The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

Chapter 571 Talking About the Past

”Hanna, are you alright?” Anna asked, gazing at the pale, blue-haired beauty sitting on a bed inside the tent.

Surrounding her were Kathy, Nia, Lulu, Aoi, Asha, Lucy, Lily, Klausʼs male friends, and Miguelʼs team. They were on a mission in a Tier 7 Forbidden Zone when Hanna suddenly became unwell.

”Iʼm fine. It was just a slight dizziness,” Hanna replied, looking stronger now. She had been worried for a moment, which caused her paleness, but she seemed to have recovered somehow.

”Then what happened?” Lucy asked, her worry evident. She cast a spell that caused green flowers to bloom around Hanna when she had turned pale. Luckily, it helped speed up the healing process.

”I donʼt really know... Maybe it has something to do with my element. It has become much more powerful over the past few days as I near the Sage stage,” Hanna lied.

She had no choice but to lie. She couldnʼt explain her connection to Klaus, so she made up an excuse. However, Lucy, who had also felt unwell a few hours earlier, could sense that something wasnʼt quite right.

Still, nothing else had happened after that, and she, along with Klausʼs other three women, could feel their connection with each other intact, so she assumed Klaus was fine.

”Then can you fight?” Lily asked.

”I can... but maybe we should rest for a few hours. We still have a couple of missions to complete, right?” Hanna suggested. Everyone agreed.

Soon, they all retired to their tents to rest, leaving only Hanna and Klausʼs women together. Naturally, Klausʼs friends were sharing tents with their girlfriends.

They stayed in silence for a few minutes until Lily broke the silence.

”So, do you guys think weʼll have a shot at defeating Klaus when he comes back? I mean, weʼve all become abnormally stronger these past weeks, huh?” Lily smiled, knowing the latter part of her sentence was true.

They had indeed become stronger—every last one of them. Even Miguelʼs group had grown much stronger thanks to the techniques Klaus had given them.

However... asking whether they could defeat the monster whose fate was uncertain at the moment... was a little—

”NO,” Lucy said, shaking his head. ”You werenʼt there when he nearly killed Kate. It was like seeing the Grim Reaper in the flesh. Klaus is terrifying if none of you are aware.”

Lucy could only smile. Nia, Asha, Lulu, and Aoi were the same. They had been there when Klaus went berserk, so they knew what they were talking about.

”What type of soul is he made from? I mean, weʼre all overpowered now, but Klaus is just abnormal. It makes me wonder what kind of monster heʼll become at the level of the Overlords,” Anna muttered, shaking her head.

”I donʼt think you should measure him on that level. He managed to hold back a Transcendent Beast while killing two Sovereigns. Iʼm sure heʼll start killing Ascendants when he becomes a Great Sage,” Kathy said, but Anna just laughed.

”It seems you all are underestimating him. Little Brother is a monster. Killing Overlord-level beings isnʼt how we should measure him.

I donʼt know how I know, but Iʼm 100% sure heʼs already started killing Ascendants. Call it a gut feeling, but Little Brother is a monster that canʼt be measured using our expectations...”

The ladies looked at her with varied expressions, but deep down, they all knew she was right... The Klaus they knew was a monster beyond monsters.

”Hanna is right. When we first met Klaus, it was back in the Everlasting Zombie Forest, where we were caught in a zombie tide,” Lily said with a smile.

”Thinking about it now, that was when we all met him. Had it not been for his timely intervention, Iʼm sure we would all have died.”

”True, but we wouldnʼt have stood on the sidelines and just watched you ladies die like that,” Asha said with a guilty expression.

She and Nia had been there but hadnʼt intervened, even as some were dying. In their defence, those who died were cowards, and as disciples of the strongest academy that fights against cowardice, they despised cowards. Your journey continues with

But they had also placed Anna and her team in danger, which, in a way, paved the path for them to meet Klaus.

”Yeah, back then, we were all scared, but thanks to him, we survived and made friends with a generous, shameless bastard,” Anna said, and they all laughed.

She hadnʼt told her friends yet, but when she and Klaus first met, it wasnʼt pleasant. It was the first time she had seen a human kill another human up close. It freaked her out, but it was also when she became interested in Klaus...

”I guess it all worked out in the end, indeed,” Lucy said, knowing that if it hadnʼt been for her sister, she wouldnʼt have met Klaus—or fallen in love with him.

”How about you, Hanna? How did you meet him in Ruin City?” Anna asked.

Hanna smiled, recalling the moment she and Klaus first met. It was her final day of hunting, and she planned to sell her loot and finally carry out her suicide revenge. She had made up her mind to die, taking down those who had killed her friend.

”He smiled at me, and I approached him,” Hanna said, still maintaining her smile. This caused the ladies to raise an eyebrow.

”She smiled at you?” Lucy raised an eyebrow.

”Indeed. It was when he cleared an entire region of Ruin City, killing thousands. Everyone present at the moment was scared of him, myself included. However, after he smiled at me, it felt like all my fear vanished, so I approached him.”

”And what happened next?” Anna asked, shifting closer to her.

”Well, he wanted help with the Warrior Tracker, so I helped him. After that, we went our separate ways, only to meet again when it was time to leave the forbidden Zone. One thing led to another, and he offered me some monster cores and asked me to ride the shuttle back with him.”

”That was when I met you guys, and well, here we are now.”

Anna supported her chin with both hands, smiling as she stared daggers at Hanna, who was also smiling, recalling her memory with Klaus. Of course, her past memories as Havina in Klausʼs 4th incarnation also influenced her mood.

”This is a great romantic backstory, donʼt you think, Hanna?” she asked, looking at her. Hanna stared back at her and shrugged.

”Itʼs indeed a romantic backstory. You and Klaus are like a match made in heaven,” Asha joined in, followed by Lily.

”I know, right? From the moment I saw you and Klaus get down from the shuttle, I could have sworn you guys looked like lovers from a distant past,” Lily added, and the three ladies giggled.

Lucy, Nia, Lulu, and Aoi also giggled, knowing exactly what the three vixens were up to. They may have formed the three Vixens, but they want to make it a four.

Hanna smiled but didnʼt say anything. Instead, she cast her mind back to when she and Klaus, in their past lives, used to dress up and roam around the city, causing trouble for vendors and merchants.

Her smile bloomed, and without her realizing it, she began to blush, making the ladies around her, including Kathy, look at her with countless emotions.

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