The Last Paragon in the Apocalypse - Chapter 1282

Chapter 1282: Weapon Spirit
Klaus stopped the ship when they were just 10,000 miles away from planet Korvel-3. That is a safe enough distance to observe the planet that has been taken over by bandits.

Of course, not all of the planet is infested by bandits, but since Korvel-3 is a mining planet, the moment their mine was taken over, the entire planet could be considered a hostage.

So, entering anyhow is just too dangerous, considering he would be dealing with immortal stage bandits. They are dangerous and unpredictable. So while Klaus may be able to brazenly enter, he wouldn’t put the lives of the hostages in danger.

Of course, with the cloaking tech of the S-class ship he is using, he could enter without anyone reading him. However, that is a maybe, and Klaus isn’t about to take that gamble.

The lives of the hostages are too important to gamble with.

“Why have we stopped?” Niva asked, staring coldly at Klaus. After thinking for a day, she realised that submitting to Klaus just like that was not something she wanted.

She had her own dignity and pride, so she would hold on to that, but at least listen to his arrangements from here onwards.

Even so, seeing that they stopped when only a few minutes out from their destination made her turn to Klaus with a dark expression.

She wanted to have some fresh air to relax her bones and let the past few days catch up to her. Klaus stopping the ship seems to be interfering with her plan.

Klaus pointed at the brown planet flashing with lightning and thunder. “You see that. It is the atmosphere churning like a hot iron dipped in cold water.

If you don’t want our ship torn to pieces or blasted to junk, then stopping first to make a solid plan before entering is the best move, don’t you think?”

“Oh, please, that is just a cloud storm. This S-class spaceship is more than capable of passing through. Also, the absence of outer ring defensive shields or weapons suggests that this is a typical planet.

So who is going to blast us from the air?”

Klaus furrowed his brow, hearing Niva’s explanation.

Yet again, she had proven she was no ordinary human. She had proven her experience in battle and demonstrated her knowledge in many areas. Of course, it is perfectly normal to be that knowledgeable, considering how she was raised.

The environment she grew up in has shaped her to know more than the average person.

However, for her to be able to make sense of something Klaus was using as a smoke screen to hide the fact that he was here on a mission and that she would have to stay behind in the ship showed she was intelligent.

“You are right. This ship could indeed pass through the cloud storm. However, you are wrong about the defense part.

You see, while you were busy becoming a pretend criminal, the Crimson Star Raiders took the planet hostage and seized their mining equipment.

In the last 2 months alone, over 300 B-rank hunters failed to drive them away or even identify how many hostages there are exactly. While this planet is indeed ordinary, it harbors dangerous individuals.

So tell me, do you think stopping to make a plan is the sound move or a stupid decision?”

Niva smirked. “Then how are you going to decide on a plan when you are afraid to land on the planet’s surface?” She sneered and then added in a disdainful tone, “What a coward.”

Klaus chuckled, slightly amused. “Coward? Are you referring to someone else or me?”

Niva didn’t respond, but it seemed to think maybe she was still angry at Klaus, so she couldn’t let a chance to call him a coward pass by.

Klaus shook his head, amused, and waved his hand, causing a thin, carved blade to appear.

Niva blinked a few times, seeing the sword hover before Klaus. Around the sword, she could see dense void energy spinning around it.

This caught her interest greatly.

However, instead of asking what the sword was, her pride and ego wouldn’t allow her, so she remained seated, but her focus was on what Klaus would do next.

A few seconds later, Klaus formed a hand seal and pointed at the sword. It trembled, and three layers of seals appeared around it, shaking as if they wanted to break.

However, even after five minutes, not a crack appeared in them. Eventually, the sword stopped shaking. This made Klaus smile.

“Come out,” he commanded, and, as if compelled by a superior being, a breathtaking beauty appeared, her expression contorted with anger. Her silver hair billowed in the air, making her appear ethereal.

Lightning danced across her hourglass body, and those beautiful blue eyes staring back at Klaus were also filled with the universal law of lightning.

When Niva saw her, a shocked look appeared on her face.

“Bastard, release me,” Seraya’s immortal soul shouted, pointing her slender finger at Klaus.

Klaus chuckled and replied, “Seraya, is that how you thank your saviour?”

“My saviour? Bastard, you trapped me inside a sword, and you call that saving? If you want to save me, then release me and let me leave this godforsaken sword.”

Klaus shook his head in amusement. “It is indeed a godforsaken sword, but it has slain a Supreme and a Void Leviathan before, so I will show it some respect if I were you. After all, it will be your vessel for a while.”

“I don’t care. Just release me, bastard.”

“Calling me a bastard won’t do you any good, so you might want to stop and listen to what I have to say.”

“I don’t want to hear anything from you. Just release me.”

“What is going on here? Shouldn’t she be dead and her soul captured by the cartel?” Niva suddenly asked. Only then did Seraya notice her.

Klaus pointed at Seraya and said, “Well, Seraya here shares some similarities with you. However, instead of maintaining her true heart after a tragedy, she became a true criminal and caused so much pain and suffering.

So while I saved you with your body intact, I had to destroy her physical body and trap her immortal soul inside a weapon.

If she wants a new body, she must redeem herself, but as you can see, she is rather feisty to deal with. Perhaps you can reach her and help her understand that I will not be releasing her today or tomorrow.

The only way she earns her freedom and gets a new body is to earn it through hard work. That starts by accepting the Weapon Spirit Seal to become the weapon spirit of the Legendary [Grim Void Blade].”

Niva was left with her expression filled with shock. Nothing makes sense anymore. All she had just heard was just too much for her fragile mind to handle.

‘And here I was, left wondering just how he saved me using the void, while he had killed someone in front of an Immortal King and even stole her immortal soul without him noticing.’

“Just who are you?”

Klaus smiled and raised his shoulders high. “I go by many names, but you can call me Klaus Hanson. Pleasure to make your acquaintance.”