The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

“Congratulations on your breakthrough,” Klaus said to Nadia, who had walked out of her puppet shop right into his waiting arms.

Nadia smiled and placed her head on his chest, making her sister roll her eyes.

She had now become a Sage, and from the smile on her face, it was clear something good had happened to her after the breakthrough.

“We really should awaken our bloodlines so we can also catch up to Sister Nadia and Miriam,” Anna said, making her fellow sisters, whose bloodlines were still locked, sigh.

Klaus didn’t say anything, but he knew what she said was indeed true.

“By the way, Sister Nadia, are the two ladies who fought for you really puppets?” Nia asked. They all wanted to ask that, considering the two puppets were just too real to be puppets.

“They are indeed puppets, but they are different from the puppets others make. Mine are more like avatars of real things. They are vessels that I can put spirits in if I want to. But aside from that, they are also puppets I can control using strings.”

“Wait a minute. Are you saying the puppets can be animated by putting spirits in them?” Lucy asked.

“Of course. Before my breakthrough, I couldn’t do that, but now I can. I just need to offer a sacrifice and perform a ritual that will call forth demon spirits, which I can put in my puppets.

When that happens, though they will still be puppets, they can also move on their own. They can’t talk nor reason, but in combat, they can perform even better than real warriors.

You can even at the point call them the perfect Battle dolls”

Nadia revealed, making the ladies stare at her with a shocked expression. “A puppet that can move on its own—isn’t that just cheating?”

“So, how many puppets do you have?” Lucy asked again. Having those two is already enough, but they wanted to know if she had more than that.

“I currently have six puppets. The two I used were the weakest of them all. The other four are just too powerful for me to control easily, so I need to get them possessed by demon spirits to make things easier for me.”

“Oh, I have eight, but two are just basic puppets I managed to make when I was trying to spy on the alliance a couple of weeks ago.”

“This is good, then. With this lineup, you can easily handle those realms above yours,” Nia commented, causing the other ladies to nod at her words.

“I don’t think you ladies are asking the right questions,” Klaus said, looking back at Nadia. “Tell us how many puppets you really have, and please, don’t worry about our feelings. I know we can handle it.”

The question Klaus asked was like a sudden reveal none of the ladies saw coming. They all turned and looked at the beautiful elf

In fact, Nadia, who was just being polite simply because, as Klaus said, she was trying to take the feelings of her sisters into consideration, never expected Klaus to ask that question.

But now, she had been found out, and from the expressions on the faces of the ladies, she knew she had no choice but to reveal her terrifying lineup.

Klaus knew this because the senior told him Nadia would only have to worry about demon spirits instead of making new puppets.

She pulled on her long ear and smiled, “I actually have 12 puppets currently available and 604 more locked away.”

“Unbelievable.” The ladies looked at her like she was some kind of puppet.

Klaus just smiled, considering the senior who was more into this puppet class had told him all there was to know about the kinds of puppets she would have.

Apparently, from what he knew, there are six different puppets under the Obsidian String Demon Puppeteer Class:

Common, Rare, Mythic, Ancient, Divine, Supreme, and Celestial.

Of course, from these six lineups, he had only seen up to Ancient, and back then, he said one ancient-grade puppet was enough to handle multiple targets.

He asked how these grades compare to humans. The Common grade can be compared to a Master stage expert.

The Rare grade is on the level of a Great Sage.

The Mythic grade can go as far as the Void stage.

Right now, Nadia has 13 Mythic-grade puppets, and from the look of things, she can use them at the standard of a Sovereign if she is controlling four and at the level of Transcendents if she is controlling two.

However, if she were to summon demon spirits to possess them, she could command 13 Void-stage puppets, considering if she was able to summon a Void-stage demon spirit.

Basically, she had now unlocked something nobody knew the origin of. The puppets are just there, perfectly arranged in seals that she was now starting to open after her breakthrough.

And a bonus, if she summons a demon spirit into a puppet, they can still grow like cultivators. They only have to keep killing and as they absorb the soul of their kills, they will grow and unlock terrifying aspects.

“She can also create puppets, so don’t underestimate her,” Klaus said, visibly proud of his woman. Nadia could only smile, looking at the shocked expressions on the faces of the ladies.

Well, Asha, who has her own little secret, wasn’t that shocked. Her Overlord-level companion is currently undergoing an upgrade inside her little insect domain.

When he is done, her chances of having a much more powerful version of the forbidden Ant are actually very high.

They stood there waiting for hours until Miriam was finally done with her breakthrough.

When she emerged from the cocoon, almost all her sisters ran to meet her, but they were beaten by Klaus, who vanished and appeared beside the angelic-like beauty, now looking more supreme than before.

“She also has four pairs of wings, just like Kathy,” Klaus’s mom said, watching the silver wings spread behind Miriam, who was smiling as Klaus kissed and caressed her.

“We really need to awaken our bloodlines. I am jealous,” Lily said, smiling as they all moved and started playing with Miriam’s wings, just like they did with Kathy’s and Hanna’s.

Miriam is now fully imbued with the bloodline of a Supreme human. She has received the blessings of all Supreme humans, who many years ago were considered rivals of the angel race.

Now, a Supreme human who was once known as the Tyrant Queen has awakened again. Soon, her memories will return.

This means Klaus now has an Asura Queen, a Demon Puppeteer, and a Tyrant in his harem. Who else will be revealed soon?