Perfect Avatar-Chapter 299: Blood Tears

Agiel was back, the man with the most death counts was once again in the scene.

A little disoriented, he looked at each side of the box, the maids on one side, Candace, Iris, Marie, and Solaria further away. He looked in front, a large theater with Dora floating above, he looked on the ground, Gloria and Alpha stared at him.

"... What’s going on here?"

"Balance of Justice"

Beta’s voice rang in the ceiling, a pentagram appeared under the box, but this time the seal formed only on Agiel’s forehead.

"This technique..." Gloria murmured.

"Remember this, Queen? This is our first game together." Dora’s feet touched the floor far behind her. "I suppose you already know the rules? I ask a question, if the answer is a lie, then he dies..."

"Don’t listen to him!" Vixen shouted with all her might.

Gloria glanced at them hesitantly, the maid trembling fiercely.

"Don’t let him talk, my Queen, he’s doing it because he’s cornered! Please, don’t let him buy time! Finish him now!"

Gloria bit her lips, her aura began to move again, spreading toward Dora.

"Is it more important than finding who killed your son?"

Glora’s aura froze just mere meters before him, above, the maids were petrified, everyone took an instant to proceed with what had been said, and one by one, they realized the full picture of the events.

Nothing, nothing in the world could have a worse timing than this revelation.

Gloria was like a statue, completely frozen in time and space, with her aura as a perfect representation of her choc.

Above, Candace gazed at Agiel in disbelief, her body losing all the will to make a statement, there wasn’t any need for words at this time, his presence here was enough to understand Dora’s implication.

"... What’s going on exactly here? I like surprises, but I prefer being the one doing the trick."

Dora walked toward the direction of their box.

"It’s happening that I’ve used Envy on the world and therefore, I’ve received knowledge on too many past events. Listen, zombie, there is no living being that I hate in this world, because those I hate aren’t living anymore... but you, you’re the only problem I’ve met."

He stopped, risking to turn his back on Gloria, but his words had already defeated her.

Agiel gazed at everyone nearby, all with devastated faces.

"Hm... I’d be flattered if I was the only one... Well, I’m starting to understand the situation, but I’m a little lost here. You brought me here to accuse me of something?"

Dora observed him for a moment, losing his smile.

"I have no patience for you, so I’ll be clear with you. I know what you are, and You know what I am. With the seal I put on you, I could either erase you from existence or create a literal Hell for you. The only words I’m allowing you to pronounce are the answers to my questions, are we clear?"

Agiel suppressed his smile, the green aura swirled around him like a snake. He arranged his collar and pushed a slight sigh with a nod.

"Now, first question, the day of the Twilight of Gods, you had a plan prepared to force me to evolve. It means that you were prepared for this eventuality. You weren’t even contraried by the turn of events, so I wonder... Did you wish for the failure of the raid to stop for the Twilight of Gods, only because the chaos that followed was an advantage for your plan?"

Agiel gave a slight glance to his audience, then gulped.

"Hm, yes."

"Though so, were you behind the actions of Parliament? Prompting people to be killed by Anesidora, leading the Nobles and the Commoners against each other, always to achieve a secret plan?"

"... Yes."

Candace’s jaw slightly dropped, Agiel gave her a swift glance then closed his eyes and faced Dora again.

"In any way, were you working for the destruction of Gloria?"

The maids trembled in their seats, Agiel paused for a moment, the Queen was still keeping her back on everyone.

"... Yes."

"You fucking... Bastard!!!" Artesis shouted.

Cold sweat ran down Candace’s forehead, her gaze fell on her knees. At this moment, she understood something, something that only those who had followed the battle since Dora summoned them could understand.

The Queen had tried to attack him, but she was now listening to this death trap. He had managed to get her attention with the worst tool.

"Now, only two questions for you, if you manage to answer both, you will be free from my seal. What happened to my mother and sister?"

Candace, Solaria, and Iris raised their gaze to Agiel. To many, it was the roots of the chaos, the event that turned a Sin Avatar against the world for the first time.

Agiel was sitting on a bomb, with his head low, he understood how doomed he was.

"... Now, that’s... hm..."

Gazing at the ceiling, adorned with paintings of angels in the heavens, he was momentarily granted with the understanding of his future path, the final journey he would undertake.

"Your answer."

"... Sure... So that’s how it will be?"

He closed his eyes and lowered his head, then gave a stern gaze at Dora.

"I dispatched a few emissaries from the grieving family to hunt you down. Once the princess showed up, we pinpointed your whereabouts, and... I informed them that you were being held against your will in a nearby house, bound by chains that restricted your abilities. I influenced one of them to obliterate the entire neighborhood to eliminate you."

Candace let her back rest on her seat, Solaria, Marie, and Iris, stayed frozen on the spot.

