The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse - Chapter 603

Chapter 603: Resolve
Klaus ended his words with a shameless remark, but none of his friends were smiling or rolling their eyes. They held frowns on their faces.

Well, his mom rolled her eyes while a smile played on her lips. But that was just her…

The others, however, weren’t smiling. The sudden discovery that all of humanity could come to an end any day if the monsters, beasts, and zombies attacked was just too shocking.

They all used to believe the strongest in the entire world were the Overlords. But now that Klaus had opened their eyes to the grim reality surrounding them, they could only see the errors in their thoughts.

Klaus wasn’t even making it grimmer simply because he knew they wouldn’t have the mental capacity to handle the true nature of the danger they were in.

“So, my dear friends, enjoy this vacation. When we leave, things will become much more chaotic and deadly than you can imagine.

Also, be sure to prepare your minds for the fact that you will all be fighting Tier 9 monsters and beasts—and even Tier 10—as a group.”

Klaus gulped down another cup of tea.

“…a group of four.”

His friends just stared at him.

They all lost their appetite, hearing what awaited them. Klaus simply ignored them and ate to his fill. His mom was rather pleased with his eating abilities, so she kept filling his plate.

After eating nearly 50% of the breakfast, Klaus turned and looked at his pals, a small smile appearing on his face.

“You guys should lighten up. Though I would love to see you get hurt fighting above your weight, I wouldn’t just stand idle and watch you all die,” Klaus said, though the smile on his face and his words didn’t match at all.

“Stop scaring your friends, Klaus. This is a vacation, so let’s enjoy it,” Klaus’s mom said, bringing some calm to everyone’s heart.

“Fine. Let’s all enjoy this vacation. It’s going to be a long one, too,” Klaus said, then turned to his mother. “You should hurry up and break through to the Grandmaster stage.”

She is now nearing the peak of the Master stage thanks to Queenie and the ladies giving her all kinds of resources.

Her cultivation talent is rather weak…

“You’re not looking to make me fight monsters and zombies, are you?” Klaus’s mom said with a smile.

“No. Such a weak and delicate flower like you shouldn’t be allowed to—ouch!” Klaus wasn’t even done when his ear was twisted clockwise.

His mom was holding onto his ear, making him feel the pain. “Who are you calling weak?” she asked.

“I also called you delicate. That should count for—ouch!” Klaus screamed again, feeling his ear burning hot.

“Wanna try taking that back again?” she said, making his friend feel good watching Klaus getting disciplined by his mother. He had just tried to ruin their vacation, so watching him become miserable felt good.

“Sorry for calling you weak, Mom. I, for a minute, forgot you are an angel of death,” Klaus said, making his mom smile at his words.

“Good. At least you know how to compliment ladies,” she said, bringing an ice block to his red ear.

[Brat, it seems you are really vulnerable around her. This is good, isn’t it? At least, no matter how dangerous and strong you become, there will be one person in the universe that can make you feel physical pain,] the senior said.

⟪It does feel good. But she is overdoing it. Now, I have to endure the pain like ordinary humans when, in fact, I am a paragon.⟫

[Paragons also feel pain… You should be grateful.]

Klaus smiled and held the ice block to his ear while glaring at his mother.

“So, Klaus, what mission did you go on?” Daniel asked.

“You know, the same old. I just had to kill a couple of Tier 10 demon beasts, no biggie,” Klaus said with a smile, making his pals look at him weirdly.

“As if anyone will believe that,” Hanna said, though she believed it. She just did, and Lucy, Nia, Oheme, Queenie, and Miriam also felt he was telling the truth.

Klaus just smiled and waved his hand. In the next second, a wave of green ice appeared, transforming into a screen. Soon, the scene of the tormented world appeared in it.

Then it changed, and a battle where Klaus faced Zarok, the demon hellhound, emerged. It was so vivid that they all felt as though they were present inside the trial.

Klaus was using the hypnotic ice and his illusion class to show what went on inside the trial—at least, how he remembered it. And he remembered every smaller detail.

“What kind of monster is that?” Lily asked, looking on as Zarok appeared through the space crack.

“That, my dear, is a demon hellhound. It’s a beast that became a Tier 10 through slaughter. It killed its entire army of demon hellhounds just so it could become a mutated hellhound demon,” Klaus replied, sending chills down the spines of his friends.

Zarok was indeed a monster in his own right. In fact, staring at the colossal sabre in his hand was enough to tell them they wouldn’t stand a chance, even as a group, against that thing.

“And you killed this monster?” Anna asked in disbelief.

Klaus didn’t reply; he snapped his fingers to skip to the part where he killed it. When the giant sword impaled it, and Klaus used the Giant Hammer Falling to end it, his friends only paid attention to the state he was in.

Zarok was his first opponent and also the one who showed him just how dangerous the trial would be. So obviously, in that battle, he was only starting to understand the dynamics, causing him to suffer some injuries.

His friends held shocked expressions, watching his battered and bruised body.

Even his mom tightened her grip on his hand when she saw his battered and bruised state. Klaus just smiled and focused on showing his friends all the battles he fought in the trial.

By the time he was done, even Queenie was staring at him with a wide, shocked expression. She just couldn’t understand how someone could be this monstrous.

She may be a monster, but she couldn’t boast of being this monstrous when she was at his level. In fact, she never believed she could do something like this.

“Now that you guys have seen what’s possible, are you going to man up—or woman up—and listen to what I have planned? Believe it or not, you will all be fighting Overlord-level monsters sooner than you think.”

At this point, even Queenie wanted to get in on Klaus’s training plan, which he was cooking up.