Perfect Avatar-Chapter 322: The Twilight Of The World: The Last Door

Dora’s teeth clenched as he received the secret of his defeat.

From the beginning, the true Dora erased regularly parts of his memory using Gluttony on himself.

When he launched an attack, he erased the memory of the location of his targets, when he saw someone coming to him, he erased this memory.

And more than all, using the same process, he manipulated him through the Personas.

They shared the same mind, so they knew what he knew, so when all of them were genuinely surprised by Zury’s decision, he lowered his guard.

Dora was communicating with Zury the whole time, but always erasing the memory of their discussion for a perfect surprise effect.

In their shadow, the two conceived the ultimate plan to switch the tables.

Dora had a phenomenal defense and could regenerate, but with corruption, these feats were obstructed.

Their goal was for Zury to sacrifice, so the other Dora would have access to corruption and use it on his alter ego.

"After all this talk... You planned the sacrifice of one of the people you protected? You convinced her to die for you?"

"Wrong, you really don’t know me." Zury spoke. "I told you already that life means nothing without Dora, so I have no problem dying here. We came to a happy consensus. In fact, I’m very glad, I won’t have to wait for the next world, I’m going before the other."

Her grin widened, with her eyes shining.

"And you won’t exist there... Kekeke... I told you I would be the poison of your life."

Dora’s blood boiled in his veins.

He stomped the blast like the ground and looked everywhere around him.

"I have enough of this battle..."

He grabbed the energy with his hand, swinging it around.

The blast moved like a purple snake, swirling around, then released hundreds of dragons’s head.

Everyone backed away, avoiding the giant of destruction.

"... After all of this he still ask for more?!" Charybdis groaned.

Fenrir landed next to Rhea, both watching the monster of energy.

"Couldn’t you take him by yourself? With your blessing it should be enough."

"Don’t underestimate a cornered beast. He’s physically dead yet he is more lethal than before."

Inside the blast, Dora’s eyes were completely white. His body was crossed by pink veins and his aura had the same color.

"You think this is something? You think this is over?! I was born in this pain, this is only another day for me!!!"

The hundreds head rushed to every single fighter.

"Law: reverse the effects of the pressure on my body."

The colors reversed.

The hundreds dragon’s head stopped their course, and inside the blast, Dora’s body ignited.

"....."

With corruption, his defense was reduced, his pressure was altered, but still there, but now, the effect returned against him.

Wrath’s regeneration became destruction, Gluttony’s assimilation became starvation on himself, Pride made him weaker, Envy made him loss control of his power and Lust forbade him to act, in any way, Dora used the time manipulation on him to freeze him.

Midgard conveyed the information to everyone, a single order.

"Finish him!!!"

Their eyes glowed, everyone stood in position, charging one single attack following Eva’s instructions.

The Avatars focused their power on a single blessing, no more ice slash for Rhea, just the cheer devastation of Pride, imitated by Fenrir, who gathered the blessing in his hand, Freya and Giudecca following.

For the users of Wrath, Shaka, Ymir, Mercy, and slightly Lilith, they focused their soul to recreate the most powerful move their emotion could provide.

Gloria, Solaria and the maids were already used to the strongest form of their blessing, and so they charged Gluttony.

Lust’s ability consisted of imitating others, but for this last attack, he imitated himself. Earlier, by becoming the heroine for others, Liliana created a new appearance, stronger than usual, and their goal now was to do the same thing, at a higher scale.

Apophis, Cleopatra and Hope focused on Dora, with the goal of creating a specific wish, an Envy of death, and for the final part, Marie was between Midgard and Dora.

Eva took her breath and screamed as loudly as she could.

"Now!!!!"

The worlds clashed against each others.

Everyone launched their attacks at the same time, engulfing Dora’s body.

The air cracked, the space distorted, the whole planet was getting ravaged.

The destruction was visible from anywhere, a giant light ball resting on a planet.

With the impact, it was unimaginable that anyone could resist the shock, even the attacker, all were surrounded by a protective bubble from Dora, too insignificant to contain the destruction.

The winds were breaking everyone, but no one flinched, no one recoiled.

On the ground, Candace was holding hands with Iris, both of them watching the earth moving around them, but never moving them.

"This is the true power of Sloth."

Iris looked at the dean, surprised by her words.

They were in a space different than the others, a white orb, but the biggest surprised was that she could feel everyone around them, as if they were in the same room.

"Sloth is the power to help the others to do amazing things. We are not a sword, we are the one who carries 1000 swords for 10 people."

Their power covered Dora’s shield, increasing it’s power tenfold and the power of every fighters.

Sloth’s blessing was a buff for everyone.

"This is the path I want you to explore. I’m not asking you to be a tool, but to discover. Try it, live with multiple hearts. I was a failure so you will definitely use it better than me. Help the world like I wanted to help you."

Iris’s eyes glowed with tears, holding the dean’s hand firmly, she turned to the ball of destruction.

Inside, Dora’s body was getting destroyed by thousands attacks, but never collapsed.

Time, space, light, mater, he struggled to recover the control of his body to initiate a new move.

Midgard groaned.

"He can be cut with one swing but he tank that? How does that make sense?"

"Two bodies." Dora frowned. "The main is losing control, so the second one is taking over."

The two looked at each other with worries, Marie struggled to understand, but remembered of the reason Dora’s death was a necessary.

"... The invader?"

"Yes, we’re both losing control, so he’s taking the body."

"... He’s taking over... and he can endure that attack??? W... What do we do? Dora what do we do no??"

She looked at him with a growing despair. Their eyes met for a moment, and then, the girl relaxed, face to a gaze bearing a deep influence on her.

