Perfect Avatar-Chapter 277: Red Queen

With two fingers crossed in front of her face, Gloria released her pressure.

A vibration lifted the earth throughout the region, in an instant the entire region was engulfed in a mystical orange blanket.

Every living being felt a tremor in every cell of their body, triggering a new feeling in some of them, a feeling engraved in their DNA: a primal fear.

Gloria pointed her fingers at Mercy and unleashed a beam of light engulfing the room, devouring visible space.

Mercy, alongside Freya, Hope, Liliana, Lilith, Cid and most of the knights on the front line managed to move to the sides in time, it was hard to tell if they were safe as there was no had no possibility of seeing anything. but behind them, the knights blocking the entrance disappeared.

The beam annihilated the entrance and continued its course to the horizon, extending laterally until illuminating the region.

The facade of the mansion was completely destroyed, with a huge mark left on the ground.

The surviving knights watched the consequences in terror, they expected a wounded animal, but it was a sleeping demon.

Gloria charged a new beam on her fingers but a shadow crossed the left side in an instant, Mercy reached it and a slash crossed the stairs, leaving a red rift from floor to ceiling, however on the Queen, the slash was visible on a barrier that she materialized.

Gloria backhanded her right hand, sending Mercy into the wall, but the girl spun around and landed on her feet before jumping at the Queen again.

Gloria reacted immediately, her fingers already on the girl, but the shadows of Lilith’s hammer covered her.

An impact shook the room, a shockwave sending most of the fighters to the ground.

Solaria was about to fall too, but was caught in time by her mother, her hand on the princess’s shoulder, a barrier protecting them both.

Maybe it was because she was on the ground, seeing so many people wishing her dead, but for the first time Solaria felt a new emotion as her mother’s warmth covered her.

The barrier sent out another shockwave sending Mercy and Lilith flying backwards, but Agharita immediately took over and swung her sword, stopped by a finger from Gloria.

"A pig between 2 stallions, that’s what you are. Starvation."

Gloria’s pressure became stronger, an orange mist began to emanate from the knights, the weakest saw their muscular structure visibly diminish.

"Damn it!"

Mercy increased her aura, covering Gloria’s aura and raising the temperature, the mixture of the 2 auras seemed enough to alleviate the effects of Starvation, but it was only an image.

As the maids were still on the battlefield, Gloria deliberately reduced the power of her attack, using it only as a debuff.

She pointed her fingers together, looking straight into Nosferas’ eyes. The maid understood the situation and shared the order to her comrades.

"Bounce, now!"

They jumped around and instantly fell heavily to the ground, a large glowing wound on their thighs or stomach.

Mercy landed in front of Gloria, challenging her with a gaze.

"...You damn bitch."

"Yes I know."

She disappeared again and her scythe grazed the Queen’s throat, a powerful wind ravaged the ground, prompting Gloria to unleash her shield again.

A red spark struck her shield, then another, faster and faster.

Mercy leapt from wall to wall, slashing and then moving away at such speed that she was almost invisible.

Gloria followed her with her gaze, always catching where she was about to strike, but with her shield there was no need to worry, until...

"!!!"

Lilith delivered a hammer blow so powerful that the shockwave created destroyed the stairs and the wall, sending the Queen and Solaria to the lower floor, but the Queen still landed on her feet, holding her daughter under her arm , Mercy and Lilith facing them.

Agharita coughed up an orange mist, she watched the fight with trembling eyes, a surge of anger filled her chest, seeing that she was powerless against her, but it was fueled by the passivity of those in power.

"What are you idiots doing?! Go help them!!!"

Cid, Hope, Liliana and Iris looked at her in confusion. What was the mission? What was their goal now?

Freya gave a clear order, but she remained motionless in the face of this chaos, so what was the plan now? freewёbnoνel.com

A red explosion shook the house, Mercy and Lilith flew away, covered in red particles, both regaining their feet and rushing towards the monarch.

There were no clear signs of what action to take, so they decided to follow the only visible path.

They began a fragile course, then rushed towards Gloria, followed by all the knights.

Everyone ran past Freya, Cid materialized magical orbs, all instantly absorbed by starvation, Hope materialized a sword, gathering all his courage, only to see the light.

