Perfect Avatar-Chapter 297: Game Of Death

Dora clapped his hands, a new flash engulfed the place and after a few seconds, the scene had changed again.

The place was had turned into a large theater, built like a church with the windows bathing the room into sunlight.

Gloria couldn’t consider the change, too troubled by Dora’s announcement.

"... What?"

"You heard me right, Queen, I am willing to give you a big advantage for the battle, so big that you could consider that I’m giving up."

She gritted her teeth, her original plan was to trick him, but now she couldn’t tell if she wasn’t the one being toyed with.

"What kind of nonsense is that? You’re trying to be funny? What do you mean giving up?"

"Now, now, relax, you’re the one who want me to make things a little more funny, right? I’m just adding more spice to the game."

He put one hand on his chest, his eyes narrowing.

"I’m genuinely sure that I can defeat you anytime, but I want to make you pay for everything I went through so what’s better than making you believe in victory till the end?"

His words showed sincerity, his past was marked by an history of giving handicaps to himself, but his smile and confidence only matched with his winning streak.

(... How could he win here? What kind of trick does he have? I just need him to tell me how he can block my Sins, but why is he so confident?)

She clenched her fists, her eyes tensing.

"You’re very presumptuous... Is this that you believe I can’t stop you even if you were to tell me your trick?"

"Queen, do you often ask for the money after getting the gifts? I’ll tell you everything if you accept my proposal, and I have the feeling that you will accept it."

He began walking toward her, his hands drawing in the air leaving magic traces.

"I’m gonna make you an offer, one that you won’t refuse. Queen, in this dying world, where you’ve lost everything, imagine if you could get at least one, and only one of the most important treasure you have left."

He stopped a few meters in front of her, Gloria stood on alert, but a sudden noise broke her wall of resilience.

"... Uh?"

She looked at one of the boxes above, and right under her eyes, the terrible sight of the Nymphs, Solaria, Iris, Candace, and Marie greeted her.

"... Solaria!"

She began running toward them, but a magic circle activated beneath them, creating lightning crossing each of them.

They all screamed in pain, Gloria’s mouth glowed red, but then several silhouettes materialized from the lightning, prompting her to stop.

"Now, I told you I had an offer for you, why don’t we listen to me?"

The Personas reappeared, this time even Beta was out.

Gloria watched her daughter in despair, she was fated to never see her again, she was fated to die for her good, without a proper goodbye, yet, in this hell, fate had brought her to her again.

"Listen, I would appreciate if you don’t try anything with them. As you can see, my alters are ready to end them instantly if you got too close to them... well, they would target Solaria mainly. I discovered some interesting things when I used Envy on the world, so I’m sure you wouldn’t want to see her die because of you."

She glared at him with shaking eyes.

"You... bastard."

"Incorrect, I don’t have parents in this world, but it doesn’t matter. First, don’t panic, I won’t use them as hostage, they are mainly here as a motivation for you."

"What on earth do you want? What’s the meaning of all of this?!"

Dora put two fingers together, with his eyes glowing.

"It’s all a game, Queen, and I told you that you would accept my offer."

A green magical circle drew on the floor under them.

Gloria stepped back, the magical circle released words floating around them, circling them, penetrating their bodies.

A mark appeared on their chests, glowing green.

"This is a seal, a seal to conclude our game. This seal is a better version of the one I used on us the first time, but this time, with the true power of Envy, this little thing has an attribute more... lethal."

The mark released several particles of light, converging in front of Dora and Gloria in an orb of light.

Gloria looked behind, nothing particular was happening to the people on the box, it was a spell used only on her and Dora.

"This game is like the first, we set a rule and the one who break it will be affected by a new form of Envy, with the conceptual power of the law used on the infinity of a wish. There used to have something called Envy of life, now behold its perfect counterpart: the Envy of death."

A seal circled each orb, like a little cage.

