The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse - Chapter 1097: The Awakening (1)
Chapter 1097: The Awakening (1)
[One Hour Before The Awakening – Equitorial Union]
Klaus stood atop a large sword, looking at a crack that had appeared in the air.
Beside him stood his three undead, namely Asmodeus, Eryx, and Alesi.
However, there were others too.
One is Lord Trench.
He was the Abyssal Trench that Klaus came into agreement with during the battle with the Ancient Sea Race led by the now-dead King Kordak.
The other person is Aloy, the Heavens’ Guardian, whom he converted to his side during his chaos stage tribulation. He has a calm expression on his face as he watches the crack slowly open.
And the last person is Nas, who kept flipping a bishop chess piece between his fingers.
“So it is finally happening,” Nas said, his expression calm for someone who wasn’t known for his warrior nature.
“This is it, buddy. Be prepared because it is going to be chaotic,” Asmodeus replied to him. The evil necromancer was already counting the minutes for the gate to open.
Nas saw his expression, and a sigh escaped his lips. He looked at Lord Trench and Aloy, but the nervousness he was searching for could not be seen on their faces.
As for Klaus, he held a small smile on his face.
’Looks like they are ready. I’d better put a brave face on, too,’ Nas said inwardly, feeling like he didn’t qualify to be standing beside these people.
Of course, his expression was calm, but his mind was working in overdrive.
This was his first major battle, so he was nervous.
Thankfully, as he looked around him, seeing millions of warriors ready to battle, he managed to calm himself.
’What am I even worried about? I have a literal powerhouse in my chess world. I have nothing to fear at all.’
While he was working to calm himself, Klaus’s mom arrived. Following her were nine troublemakers clad in battle suits, each wearing a focused expression.
When Klaus saw them, he couldn’t help smiling…
“Mom, please tell me you weren’t the one who dressed them up.” Klaus couldn’t believe his eyes. His nine soul bodies, which he expected to be cooped up inside his Soul Sea, were in fact holding weapons, ready to fight.
Naturally, watching the smile on his mom’s face, he knew she was the engineer behind this ridiculous sight.
“Don’t look at me. They came begging me to make them combat wear, so I did. I couldn’t deny such adorable little troublemakers a chance to shine on the battlefield.”
“This is child labor,” Klaus said, but his mom smirked…
“These are hard times, so we need all the help we can get.”
Klaus shook his head in disbelief. He turned to his nine soul bodies, who looked at him like their big brother. Even Paragon was looking at Klaus with big puppy eyes.
“Fine. You will spend one hour on the battlefield and then go back inside. We have work to do, and I
need you all ready and healthy.”
“Yay…”
All nine of them became happy. To them, they just wanted to play around. However, if people knew that the Nine were as lethal as a Chaos Stage warrior, they would have pleaded with Klaus to allow them to fight some more.
However, since they were soul bodies, getting hurt would be easy, and since Klaus would be needing them, he couldn’t afford to let them get hurt.
Klaus sighed and scanned the battlefield. Seeing his wives, the various generals, and even the Dark Assassins already hidden and ready to sneak kill, he could only smile and wait for the crack to open.
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[Planet Nebu – Grand Chamber – War Council Meeting]
Planet Nebu is located at the outer rims of the Runia Alpha Galaxy, a rather powerful galaxy located at the border of the Demon Universe.
It had four races: two human races and two demon races. Naturally, it wasn’t the only planet with this arrangement. There were thousands out there in the many galaxies in the universe.
Of course, the universe was just one, but many preferred to refer to the various major races as universes. Examples included the Human Universe, Demon Universe, Dragon Universe, and many more.
Planet Nebu has three moons and a world that is five times larger than Earth. Its gravity was even 1.3 times stronger than Earth’s.
The three moons housed the Vareenites, a demon race renowned for their darkness and mastery of soul arts. The Ka’thorians were another demon race known for their mastery of flame arts, and the Elyrians were the other human race, aside from the Neburians.
Among the four races, the Neburians had the highest population, the most warriors, and the most advanced technology.
Archon Seraphion, the ruler of all of Nebu, which includes its three moons, was both a powerful warrior and a great strategist.
At the moment, he was seated around a round table with three others: two women and one other man.
These three were the leaders of the three other races.
“So, the time has finally come for us to conquer the heretic world and free its people from the tyranny imposed on them by their leaders,” Archon Seraphion said, and the three with him nodded.
“We will be doing them a favour,” Lord Varrion, the supreme ruler of the Ka’thorians, said, his expression cold.
High Seer Lunarae Veilheart of the Elyrians and Queen Shyra Vaal of the Vareenites nodded to his words.
He would be leading the first charge, thanks to a vision that revealed the enemy’s plans, which included sending their strongest troops to the front line first.
So, as a Ka’thorian with great flame control, he would lead his entire army to go first. Of course, he was not the strongest race, far from it, but thanks to their lethal flame arts, they would be going first…
“How are the mercenaries coping?” Archon Seraphion asked.
“They are all ready for the mission,” High Seer Lunarae Veilheart answered and then asked, “But can we truly pay them after this battle?”
“You don’t have to worry about that, Veilheart. Their payment has already been taken care of. Even the monsters hidden within them have been given extra care.
So rest assured, this war is already ours.”
“Okay, Lord Archon.”
“Now, since we all know what we must do, we should get on to it, and remember, the land we will be conquering will be shared based on contribution in this battle.”
All three leaders nodded.
After a few minutes, they left to command their armies.
After they left, a figure materialized in the room and stood beside Archon Seraphion. He turned and looked at the newcomer.
“Well…?”
“My lord, I managed to pass your message to those people. They are currently on Elyrion (one of the moons), and according to their plans, they want to have first pick of the loot we will gather from the world we are about to conquer.”
“Bastards. All they know is how to bite more than they have been given,” Archon Seraphion grit his teeth. “If not because of the visions given to the high priest, I wouldn’t have even wasted my time posting the mission.”
Archon Seraphion sighed and then ordered his subordinate, “Keep an eye on them. Once they step out of line, you know what to do.”
“I will listen to your commands, my lord.” He melded into the shadows and vanished.
“Time to get this over with.”
One hour later, the crack opened, and the long-awaited battle was underway…
