Perfect Avatar
Chapter 153: Last Hope: Sacrifice

Chapter 153: Last Hope: Sacrifice

The audience held their breath in unison, each spectator dressed in their seats and the air growing heavier and heavier.

Thomas remained motionless facing the sleeping beast finally awake. His yellow irises testifying to his awareness, Greed stared down at the magnificent work of art shouted by his opponent.

The boy had fallen asleep again and the monster had set foot in the cage.

Thomas’ eyes twitched, looking at every inch of Dora in her true color. A strange feeling filled his chest and emerged in the form of a smile.

"Huh?... For real? After all this time, do you finally recognize me?"

The wind picked up, kicking up dust in the air around Thomas whose eyes sparkled with excitement.

"Is that it? Mister Avatar, you’re finally deeming me worthy? Even without my true power, you recognize me as..."

"Knee"

Thomas fell violently to his knees, so quickly that he thought he had shattered his kneecaps.

His vision blurred and the air became heavier around him, pushing his head toward the ground in a begging position.

"Such a fragile candle should not raise your voice."

Cries of anguish rose up, everyone stunned by the simplicity with which Dora had just gotten rid of Thomas. It wasn’t yet a victory, it was the announcement.

Thomas, his head on the ground, had difficulty getting up but his body seemed disconnected from his will.

(Is it... gravity?... No, I don’t even feel... my body...)

Dora slowly walked towards him.

"I only decided to intervene because I understood the meaning of this moment. I’m stuck here until I get rid of you. That’s the sole purpose of this event, isn’t it? Still, something is bothering me, I remember you were the one who asked this, so explain yourself, human, why do you want me to turn off your light?"

Candace stood up, her lower jaw attacking her upper jaw.

"It’s bad... it’s very bad..."

Freya gave her a stunned look and turned towards the field, sweat beginning to form on her forehead.

"Dean, this can’t be bad, we can’t let this get bad!... Are we losing control again?"

"We never had control in the first place... the situation got this way because we had no idea how to turn Greed into Dora... and now the Sin is awakened and unchained. We can no longer intervene, the only hope we have is to gamble on Thomas’ plan."

They glanced at Candace who had finally admitted her weakness and then at the battlefield where Dora stood next to Thomas’ head.

"Hehehe... Why... I decided to fight... against something like you... to the death?"

He clenched his fists on the ground, scraping at the dirt. For a moment, all of his sounds became audible, as if everyone was connected.

"It’s... obvious, Avatar... I’m here...To give you a gift..."

His energy began to flow out of his body and his body shook.

He raised his head, a trail of blood running from his forehead.

"This power, these skills, all my attributes, they are all yours, so take them, Avatar!"

Kneeling before Dora, he spread his arms, waves of energy coursing through the arena.

The spectators were paralyzed by Thomas’s statement, and the council members stammered.

Hope, wide-eyed, stood up from his seat and almost fell.

"T-THOMAS!!!"

"That’s it, Freya, use a long-range spell and get him out of here, now!" shouted the dean.

"Dean, the barrier, we can’t remove it with all these people around!

"Please, do you think this will be enough to stop him? I won’t let him kill anyone else, get him out!"

The three nobles nodded hesitantly but before they could react, the council members had already jumped towards the arena, followed by Marie and Lilith.

"For the love of God... BELIEVE IN ME!!!!" Thomas screamed at the top of his lungs.

They stopped in front of the barrier, disturbed by the man’s attitude. His body trembling, he spoke in a loud voice.

"Just this once, for once, please! I know what I’m doing, I know how to save the world! Please listen to me! PLEASE!"

Hope, hands against the barrier trembling in incomprehension, no one understood what Thomas’s previous statement would have to do with Greed’s future actions, but with a determined look, he stared at Dora.

"This battle, it’s only up to you to see my skills and decide. Aren’t these elemental attacks, this shrine, something the Sin of Greed would crave? Aren’t they delicious to you? This garden of the beginning, It’s not just any technique, they are..."

"Rare beast, Fairy God Mother."

Thomas flinched, Dora looked at the angelic figure spreading healing waves and surrounded by thousands of glowing spheres.

"... Ah..."

"Surprised that I know? I can read any of your talents like an open book. This creature is known in some tales as the original fairy, the fairy who poured her soul into millions of bright stars that we call today fairies. I’m more impressed that someone like you has it in you. Now, if I understand, you want me to take it from you?

Thomas lowered his arms, a smile of disbelief on his lips. He lowered his gaze, breathing faster and faster.

"If you want, this beast can be yours... but you can only get it if you fight me!"

Dora crossed his arms and narrowed his eyes.

"... This thing, is it limited to your pathetic attacks earlier?

"... What?"

The yellow eyes turned to the poor man on the ground.

"You expect me to fight for something so superficial? I know thousands of flames hotter than all the jokes in your red orb, if this is the limit of the Beast’s offensive power, why should I take it? I don’t need healing either."

He turned his back and began to walk away, leaving behind the foolish boy and a shocked crowd.

Thomas watched the Divine’s back walk away after destroying all his long training.

He remembers in a flash his journey, the efforts made, the people he met, and Iris.

His eyes burning with an indescribable sensation, he stood up.

"Hey, Mr. Hero-wannabe, are you seriously straying from an Origin Beast?"

"This thing only has the honor of being the predecessor, but I don’t see any light in it."

"It’s a battle to the death! None of us come out until one of us is killed!"

"Why should I follow your game when you don’t mean anything? If you want to die, kill yourself."

Dora was right next to the magical barrier, in the process of crossing it to destroy it, when a succession of mournful howls caught his attention.

"Fairy Forest: Black Spirit"

Thomas was covered in a black aura, taking the form of a reaper above him.

"I’m done with your arrogance... Are you too good for me? I’m going to make you recognize my power, Avatar of Greed, it’s over now! You won’t get out until I die."

The dark aura exploded, the bright one glowing completely.

Dora turned his back on him, groaning in annoyance.

"If that is what you wish, I will experience the full extent... of your healing ability."

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