The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

[Five Minutes Before Klaus Defeated Niva – Maud’s]

Perhaps Klaus had already anticipated he would need a fast exit, so he left Maud with the S-class spaceship after they switched the spaceship just when they were entering Planet Yahmir.

They were entering the Maw of the Abyss after all. It was better to be safe than sorry.

So when he called and asked her to get to work, Maud simply left the planet.

She made sure she left as fast as possible, speeding away in the ship, further out of the comms range for Planet Yahmir. Though she had been pulled away from the bustling fashion festival, she knew the mission came first.

Klaus had already told her she could be called at any moment.

Of course, with her face covered, it was impossible to tell if she was mad or angry. However, as she sat with her eyes closed and muttering some words, one could tell she was ready for anything.

Suddenly, Klaus’s voice entered her head: “Maud dear, be ready.”

She said nothing, but she formed a hand seal, and at once, the void opened inside the spaceship; however, it wasn’t the violent and vicious tears that most often happen during battles.

It was subtle and quiet.

This one was in the form of a portal laced with death energy. If one were to sense it, they would lean more toward a death portal instead of a void portal.

However, it is in fact a Void portal that Klaus and Maud had coordinated to open. It spanned several light-years.

And since the spaceship is moving, Maud had to maintain the portal open long enough and stabilize it for safe travel.

A few minutes later, the portal shuddered, and Niva appeared from within, panting heavily. The portal closed the next second, and Maud raised her head, locking gaze with Niva.

Niva took her dear time to calm herself down before focusing her attention on Maud.

“Who are you?” Niva asked in a rather cold tone.

Maud stared at her for a few seconds before replying, “The one who saved your life…Duh”

Clearly, the reply didn’t sit right with Niva, considering how she narrowed her eyes at Maud. However, thinking about what happened just now before she was transported away, she was inclined to accept her words.

Klaus indeed came close to killing her when he unleashed the Absolute form of the Flame element. Niva’s strongest move is her absolute Ice. She had hidden it well, and if not for Klaus proving difficult to kill, she wouldn’t have shown it.

However, she did, and just when victory was near, Klaus shattered that belief.

In truth, Klaus’s Absolute flame was also his trump card he had been holding back for a while now. Of course, his soul bodies had been scheming inside his soul sea.

However, long before the Earth’s awakening, Lunara helped him reach the flame harmony stage on Mars.

Afterwards, thanks to the dedication and excellence of his four flame spirits, their ranking ascended to the next level, which is Absolute flame.

Naturally, they had long started mastering the flame laws with Absolute flame when Klaus left them on Earth. So while Niva’s Ice is potent, the forbidden flames aren’t as simple as they appear to be.

All four of them are forces to reckon with.

So when Klaus fired the ‘Multiple-Coloured’ arrow, she truly felt death. Luckily for her, Klaus didn’t aim to kill, so he used that quick moment of chaos to send her away.

The first arrow was to cover her in the chaos of the moment, shielding her from the eyes of the masses. Then the last three arrows he fired were to open the void.

All the screaming was an act that Niva was forced by Klaus to perform in order to divert suspicion. The last arrow merely closed the void and also created death energy in the air, masking people’s beliefs.

They wouldn’t be sensing the void if the abundance of energy in the air were death.

“Sit down and relax. Lord Klaus saved you because he deemed you worthy of saving… or perhaps he has a soft spot for women. Also, as to what he had promised you, know that he doesn’t break his promises… so all you can really do is relax and let him handle it.”

Niva stood there for four good minutes before taking a deep breath. She walked to a chair and sat down.

She said nothing to Maud for a while, only looking out the window, watching space move across her vision.

Eventually, she asked the question that had been bugging her… “Who are you people?”

“I am Maud, Lord Klaus’s traveling companion. As for Lord Klaus, he would have to tell you about himself, but know that he is a Hunter, and he merely came to Yahmir for something he can’t afford to miss.”

Maud paused for a few moments, then she added, “You should be grateful Lord Klaus came to your rescue when he did. Or do you think going after an Immortal King surrounded by five True Immortals is child’s play?”

Niva narrowed her eyes at Maud… “Are you implying I am a child?”

“Of course I am implying that. I mean, from my experience, only a child will wake up and think that coming after an Immortal King, while just a Real Immortal, is the right decision to make.

Only Lord Klaus can make such a reckless decision and actually see it through to the end. And you are not Lord Klaus.”

Being called a child clearly didn’t sit right with Niva. Being measured against a mortal is even more infuriating.

She is a Real Immortal, after all. If anything, she should be the one calling Maud a child. But as it stands, she indeed had made an impulsive decision that could have cost her her life.

She wouldn’t be going after just Varkos; there are five True Immortals who will stand in her way, and that is why she would have lost and possibly even died in the process. If Niva wasn’t angry, she would have seen it.

Thankfully, Maud only speaks the truth, so she laid it out to her. Whether she accepts it will depend on her.

“You have already lost, so deal with it. However, since you still have the chance to get your revenge, I will advise you to be happy about that and let the rest take care of itself.

Lord Klaus will get things done, so relax and let him help you. Of course, if you want, I can throw you out and try your luck elsewhere.”

“I wouldn’t be too excited just yet,” Niva muttered, looking out the window of the spaceship… “To win, he would have to get through the one called Xar’kul.”

Maud turned her head to the side and stared hard at Niva as if she had seen the biggest dump bitch of the century. In the end, she chuckled and gave Niva something to ponder on.

“If Lord Klaus wanted you dead, you would have died within the first five minutes.”

Somewhere in the locker room, Klaus smiled, feeling amused by the conversation happening between Maud and Niva.

Icon, of course, was streaming everything to him…