The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

When Niimo fell, Klaus sighed and began absorbing the three items: the core, the Soul crystal, and the Blood Essence. These three are the only things he was after since it was the only thing the trial was meant to give...

It was as painful as the previous times, so there was no smile on his face. He spent 40 minutes fully absorbing everything. Continue your journey with My Virtual Library Empire

Like the other four he had killed, he also absorbed Niimo's armor, adding additional layers to his Exo-armor.

However, immediately after completing the absorption, something happened that changed Klaus forever.

He could never have anticipated this moment, but now that it had occurred, he knew his life had been irreversibly altered. It was the turning point nobody would have anticipated...

When he finished absorbing the core, crystal and essence, two beams of light shot out from the antenna atop Niimo's head and entered his eyes.

For a brief moment, his vision darkened. Then he felt it—like a tide surging within him. His mind started to expand far and wide like an endless sea.

His focus was enhanced, and without even doing anything, the final step of the [Sage Mind] technique was mastered. Yet, his mind didn't stop growing.

Slowly, he drifted into a comatose state. Of course, it wasn't the kind he hadn't experienced before; it was the same feeling he got when he met one of his incarnations.

Klaus appeared on a vast sea. It was so vast that he couldn't see its end. The water was calm, and the wind blowing was so quiet that he immediately felt at peace despite standing in the middle of such an immense expanse.

"Comforting, isn't it?" Suddenly, a voice spoke from behind him, forcing him to turn and see the speaker.

Of course, he expected that outcome. However, when he saw the handsome fellow smiling back at him, he cursed out loud.

"Fuck..."

Klaus might be handsome, but the bastard before him was an Elf-level handsome angel. He had silver hair that wasn't as long as Klaus's, and his eyes were also silver in a strange, otherworldly way.

Standing 6'5" and clad in leather armor, he was undeniably good-looking. Yet, Klaus could tell that the bastard was very dangerous. He appeared innocent, but he could tell it was just a facade.

"No need to be jealous. It's always normal for the first to be the most handsome. Though, I have to give it to you—you are much more handsome for someone your age," the figure spoke, announcing his identity as the original.

Klaus didn't seem shocked by this outcome...He had gotten used to it.

"Tsk. In my eyes, there is no first or last. We are all one and the same person. It's just that I'm much more awesome than you, despite you being millions of years old," Klaus said with a smirk that seemed to show his jealous expression.

"True, but when I was your age, I could kill Level 9 Ascendants like flies."

"Maybe they were weak and useless. But even so, I managed to kill them when I was a mere Saint. Can you boast of that?" Klaus curled the corner of his lips upward.

"True, that is indeed awesome. But you are still lacking. The current you should be able to fight three Level 9 Ascendants and kill them in under an hour. It seems you are much too comfortable," the first said, making Klaus want to punch him.

"But don't worry, you are here thanks to Yuying, so I will make sure you leave a changed person."

"Yuying is the best," Klaus smiled, recalling some of the memorable times he spent with her in his fourth incarnation.

"Indeed, she was created from our emotions, so she understood us more than anyone. She is the best... Too bad I couldn't make her feel it during my time."

"No need to look sad, bastard. I will make sure she is happy in this life," Klaus said with a smile. Whenever Yuying appears in his mind, he feels happy for some reason.

"You better. Also, tell me, which incarnation are you?" the first asked. Though Klaus could tell, he knew the answer already.

"Tell me your name first... I am Klaus, by the way." Klaus knew he was about to receive something, but first, he wanted to know his name. It sounded weird, but he had to know.

The bastard is his original self, after all.

"I am Paragon," the first said, making Klaus look at him weirdly. However, he could tell he was telling the truth, which was shocking. Considering their title was Paragon, did it mean this bastard was the Paragon, or...?

'Fuck it... I don't have enough sleep to get into this theory,' Klaus thought as he closed his mind and moved forward.

"So why am I here, Paragon?" Klaus asked, the name feeling strange in his mouth. Paragon smiled at his expression and chose to shrug it off.@@novelbin@@

"Yuying gave you a technique called [Hivemind]. This technique was for you to begin practicing when you master all 7 levels of the Sage mind, but in truth, it was just the key to bring you here.

Now that you have met the requirement, you appeared here to receive the True Mind cultivation technique of the Paragons.

It is a one-of-a-kind technique that none of our incarnations had the privilege to cultivate—not even me," the Paragon said excitedly.

"Why not? Number Three told me you are the most abnormal of us all, so how come you haven't cultivated it before?" Klaus asked.

If he was the creator of everything their foundation was built on, then it meant he created this technique. But now that he was saying something else, Klaus just didn't understand.

Paragon smiled.

"You have to understand something here, Klaus. We are Paragons. We are the masters of the Nine Paragon Stars. I, alongside the eight others, are like the soul of the Nine Paragon Stars. This means we lived so you could be born.

In a way, you are not an incarnation but the original of us all. You were born from the nine of us, making you the true master of the Nine Paragon Stars.

I know this may sound confusing, but you were there from the beginning. You were there when it all started and were present along the journey up to this point.

So, no matter how you see it, you aren't the 9th, the 10th, or the 1st. You aren't an incarnation—you are the original one.

You are the only one who can carry out the task we set forth from the start. You are the mind of it all... the True Paragon."

Klaus narrowed his eyes, then asked a question that made Paragon laugh.

"If I am the original, does that mean I am the oldest of us all?"

"No. You are not. You don't understand yet because, until you awaken all nine bloodlines, your true nature won't fully emerge."

"Then does that mean the Weapons Overlord isn't my original class and talent?" Klaus asked, sounding disappointed.

"No need to look disappointed. You are me, and I am you. You created everything, ensuring it all followed the path you laid.

I wielded the Weapons Overlord class because, in a twisted way, I was you, and you were me. It's the same for all the incarnations.

"Tell me this: If you are yet another incarnation meant to die so your class, talent, and bloodline could be added to the Nine Reincarnation Divine Body, doesn't that mean you would also have to die for the next to take up the mantle?"

Everything clicked the moment Klaus thought about it. It all made sense now. Since he was the mastermind, it meant he had reincarnated nine times to create the perfect path for the original him—his current self.

"Good. Now that you understand who you are and what you've done, this is what you came here for."

An orb appeared in Paragon's hands, and he handed it to Klaus. Klaus looked at the orb and, as if knowing what to do, pressed it against his forehead, his vision fading as he drifted back to the real world.

However, before leaving, Paragon said something Klaus would only fully understand when he killed the last Hell Demon.

"Use the hivemind well, for you will need it when the Paragon Forge awakens." He ended with a laugh, making Klaus realize then and there that he was a maniac in every life he had lived...even the first.