Perfect Avatar-Chapter 253: Ragnarok: Apotheosis

The most powerful weapon is the one that doesn’t think.

This is a quote that has become famous in the world of emissaries.

These words referred to the astonishing fighting instinct of certain individuals, and this reality took on another dimension in the hands of the strongest.

The giant eye in the sky was watching from the front row as the spectacle unfolded. No words were used, no words were born, everyone was immersed in the most spectacular dance ever seen.

Gaia’s body became the cradle of an infinite number of hands with the ability to instantly kill anything that came into contact with it, the pink mist gradually transformed certain black knights into monstrosities and barely affected the warrior of Ambrosia.

No one had time to notice or analyze this, because they were all focused on the immortal titans, spreading their hands that came out in the same direction: Rhea Silva.

On the body of Gaia was the scene of the climax of a battle of Gods, Rhea fought on equal terms with Lust, and at the same time cut off the hands that approached them, turned around, then gave a blow that cut the space on the horizon, alongside the titans.

She hadn’t regained her momentum, and yet her sword was already falling on Envy.

A monstrous impact followed, driving Envy into another gigantic cut on Gaia, Lust gritted her teeth in anger, her own sword heading towards Rhea’s back, but a wound opened on her stomach.

"Guh?!"

The General stood up, swinging her sword at high speed, colliding with her opponent’s sword, forcing her to run backward, then Gaia’s gigantic hand fell on them, immediately cut in two by another divine blow.

Gaia’s wound revealed a mass of flesh mixed with dirt and vegetation, from which Envy emerged, half of her face a skull with regenerating flesh and a glowing pink light in his eyes.

The surrounding titans changed course and rushed towards them, the whale let out a cry that seemed to tear reality itself apart, but Freya’s divine rays, Giudecca’s bullet rain, and Nefertari and Lucca’s blows destroyed them, yet, their skeletal bodies kept rushing over.

Rhea jumped up, standing horizontally in the air, and delivered another blow, annihilating all the titans in a wide radius around Gaia.

She turned to Lust, rushing towards her, and the purple light engulfed Sin.

A new slash cut Gaia’s back along its entire length, prompting the beast to give an owl before finally leaning forward.

It was a battle of titans, a battle of sins, a battle of immortals, but like two rocks fighting each other, the harder one would eventually break the more fragile one.

Lust held her left arm, groaning, next to Envy who was regenerating again.

"Ah, you did really well, deary, but it seems we made a little mistake with her blessing." freёnovelkiss.com

Lust coughed up blood, then glared at her.

"I replicated her perfectly, why is she still stronger?!"

A projectile landed heavily in front of them, Rhea was there, in perfect shape.

"I feel offended to see my face ridiculed by a clown like you. Change your appearance, then I will kill you."

"...Why are you always so intense?"

Envy met Rhea’s eyes, her usual smile on her lips.

"It’s not that complicated, deary, Pride’s blessing makes her perfect in everything she does, and every action she does is always better. Her only skill, ice slash, can only be as amazing as she wants it to be, and her swordsmanship will be the best imaginable."

"But I replicated her! So why? Why is she stronger?!"

Rhea and Apophis looked into each other’s eyes for a moment, then the elf nodded.

"You can imitate the most desired person for any people in contact with your pressure, even another Sin, and you get exactly the power, knowledge, and even morality of this person. You have perfectly reproduced Pride, but..."

Rhea pointed her sword at Apophis, her eyes glowing.

"Although you can replicate me to my normal level, I am endlessly improving to face my opponents. Your opponent is one person, my opponents are my ridiculous copy, this elf, and all your titans. Who do you think will become stronger during a battle?"

She raised her sword, Lust tried to get up, but as Rhea’s shadow covered her, she felt more and more overwhelmed.

"Gh...Ah..."

"The moment the seed of fear is sown in you, you are dead."

Rhea’s sword covered in energy, she swung it towards Lust who stopped defending herself. The time seemed to slow down for Lust who saw death coming at her.

She forgot to scream, to fight, and even breathe, when the event happened.

The sword stopped in front of Envy, the elf, with her face gazing into the moon.

