The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

Chapter 1135: The Awakening (39)

From the start of the battle, Nia had been eerily quiet.

Her presence wasn’t felt in the battle like the rest of her sisters.

Naturally, that was to be expected. After all, as an assassin, she hides in the shadows and lunges when her prey falls into her traps.

So her not being on the battlefield was fine.

However, the truth of the matter was, Nia, the twins (Luna and Nuna), and the rest of the assassins had been doing more than one expected.

The warriors coming from planet Nebu had assassins within their ranks.

In fact, the Vareenites had a whole legion of assassins that Nia and the rest of the assassins on Earth had to deal with in the shadows.

Because of her and the able assassins under her command, they were able to stop many deaths that could have happened due to assassins hidden in the shadows.

Klaus gave her explicit instructions to remain in the shadows for as long as the battle raged on. Naturally, Nia had her hands full the past nine hours.

However, she had just learned that killing one Monarch is equivalent to killing two, thanks to the special daggers Nebula gave them.

Nia had even forgotten about the dagger.

However, now that she knows what this dagger is capable of, not only does she want to come out of the shadows and see the light, but she also wants to do her part by killing a Monarch just like how Asha did.

“Nia, can you alone handle it?” Just when Nia made up her mind to hunt down a Monarch, Luna asked. She was inside the shadow realm with her, her sister Nuna, and the Dark Assassins led by Rita, the Soul Assassin.

“I will be fine, Luna… once I am done with my kill, you two will have to go find your own target, so hold down the fort while I am gone.”

Luna wanted to protest, but Nuna held her back and gave Nia a reassuring smile. “Be safe, Nia, we need you more than you think.”

Nia smiled and hugged her sisters before moving with one shadow, leaving two behind.

“Axis and Veyrha will stay behind. I will go with only Chronis.” Luna and Nuna nodded.

Nia had three shadows. The shadow of time was Chronis, the shadow of space was Axis, and the shadow of void was Veyrha.

At the moment, although she could use the Law of Time, Void, and Space, her control was still limited. However, having the shadow of time augment her would allow her to exert some control over time.

Nia left, and in an instant, she appeared in the shadow of a Vampire warrior.

Using the connection she had to the shadows, her senses spread all over the battlefield.

Provided there were shadows, she could see and hear anything she wanted to.

This allowed her to spot all the Monarchs.

She quickly assessed all the battles based on many factors. After a quick survey, she decided to go to Miguel and Mason’s aid.

They were fighting a Monarch wielding a sword and shield. Naturally, despite Mason having the second-fastest speed and Miguel packing some punch, the two were falling short compared to their opponent.

‘Miguel, Mason, find a way to distract him for two seconds… I will kill him.’ Nia used the connection everyone having Klaus’s Star Monarch Bloodline has to speak to them.

The two nodded and started probing for an opening they could exploit.

Mason wielded a spear while Miguel wielded an axe.

‘Mason, run circles around him for a moment. I want to try something.’

Mason nodded, and his speed exploded.

“Wind Blades!”

Thousands of wind blades started landing on the poor Angel, causing him to prioritize his shield more than his sword.

“Die, bug!” the Angel Monarch shouted, raising his sword to land a powerful slash on Mason. However, before he could land a blow, Miguel took action.

“Giant Axe Form!”

His axe enlarged into a colossal 40-meter-long axe, the kind that would cause anyone to pay attention to it. And as expected, the Angel Monarch pulled back his attack to defend against the axe.

But that was what Nia had been waiting for.

Just when the Angel Monarch made his move to defend against Miguel’s axe, Mason’s shadow moved, and Nia jumped out, stabbing a dagger toward the Angel Monarch’s shoulder.

He spotted her, and as someone who was three whole realms above Nia, he knew how to dodge or even defend while still keeping Miguel’s axe in his focus.

However, something strange he never saw coming happened, causing his movement to slow down slightly.

Miguel suddenly dismissed his axe under Nia’s command, instantly shattering all plans the Angel Monarch had.

However, that mistake allowed Nia to get close to him.

The Angel Monarch panicked, but just when Nia was six inches from stabbing him with the poison dagger, he activated a skill that created a forcefield around his body and expanded, aiming to push Nia away or even freeze her, considering the forcefield contained extreme ice energy.

However, the moment the Angel Monarch created the forcefield, Nia smiled behind her mask and muttered, “Got your ass.”

“Temporal Reversal.”

Nia tapped into the Time Law and activated a skill that forced the Angel Monarch to reverse just a second. However, that second reversal was enough to undo the forcefield around him and for Nia’s dagger to close in the remaining six inches.

“Shadow Step.”

The moment the dagger pierced his shoulder and drew blood, Nia teleported and appeared inside Mason’s shadow. She then grabbed Miguel and pulled him into the shadow realm.

“Jane, now.” Jane, who was on standby for this decisive attack, moved Miguel 4 km away.

It was far enough to be out of any sudden attack from the Angel Monarch, but close enough for the Angel Monarch to spot them.

Naturally, that worked like a charm.

The Angel Monarch spotted them, and so he immediately became angry and started channeling his spiritual energy to attack.

But a few seconds into channeling his energy, he coughed up blood.

He immediately realized what had happened, so he stopped.

However, how could Nia allow him to go without finishing the job?

“Miguel, attack him.”

Miguel nodded and unleashed a powerful attack. This time, the giant axe appeared and landed on his colossal shield.

The monarch played smart and only used brute strength to take on that axe attack.

However, when he sensed Mason pass by him and then a shadow move, his instincts took over, so he channeled more energy into an attack that could erase all three bugs from existence.

However, Nia’s mocking smile was all he saw while his body was instantly paralyzed by the poison, and he fell back, slamming into the ground.

“Easy enough.” Nia looked in Nebula’s direction and said in a cheerful tone, “A Monarch down… better make sure another one falls.”

Nebula looked at the arrowhead tattoo, and a smile appeared on her face.

Nia also smiled and then turned to Miguel and Mason. “Go help the others. I have to guard the shadows.”

They nodded, and Jane, who was already on standby, assigned them to new targets. The two guys who helped the Shadowless Assassin handle a Monarch were off to a different battle.

Miguel went to aid Old Lu in handling a new Monarch, while Mason was assigned to cleaning the Domain Stage warriors and below.