"UH?!"

A ball of light hit him and disintegrated his sword, Liliana in turn jumped above it, her sword glowing blue.

"Moon Slash"

She rushed towards Gloria in the form of blue lightning, then widened her eyes as her sword also disappeared.

With 2 fingers in front of her forehead, she barely had time to think, but Mercy’s shadow next to Solaria saved her life.

A red projectile passing through the Queen, striking her shield several times, a hammer blow shaking the earth, with her daughter in hand, Gloria was once again forced to put herself in a defensive position, and further, the knights reached the Nymphs.

They were cornered, they were on the losing side, and with all her killing instinct switched on, Mercy could have any opportunity to kill Solaria if Gloria let her guard down, and with her heightened senses, she could hear the whisper of the queen.

"Sanctification..."

Time slowed down for everyone, the knights, the maids, the warriors, the atmosphere turned white, everyone turned black like silhouettes, then the orange storm swept everything away.

Like a tsunami, an orange dome engulfed the area. Agharita was sent flying, her armor disintegrated, the knights around her began to disintegrate, her own armor was consumed in an instant, but someone grabbed her and as she fell to the ground, the disintegration had reduced.

She looked behind her, as Freya stood with dead eyes. The upper floors of the mansion were completely destroyed, they were all in the basement, barely standing as the bricks disintegrated into particles.

Gloria, with her black and orange eyes, let go of Solaria and began walking towards them.

Mercy frowned, she stood up, ready to engage, but she suddenly came across something on her body.

She looked at the palms of her hands and noticed orange particles covering her body.

"...What is this?"

"Sanctification." Agiel spoke, his own body disintegrating into several particles. "The most powerful ability of a Sin. It is a power that gives infinite power to a Sin and multiplies its power. Consider that at this moment, you are constantly exposed to Voracity, Starvation and to any other skill she might choose to use. Basically, we’re in her palm..."

His head turned into orange vapor, and then his whole body fell to the ground. Gloria massaged her wrist and rearranged her hair.

"Sleep for a while, I’m tired of fools. And now... let’s see what we have..."

She looked at the group of warriors and examined their faces one by one, Mercy gritted her teeth while swinging her scythe, she took an offensive stance, imitated by Lilith.

"Girls should be cute and docile, like caged animals. I blame your parents for giving you such a bad education, so don’t hesitate to tell me their names, I’ll kill them for you."

Lilith leapt at her in pure rage, her hammer hitting the queen directly in the head, but there was no impact. She lost her balance and began to fall, when her right foot landed on Gloria’s hand, keeping her perfectly balanced.

"See? You’ll make a good parrot, let me give you to the perfect weight."

The air blurred around Lilith, her body and clothing disintegrating, Mercy appeared on the left, cutting off the air, but the queen disappeared.

She grabbed Lilith but placed two fingers in front of her face.

"Boom."

Mercy disappeared after jumping as quickly as possible, she was afraid of an attack, but the Queen was still on the ground, unphased.

"Relax, I hate you, I won’t give you a quick death if I have to kill you."

At the same time, a blue explosion hit Mercy and Lilith, Hope watched them fall in disbelief.

"...What? When did she..."

The space around him blurred, he vomited a huge amount of blood and dropped to one knee.

"Aah...ah...what..."

He noticed a huge hole on his stomach, his blood was flowing dangerously. He looked desperately at his comrades, but with a terrified display, Cid and Iris were disintegrating as well.

Suddenly a fiery aura erupted, Mercy recovered from the attack and rushed towards the Queen, she hit her several times, meeting the shield again.

Gloriad, followed the impact with another invisible attack on Mercy, but instead of falling, the girl left an afterimage and got behind the queen.

Gloria closed one eye as a drop of blood fell to the floor.

"...You really want to piss me off?!"

She pointed her finger at Mercy, an explosion hit another after frame, Mercy was next to her, another red streak this time on the Queen’s left cheek.

Mercy’s eyes widened, before being engulfed by a beam of light from the Queen.

The explosion sent her flying back, but she still landed on her feet, the left side of her face burned.

