The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

Chapter 1147: The Awakening (51)

Among Klaus’s women, the only wife who can’t fight actively is Nadia, the Puppet Queen.

She is just a Puppet Queen, so aside from her puppets, she can’t use her own two hands to hold weapons and fight.

That is virtually impossible for her.

Klaus tried to help her gain another class that would let her fight like he did for Asha. However, Nadia never received a secondary class. Klaus mostly surrounds her with powerful warriors to protect her.

However, this time, Klaus was short on warriors —or maybe it had slipped his mind —so when he deployed Nadia, he didn’t put this form of protection around her.

Naturally, just like most of Klaus’s wives, she had her fair share of troubles—one of them was when she was forced to fight for her own life with her own two hands.

In these grand awakening battles, the portals that opened were what most paid attention to. Even Klaus was more focused on these portals...

Of course, he had every right to be; after all, it was where the major threats came from. However, behind the scenes, even more bizarre things were happening.

For instance, during Nadia’s bid to hold down the fort as Klaus instructed, she was ambushed by 6 Monarchs, 34 Death Stage, and 130 Life Stage warriors.

She had no idea where they came from, but she knew—just like Ohema did—that she could not allow them to get close to her man.

So she did the only logical thing. She made sure that while she breathed, these powerhouses wouldn’t have the chance to reach her man and her sister.

It was safe to say her bravery is on another level.

In her team, she had only two Domain Stage warriors—Vlad and Faye (Angel Lady). These two were her trump cards since that was all she could handle.

Of course, she has over 300 Nether Stage and close to a thousand Ascension Stage warriors. But even so, she is not at all at the level to face off against such terrifying odds when she was already facing thousands of Neburians.

However, Nadia had a secret: her memories of one of her past lives.

In that life, she wasn’t a puppeteer but an archeress; she was an Elven princess who loved to hunt.

So when she was surrounded, Nadia chose to fight with her own two hands.

Her puppets have spirits possessing them; this means she doesn’t need to actively control them. So, as someone without an Archer class, she chose to pull out a bow.

This bow was something she asked Klaus to create for her. Also, since she can’t form arrows from her spiritual qi, she can only use the already-made arrows Klaus again made for her.

She has limited arrows, so she plans to reuse them if need be.

It was a risky move, but six hours later, 100 Life Stage, 14 Death Stage, and 2 Monarchs died at the hands of Nadia and her puppets.

But she was also broken.

Her body is littered with cuts, her beautiful hair is dyed with blood, and her legs are broken. However, Nadia is using her own puppet strings to move her legs, showing she is determined to see the battle through to the end.

Perhaps in this battle, she is the main MVP... after all, she defied the odds and went against her nature, actively fighting when she should merely be moving her fingers to control puppets.

”Ha... ha,” Nadia breathed, her body rising from the ground.

She stole a glance at the other battles before her eyes landed on Klaus, who was bleeding profusely, but he held a determined gaze, battling with six warriors.

”I can’t fall here,” she muttered, shooting an arrow at a Death Stage warrior. The warrior blocked it, but Faye, Nadia’s angel puppet, moved with lightning speed and cut him in half.

Nadia followed up with another arrow, the cut on her shoulder bleeding even more now. She jumped back, her mind pulling the strings attached to her legs, forcing herself to move.

”Aaarrgghhh,” she winced when a sudden blow to her rib sent her flying.

Vlad, her demon puppet, caught her and jumped over a spear thrust that came for Nadia, aiming to end her before she could land.

”My Lady, maybe you should retreat,” the worried Vlad said, moving across the battlefield with Nadia in his arms.

After distancing himself, he set her down, and Nadia fired another arrow. She looked in her quiver and knew soon, with her arrows getting destroyed, she would run out.

”I can’t retreat, Vlad, not when there is more to do.”

The poor demon puppet who hated seeing his Queen suffer frowns.

”Then allow me to burn my demon spirit. It will push my strength twentyfold. That will be enough to handle the four Monarchs. Faye has already injured them, so I can take them.”

Nadia fired another arrow, and Vlad blocked a Death Stage warrior from getting close...

”I can’t allow you to do that, Vlad. You may see yourself as a puppet, but to me, you are a person. I can’t, in good conscience, make you kill yourself just to buy more time.

After this battle, during the celebration, I want you there, so don’t even think about burning your demon spirit.”

Vlad gritted his teeth, watching as Nadia ducked low, evaded a spear thrust, then, using the frame of her bow, she parried another attack.

Vlad, who was also held back, gritted his teeth again and pushed through, coming to her rescue, only to be sent flying back.

However, Nadia used the strings to pull him back, allowing him to land a surprise attack on the Monarch who had sent him flying.

”Faye, say something. I know you are also thinking about the same thing... so say something.” Vlad may be a demon, but when it comes to his sense of duty, making sure Nadia is safe is his main priority.

Faye sighed, knowing that what Vlad said was indeed true.

But unlike Vlad, she wasn’t stubborn. However, she knew burning her angel spirit was the way forward.

Suddenly, a Monarch sneaked up on Nadia and stabbed his sword at her, aiming to drive it through her heart.

Nadia saw the attack coming and moved her body to evade, but her fatigue made it clear she couldn’t. Some of her Nether Stage puppets moved to intercept, but even they were too slow.

Nadia could only watch as the sword touched her armor, then pierced her skin, entering her body.

”Ah... I really am scared to die.” Tears fell from her eyes when she felt her body grow heavy and her vision turn black.

Soon, everything went quiet...

However, a voice suddenly entered her ears, causing her dying consciousness to spark yet again.

”Death doesn’t want you just yet, young lady.”

Nadia opened her eyes, meeting the red gaze of a lady she was seeing for the first time. The lady smiled at her and pulled her to her feet.

”Eat this,” she said, handing her a leaf. Nadia placed it in her mouth and bit on it. She felt a wave of healing energy wash through her body, repairing all damaged organs.

”You are one brave cookie,” the red-eyed lady said, her expression full of praise.