The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

Chapter 1240: Blinded By Love

Reading the mind of the dead is much easier than that of the living.

In the same way, reading the mind of the dead is less painful to the target compared to the living.

Naturally, everyone would want to have their mind read when they are dead. It is less painful after all. However, when it comes to Klaus, nothing is as simple as it appears.

First, even if you die, running from him is next to impossible.

He is the heir of death, someone who has already unlocked one of the 12 seals of death, slowly working his way to becoming the Lord of Death.

In fact, he is already the lord of death, considering he has entered the Realm of Death and explored a small part of it already.

This makes him someone death has to listen to. And so even in death, he can still get his hands on you. So imagine what he can do to you when alive.

Colt had tried to hide the secret behind the reason why the people of Bimix sent him to Planet Virel just to become something devastating enough to warrant the Virelians seeking help from them.

He accomplished his mission and was this close to completing it before Klaus showed up.

Klaus, of course, applauded their scheming, for it had indeed pushed the Virelians to the point they went to the Bimixians as they had anticipated.

Their plan was this close to working, until Klaus arrived.

Now, Colt tried to kill himself, hoping the secret would die with him.

However, with the Heir of Death and his Death’s heart around, death is the last thing he should expect. Even if he severs his head from his body, with Maud using Death’s denial ability, death will not claim him.

Klaus now has access to his completely dead yet alive body.

He merely pressed his index finger against Colt’s forehead, and the next second, he was somewhere else...

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”Colt, wake up.” A redskin young man rushed into a room where Colt, the youngest and the first person in the history of his small village to ever be admitted into the Bimix Talent Academy, slept soundly.

This academy is the biggest and most advanced warrior academy on Planet Bimix. It is the place every young warrior wants to go. Every parent would also want their wards to have a chance to get warrior training there.

Colt, due to his talent as an illusionist and a mind cultivator, had gained the chance every young man his age desires.

He gained admission against all odds, or perhaps, there weren’t any odds to begin with.

However, because of the intense work involved, he always uses the small moments he gets to rest. Too bad his roommate doesn’t respect his privacy like he would have wanted.

He lazily opened his eyes and glared at his roommate...

”What is it this time, Merk?” Colt asked, yawning, showing he wasn’t yet satisfied with his sleep. Being woken up by his roommate soured his mood.

”Don’t look at me with those evil eyes, Colt. You were the one who told me to keep an eye out for the princess.”

Hearing the mention of the princess, the sleep in his eyes cleared, and the frown on his face was replaced by a happy smile.

”Did you see her?” He asked, causing Merk to smirk...

”Look at you already drooling.”

”Oh, tell me and stop wasting time.” Colt seemed to want to tap into Merk’s mind and retrieve the information he needed. However, he is not powerful enough to do that just yet.

”Relax, Colt. I wouldn’t have woken you up if I had nothing to say. In fact, I have the biggest news.” Merk smiled and then pointed at the door, ”The princess is standing behind the door. She is here for you.”

Colt jumped down from his bed and ran toward the door. Peeping through the peephole, he beheld the most beautiful lady he had ever set his eyes on.

His heart skipped a beat in that very moment, his mind going blank as he stared at the youngest daughter of the King of Bimix.

Before today, Colt had only seen her once, and like a magnet, he fell for her. The princess, of course, had no idea this idiot liked her.

She probably has more things to worry about than thinking of a country bumpkin who had fallen head over heels for her.

However, Colt had become so obsessed with her that he used all means necessary to become her number one fan and her online enforcer.

Shit, Colt even enters deathmatches just to tell everyone his stance when it comes to the princess. Of course, he knew all this might not go anywhere. However, he kept doing his best to make her notice him.

Now, it seemed she had noticed him, and she now stood before his door, looking to speak with him.

Colt bolted back to the room, immediately dressed, then rushed to the door. When he opened, what greeted him was the most beautiful smile he had ever seen.

His mind basically flipped in that very moment. He had lost all forms of reasoning. In fact, the rest of the day was a blur to him.

One point, he was a man who would kill and had killed to assert his status, the next second, the princess, who even princes from nearby planets failed to woo, had asked him out on a date, and one thing led to another, they started to date.

Months passed, and three years have gone by. However, Colt and the princess only seem to grow much closer.

Their bond deepened, and up to the point Colt received the assignment that changed his life, or promised to change his life forever, he had no idea that everything was one giant mind game.

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Klaus pulls back his finger.

By then, Colt was already bleeding through his eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and every other hole. His brain had melted under the pressure Klaus exerted as he read his memories.

”Poor guy. In your pursuit of love, you ended up becoming a pawn in a much larger game.” Klaus shook his head, a sigh escaping his lips.

He had seen what he wanted from Colt’s memories; however, in the end, he could only pity the poor guy who, even at the moment of his death, still held on to the hope and delusion that a princess was home waiting for him.

”Just what kind of mind manipulation could make a mind cultivator become this delusional. It just doesn’t make sense.

You spent three years dating someone, yet you never even kissed her, not even once. Shouldn’t that be a clear sign she was using you?”

Klaus turns to Maud and asks:

”Was he an idiot, or was he just stupid?”

The Death Lady looks at him for a few seconds before deactivating the [Death’s Denial] skill. She sighed and then asked Klaus a question.

”Would you jump into an active volcano if Lady Asura asked you to?”

”Of course,” Klaus answered in a heartbeat.

Maud said nothing else and just vanished. Klaus, however, connected the dots and immediately understood what he was looking for.

This made him look at Colt, who had breathed his last breath. ”Poor guy, he was blinded by love and died to a lie.”

He sighs, ”Don’t worry, buddy, I will put an arrow through that bitches heart for you.”

The mist started to clear, a signal that he had completed the mission.