The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse

Klaus smirked. "Not bad, but here comes the first move." He thrust his sword into the ground, and flames erupted, racing toward Anna in a wave.

Anna gritted her teeth and focused. She stabbed her staff on the ground, and a barrier of frost formed beneath her.

It spread quickly, meeting the flames and freezing the ground around them. The heat and ice clashed, creating a loud crackling sound as steam billowed into the air.

Klaus watched with interest. "Impressive. You blocked it. Now, for the final move," he said, his eyes glinting with excitement.

A small ball of flame, the size of a tennis ball, appeared in Klaus's hand. The temperature rose instantly, melting all the ice on the ground. Even the ice surrounding Anna started to drip and vanish.

"Here comes my second attack," Klaus said.

He had already studied Anna's moves enough to know what she might try next. Not that he cared much, he planned to use the [Info] skill to learn the rest.

The flame ball left Klaus's hand and began to grow. As it expanded, the temperature spiked again.

Anna quickly raised an ice wall, but even from 30 meters away, the intense heat melted it down. Still, she stayed calm and focused.

She lifted her staff and sent ice shards at the approaching fireball. However, each shard only made it within 10 meters of the flame before melting.

When the fireball was just 20 meters from her, it had grown to the size of two basketballs, radiating powerful heat.

Every defense Anna set up was destroyed by the searing wave. Sweat formed on her skin but vaporized as soon as it appeared.

"This is unfair, Klaus! Are you trying to kill me?" Anna shouted, feeling the unbearable heat as the fireball inched closer. But Klaus remained focused, watching as his attack continued on its path toward her.

Anna started trembling.

"Hey, Klaus, are you trying to kill your girlfriend?" Klaus's mom shouted from the stands just as the fireball was 10 meters from Anna. Klaus smiled slightly at her voice.

He looked at the trembling Anna and his smile widened.

"You need much more training to match me in combat, Anna, but well done." With that, he snapped his fingers, and the fireball burst into harmless sparkles, scattering like fireworks in the air.

Anna let out a deep sigh of relief, her tense shoulders relaxing. The heat dissipated, and the battlefield turned calm again.

Anna sighed and was walking away when a certain vixen exploded in anger.

"You crazy bastard... I am going to kill you!" Lily charged at Klaus before Anna could even step away from the arena.

"Lily, hold on..." Anna reached out, but Lily was too fast. Her sword, now coated in Sword Qi, sliced through the air, aiming for Klaus's neck.

"Hi, dear. You wouldn't want to actually Kill me would you?" Klaus said, parrying her attack. Lily said nothing and moved with the wind. Before Klaus could react, she appeared in three places at once, attacking with otherworldly speed.

'Looks like her brother shared the skill with her...' Klaus thought. He moved swiftly, and before the two clones and Lily's real body could get close, he landed a gentle kick on the true body approaching from his left.

"Lily, relax. I'm okay," Anna said, catching Lily as she stumbled back and tried to charge at Klaus again.

"But..." Lily started to protest, but Anna interrupted her.

"He wasn't trying to kill me. He just wanted to scare me, and, well, it worked." Anna sighed, recalling how terrified she had been when the fireball came so close.

"But he still scared you... Let me teach him a lesson," Lily said, glaring at the smiling Klaus.

"I don't think you can get revenge for me, Lily," Anna said with a small smile. "He is a monster."

Lily gritted her teeth and turned to Miriam. "Sister Miriam, you wouldn't want this bastard to keep bullying us, would you?" she complained.

"Don't worry, Lily. I will get revenge for you. Now, just show him what you've got," Miriam replied with a smile.

"Okay, Sister Miriam." Lily turned back to Anna. "I'll try to kick his ass for you." Anna nodded with a smile and walked back to recover under the Ice Lotus.

"Now that we've cooled down, why don't we start again... this time with a clear mindset?" Klaus said, watching Lily with a teasing smile.

"Tsk... You better wash your neck for when Sister Miriam gets you," Lily said with a mocking grin.

"Oh, and what about you? You have a sword, arms, and legs. What are you going to do with those?" Klaus said with a smile.

"Just watch." Lily moved again, this time even faster. With her wind element affinity, she was much quicker. She used the cloning skill again but in a different way this time.

Instead of attacking Klaus from three different directions, she executed a series of wind slashes from all three clones using the skill Klaus had given her. The skill allowed her to create duplicates of the wind arcs she unleashed.

Each clone performed three slashes, and Lily managed to create three more copies of the attacks, making each clone release six wind arcs at once.

Eighteen wind arcs closed in on Klaus, who, despite the danger, didn't move. His sword flashed, and in one sweeping motion, eighteen ice arcs flew out, cutting through the wind arcs instantly.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"What..." Lily shouted, her expression dazed.

Lily stood frozen for a moment, staring at the ice arcs that had destroyed her wind slashes. She gritted her teeth and tightened her grip on her sword.

"You're quick, but not quick enough," Klaus said with a grin. He didn't give her a chance to react before he dashed forward, his sword moving in a blur.

Lily barely managed to raise her sword in time to block his first strike. The force of the blow pushed her back, and she had to quickly regain her balance.

Klaus didn't let up. He followed up with another series of rapid strikes, each one forcing her to move faster, her sword dancing through the air as she tried to keep up.

"You're keeping up better than I expected, but that's not enough to beat me," Klaus teased, a smirk playing on his lips.

Lily gritted her teeth, trying to anticipate his next move. She swiped at him with a fast slash, but Klaus sidestepped with ease.

"Is that all you've got, Lily?" Klaus taunted, spinning around to face her again. "I thought you were going to kick my ass."

Lily's cheeks flushed with frustration. She pushed herself harder, her sword flashing as she attacked from multiple angles. But Klaus was always one step ahead, his sword effortlessly deflecting her attacks.

"You've got the speed, but not the strength to match me," Klaus said, his voice light and mocking.

With a sudden twist, Klaus disarmed her in one swift motion. Her sword flew out of her hand, landing a few feet away. Lily stared at him, shocked, but Klaus only grinned wider.

"Guess you'll have to try again later, my love," he said, walking toward her, his sword still in hand. "Come on, pick it up."

Lily clenched her fists. "You're impossible," she muttered, but the teasing glint in Klaus's eyes only made her more determined yet frustrated. Explore more stories at empire

Klaus laughed softly, bending down to pick up her sword and handing it back to her. "You'll get better with practice. But today, you're not winning."

Lily took the sword with a sigh, but then, to her surprise, Klaus stepped back.

"I'm not holding back anymore," Klaus said, his tone turning serious. "Are you ready for the real fight?"

"Tsk..."Lily chuckled wiping sweat off her forehead, "You've already seen all my moves and I am exhausted, so no, Sister Hanna will be coming next" She added before moving out of the Arena, Klaus's laughter echoing behind her.

This made her want to tie him up and give him a good beating.