Everyone watched with several questions, Mercy managed to touch the Queen in her strongest mode, and the next scene was more confusing: Gloria was bleeding, non-stop.

"...I see...You really can’t regenerate anymore...So if I slit your throat, you’re done."

Gloria wiped the blood from her cheek with the back of her hand.

"Pay attention, idiot. You’ve done it twice already, but I ate the impact. You can only bruise me."

"Killing with blood loss works for me too."

She raised her scythe, ready to engage in combat. Among them, only her, Liliana and Freya were not affected by Gloria’s sanctification, but they did not dominate either.

Gloria had the upper hand and could hit them so easily that it seemed more like a one-sided battle, but a new change occurred.

The queen’s vision suddenly became blurry and she lost the strength in her legs. She got down on one knee, her hand over her mouth as hot liquid came out of her throat.

Everyone was frozen in reaction to the queen’s spitting blood, she looked at the palm of her hand in confusion, her eyes having returned to their previous color.

"...What?"

The atmosphere changed color, the pressure lifted, everyone saw the disintegration of their body reduce and then disappear completely.

There was only one conclusion: sanctification was lifted.

Agharita watched the scene with wide eyes, then realized what had happened.

"... She... She can’t control it?... no, she lost control, she... Mercy!"

Mercy turned to her, also confused by the situation.

"It’s like Iris said, she’s lost too much power! She can’t keep fighting! Finish her! Mercy, you can do this!!!"

Mercy turned back to the Queen, more confused than before, how many more twists and turns will they encounter?

Gloria seemed hypnotized by the sight of her blood, or something else, her trembling eyes staring at the ground. Was it really over? After showing them the doors to defeat, was she going to fall like this?

The small number of surviving knights used their last strength to cheer for Mercy, most bleeding from several parts, but they ignored the pain to focus on the common cause.

"Do it!" "Mercy!" "Kill her!"

In the back, Hope was doing his best to save himself from his bleeding, with the power of Envy, he was naturally weak, so he could only act by materializing something to heal him and Cid, the latter breathing barely.

He closed his eyes to focus on the fuel of his jealousy: Dora. His aura converged in front of him, taking the form of a nun whose sight gave him chills, Sana.

Sana began to apply her healing to him, it was weaker than what he was used to but it was still very well received.

Proud of himself, he looked at Mercy, all he had to do was wait until the end to heal everyone, it was a good act, he would save everyone, that’s what had crossed his mind.

Mercy took a deep breath and stepped forward, Gloria immediately flinched and stood up.

"...No! No!...Step back...Don’t come near me...You Monster..."

Great fear invaded her face, she showed more fear at that moment than ever. Mercy walked towards her with slow steps, she had plenty of time, nothing could stop her, except perhaps Freya.

She noticed every detail of her surroundings, the nymphs were petrified, their jaws dropped, Solaria fell to her knees, eyes wide open.

No one seemed to be able to stop her if she attacked now, she was faster than anyone. Her eyes glowed red, Gloria gritted her teeth, clenching her fists.

"... If you come any closer... I’ll kill you... I will..."

The scythe rose, Mercy put one foot in front and leaned forward.

"Send my regards to Moonra."

Her feet left the ground and an explosion shook the earth. A cloud of smoke rose into the air, hiding the scene, everyone was taken aback, because the explosion occurred in front of Gloria, too far away to have touched her.

"....?"

On the ground, Mercy raised her head, she looked at the thing that had just attacked her, and there, her heart and her brain froze.

In the middle, between her and Gloria, it was there, stuck in the ground: a golden double axe.

"...Ugh uh hm hm...Hey...Huehahah...Uhahahaha..."

Laughter echoed in the atmosphere, laughter putting its hand on the game of death taking place here.

Everyone turned in the same direction, everyone with the same shock on their faces, only Gloria showed incredible anger. The laughter increased, louder and louder, and it was because the origin was there.

One step, two steps, passing between the knights, ignoring the pseudo-avatars, and finally reaching the massive axe.

With one hand, the axe was raised and slowly reached the back, while the red skull’s face let its eyes glow red and looked at the queen whose eyes glowed orange.