The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

Chapter 1153: The Insidious Curse

Two minutes.

That was how long the heavens had to kill Klaus.

Of course, the battle lasted 18 harrowing hours. He faced many terrifying opponents, and he came close to dying if he had made even the least mistake.

However, after it all, Klaus’ death was meant to happen in the last 2 minutes of this harrowing battle.

It was cemented in heaven, and for 20,000 years, it never changed.

Even within the 2-minute window where he was attacked close to a dozen times, the prophecy of how the Paragon of the Nine Stars died still held.

However, for some reason, it didnt pan out quite how it was written.

To understand why the last 2 minutes were set aside for Klaus’s death, we have to hear the story of how a Demon Prince and an Angel Princess met and fell in love.

20,000 years ago, the Angel Princess of the Divine Angel of Death Race was sent on a mission to kill a group of demons. All she was told was that the Demon Prince of the Blood Demon Race would be among this group of demons.

Of course, they said nothing about why she was asked to go. However, as a demigod who had already killed her fair share of gods, the Angel Princess of Death was trusted to see this mission through.

So she embarked on this journey, not knowing she was walking to a destiny that would forever change her life.

One cannot tell when their destiny will come knocking at their door, nor would they know even if this was destiny knocking.

However, sometimes what one can do is take a leap of faith, and hopefully they will step into the right destiny, or fall headfirst into tears of anguish.

That day, when the Angel Princess of Death came face to face with the Demon Prince of Blood, a hatred that burned deep in their hearts ignited.

The two were powerful demigods, but the Demon Prince had five helpers known in the vast universe as the Five Blood Guards.

They were said to be a ragtag group of five brothers who swore to protect the Demon Prince of Blood for eternity.

However, that day, when they met the Angel Princess of Death, they became powerless. It was said to be a battle of no equal.

The Angel Princess of Death and the Demon Prince of Blood were the best of their generation. They were monsters in their own right.

The stories describe them as Paragon’s equals, for they truly defied the norms and stood at the pinnacle of defiance.

Despite being bound by the rules, they found ways to defy them.

Their battle was legendary.

It lasted 69 days, and on the fateful day when the Demon Prince of Blood held his sword at the throat of the Angel Princess of Death, a sudden appearance of an egg caused him to hold back.

It happened when they were fighting; some of their attacks were just too devastating that they bored a hole into the ground, several kilometers deep.

Inside one of these holes lay a majestic egg, one that would cause even Celestials to drool.

From the moment their eyes landed on this egg, all urge to kill each other vanished, and for the first time, the two decided to put aside their differences and check out what the egg was.

If anyone were to witness this, they would wonder just why a mere egg could cause a battle that lasted 69 days to come to a halt.

But they did, and when they got to the egg, they understood why.

What started out as a battle to the death ended in the need to protect and guide.

The egg of a Paragon, the one that birthed the ultimate Paragon, landed in their hand.

While the two were obligated to kill him before he bloomed into a heaven defier, they instead chose to protect, and for years, they did.

However, how could the heavens let them go?

The rules were simple: the Paragon and all those who sympathized with them shall die.

So the heavens came after them.

However, the Princess of Death and the one known far and wide as the Mad Hunter aren’t ordinary people, especially with the Five blood Guards helping them.

For years, the seven people went on the run, doing all they could to protect the Paragon of the Nine Stars. In the end, he succeeded in securing his safety thanks to a certain enchantress.

However, it came at a price —one written in the Book of the Absolute: Klaus Hanson, the Paragon of the Nine Stars, was meant to die within the 2 minutes he saw peace and quiet.

He was meant to die just when he thought he had won.

And they succeeded. Klaus Hanson is dead. He had used a power far beyond his current capabilities. The heavens won, but then, why does it look like they lost?

That is because his death was meant to be confirmed within two minutes, yet it had already been over two minutes.

The curse that was being fulfilled forced a father to remain away and to watch from a distance as his son died.

A mother who loved her son more than anything would forget who she was, and two minutes after her son died, she would get back her life, her memories, and all she was meant to do was to cry.

The curse made five uncles fight with all they had, yet in the end, they would fail to save who they so desperately wanted to save.

This curse was meant to happen two minutes ago.

So what changed…

“ENOUGH!”

An angel lady flapped her white wings and landed beside Klaus, her delicate hands pressing on his back.

“LIFE EXCHANGE!” She instantly tried the only thing a mother would do for her son—give her life away if that meant saving her son.

However, despite pouring everything into the one spell, it failed to work. Klaus was already at the boundary between life and death.

“NO… This is not how it was supposed to end.” She pursed her lips and turned her head, looking for an option.

The palm strike aimed at Klaus shattered, and the void closed. However, there were no cheers..

Far in the distance, Uncle Ziggy, Mark, Xian, Jojo, and James felt a curse lift from their bodies, bringing out their true powers as Immortal Lords.

Uncle Ziggy teleported to Klaus’s side, Uncle James and Jojo went to Miriam and Tifa’s side, while Uncle Xian and Mark went to check on Queenie, using everything they had to save them…

Up until now, they were Domain-stage demon warriors; however, in reality, they were Immortal Lords, beings at the peak of Immortality.

“I NEED A HEALER!”

Klaus’s mom, who everyone saw as weak and useless in combat, had finally regained her life, and it was revealed now that she was the Angel Princess of Death.

Thousands of Sylvan healers teleported to Klaus’s side, his wives, and the others who had used their lives to protect the five ladies from the sudden palm strikes.

However, while healing the others had been successful in a way, Klaus was not improving at all.

“I am sorry, my lady, but aside from calming his pain, I am powerless to save him,” the strongest Sylvan healer said, her expression dull.

“Not even the Mother Tree could.”

Tears welled up in the poor mother’s eyes as she held her broken son in her hands.

In the end, despite recovering her memories and power in time, she was still too late to save her son.

“NOOOOOOOOO!” Her tears fell like rain, pain shattering her heart.