The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

Chapter 970: Odyssey Of The Hated One (8)

[Thirty Minutes Before the Awakening - Magnus and His Team]

Magnus looks at his five ladies and smiles, ”You five are to stick together and stay behind Asmodeus. No matter how dangerous the battle gets, never advance.”

”Don’t worry about us, Magnus, we aren’t weak.”

”I know that, but just be careful.” Magnus then turned to Asmodeus.

”This is your chance to add stronger undead to your legion. Do well to use this chance wisely, and please, don’t spare any effort to use your true strength this time.

I want all hands on deck, and with your abilities, I believe we can push back.”

Asmodeus smiles and looks at Eryx with a grin, ”Hope you heard what the master said. You can now accept that I am better than you.”

The one-eyed grim saber just smirked and turned away from Asmodeus. Magnus smiles and focuses on Eryx next.

”Use your bloodline abilities this time, and no matter what, don’t let the danger get past you without at least injuring it.”

Eryx nodded, then Magnus looked at Alesi.

”I will move with you to the front line.”

Alesi was already prepared for battle. She is powerful, and Magnus realizes her strength, so he wants her by his side on the frontlines.

”In the end, we can only do our best, so let’s give it our best and hope for the best.”

They all nodded and started preparing.

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[Fifteen Minutes Before The Awakening - Magnus’s Wives and Magnus’s Mom]

”Are you ladies ready?” Magnus’s mom asked, already clad in her armor.

”We are, mother. But did Magnus know you would be joining the battle?” Dahlia asked, looking at the beautiful woman now clad in dark armor, wielding a long sword.

She smiled with a chuckle in the end, ”Being a seer is just a sub-class, ladies. I may not have shown it, but I am a swordswoman, and battlefields are where I live.”

The ladies laughed.

They indeed did not see their mother-in-law as a warrior type. In their eyes, she is too beautiful to be a warrior. However, with her son now going into an unknown battle, she can only take up arms and aid him.

”Are you ladies ready, though?”

The five ladies looked at each other and nodded, ”We are ready, mother. Magnus needs our help, so we will do everything in our power to help him.”

Magnus’s mom smiled, ”I am with you ladies, so let’s do our best to win this battle at all costs.”

They nodded with a smile.

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[Five Minutes Before the Awakening - Magnus vs Klaus]

Magnus left his mansion and flew to a mountain peak, then sat down.

After taking a deep sigh, he spoke, ”You can come out.”

Klaus, who was observing from a third-person perspective, felt his body move, and then he was seated beside Magnus.

They looked the same. The Magnus Klaus encountered when he first began recalling his memories was more mature. In contrast, this one was of the same generation as Klaus, making them look more like twin brothers.

It was just that Magnus is more handsome and pale.

”Beautiful world,” Klaus said, feeling the air around him and looking at the green nature forest spreading far and wide.

”It’s indeed a beautiful world. But I hate it,” Magnus responded with a sigh. ”However, I have to save it because it needs saving.”

Klaus chuckled, looking at his seventh incarnation with an amused expression. ”If you hate this world, then why didn’t you leave? You had the means to leave many years ago, but you stayed. Why was that?”

Magnus didn’t respond immediately. He took a few seconds to gather his thoughts. ”I suppose I stayed hoping they would come to accept me. However, I suppose I hoped for too much.”

Klaus tapped Magnus on the shoulder, squeezing it a little. ”You stayed hoping for something that wasn’t possible. However, you and I both know that wasn’t the reason why you stayed.

So why did you stay?”

As much as Magnus didn’t want to say it, he knew he had to because deep within, he knew the reason why he stayed wasn’t to hope the world would accept him.

He stayed because of his mother.

The day he awakened his bloodline and class, he saw how his mother’s world died, and while he contemplated taking her away, when the world rejected him, he knew his mother wouldn’t leave knowing the world she grew up in was dying.

So he stayed to change things. But now, he knew things were much deeper and darker than he had hoped.

Klaus sighed, ”You are a Paragon, Magnus. Facing the heavens on a daily basis is what you do. Today is one of those days, so be ready to defy them.”

Magnus didn’t say anything for a few more minutes before he stood up. He stretched and smiled, ”Time to get to work.”

At the same moment, the countdown hit zero, and then the world went quiet. Then a large portal opened in the sky, and they started coming out.

Magnus was soon back at his mansion, where his wives and his mother were ready, looking at the portal.

”Looks like it will be a monster battle,” Magnus’s mother said, and the ladies beside her nodded.

Alarms started blaring as the warriors of Caelmir began assembling. The king may have ignored Magnus’s warning to kill the monarchs, but he made sure to at least assemble a part of his army.

Now, facing the onslaught of thousands of monsters, they could only start sounding alarms, alerting the others to take up arms and defend the world.

Magnus observed the portal for a few minutes before turning to his team, ”Let’s give it our best.”

With that order, the battle began.

Magnus and Alesi were the first to reach the battlefield, and so they started killing. Soon, Asmodeus and the others also joined the fray.

It took some more minutes, but the warriors of Caelmir also joined and started defending the world like they should.

The battle quickly took a dangerous turn when the beasts and the monsters in the world started attacking from different directions.

The king and his warriors were quickly reminded of the consequences of not planning before battle.

Thankfully, Asmodeus was a step ahead, so he unleashed the seven Monarchs he had taken as his undead, allowing the warriors to have some breathing room.

However, the portal kept sending more monsters to the point that within three hours, the deaths on both sides were rather staggering.

Magnus was at the front line, his eyes red, armor covering his body, and killing countless monsters every second.

Alesi was also doing her best, but as five hours drew near, the dangers multiplied, and the death toll increased.

By then, Magnus started to sense the danger.

All over the world, the monsters had spilled from the battlefield and started attacking the cities. Many innocents started dying.

Seven hours into the battle, the portal started transporting level 9 Ascension stage monsters over, each a danger beyond one’s capabilities. By then, many were growing weary, proving that the impending danger would face little to no resistance.

Magnus knew this, the king and his sages also knew that, and all the warriors on the battlefield also knew that.

However, before all hope was lost, Magnus’s mom and his five wives unleashed their power, instantly turning the nature of the battle, tilting the odds in Magnus’s favor.