Perfect Avatar-Chapter 260: Kalaharis: Closing The Curtain

"Mercy! Wait!"

A familiar voice spoke from the forest, Freya’s eyes widened as Iris emerged from the shadows, followed by Morgiana and Lilith.

The two pseudo-avatars understood who they were dealing with, lowering their weapons.

Their eyes widened, both looked at each other and finally discovered their faces, different from before, but more recognizable than their monstrous aura.

"...Freya?"

"...Mercy?"

They retracted their weapons, observing their faces more clearly, and then Iris, Morgiana, and Lilith joined them.

"Oh, thank God... everyone is safe..." Iris breathed out.

Liliana instinctively rushed towards her two friends, welcomed in the warm embrace of Morgiana who was finally able to let her tears flow.

It was a very short reunion, very short because they quickly focused on the two phenomena.

Mercy and Freya looked at each other, it was a moment ripe for questioning, but everyone present was already familiar with this transformation and could quickly figure out what had happened.

"Mercy... You... Did you find Wrath?"

"Y...Yeah...a lot of things happened...are still happening actually, and you... you got Envy?"

Freya looked at Hope who was still holding Envy’s soul stone.

"No, Hope got Envy and Liliana got Lust. Mine is Pride."

"Pride?! Lust? What happened???"

"Ugh... We don’t have time right now, I’ll explain the details to you on the way, we have to go somewhere, quickly!"

Freya started her way towards the unknown, Mercy muttered something before following her.

They began their journey when Liliana noticed the most important detail of their meeting.

"The others are waiting in Wrath territory? Shouldn’t we split up and get them too?"

Morgiana and Iris’s faces darkened, Lilith glanced briefly at Mercy then sighed.

"Everyone is dead."

Mercy took a few steps, then gritted her teeth and stopped as she felt them all freeze in place.

"Wh...what?" Cid stammered.

Their gazes turned to Iris, Lilith, and Morgiana, they finally noticed the change in appearance in Iris and Morgiana, both seeming more tired than usual.

"What happened? Iris? Please, what happened? It’s impossible...please tell me it’s impossible!"

Freya shook her friends by the shoulders, but nothing was more convincing than her look at that moment.

Mercy took a deep breath and faced the forest.

"Things got really crazy on our side too, we were attacked by giants and we couldn’t use magic. Everyone died...but there’s more."

She turned to Freya whose eyes were filled with great despair.

"Freya, I learned that there is a time for everything. You wanted us to go to Envy, righ’? Let’s go first, I have to warn her immediately of the danger she is in. I’ll explain the rest later."

"Mercy, there’s no more Envy too, Apophis is dead! Everyone is dead!"

Freya grabbed her head, her eyes trembling.

She slowly fell to her knees, in front of Mercy whose jaw began to drop.

"...Apophis...Cleopatra...the elves...the team...Eryl...even Eryl...everyone is dead Mercy..."

Iris fell to her knees, her eyes wide open. Lilith looked at her remaining comrades in disbelief, her lips trembling.

"N... No way... Impossible... it’s impossible... Marie..."

Liliana got up and quickly squeezed her friend’s shoulder with her free hand.

"No, Marie is safe...I think. Zury came and I think she captured her..."

"...Zury? ZURY!?"

Lilith’s voice nearly sent Liliana to the ground.

"Y-yeah... Zury appeared out of nowhere... we... I don’t know what she did but... Marie isn’t with us, so..."

Lilith turned to Morgiana, and Iris, Mercy, leaned against a tree, her face showing deep shock.

This little exchange did not go unnoticed by Freya who understood that they were missing another piece of information.

"I think there’s a lot we need to talk about... but right now, there’s someone I need to see, and now that Apophis is dead, we need to find her before she finds Lust. "

She stood up, using her remaining mental strength to launch a new mission.

"I don’t know where to find Silva, but I can imagine where she is going now, let’s summarize the situation on the way."

With a little hesitation and fear of what they would hear, they left, following Freya.

On their way, they passed through different places filled with memories of their expedition.

They crossed the forest, where the first giant appeared, they followed the edge of the savannah, a scene of too many deaths, they reached the valley of ice, the gift of the strongest Avatar, and passed through what was a field intense battle.

But this time they didn’t stop there, they continued beyond the horizon.

They ran as fast as they could, except for Freya and Mercy who had to reduce their speed to compete with their friends. freёweɓnovel.com

Along the way, they told the dark story of the expedition to the Kalaharis, from the arrival of the first elf to the sacrifice of Nefertari, and on Wrath’s side, minus the delicate story of the bets, they learned about the massacre in the savannah, to the explosion of two titans, marked by the information that devastated Freya’s group.

They stopped running at the mention of that name, frozen, in shock, devastated.

"...Freya, we must keep moving forward."

Freya was on her knees again, her eyes hidden in the shadows of her face.

"Freya..."

"I just need a minute of peace, is that too much to ask?"

Mercy sighed again, Liliana was also sitting on the ground.

"Mr. Dora...please no..."

Cid swallowed, looking behind them anxiously.

"You... he... damn... So he’s here for revenge? You... I didn’t provoke him, right? I wasn’t as annoying as that Erick, right???"

He was sweating a little while looking at Hope, the latter was looking at the stone in his hand.

The only reason he got to this point, the reason he was able to become a pseudo-avatar, was the intense jealousy he felt towards his friend, and this soul stone was proof of that.

He closed his hand, looking at the horizon behind him.

"I’m... really stupid."

The news of Dora’s rebellion was devastating in many ways, for them, gaining the power of the Avatar was the promise of a wonderful future.

They were now able to stop the Twilight of the Gods, but too many of their dreams were through Dora.

The news from their country was disastrous, Dora’s new transformation and his new objectives, his fight against Gloria whose outcome was unknown, and the disappearance of Candace.

Their world has been falling apart ever since they reunited, and they couldn’t imagine it changing any time soon.

They resumed their journey, following the path of the ice until they felt the sea breeze.

"Be careful, if I guess, they have been there..."

"And their ship would be around...I still think it’s stupid, if Pride said she would help us we shouldn’ upset her."

Freya glared at Mercy before facing the edge of the cliff in front of them.

"Mercy, the only difference between us and Lust is that Lust couldn’t have voracity. Rhea would have killed Dora if he hadn’t been brainwashed."

"Yeah... And now we’re about to have her and Dora against... Shit!"

Mercy fell to the ground, quickly followed by everyone else.

They had reached the edge of a cliff, and as the beach came into view, the shadow of a long boat cast an eerie shadow on the beach.

The afternoon sky was covered with clouds, shot through with lightning.

The group watched the last hammer blow to the head.

On the bridge, the black knights formed two ranks, an honor guard.

On the boat, the trio of monsters was there, Giudecca, Lucca, and Rhea, waiting for the two individuals walking on the bridge, their faces darkened by darkness, but their eyes bright.

Dora, carrying Marie, was in the lead, followed by Zury, both boarding Fenrir’s ship.