The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

With the Whispering Beast’s death, the vale mist started to clear.

Of course, come to think of it, the whole concept of a beast with countless eyes turned out to be a man obsessed with a woman far above his social status.

He was a country bumpkin who, from his point of view, fell in love with the Princess of their entire planet. Naturally, that had no substance to it, not when the lover never slept in the same bed with him.

Colt was that simp who would do anything for a lady, despite the many warnings from family, friends, and haters.

When he started moving with the princess, he stopped listening to even his own family. In his mind, listening to them was like listening to haters who wanted to stand in the way of his happiness.

He was completely absorbed in his feelings for the princess that even as a mind cultivator, he couldn’t sense he was being manipulated.

In fact, the years he spent with the princess were so that one day, he would be sent on a mission with the promise that when he returned, he would be married to the princess in a grand ceremony, one that would finally show him to the world and the rest of the universe as the husband of a princess.

However, if only he knew he was merely a pawn in a much bigger game, he would have cooked up a backup plan.

Now, he is dead, and the horror of the whispering beast died with him.

Of course, people did see a beast having countless eyes. He saw the same thing when he was traversing the mist. However, it was an illusion, one that tricked people into thinking the cause of the vale was a beast.

’He was smart, though. From his memories, aside from his simp lifestyle, he was among the top ten best warriors in his class and the most promising one to become a powerhouse one of these days.

Too bad he picked the wrong planet and the wrong mission to go on.’

Klaus sighed and used the space ring to collect the colt’s remains, then he accessed the mission page and pressed the ’Complete’ button.

Once that was complete, he let his mind come back to the secret he gleaned from Colt’s memories.

”A tomb of a Primordial Era Blacksmith, huh?”

The hidden reason behind Colt’s silence turns out to be something extremely significant.

From what he managed to get from Colt, the princess told him before he left for this mission that Planet Virel was actually once a tomb of an ancient blacksmith.

Per what he was told, this blacksmith lived during the Primordial Era and was known as a powerhouse during that time. His tomb would, without a doubt, hold some treasures and a whole lot.

A tomb from the Primordial Era would, without a doubt, hold some treasures.

Somehow, the king of Planet Bimix chanced upon this intelligence, and from what they knew, only a bloodline of the Royal Virelian human race can open the door to this tomb since it is believed the Virelians are the descendants of this blacksmith.

Klaus didn’t know how true any of this is, but he will let his people investigate.

”If it does exist, then I will have to come back here when it opens so I can explore it too.”

Soon, the mist was almost cleared.

On the outside, one of the five Virelians inside the jet received a notification to approve the mission.

”He had done it,” the man said, looking at his phone screen. ”He had killed the whispering beasts.”

The four others looked at each other and, for a moment, they stood frozen. However, as the brown mist thinned, they suddenly erupted into a cheerful celebration, watching as it slowly cleared.

After a few minutes, Klaus’s figure could be seen standing 13 km away. There was no beast, no countless eyes, or a colossus dead beside him. However, with the mist clearing, they knew he had done it.

”Go ahead, Leader, approve the mission.”

One of the Virelians said, causing the one who posted the mission to nod and press the approve mission button.

Klaus, who was waiting for the mist to clear, received a series of messages. He quickly checked them, confirming he had indeed completed the mission.

[You have completed your second mission: ’The Whispering Beast of Kaldros Vale’]

[Rewards have been transferred.]

Klaus smiled and quickly checked his Hunter profile page. Now that he had completed his second mission, he knew his profile had to change.

Of course, he is nowhere near the stage where everyone would be calling him for missions. However, he had completed two big missions. That is worth appreciating.

⟦Hunters Name: Renegade⟧

⟦Hunters Rank: D⟧

⟦Progress: 250/2000⟧⟦⟧

⟦Missions Completed: 2⟧

”I can now handle the Epic mission I had claimed and reserved,” Klaus laughed, ”Not that anyone was lining up to claim it, considering if the stormy planet doesn’t kill you, the bandits would.”

The Epic mission he will be going on next is very dangerous. Many hunters had died, and over 300 had cancelled it. So he knew it would be a wild one.

”Hunting immortal sure would be fun.”

Klaus turned next to the ’Rising Star’ Chart, and what he saw made him happy. He had risen through the ranks. However, he also knew it wasn’t something to be proud of just yet. Still, he checked, and his current rank improved his mood.

⟦Rising Star Ranking Chart⟧

↠ Hunter Renegade. Rank: 920,900

Just when Klaus was about to check other things, he sensed the three immortals appear 2 km from him. He paused and turned to them, keeping a calm expression on his face.

Klaus could see from their expressions that they were not happy.

Their mission, although he didn’t see it from Colt’s memory, was perhaps to come kill Colt since he was merely a pawn, even though he didn’t know it.

Then, once Colt was dead, they used that victory to make the Virelians sign the contract.

Now, Klaus had destroyed their plans.

So, looking at their red faces and frowns below their eyes, Klaus knew they were pissed as hell. They probably wanted him dead where he stood.

”Congratulations on completing the mission, Hunter,” one of them suddenly said, though his cold, icy tone betrayed the message he was trying to convey.

Klaus smiled and responded:

”No need to be polite, senior immortal. It was just some red-skinned idiot who thought he could play god on this planet.” Klaus paused, then, as if realizing something, he smiled guiltily. ”No offense, though.”

The three immortals, if mad at first, are now furious. However, they kept their cold. The Whispering Beast turned out to be a Bimixian, a redskin human just like the three of them.

So calling the Whispering Beast a redskin idiot stung. However, they kept their calm, knowing their chance would come.

At that moment, the five Virelians approached the location Klaus was in now that the mist was almost cleared. When they got close, all five of them became cheerful, knowing their days of torment were over.

The mission they posted is now complete, and they are happy.

”You actually did it,” the one Klaus seemed to think was the leader of the Virelians said, walking toward Klaus with a broad smile. Their happiness is plain as day.

Klaus smiled and was about to answer when everyone in the valley turned toward the horizon. A large ship entered the atmosphere, causing everyone to turn toward it.

Klaus smiled inwardly, knowing his people had arrived.