Chapter 1096: The Paragon Is Ready
"So how long would it take?" Klaus asked as he settled down.
[About an hour, give or take. I would know the time once I start.]
"Okay. Then go ahead."
⟦Paragon System Combat Mode activating⟧
⟦Estimated Time of Completion: 45 minutes⟧
Klaus smiled as Icon vanished from her physical form. Now she would become a full combat system, the kind that could aid Klaus in the awakening.
Once the awakening was over, she could come back to her fairy form and finally undergo complete assimilation, which would give her complete power to aid her master in any way she could.
Klaus sat quietly, enjoying the cold breeze blowing past him.
Suddenly, a sense of dizziness overwhelmed him, causing him to close his eyes. When he opened them, his surroundings were different, but he was still atop a mountain.
"So the time has come, huh?" a person spoke beside him, causing Klaus to turn and look. This person was handsome, with red hair and a mischievous look.
It was Magnus, Klaus’s 7th incarnation.
"I guess so," he smiled.
"Are you prepared?" Magnus asked, already aware of what was coming in a few hours’ time.
"I believe I’ve prepared the best I could. If I had forced it to reach the Ascension stage, things would have already turned bad, so though at the Chaos stage, I believe I am ready."
Magnus heard what Klaus said and nodded in agreement. "I guess you are right. When it comes to us, the heavens are weary. However, they are going to do everything they can this time to end you or worse, take everything from you.
After all, aside from this moment, the only time they will come close to killing you is during tribulations or if you choose to defy them for someone else’s sake."
"I am not worried about what trick they will pull. At the end of the day, they will merely be sending more bodies for Asmodeus to strengthen his army. The stronger he becomes, the safer the Earth becomes.
I believe the heavens won’t have the last laugh."
Magnus couldn’t agree more. He and Klaus were the same person, so he knew what Klaus said was indeed the truth.
Unlike Klaus, who couldn’t raise the dead into an undead, Asmodeus could do that and even use his necromancy class to its full capacity. So he was the trump card, the heavens would be guarded against.
However, with the chaos Klaus planned to create, they would have a hard time containing him.
"I believe you are indeed ready," Magnus smiled and then extended his hand. "Take this and use it when you are ready. I am the only person who can help you in this critical moment, so do well to be ready when the time comes, for we only have one shot."
Klaus nodded and picked up the thing Magnus gave him.
With that, his final preparation was complete...
However, before leaving, Magnus asked one last thing. "How is she?"
Klaus smiled. "Shameless as ever."
The red-haired vampire smiled as the scene changed back again, and Klaus appeared back on Earth, where he was still seated on the mountain.
He sensed someone approaching him, so he turned to his left...
"Pickle Berry," Klaus called out, seeing the young lady walk toward him.
It had been less than a year since he reunited with Pickle Berry, but thanks to her nature and growth speed, she could be likened to someone already 16 years old.
Also, as she grew, so did her strength and nature as a Law Serpent.
At first, she only had two heads.
One was the head of Time, allowing Klaus to harness the power of time.
The second was the head of Space, giving him control over some aspects of space.
Now, the head of Gravity had awakened, and as Klaus, who knew that Pickle berry grows, so would his control over the law of gravity.
Of course, Klaus also has the Law of Death and Elemental. However, they aren’t from her. If she were to one day awaken the Law of Death or the Elemental law, she would also affect those two laws.
"Big brother, I have been searching for you," Pickle Berry said, sitting in front of Klaus.
"Here I am. So why were you searching for me?"
"I want to know why you want me to augment my mother instead of you when the battle starts." Pickle Berry is Klaus’s soul beast companion, so at will, she can become his armor or even his sword.
Naturally, she is akin to a living armor, aiding him in the Laws aspects. Of course, Pickle Berry can also become other things; however, Klaus wants her to support her mother instead of him.
This decision made her slightly unhappy. After all, she wants to fight beside her big brother like back in the day when they roamed the universe.
"I already have the Nine-Head Ancient Hydra Dragon living armor and thousands of weapons, so I don’t want to limit you.
If you were to augment me, you would have to share a room with those dragons, but with your mother, you will have more room to protect her and make me proud."
Pickle Berry listened to what Klaus said and smiled. "When you put it that way, I guess protecting mother is okay."
"Yes. Your mother is the priority here. Although she is strong, she needs your overpowered protection."
"Okay. I will protect my mother with everything I have. But when you are in danger, I would abandon her and come help you."
Klaus could only smile, knowing his Pickle Berry would indeed abandon her own mother to come to his aid.
"Big brother, are the lizards still not willing to aid you?" Pickle Berry asked, referring to the Nine-Headed Ancient Hydra Dragons as lizards.
Klaus could only laugh, knowing Pickle Berry hates dragons. Her favorite is Phoenixes. This is why she has a rather good relationship with Amelia and Nari.
"Some are still proving to be stubborn. However, four decided to aid me, so I guess that is something." Among the nine dragon heads, only the heads of Death, Void, Time, and Space chose to aid him.
However, Klaus was not worried. After all, he had already built himself an armor just in case these lizards, as Pickle Berry calls them, decided to abandon him.
"Just be careful. And don’t worry, I have a way to kill the individual heads, so if they abandon you after the awakening, we can just end the ones that abandoned you and free the ones who aided you." Pickle Berry grinned.
"I like that plan, Pickle Berry. After all, nobody likes a lazy lizard."
After 20 minutes of planning against the Nine-Headed Ancient Hydra Dragons, Pickle Berry left. Naturally, right after she left, the heads of Dimension, Gravity, Chaos, Life, and Elements started raining down insults on him.
However, Klaus ignored them.
His focus now was the awakening.
Forty-five minutes later, the Paragon System chimed.
⟦Activation complete⟧
⟦Paragon System Combat Mode is now active⟧
⟦Primary Class selected: Weapons Overlord⟧
⟦Secondary Classes⟧
↠ Star Beasts Monarch
↠ Illusion & Poison Overlord
↠ Necrotic Vampire Monarch
↠ Blood Overlord
⟦Note: You can switch between classes at will. Whenever a new class is selected as primary, all skills and techniques used will gain a 200% boost⟧
’I am ready,’ Klaus smiled...
With the Paragon ready, that meant Earth was also ready.
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(A/N: End of Volume V. Thank you all for staying with me to this point. I really appreciate it. However, as you all know, we are nowhere close to ending the journey of the Paragon yet.
We still have many Chapters ahead of us, but we will start with the awakening, which is long overdue.
I want to say more, but to avoid giving away spoilers, I can only say you all should expect a great battle, for I will put everything on the line to ensure you enjoy it.
Volume VI: The Awakening of Earth.
Wish me luck...)