EDIT: I have decided to combine some of my smaller chapters into larger ones. Reasons being that it would be less chapters for you all to have to go through to catch up to the current one and it would be less time consuming to have to go through so many small ones, so thus why I'm doing this. Hopefully I can keep trying to do longer chapters like I have been doing recently, but only time will tell with that. So yeah.
I know I have enough stories to worry about, but I want to do this one already. I can't help it okay?
Anyway, so welcome to my new story "Battle for the Muliverse!". If any of you seen chapter thirty of my "Seeing Alternate Versions of Earthland" story, then you know at least one of the enemies here. If you haven't, you all will see them for yourself soon enough.
Summary: In one alternate world of Earthland, E.N.D, Acnologia, Romeo, and an entity called Observer are forced to travel through multiple timelines to stop another version of E.N.D and his forces from ultimate conquest and destruction. It wouldn't be long before more enemies start to appear for their own goals. Now, more than ever, the four must travel through the different timelines of Earthland to save their own. But know this, not all worlds will survive. Crossover elements exist, but if you know me, you already expected something like that.
So there's the basic salt of this story. Summary sucks I know, I've never been good with those.
Now, the first chapter here won't show the Earthland where our main characters are from, as they will be arriving in another timeline first. The Earthland that the four came from will be told about by them and shown in flashbacks throughout the story.
Anyway, let's get this show on the road. Enjoy, or not, I don't care you all have your own opinions.
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Chapter One: The Four from Another World
It was a clear blue sky with the sun shining bright above the land below. Birds were flying around minding their own business, as the butterflies in the plain field continued on their day.
However, the peace would end as a green colored portal above the land opened up, giving off demonic energies that anyone around would no doubt be able to feel, even if they themselves didn't have any kind of magic whatsoever.
And then, before anyone knew it, three screaming entities were feeling falling from the portal, with the fourth one of them remaining silent as they all fell to the ground with a loud thud.
The portal above them then went on to immediately close after the four falling beings came through it.
Now on the disturbed land, four entities were slowly getting up as they tried to collect their bearings from what happened with the four of them, well three of them. The fourth being was alright as he landed on his feet.
The one that landed on his feet and didn't scream like an idiot was humanoid in shape, yet it was clear that he wasn't human. If all honestly, the entity here looked like a constellation one would see in the night sky come alive. He was blue with stars shown and connected into his body like a constellation, with any specific features of him like his face unrecognizable. This being was named Observer.
One of the other members who were getting up also didn't look human. He had a humanoid shape form, but it was obvious the person was something completely different. His skin was completely pure black, and his body had a lean muscular built. Giant demonic wings were seen coming out of his back, and instead of having feet, he had hooves. On his face, chest, and arms, glowing green colored markings were present on his body. The sides of his face spiked upward a little, giving him a bit more of a menacing look to him. Two demonic horns were seen coming out of his head, his fingers were sharp as claws, and he had glowing completely dark green eyes. This demonic-like entity was name E.N.D, the strongest demon from Earthland, or at least the Earthland he came from.
The next one getting back up looked to be a fourteen year old boy. He had dark purple spiky and messy hair, and had black colored eyes. The clothing the young teen wore consisted that of a sleeveless plain black colored shirt that hugged his body thus allowing the outline of his muscles to be noticeable. The boy also wore black colored pants that went down all the way to his feet. He also wore dark brown sandals. On his left shoulder, the Fairy Tail insignia was seen in a dark blue color. His arms also had light blue colored markings on them. On his waist two small daggers were seen, and a large sword was strapped on his back as well. This young teen was none other than Romeo Conbolt, the apprentice of Acnologia.
And last but not least, a muscular young man with long, wild dark blue colored hair was seen also getting up from the fall he and the others just went through. His skin is a bit dark colored compared to most people, and he also possesses light blue colored markings on his body. He also wore a black colored high collared cloak, sharp red claws around his neck, a white colored sash around his waist, a gold arm ring tighten on his right upper arm, and baggy pants that are the same black color as his other clothing. This was none other than Acnologia, the Dragon King of Earthland in his human form.
And right now, the three of then, Observer aside, were now getting back on their feet as they rubbed their heads due to the contact with the ground.
"Ow… my head…" Romeo muttered as he rubbed his head with his free hand.
"Why can't we just have a nice landing for once?" E.N.D questioned with a deep demonic voice as he got back on his hooves. It was always like this, they can never go through a portal without being in a hurry or being blown right into it.
"It's not our fault that all of that keeps happening." Acnologia replied back to the demon with a small glare, getting the Fel Demon to glare back at the dragon in humanoid form.
Observer didn't say anything as he looked around the area they were all in. They were currently in an opened field of sorts that was certain. However, he then spotted something in the distance.
"I see a location up ahead of us." The living constellation told his three companions, getting the three to snap out of their thoughts as they looked at what the spirit saw.
Like what Observer told them, in the distance not to far from them a large mountain was seen. The weird thing about it though was that the front of the giant stone formation was that it looked to be built to be shaped like someone's head with a top hat on. From the looks of things, even though despite their distance, it was clear that the mountain was some kind of base of some kind.