In an instant, everything stopped, the Titans stopped moving, the mist stopped spreading, everything seemed in complete time stop.

Rhea observed Envy, then in a surreal scene, she stepped back, but keeping an impassive face.

"Deary..."

Lust, trembled

Lust trembled with all her body, the strange aura surrounded them, swirling slowly around.

"Deary..."

Black veins could be seen glowing under Apophis’ skin, her hand caressed the hair of her accomplice.

Lust gazed into her black and pink eyes, the hands on Apophis’ back squirmed slowly like ghosts, an eye opening in the palm

"... He is here... Now is the time."

Her eyes shone, the earth began to shake, the giant eye in the sky was slowly disappearing behind the most famous formation in this world: gigantic purple clouds, the very same as the rift in the ancient capital.

"Use it... Use imitator on me... Now."

A powerful surge of aura bursted from Apophis, the veins reached her neck, and the elf pushed a groan of pain, for the first time.

"Hurry... I... He’s invading me... I won’t hold him for a long time... Replicate his biggest fear... NOW... Replicate... The true Origin."

Further away, the Titans began to disintegrate, Lust, shaking in fear, kept her eyes on Rhea.

"She’s... Going to kill me... If I don’t replicate her!"

A new burst of aura swiped the area, Apophis put her hands on her head, screaming in pain.

"LUST... I AM NOT... THE TRUE RECIPIENT... HE IS REJECTING ME... REPLICATE HIS ARCHENEMY... NOW!!!"

Lust was shaking more profusely, in front, Rhea showed the glow of her sword.

"Go ahead, but are you really ready to take the risk?"

"... Eeeenvy!"

An explosion of aura erupted on Gaia’s back, Rhea jumped further away, landing on the back of Lucca who immediately increased the distance between them and Gaia.

On the titan, Apophis was strocking Lust, the veins reaching her eyes.

"We... Had an agreement... Don’t you want... To see her again?... This is... The closest... We’ll ever be... Replicate... The Origin... Now."

The pressure in Apophis’ hands increased, Lust began to lose the power replicated from Rhea, her eyes becoming slowly red.

"En...vy... Pl... Please..."

Her hand difficultly reached for Apophis’ left cheek, then..

"...."

Lust caressed her cheek, silently, while being strangled by Envy.

The scene lasted for second, under the eyes of everyone on Lucca’s back.

Lust opened her mouth, and spoke in a voice that resonated in everyone’s head.

"This isn’t... What she wanted."

Envy opened widely her eyes, she let go of her comrade who fell on the knee, coughing.

The aura bursted furthermore on Envy, she struggled to walk, her eyes becoming completely black.

Her grunts turned into cry of pain, her hands on her head.

"... Why... Why aren’t I able... To use my blessing... Anymore?"

Images of the events till now resurfaced, not only in her head, but also everyone else, as if they were connected.

They saw her in the form of the elf Queen, praying over the bodies of deceased elves, they saw her spreading her arms in the middle of a forest, merging with a tree, they saw her sitting near a river, next to a strange individual, and they finally saw her crying in front of her reflection in the water, before being blasted by voracity from Eryl.

The images shared to everyone else triggered a realization in Freya.

"... Eryl... That last voracity... She used it to wipe her memory?"

These words were perfectly conveyed to all the others, but at that moment, their attention was solely focused on the images they could see.

Apophis fell on her knees, in front of Lust, her hands down.

"Lust... If you don’t do this now... Everything... Will be for nothing... All our suffering... All our efforts... Please... You are the only one... Who can stop this horror."

Lust lowered her head, more lucid after seeing the images shared by Apophis.

"Apophis... I want to trust you... but I don’t know anymore. This isn’t you, this isn’t me... This isn’t what she wanted."

Apophis raised her head, gazing into her accomplice whose eyes watered.

"She only wanted the best for her people, she never wanted to kill anyone... But we’ve failed her. We have sacrificed the elves, Apophis, we are the one who erased her history."

Apophis tried to speak, but images of a certain person appeared on her head, a face very familiar to everyone: Cleopatra.