch of Despair laughed in his draconic tone. “I taught him that technique. Now watch how he devastates these poor souls.”

Lyra, the Supreme Human, had also decided to burn her life force to unleash a powerful sword arc, aiming to destroy the eye. However, Klaus merely waved his staff…

“Beam of Despair!” The eye unleashed a powerful beam that blasted through the sword arc and landed on Lyra’s body, sending her flying back.

“Falling Into Despair!” A mark appeared on her wrist, and in an instant, a powerful mind attack, one that instantly pulled her into despair, struck her, causing her to scream her soul out.

Klaus moved back, his staff moving through the air as he cast a different spell.

“Death’s Chosen – Calling of the Death Agents!”

The ground behind Klaus shook, and Maud, dressed in her classic dark clothing, face covered in a dark veil, and even her hands covered in dark, stylish gloves, appeared behind Klaus and pulled a single note on her zither.

“It has been so long since the universe heard this song. Today, standing on the command of the Lord of Death, I, Maud De First Child, will play the Death Song yet again.”

TING

She struck the second note, and the entire world shuddered.

Klaus rose into the air and waved his staff, creating a defensive formation around Maud.

He moved away, confident in his formation to protect Maud no matter what was being thrown at her. Leonis and Seraphiel followed him while Vraen fired an arrow, attempting to stop Maud from playing the Song of Death.

However, the formation worked.

The arrow fired was absorbed, then reappeared — only this time, it was ten times more deadly.

It was aimed at Lyra, who was just recovering from her mind attack.

Vraen tried to block it, but another note from Maud sent him flying away. In the end, Lyra took the arrow through her heart, ending her in an instant.

More notes of the Song of Death kept playing, and the longer Maud played it, the stronger the death energy inside the death domain became.

This meant that soon, the three remaining warriors would start feeling the need to kill themselves, for death would be calling to them, and they would have no choice but to answer.

However, before they did, they still had the chance to kill Klaus or be killed.