"What is that?" Romeo questioned, not recognizing who the head the mountain was carved to be like was supposed to be.
"How should we know? Where are we anyway?" E.N.D questioned the younger boy, before asking another question. It was clear to the demon that they were in another Earthland obviously, but what was this world like?
"Earthland." Acnologia replied to the demon with a smirk, getting the black colored demon to glare at the dark blue haired man.
"You know what I mean lizard." The other half of Natsu replied back to the cloaked man with narrow eyes. His insult got Acnologia to also narrow his eyes back at the demonic entity before him.
"Not now you two." Observer told the two of them, getting both the dragon and demon to glare at one another once more before turning their heads away from the other, getting the living constellation to sigh a little.
"Uh… should we head toward that place?" Romeo asked, since there was no where else to go at the moment. The dark purple haired boy only hoped that this timeline wasn't as dangerous as the last one they went too.
"That seems to be the best plan of action for the time being," Observer responded to the All Magic Dragon Slayer, before the spirit then started to walk ahead of the others, "Let's go. We can't waste anymore time here."
The other three merely nodded in agreement with the living constellation, before they too followed after him.
'A LITTLE BIT LATER'
It didn't take long for the unusual group of four to close in on the nearby carved mountain, as they all now stood over a small hill that was close to the entrance of the mountain.
"Huh, so this place is a base after all." E.N.D told the others with a bit surprise present in his voice. In all honesty, the demon thought this place was just some monument for someone. He didn't think it was also some kind of grand palace or something.
"Let's hope you don't go anger the locals this time." Acnologia spoke up to him, getting E.N.D to glare back at the Dragon King once more.
"Like you're one to talk you overgrown lizard!" E.N.D shouted at the dark blue haired man, who gritted his teeth in anger by what the demon just said to him.
"You want to fight right now demon?" Acnologia questioned, cracking his knuckles as he glared at his demonic rival.
"So what if I do?" E.N.D responded back with a grin on his face, not at all afraid of the challenge.
"Guys, now is not the time for your antics." Romeo tried to tell the two powerful beings.
Before Observer could join in with Romeo to calm the dragon and demon down, a loud voice got their attention.
"There they are!" A man's voice shouted out loud enough to get the four's attention.
Observer, E.N.D, Romeo, and Acnologia turned back to the direction of the giant mountain palace only to see a large group of solders in dark and silver metallic armor all around them. Each soldier had a weapon on them, either it be a sword, polearm, axe, or even a gun, they all surrounded the four.
"…We just got here and already trouble rears its ugly head." E.N.D muttered to himself in annoyance.
One of the soldiers then spoke up before any of the four could respond or speak up.
"You are trespassing on the grounds of Lord Herman! Identify yourselves or else we'll use force!" The soldier threatened.
Before either Romeo or Observer could speak up, both Acnologia and E.N.D burst out laughing, getting the guards to narrow their eyes at them all through their helmets. Both the dragon and demon then calm down before they all glared at the large group of soldiers around them.
"You all using force on us?" E.N.D questioned while wiping a tear from his eye due to his laugher.
"Now that's just funny!" Acnologia replied back to the soldiers, who looked more annoyed by the two's words.
"Guys, now it's not the time to-." Romeo started to tell the two companions of his and Observer.
Sadly though before anything else could be said, one of the guard's gun-like weapon then proceeded to fire off a usual pink colored energy that immediately surrounded the four, getting them to be surprised by the sudden move.
"What the heck is this crap?!" E.N.D questioned seeing how they were now surrounded by this unusual energy.
"Mortals, we don't mean you no harm," Observer started to speak, hoping that the human soldiers would listen to him, "Let us go and we will leave in peace." He tried to persuade them.
However his words fell on death ears before the solider with the gun that fired the pin energy shield around them lifted the gun up. To the other four's surprised, the shield they were all now in also lift into the air, bringing them up as well.
"Sorry, Lord Herman doesn't take kindly to trespassers on his domain." The lead solider told the four, 'Especially when your trespassers looked completely weird.' The soldier thought to himself, taking notice of both E.N.D's and Observer's appearance.
Romeo sent a glare at the soldiers, as did both Acnologia and E.N.D. However, they didn't act or try to resist, figuring they might as well go along with it to see what will happen next. Observer couldn't help but looked at the tech that the soldier with the gun imprisoning them with both interest and concern.
'Odd, that technology seems to otherworldly to come from this world.' Observer thought to himself, noticing how the tech of the gun the soldier was using to imprison them at the moment seemed to advance and un-Earthland like to come from this planet.
The four remained quiet, with the other three glaring at the soldiers as they all brought them into the mountain carve palace.
'A SHORT WHILE LATER'
"Let me go right now you piece of sh*t!" E.N.D shouted out loud to the two guards that have his arms hold down, already having his patience worn thin.
Along with the demon were his three other companions, as they all were taken to a prison cell in the jail section of the mountain carved palace. After they were taken into the place, the pink energy cage around them dispersed, which allowed the guards to take all of their things, mainly weapons. And now, the four were now being put into a large jail cell.
