Perfect Avatar-Chapter 256: Ragnarok: Requiem

Head down, Apophis laughed.

"You are strong, Pride, very strong...but you are also trapped in the will of this world. You cannot stand against the one who makes the rules."

"And your plan was to make Lust use his power to replicate the one who makes the rules? The true enemy?"

Apophis sighed, her eyes gradually losing life.

"No, you are misinterpreting the power of Lust. Lust reproduces not just one person, but the most desired person for one. In your case, it seems that you are quite the narcicist, but for someone else, the result would be different."

She looked at Hope for a moment, then at Lust, smiling at her comrade.

"This thing...the real enemy is trying to avoid something...no, someone. And this person is the one I wanted you to copy. This person is the starting point of all knowledge in this world , this person would change the destiny of our world just by appearing... If you had followed the plan to the end, this story would be over now... Cleo could be resurrected... isn’t that what you wanted? Why you followed me all this time?... why did you betray me, Lust?"

Lust lowered his gaze, tears falling.

"Apophis... please... Let’s stop this."

"Why?...Why now? You were ready to help me, why do you want to stop now? We were so close to success, why did you betray me? Why did you abandon Cleo?"

"Because this is all my fault!"

Lust’s aura erupted, sweeping the area with a gentle breeze. Apophis, with half-closed eyes, looked in astonishment.

Lust hit Gaia’s back, over and over again, tears streaming down his face.

"Everyone hates you, everyone is trying to kill you... here, even people from another country... they all want you dead... but everything that happened is because of me..."

Tears flowed down his face, his voice became difficult to recognize, to the great annoyance of Rhea, forced to see her face in this state.

"I didn’t know the conditions for awakening... I didn’t know I would have to lose one of you for this! All I wanted was to live with you two, I didn’t want her sacrifice, and I don’t want you to die!!!"

He hit the ground with more force. Lust’s words reached everyone, offering a side of the foreign canvas to each.

Apophis’ eyes began to regain some life, she looked into Lust’s eyes without thinking.

"If I had known you had to sacrifice yourself, I would never have asked for that... She died because I forced you to awaken, and everyone hates you because I couldn’t help you through her loss... I should have helped you in any way I could, I could have replicated her perfectly... to give you a real Cleo... But I thought that if you succeeded, we could be together again... I let you carry the weight of my selfishness... and now everyone hates you..."

He lowered his head sobbing, causing Rhea to whimper, but behind it, his words were daggers to the warriors of Ambrosia.

For the first time, they felt lost, they were prepared for a fight of death, they witnessed the power of Gods, but now they learned why it wasn’t wise to talk during a battle.

Lust’s voice became calm, his eyes also losing life, he placed his right hand on Apophis’s left hand.

"I never wanted any of this... I don’t want to become a God... I have no desire for the world... My world was just her... and you. I would rather live by your side and die of old age. Being a God is not a dream, and even if we succeeded, if we brought Cleo back, she would hate us for what we did to her people."

He looked Apophis in the eyes, a smile on his lips.

"I’m sorry... for being so useless."

The two looked into each other’s eyes in silence, behind them, their performance had managed to erase the will to fight for many.

Liliana flinched when she saw a tear come out of her eyes, she wiped it away as quickly and discreetly as she could, then she looked at her friends and noticed the devastated look on everyone’s face, tears for Lucca too.

Apophis looked away slightly, the pink veins losing their shine.

"Hm... I understand... You weren’t awakened that way? So basically, you’re human at heart. That should explain why you can’t think objectively."

She sighed, then her hand gently caressed Lust’s cheek.

"Well, anyway, you’re right on one point, Cleo would be angry, because now everything we’ve done has been for nothing. I really hate you for the monstrosity you made by refusing to replicate the origin, you have no idea how stupid that was...but I guess that stupidity is why Cleo loved you?"

"...Sorry."

"...You want my apology? After throwing everything away, you want me to accept your excuses? You are the sin of lust, don’t be so greedy."

Lust lowered his head with a small grimace, but Apophis’ finger lifted his chin, making him look into her eyes.

"However, as I am a very forgiving person, I am willing to accept your apology, on one condition."

She gave him the brightest smile possible and whispered.

"I want to see your true face. Show me this face that I haven’t seen since Cleo died, then I will forgive you."

Lust looked at her a little confused by her request, previously Rhea had warned him of his fate if he changed his appearance, but in that moment he realized how desperate their situation was and something about Apophis asking him something so personal pierced his brain.

A blue aura covered his body, and slowly his face and body disintegrated into blue particles, giving way to a new being.

Short blue hair, blue eyes, a pretty androgynous face, Lust revealed himself as a young man with assertive beauty.

Apophis observed him entirely, hypnotized, she stroked his cheek, then his chin, scrutinizing the smallest detail, her smile growing.

"Yes...it’s definitely a face to fall in love with. How sad that she can’t enjoy it any longer...I can’t stay mad at that face, so I forgive you. Lust, I think that you are right, Cleo should really hate us for doing this... but it’s too late now But keep in mind that I didn’t do everything for you, I loved Cleo too, not like you, but enough to not want a world without her. I am the origin of this story, the origin of the disappearance of the elves, therefore I will be the end of our people."

She placed her hands on her chest, her energy covering her. Seeing this, Giudecca advanced, but Rhea, putting her hand in front of her, stopped her.

The energy converged in the hands on Apophis, swirling, merging into a single object: a soul stone.

Lust watched in confusion as Apophis placed the stone in his hands. He looked into the eyes of the elf who gave him a smile before whispering.

"This will be my way of atone for my sins. You betrayed me, so allow me to betray you in return. This will be your punishment. Lust...I loved you too, so please live."

A pentagram formed under Lust, Freya, Marie, Liliana, Nefertari, Hope and Cid.

Lust, stunned, understood Apophis’ intentions too late, only when his body began to disappear did he realize what was happening.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"

His voice tore through the void, then disappeared into the unknown. Before disappearing, Freya saw Rhea’s back, Lucca and Giudecca walking towards Apophis, on her knees. frёewebηovel.cѳm

She tried to reach for her, but the moment she screamed, the light disappeared.

On Gaia’s back, Rhea pointed her sword at Apophis’ forehead.

"So, is this how you want to end this? Sacrificing yourself for one person?"

Apophis looked at the moon above, a slight smile on his lips.

"You are wrong, Pride, I have never put my life on the line for anyone. Everything I do is very selfish and simple. My only goal was to see my Cleo again, but I failed, I no longer have any hope of realizing my dream, so I have nothing left to fight for in this life."

Rhea’s sword began to glow, next to her, Giudecca and Lucca released their aura.

"If you don’t have anything to fight for, then I guess your envy of life won’t work anymore."

"...Ah, Pride...You make it look like it is hard to kill me."

Apophis stood up, spreading her arms, her eyes fixed on the moon.

"I am Apophis Cleopatra, the Player carrying the sin of envy. I have nothing for me, neither power, nor dreams, nor even love. I am cursed to desire things that will be inaccessible to me and to fulfill my heart of regrets. I have a million things I wish for, but the only thing I want right now is to join Cleo."

"...If this is the case, then let’s find out."

Rhea’s eyes glow a bright purple, Apophis smiled as she looked at the moon.

The sunshine began to cover the Kalaharis, as the moon left the sun, bathing the earth in the light of a new day.

On that day, the gods gathered together and killed each other, resulting in the death of thousands of living beings.

Apophis stopped regenerating after 42 hits, sealing the extinction of the elves.