Dora observed Agiel for a moment, his eyes showed little emotion, no anger nor sadness.

Agiel gave a slight nod with a smile.

"Oh, you don’t have to bother. You killed them all in your awakening. There is no one else than me to take revenge on."

He lowered his head as to give a bow.

"I am responsible for all the disasters in your life. You could say that it was I who sent the world to Hell. Isn’t that a great thing? You’ve found the perfect target to exert your revenge."

"Don’t worry, if things turn out my way, I won’t forget you. You look like you like being permanent, so I’ll get you something permanent. But now, I need you as a tool."

Dora turned his back on them and watched the Queen behind. The maids tried to jump from their seats, but an invisible force forbade everyone from leaving the box.

"Agiel, last question to obtain your freedom. For your own agenda, without any thought of benefiting anyone, are you directly involved in the death of Prince Moonra?"

Nosfera trembled, she looked at Agiel with her eyes twitching.

"Shut... your fucking... mouth..."

And then, it began.

A heartbeat shook the entire theater, the orange aura began to swirl above the Queen, mixing with red.

She who was immobile till now turned her head with an angle that broke her own neck. Her irises were a mix of red and orange inside a black eye.

"Majesty! Majesty if you kill him you will die!!!" Ratoncia screamed.

Gloria turned around, her eyes were on Agiel, her eyes could see no one else. She opened her mouth, her voice resonating deep down in everyone’s head.

"Answer."

Agiel sighed again, he stood up, arranging his collar for his final.

"Yes, I’m behind the Prince’s death."

RAGE

The Queen’s aura swirled like a cyclone, spreading like tentacles, they destroyed anything in contact like a weapon. Her eyes released tears with the brightest ruby taint.

Her aura gathered above, then fell in a catastrophe on Dora.

"Hmph..."

The ground completely exploded, the walls succumbed again, Gloria was one with her aura, reaching every hand of her multiple threads and tracking Dora who flew in between.

The maids fell on their chairs, all their attention was on the horror of the man next to them, but the Queen’s explosion had taken everyone’s attention.

The space cracked, Dora clashed with Gloria in the air, but his arm vanished instantly. He spun and delivered a kick on her head, the Queen crashed to the ground but immediately reappeared.

He noticed that a part of his leg had disappeared again, the Queen’s aura possessed a combination of Voracity and Destruction, anything in contact with her was instantly destroyed.

Dora became intangible, letting her aura pass through him, he then snapped his fingers, delivering a slash combining Freya and Mercy’s blessing, adding dimensional magic to reach directly the Queen’s body.

The result was an implosion of the left of the Queen’s head, but her flesh instantly regenerated.

He flew in several directions at once, avoiding a web of aura, when he noticed an orange spark on his shoulder.

"... Dimensional magic?"

The Queen’s aura managed to reach him, exactly as he did before. At the same time, he noticed a change in the space fabric, a change invisible to the eye, a change almost microscopic.

The floor, the debris, and even his body were getting dematerialized on an atomic level.

"... She’s not just erasing, she assimilates the energy and reproduces it."

Dora smiled, Gloria’s power was a mirror of his own, with the difference that he could reproduce the skill and push them beyond, while Gluttony could just reproduce them.

However, dimensional magic used with the power of erasing was a deadly combo. Dora’s body began to disintegrate, but with all his confidence, he put two fingers in front of his eyes.

"It looks like a good time to use it to its maximum..."

His eyes glowed pink.

- Freya, Envy, Mercy, Greed, Liliana

His aura exploded, spreading over Gloria’s aura.

There was a rule of nature, a Sin could never affect another Sin. Greed should not be able to absorb Voracity for example, but this rule only existed between the pure Sins.

Dora possessed 2 Sins, but with 3 pseudo-avatars at his disposal, he could become a miracle.

"God’s Eye"

His aura clashed with the Queen’s, the two destroying each other without crowning a winner, but as the seconds passed, Gloria’s influence on space reduced.

She lost her access to the dimension around her, then progressively the intensity of her magic.

Her power was increasing indefinitely, but Dora’s aura was erasing it.

Soon, the tables had returned, Dora’s aura was covering her, in her anger, she kept increasing her energy, but she was too broken to realize a single mistake that allowed Dora to surpass her.

Destruction, a blessing from Wrath was used to attack in permanence alongside Gluttony, the combo of the two created her perfect void, but an attack was like a road she created.

It was no longer the void of Gluttony, but a path she had built to lead external forces, and her opponent had access to her skills thanks to his awakening and Wrath’s blessing thanks to Mercy.

Dora’s aura was completely around her, she could no longer win with this trick, but she still had access to dimensional magic to escape, and so, used it to gain access to another location.

Her eyes were pitch-black, her aura becoming black, she murmured.

"Damnatio Memoriae"