The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

“So, what are you going to do?” Nuna asked Klaus after knocking her mother out cold. Two days ago, Klaus had sat down with them and asked for every detail about their mother, who was also their slavemaster.

Naturally, they were more than happy to sing like birds, giving Klaus all the information he wanted. With that, he devised a strategy involving the creation of a potent poison meant to strip someone of their cultivation base for a few minutes.

This poison had been taught to him by Yuying during their time—or rather, during his time as Fruity with her—in the Tormented World.

He had asked Madam Fei for help in gathering the ingredients a few months back. As promised, he didn’t require the twins to do anything other than escort him to their home, where he would lie in wait for his target to return.

The twins, however, requested a few moments to vent their frustration, which he allowed. He knew that, given the chance, they would want to kill their mother themselves.

Not that she deserved any better. She had exploited them and stripped them of their freedom, so it was only natural they would seek revenge.

But because of the deal they had with Klaus, they stepped aside and let him take the lead.

“Nothing too severe; I will just send her mind and soul down the deepest, darkest abyss filled with pain and terror. Then, once she is broken, I will extract her memories. The rest, well, you will see later,” Klaus replied with a cold smile.

This made the twins stiffen slightly. However, they did not panic, knowing Klaus would do them no harm.

“Then make it very painful, and make sure she cries blood,” Luna said, tears streaming down her face. Finally, they were free from their mother’s dominance.

They had suffered for nearly 34 years under her tyranny, and for the first time in their lives, they felt true freedom.

Nuna held her sister back from doing anything drastic, but her own tears fell as well. Klaus looked at them and sighed.

“You two are in no condition to witness this, so go out and get yourselves some ice cream. By the time you return, this will all be over,” Klaus said. The two nodded and faded into the shadows.

Klaus turned to the unconscious woman and smiled. “You shouldn’t have done that to your children. S

But since you did, I won’t make your death simple or easy… You will wish you had never given birth.”

With that, Klaus took her into her secret office and shut the door, cutting off all sound from the outside world.

Inside the room, Klaus sat down and stared at the face of the sleeping woman. A few minutes later, he sighed, and with a wave of his hand, ten Viper Piercing Needles shot out and punctured countless holes through her legs, instantly waking her up with a scream of pain.

She didn’t even have time to process the pain before she felt the atmosphere in the room shift. Instantly, her soul was assaulted by a powerful and horrifying pain, forcing a guttural, agonized scream that instantly filled the room.

But it didn’t stop there. Her mind was overwhelmed with a cascade of terrors, each one more harrowing than the last. She turned and looked at Klaus, but the gaze she met made her break into a cold sweat.

“Enjoy the ride,” Klaus said with an evil smirk, looking down at her with eyes bloodshot red.

He had activated the Eye of Malevolence and linked it to the Eye of Despair, making it contain every conceivable horror imaginable.

But it wasn’t just her soul and mind being assaulted—her body was enduring its own torment. Klaus manipulated the needles, slicing and puncturing non-vital areas of her body. He wasn’t holding back.

Before using the technique the senior had taught him to extract her memories, he would first ensure she experienced a world of pain.

Klaus’s mind and soul had grown immensely powerful. He activated all his soul and mind-torturing skills and was simultaneously using his mind to control the Viper Piercing Needles.

Of course, he had already used the Soul Hook to latch onto her soul, so all the soul energy being exerted came from her, making the process much easier.

Klaus knew that facing her head-on at full strength would have caused disturbances and drawn unwanted attention, so he chose the most logical route—poison.

And it worked spectacularly.

[Brat, her mind has lost all defenses. You can use the technique now,]” the senior said.

Although he had warned Klaus that these actions would add more karma to his stockpile, Klaus didn’t care.

He wanted nothing more than to make her suffer, ensuring she felt every ounce of the pain her children had endured all these years.

“It’s only been an hour; she can endure a few more. This way, her soul will imprint this agony so that when she reincarnates, she will never repeat this to her children again.”

Klaus was taking the situation rather personally, considering this lady to be the opposite of his mother. Klaus’s mom was loving and very supportive, unlike Aya Middlestone who was manipulative and cruel.

Even during their hard days in the slum, Klaus’s mom was always supportive, making sure Klaus had enough to eat, even at the expense of her own meals. Sometimes, she would go an entire week with only water.

Klaus remembered the day he made the decision to drop out of school and start working so he could support his mom. That day, his mom cried her heart out, probably feeling like a failure who couldn’t provide for her own child.

That day broke Klaus in many ways, so watching a woman who was the complete opposite of his mother caused the anger and pain he had buried deep to resurface.

Luna and Nuna had suffered at the hands of their own mother. This made Klaus want her to experience all the pain he could inflict, and right now, Aya Middlestone had even lost her voice.

Her body was twitching on the floor, her mind was broken, and her soul—well, let’s just say that even after reincarnation, she would still remember the pain.

Four hours later, Klaus sighed and formed a couple of hand seals. A rune mark appeared and entered Aya’s forehead.

Klaus formed another seal, causing the mark that had entered her head to glow faintly. At the same time, Klaus felt a wave of information pour into his mind.

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Every last one of her memories, from when she learned to talk to her high school days, her first kiss, and even her intimate moments, poured into Klaus’s mind, overwhelming him immediately.

He took a few minutes to settle his thoughts, making sure the foreign memories didn’t interfere with his own. Once he had done that, Klaus looked at the lady who continued to twitch on the ground.

“I have changed my mind. You don’t deserve a swift death. You can die this way.” Now, with access to her memories, Klaus saw the worst of Aya Middlestone making him change his mind about ending her life that instant.

Twelve hours later, Klaus finally received confirmation of her death and the experience points that came with it.

He sighed.

“Now, I have to kill every last one of the assassins on this list,” Klaus said, glancing at a list he had printed a few hours earlier after accessing Aya’s memories.

“What a beautiful headache” He muttered, with a smile.