Perfect Avatar-Chapter 265: The First Player

Everyone was silent in the room, a strange weight on everyone’s shoulders. Eva now occupied the empty place, at the end of the table and between Dora and Rhea.

She looked like a child in paradise, while Rhea, her eyes closed, had her hands crossed and Dora massaged his sinuses.

"...Alright...now I think I’ve seen everything in this world. So let me summarize, you are Rhea Silva, the strongest Avatar. You are a human, therefore you are against Sins and Players, and you will mercilessly kill any Player on your territory... but this... this is Eva, a Player, a genuine Player from the first occurrence of Twilight of the Gods, a player, like Apophis, BUT... she is also the highest authority here, perhaps even in front of you. So the strongest empire is actually led by one of humanitie’s enemies."

Rhea simply sighed, while Eva nodded enthusiastically.

"And this Player, who works so hard against her kind, is supposed to know me and has designated me as your brother... I’m still on the right track, aren’t I?"

"To be precise, I didn’t designated you, it was a ’see you later’, and now we’re reunited." Eva pointed out.

Dora observed her for a moment, then Rhea, and finally looked at the other members of Fenrir.

"And that doesn’t bother you? You work very hard to kill all the Players, but your ruler is a Player herself."

The old man raised his hand in turn.

"I can understand why you are confused, but in every shadow lies the truth. Fenrir is the most powerful empire in history, and it is only because of our military might, our unrivaled warlords, our formidable General and the vision of the Empress. These are all factors that put us beyond the limits of what you can imagine."

"How many of your troops survived the battle against Apophis?"

The old man opened one eye. Dora rolled his eyes and looked at the people in black knight armor.

"So you mean an empire of 2 people. Now, the warlords, I assume it’s these two?"

He observed Lucca and Giudecca, the first a little worried and the second grroaning.

"The shortstack, let me guess, you’re the little girl of the group, with a fiery temperament and you compensate for your small size with a big fire power, am I wrong?"

"WHAT?!"

Giudecca stood up abruptly and knocked over her chair. Lucca fought not to laugh, but then Dora turned his attention to her.

"And you... what was that... Ah, you can turn into some kind of beast, can’t you?"

"...How did you know??"

"You smell like wet dog."

Giudecca smirked, using it for revenge. Lucca timidly twiddled her thumbs.

"I’m not...I’m not a dog...it’s a wolf. I can turn into a giant wolf."

"I see...a giant wolf. Are you one of those giants with mythical power that does actually no damage in battle?"

"EEEEH???"

Giudecca burst out laughing, all around, the rest of the assembly fought fiercely not to commit the taboo of making fun of their leaders.

Eva clapped more happily, the mood had greatly improved and she could now concentrate on an interesting subject.

"I’m glad the introductions are going so well, now I’m really curious about these people following you. I’ve never seen so many people with the same soul."

She looked at the Personas, all staring at each other. Sigma raised his hand and opened his mouth, just to close it when he met Dora’s murderous gaze.

"What? You couldn’t find who they are with your vision?"

"Hm? No, of course, I would never use it to spy on you!"

Dora’s eyes narrowed, he scratched his chin.

"Interesting...I believe you, since we are allies, and checking on each other secret would mean the end of the alliance." He looked at Rhea as he said this.

"These people are just part of my soul, you can think of them as me."

"Oh...you can do that too? Wonderful!"

"Yeah, so they go, from left to right, Sigma, Alpha, Omega and Gamma."

The four Personas barely reacted to their mention, Eva nodded, then looked at Zury.

"And you are?"

"...Zury."

Zury looked to the side, annoyed, but even so, she could feel Eva’s intense gaze on her.

"I can sense that you are very special... what exactly are you?"

Zury gritted her teeth, she looked at her but couldn’t see any malice beyond Eva’s gaze, it was like a child’s curiosity.

"Ugh... I am Zury Carper, Dora’s first follower, and I am also the Sin Avatar of Despair."

Everyone’s eyes fell on her, the soldiers observed her with curious looks, one by one, turning their gaze towards Eva.

The girl was still, but then her eyes narrowed and a small smile appeared on her face.

"...Despair?...Ah...I see..."

"I don’t recall a sin of despair." One of the soldiers crossed his arms.

Eva nodded, she stood up and for the first time, the childlike feeling she had was replaced by the face of the true leader she was.

"It’s normal, this information has been kept secret and only Rhea and I know. There are indeed seven Sins at the origin, but... the further the true origin is from us, the more this world will drift from its course, and soon new sins will appear."

She struck a thoughtful pose, gazing at the table.

"So this confirms that this man also... tell me, dear Zury, have you ever heard of... Tell me if these words remind you of anything."

She watched Zury intently.

"The will of the world".

Zury raised her head confused, she looked at Dora but on this table, only him reacted to this sentence.

His gaze on the table, his eyes wide.

He was there, but he was no longer there, his mind processing something he didn’t know, yet all too recognizable.

Zury looked at Eva again, but the Empress’s gaze was no longer on her.

Eva and Rhea contemplated Dora’s reaction.

"...I see, you don’t know then. One more question, Dora...what happened to Wrath and Gluttony?"

Dora looked at her. He knew Eva as someone with tremendous analytical skills, but she was now becoming too dangerous to neglect.

"We are allies, I am not your subordinate, so please avoid investigating me."

All eyes now turned to Dora. Eva stared at him for a moment, without visible reaction, but then...

"...I see. My apologies, I was too curious. Be sure that I will never go against you, you are not my subordinate...it could even be the opposite. But now I see the course of events".

She gave everyone present a serious look, once again capturing all the attention.

"Everyone, now that introductions are made, let’s move on to the final part of our project: the end of Twilight of Gods."