The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

Leonis roared and charged at Klaus. He was now furious, having not only lost four teammates but also a secret lover.

He had his eyes on Lyra (Supreme Human) for a while now. However, he was just too scared or perhaps too shy to say anything. Now, he would never get the chance ever again because Maud killed her.

Knowing Maud came about thanks to Klaus, he was now fulfilling his duties as a Heavenly Executioner and taking personal revenge for the girl he never had the balls to have.

His Crescent Blade cut through the air, leaving arcs of golden energy. Klaus spun his staff and blocked the strike. The impact shook the ground.

Seraphiel appeared behind Klaus like a shadow. Her sword gleamed with light energy, channeling so much strength into it.

She swung fast, aiming for his neck. However, Klaus vanished, only to reappear a few steps away. Dark mist swirled around him.

“Too slow,” he said, a mocking grin painting his face.

He pointed his staff, and dark chains shot out. They wrapped around Seraphiel’s arm, binding her. She tried to cut them, but they wouldn’t break.

Leonis, seeing his teammate in trouble, leaped forward and sliced the chains apart, freeing her.

“Stay sharp, and don’t let him get into your head,” Leonis said. “He’s stronger than before. But he is still killable.”

Klaus laughed, turning into a red mist as an arrow from Vraen came at him from behind. He knew that being intangible using blood mist was the only way.

He reformed into a tangible form and landed a kick on Seraphiel’s side, sending her flying back…

“I don’t suppose you losers understand what is happening now.” Klaus waved his bone staff again, and a large skull appeared in the air, sending out a wave of death qi.

“Killing me is impossible, not while I am inside this domain, at least. Clearly, your employers failed to tell you I was the Paragon of Death at one point, and now, thanks to you losers, I get to be one yet again.”

Vraen landed beside Leonis and Seraphiel, blood dripping from his lips. His bow glowed with divine runes, his life force burning to keep himself sturdy and arrows strong.

He fired three arrows at once. Each arrow is split into ten, raining down on Klaus.

Klaus raised his hand. “Death Barrier.”

The arrows, as mighty as they came, turned into dust before they could touch him. He waved his staff again, and black spears formed above him.

“Fall,” he commanded.

The spears dropped like meteors. Leonis and Seraphiel dodged, but one hit Vraen’s shoulder, throwing him to the ground.

Blood gushed out.

Klaus was about to retaliate when he sensed danger coming from the masked lady.

Seraphiel jumped high, her sword blazing. She cut through the falling spears and landed on a nearby rock. “I’ll open his guard. Leonis, get ready!”

She dashed forward at deadly speed, a speed Klaus had never seen before. Her sword clashed with Klaus’s staff, pushing him back.

Sparks of light and darkness flew everywhere. Leonis appeared beside her, spinning his Crescent Blade with both hands.

“Divine Cleaver!” he shouted.

The golden blade sliced through Klaus’s barrier with deadly precision. The attack sent him flying back, crashing into a pile of broken stones.

His body rolled on the ground for a few seconds before coming to a halt.

For a moment, it was silent; all those watching the battle held their breath, watching as Klaus lay motionless on the ground. Then, laughter echoed. Klaus stood up, brushing dust off his shoulder.

His eyes glowed red.

“That was awesome. Do it again.”

Leonis’ eyes narrowed, and Seraphiel’s anger flared, her life force burning even more now.

TING

Maud kept playing the death song, and now, watching their faces, one could tell the song of death was doing a number on them.

Maud was untouchable.

Vraen tried several times to get to her, but the formation Klaus opened around her was absolute. So he knew killing Klaus was the only way to stop Maud.

However, even that was proving hard now.

“Five more minutes to end this farce,” Klaus muttered, dodging Leonis’ Crescent Blade, only for Seraphiel to stab her sword at his heart. Klaus used his staff to push the sword away and did a backflip, landing a kick on Seraphiel’s chin.

Her head flipped back, and blood gushed out of her nose and mouth as her vision darkened for a moment…

“Damn, that felt good.”

Klaus laughed and chased after Vraen, who was about to unleash a void arrow.

However, Leonis blocked him and even used a mind attack on Klaus, only to feel like his attack had struck a kilometer-thick steel.

“Bitch, please. Mind attacks don’t work on me, so stop wasting your time.” Klaus slapped him, and then his leg moved again, and Leonis’s balls exploded, causing all men watching to close their legs.

“AaaarrrgggHHHH,” the poor guy screamed, his soul shedding tears of anguish.

Four minutes later, Maud spoke to Klaus. ‘Master, I am about to execute the move.’

‘Go for it, Maud. It is high time I end this… I can’t last long in my death-chosen form. If they are not dead and I run out, even staying conscious will be my mercy.’

‘Okay, Lord Death.’

The music playing changed, and with it, the air in the domain grew thicker. The law of death swirled, and in an instant, Leonis, Seraphiel, and Vraen felt dark thoughts enter their minds.

Vraen, who was about to fire an arrow at Klaus, felt the bow in his hand grow heavy. However, with the last bit of rationality still left in his mind, he moved the bow and fired the arrow at Leonis, who never saw that coming.

“Death Calling.”

Klaus activated the ultimate move, finally plunging their minds into the darkness of death. There was no turning back from that. However, Klaus also felt the strain.

To activate just that one technique, he had to use 30% of his life force. His face turned pale, and even his body started to feel the pain.

However, he pushed through, knowing this was the moment he had been waiting for.

“MAUD!” Klaus shouted, and Maud struck several notes, causing the very air to shift, creating ripples that spread and formed into ropes.

“Bind.”

Klaus clenched his fist, and the ropes bound the three warriors.

“NO!”

Leonis shouted; however, Klaus didn’t allow him to activate any of his cheat abilities. He channeled more life force into the ropes and unleashed a powerful soul attack.

“Death Gaze.”

A real deep red eye appeared in the air and opened its terrifying gaze at the three, who immediately froze.

COUGH

Klaus coughed up blood, staggering back like a drunk. However, he didn’t stop to even relax. Thousands of weapons appeared in the air the moment the three Heavenly Executioners froze.

Still staggering back, Klaus gestured with his hand, and the weapons moved.

Be it spears, swords, or anything pointed, he controlled them all to attack. The three, still frozen, came to their senses only when the weapons started piercing them…

Vraen was the first to be pierced, followed by Leonis and then Seraphiel.

“Just die!” Klaus screamed, pushing his hand forward. More weapons appeared, and they shot at the three warriors, killing them all in their frozen yet conscious state.

They felt the weapons pierce them in what promised to be an agonizing feeling before they finally succumbed to death.

RUMBLE