"The rest is already part of the plan, I could do it, but if this is the last attack, I need you to unleash your full potential now."

He took Marie’s hands in his, both looking into each other eyes.

"For the last part, I need you to become stronger than you’ve ever been, and then, you’ll use one spell."

"... You want me... To kill you?"

He smiled at her.

"No, I’m not that cruel. I want you to stand above any obstacle in this world. Not only with your power, but also with your will. The power you have in you, I know we forced it in you, but I have to say that I’m glad you got it. Who else than the person knowing me the most to be my vessel?"

Behind them, Midgard and Zury coughed.

"I mean, look, I didn’t know I could have so many Personas and each of them liked you very much. You realize how important you were for us? You were the first to know my secret, so I’m glad to leave this to you."

Marie’s eyes glowed.

The first tear touched the ground.

She wanted to hide her face, to never show that kind of emotion, but she was afraid to never see his face again.

"This is so unfair... Why did you come into my life if it was just to leave like that? I... You were the one who taught me how to live, you made me wish... For a future with you... The time we spent together, you made me cherish it so much... How can I continue living without you?"

Her tears ran through her face. In the distance, the blast was getting covered by pink lightning, making Eva flinch.

"He’s coming... Dora, there’s no much time left..."

Dora put a knee on the ground, holding Marie’s hands with his right hand, the left reaching his chest.

"I could say a thousand things, a thousand advises, a thousand life lessons, but I won’t bother, because I’ve decided to take full responsibility. I swear, on my name, that I will create a world in which we will get everything back, and this time, there will be only one of me."

At this moment, his voice resonated in everyone’s mind, all witnessing his last wish.

"I will create a paradise for everyone, the Players, the Avatars, and every single one of you. I am the origin of this world, and I know what I represent for you, so I’ll force myself in your future life and make a true heaven. I hate no one, I don’t only care about my friend, everyone in this part of the world is under my shadow, so let me die an evil in this world, I’ll be the center of the next world, and I will keep you all around me. This is not a wish, this is a prediction."

Marie’s eyes glowed brighter, the light spreading through her body and giving a final yellow hue to her hair.

She smiled, her face drowning under tears. On their position, everyone else shared the same feeling, with the power of Dora bathing them, their heart beat as one.

Solaria leaned on Gloria, the Queen, maintaining her attack with one hand, embraced her with her free hand.

"... This is not a farewell.... I’ll be back with your brother and father... Live happy until we meet again... I will never do the same mistakes again... I will always be with you all."

Solaria wiped a tear and hugged her the same way.

"Just be normal next time... I don’t want power, I just want you all in my life."

The maids sobbed around them.

Rhea raised her head, the pink lightning grew bigger above.

"... Seems like we need to wrap it up. Thank you for your hard work, I leave Fenrir to you two. No one else than you should be at the top of the empire, until I come back."

Giudecca and Lucca gave a nod, Fenrir slightly raised his eyebrows.

"Always the same, You could at least say goodbye properly."

"My soldiers don’t need it, my soldiers are a part of me, I don’t say goodbye to myself."

Her words struck the two warlords, both of them increasing their aura.

Cleopatra brought her hands to her chest, gazing at the sky.

"I’m so impatient... I pray that this time the world will be generous to our people... A world without war, we could have so much fun together, right, Apo? Lust?"

Both of the two mentioned groaned.

"I’ll have some words for you, deary."

".... You’re... Still angry against me?"

"I’ll have some words for you."

Candace watched in turn the apocalypse beginning in the sky, the combined attack was getting more and more replaced by a purple and pink chaos, but she didn’t feel any bothered.

"... This time, we’ll really enjoy the new world. Ely, Midgard, a Cruse in a rich boat, write that down."

"Already in the menu, master!"

"Good, and Dora, I’m counting on you to not mess up everything this time, you hear me? We have a promise."

"I’ll make sure to unlock your growth hormones."

She smiled eerily.

"Bold of you to assume I’ll wait to grow."

".... What are we talking about?"

"Guys! The invader!!!" Eva shouted desperately.

In the blast, the other Dora’s body was cracking, the cracks glowing pink.

He struggled to maintain a consciousness, but he had lost control of his body, and thus the true Dora could released his pressure, causing him to suffer from it’s effect.

His mind flooded with idea, his body was becoming a nightmare.

Between hell and purgatory, he forced himself to do a last gamble.

(... A...sy...lum)

His body cracked more, with a yellow burst of energy spreading on him, and then, a door opened.

- As you wish.

"....?"

A force pulled him like a vacuum, he was aspired somewhere without understanding where and how.

The world spun around him, and soon, the pain stopped.

Dizzy, he was sitting on the floor of the same room in which he had sequestered Candace, with the Personas around him.

"We got him!"

"It’s over!"

"Take that loss, stupid!"

Sigma, Beta and Gamma clapped their hands and danced around him.

Alpha and Omega, arms crossed, mocked him.

"Huh! Losing to power of friendship? Couldn’t be me."

"Now, remind me why you’re the one in control?"

Dora, with tired eyes opened slightly his mouth with no word, nor though.

On the other side, his body completely fractured.

Without the two in control, the body was finally free for the invader.

The pink lightning covered the sky, swirling like a cyclone above, but no one payed any attention.

Kneeling in front of each other, Marie and Dora had a last hug.

"Now’s the time. You know how to reach me."

"... Yeah... I hate you for this."

Their bodies shone yellow.

The blessing of Greed offered an absolute knowledge of the power assimilated.

When combined with the mastery and infinity of Dora, the result was a power of absurd proportion.

The power to touch reality and modify it.

This power was...

"Law: fuse the cells of the puppet inside Dora with the energy particles of every Dora and nullify them."