The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

So far, if there is anyone Klaus had troubled the most since he left Earth, it would be Rory and her father. They had gone through a lot because of his troubles.

So the reason he was forced to gain the six favours was to ensure they were fully compensated before leaving. Initially, he didn’t know Burning Angel was an old friend, so he merely wanted a way to keep his life intact in the future.

With six favours, he can call on Burning Angel a lot of times, and he would come.

However, now that he is aware of their relationship, the six favours don’t mean much to him. So he decided to be generous and make up for the trouble he had caused the father and daughter.

”For my first favour,” Klaus said, turning to look at Lord Victor and Rory before he spoke, ”I want you to take in Lord Victor as your disciple for 100,000 years.”

”Huh?” Both Lord Victor and Rory widened their eyes.

Obviously, they weren’t looking forward to Klaus asking such a favour.

”Klaus, you don’t have to worry the senior about something so insignificant. I am sure he has more important things to do than waste time on me.”

”As a matter of fact, I don’t.” Before Klaus could say anything, Burning Angel stepped in. ”I have been working hard for millions of years, so I think it is time to take a break.

Taking in a disciple seems like a good thing. It will keep me busy, but not in a way I used to. Also, I am curious why you are over a million years old yet still haven’t reached the Demigod stage.”

Lord Victor’s entire body froze, his expression filled with shock. Klaus smiled at this sight, knowing he was going through so many emotions by now.

There is just no way someone like him ever expected to become a disciple of a Celestial, and not just any Celestial, but the legendary Burning Angel of all people.

That is mind-blowing.

”You heard the man; he doesn’t mind.”

Lord Victor moved forward and gave a respectful bow toward Burning Angel. ”Thank you, Celestial Burning Angel.”

”Shouldn’t you call me Master instead? Also, my real name is Hael.” Burning Angel smiled as he said that.

Lord Victor nodded and corrected himself. ”Thank you, Master Hael. I will do my best not to disappoint you.”

”Oh, you will not. I see a warrior inside you, so I think we will have a good time together. Who knows, maybe after 100,000 years, if you manage to impress me, I will extend it and add a million more years to it.”

Klaus smiled, knowing there was no better gift for the man whose quick thinking had saved him a lot of trouble so far.

”Glad we have taken that out of the way.” Klaus turned and looked at Rory before he asked for the second favour.

”As for my second favour, I want you to inscribe just a single Celestial Rune of my choosing on Rory’s bow.”

Burning Angel narrowed his eyes slightly at Klaus before a sigh escaped his lips. ”What rune do you want?”

Klaus grinned, and then he snapped his finger, and a rune appeared in the air. ”Spirit.”

This sight made Burning Angel shake his head and smile slightly. ”I guess you didn’t ask for such a favour without reason. However, are you sure you want just one rune?”

”Yes. Just one.”

”Okay.”

Klaus turned to Rory. ”Can I have your bow for a second?”

She hesitated, but then she retrieved her silver bow from her space ring and handed it to him. Klaus received it and gave it a quick examination before handing it to Burning Angel.

”Put the rune right here.” Klaus pointed at the grip.

Burning Angel nodded and formed a needle from celestial energy, and started to inscribe the rune. Klaus stood on the side, a smile playing on his face.

Only he understood what he was asking for.

While many would have used this chance to ask for all kinds of runes, he went for the Spirit Rune simply because he first wanted to turn the bow into a soul item.

In the few days he had spent knowing Rory, she spent almost half of that time admiring her bow. Initially, Klaus didn’t want to pry into her weird obsession with her bow, so he asked Icon to look it up.

It turned out the bow belonged to her mother, who died at the hands of the Taxation God. The God of Taxes wanted to kill Lord Victor, but he accidentally ended up killing her instead.

After she died, Rory inherited her bow, which, as she grew, she was supposed to part with, for it was not keeping up with her strength. However, she seemed attached to it.

So the only way for her to forever be with it was if it were a soul weapon. This would make it grow with her and forever be the weapon she would wield.

The Spirit Rune would also make it possible for him to put a weapon spirit inside it. This way, it would even become more powerful.

But Klaus’s ambitions go beyond that. He wanted to transform the bow into a weapon worthy of earning a name. He would create complex formations that would aid him in incorporating powerful abilities.

Just like most of his weapons, he wanted to transform Rory’s bow into something similar. He had lived long enough to know just what he had to do to make it a weapon to be feared.

There was so much he could do with the Spirit Rune, so he waited patiently for Burning Angel to be done with it. Once that was handled, he gave the bow back to Rory.

”When we go back, I will help you form a soul contract with it. Then we can proceed from there.”

She nodded.

Though she seemed to have some questions on her mind, she kept them to herself for now. When they were gone, she would ask them.

”That will be all for now. Though you still owe me four more favours, which I will collect in the future.”

Burning Angel didn’t seem to mind. To him, Klaus could ask for as many favours as he wanted, and he wouldn’t mind one bit.

”Aren’t you going to ask how I cracked your [Beast God Dominion] technique?” Klaus asked, hoping to gloat a little, but Burning Angel didn’t seem to care.

”You only broke 1% of it, so I don’t need to worry about anything. Honestly, I was a bit shocked that no one had been able to break it all this time, until you, of course.”

”Because it was hard to crack. I had to use Ancient Runes to break it. But I don’t mind having a go at the main thing.”

”Become a god first, then we can talk.”

Klaus chuckled, but he put it at the back of his mind to break it one day. ”Maybe I should create my own formation that can’t be broken even by the best formation expert.”

The idea was put at the back of his mind. One day, maybe he would do it.