"Queen, this is my offer: we will fight each other to death, only you and me. The only rule we have to follow is to use our power to kill only on ourselves, basically, the only one you can attack is me, the only one I can attack is you. If we kill or injure someone else, the Envy of death will activate and execute the loser. If you win, everyone there will be free. Your maids, your daughter, and in bonus, you get my 2 Sins and Sloth, it should be enough to face Pride."

Gloria flinched, behind her, the audience watched the scene trembling.

Gloria looked at her people, then at Dora again, more and more confused.

"Isn’t that what you want? If you win, you’ll become truly absolute, the sole winner of this apocalypse, with no one to burn your world, isn’t that great?"

"... You... what are you exactly planning? I know you have something in mind."

"Maybe, but you also know that it’s your last chance to get everything back, right? If you refuse, then I guess I’ll send them back to Mercy."

On the box, the maids exchanged gazes, what kind of situation was that? What was there to expect?

Candace trembled on her spot, she knew Dora too well now, so she understood more than anyone that if he was putting everything for that, it was that he needed it to be this way to win, but what was there to use?

Without hostages it was a 1v1, he was more talented, but Gloria mastered the Sins’ blessings.

The Queen looked one last time at her daughter, then sighed and turned to Dora.

"Fine, I’ll play your game."

"Good answer."

The seal around the orb glowed an took a reddish taint, then, the orbs flew above before disappearing.

A purple haze covered the Personas, and Dora’s eyes glowed brighter.

"Here we are, the final showdown. The turning point of this story. The oldest against the youngest, the most skilled against the most talented. If you win this battle, the world will be saved and you will recover your treasures, but if you lose... on the bright side, you’ll be reunited."

His smile disappeared, the Personas had completely disappeared and the purple aura covered him.

"Don’t you forget something? How do you control my power?" freewebnøvel.coɱ

"Oh, our agreement, well, it’s not that complicated. Look, you will understand..."

His mouth glowed a bright red, with the signature aura of Gluttony.

The Queen narrowed her eyes.

"... No, I still have Voracity, and it’s not a normal skill."

"I never said I’ve stolen your skill, the answer is simple, you know it even better than anyone here. Remember how your people forced me to awaken?"

The Queen lowered her gaze, sent in deep though. Above, only Candace took a little time to try to understand the meaning behind this feat.

Two years ago, to force his awakening, scientist put Dora in a tank where he was bombarded with soul stones.

The process lasted until he completely absorbed any kind of energy in the tank, and as she remembered it, Gloria’s eyes widened.

"You get it now? The tank your people put me in was filled with your own blessings. You used your power and to create a perfect environment to create a resonance. But you were blind to the power of assimilation of Greed."

Dora spread his arms, one foot in front. The room began to shake, with a new form of pressure unfolding.

"Greed is the power to take everything from anything, your essence, Gluttony, I’ve absorbed it and with a simple of this power, and the infinity of possibility of the law and Envy, I can replicate it indefinitely."

His eyes glowed orange.

A burst of aura shook the scene, Dora unleashed powerful was of aura.

It was a pressure easily recognizable for all, at that moment, Dora recreated a new form of Gluttony.

"How can I block your power? It’s simple, I just have to use the law on my own form of Gluttony, nothing more, but now, Queen, little quiz... I can replicate any kind of energy in me, so I can replicate Gluttony, but I can’t replicate any other Sin Avatars, it’s no a trick, even I can’t bypass the rules of nature. If I don’t have them, I can’t affect another Sin Avatar. So, question: how many Sins can I replicate?"

Gloria’s eyes shone, she readied herself for the upcoming clash.

The final of their encounter was about to happen, but then, the little planet beat again like one heart.

The whole planet resonated like a living being, watching over every single person inside.

Around the Queen, many waves of aura crossed the air, converging toward Dora.

He opened his eyes glowing white.

"Hint... what do you call a Sin Avatar who is not a Sin Avatar?"

A flash engulfed the little planet.