"The moment I get out of here I'm going to kill you all! And no I'm not bluffing!" E.N.D shouted out loud once more at the group of guards, before the winged demon was shoved right into the cell.
This got Acnologia to laugh at the misery of the Fel Demon, before he himself was shoved into the large cell. This was quickly followed by both Romeo and Observer, though the living constellation didn't seem to be bothered by this action, unlike Romeo who let out a small yelp from hitting the ground due to being pushed.
With that, the soldiers locked the cell before they left, but not before the head soldier turned to look at the four beings in the cell.
"We'll see what Lord Herman wants to deal with you later. For now, you all can rot." He told the four, getting on Romeo's, E.N.D's, and Acnologia's nerves.
And with that, the soldier closed the door, leaving the whole hall of jail cells rather dark, with only the dimming lights on the roof to provide them to be able to see the area they are in.
"What's their problem?" Romeo questioned, as he looked at the handcuffs that were still on his wrists, the same for the other three as well.
"In their defense, anyone would do something about intruders on their property," Observer replied to the dark purple haired boy, before the spirit turned to look at E.N.D and Acnologia, "I must confess, I was expecting you both to just smash the pink sphere they had us in and cause trouble."
"We didn't think you would like that we weren't going to cooperate with these guys if we did that." The Dragon King replied back to the entity.
"I wouldn't have approved of it no." Observer answered him.
"See? It was no point because of what you said!" E.N.D shouted at the living constellation, before the demon looked down at the handcuffs on him.
With a huff, the demon easily broke the handcuffs on his wrist with a single motion, as did the other four as well. Smirking widely on his face, the demon stood back up before he walked over to the metal bars that separated them from the outside world.
"These guys aren't very smart if they think mere hand cuffs would work," E.N.D spoke up once more before he brought his fist back, preparing to smash his way through the metal bars of the jail cell they were in, "Now then, let's get out of here shall we?" And with that, the demon swung his fist right at the metal bars.
However, when the fist struck the metal bar, a magic shield was seen for a brief moment when the demon's fist slam right into it, knocking him back a little as he and the others saw the magic seal covering the metal bar entrance fade back into invisibility.
"The crap?! They put up a magic seal?!" E.N.D shouted in surprised, as the demon wasn't expecting that.
"That makes more sense. Simply throwing us four into a mere jail cell did seem a bit foolish at first." Romeo replied back to the Fel Demon.
The dark purple haired boy then walked up to the back wall of the cell they were in. The All Magic Dragon Slayer then knocked on the wall, before a magic seal appeared on the spot he hit before it faded away once more.
"It looks like the entire cell is surrounded by a magic seal." Romeo figured out. It wasn't just the entrance to the door that had it. The magic barrier must be pretty tough in itself if it managed to withstand E.N.D's punch.
"Well then, what do we do? I don't know about you all, but I'm not planning on staying here where there's a war to be won." Acnologia told the others, a bit annoyed by their current situation at the moment.
His words got the other three to nod. They need to hurry and get out of here to get back to their mission.
Before anything else could be said though…
"Huh, now that's unusual," A female's voice was heard by the four entities, getting them to be surprised and confused by the voice, "I don't think I've seen a Romeo like you before, or at least one I saw myself."
"What the-?! Who's there?!" E.N.D yelled out, with his hands raised and covered in Fel Fire.
"Look across from your cell you idiot." The woman's voice was heard once more, getting on the demon's nerves due to the insult.
E.N.D, Romeo, Acnologia, and Observer looked through the metal bar that separated them from freedom. What they saw was a bit surprising to them.
On the other side of the hallway across from them, sitting in another cell, was Lucy! However, she looked different compared to any other versions of the blondes that the four have seen before. This one present was only wearing a sleeveless dirtied shirt, as well as dark blue shorts. A small scar was seen on her left shoulder as well.
Both Romeo and E.N.D blinked in confusion before the Fel Demon spoke up.
"Lucy?" E.N.D questioned the blonde in the cell across from their own.
"She's most likely to be the Lucy of this world." Acnologia told the demon, who glared at the dragon in humanoid form.
"No sh*t Sherlock." E.N.D responded to the somewhat dark skinned humanoid form of the Dragon King, getting him to glare back at the demon he saw as his rival.
The other Lucy looked at them with confusion for a moment, before figuring it out herself what they meant by their words.
"Oh, so you four are not from this world either huh?" The blonde woman questioned the four across from her in the other prison cell.
Her words got all four of them, more so for Observer, to widen their eyes in surprised by what they just heard come out of the blonde woman's mouth.
"Wait, you mean…" Romeo trailed off, before Lucy continued what he was goingt to say.
"That I'm from another parallel universe like you four? Yeah, I am." Hearthfilia replied back with a small grin, seeing the other four to be surprised.
Observer couldn't help but let out an annoyed and disappointed groan when he heard that.
"There are more mortals out there going against the laws of creation? Traveling through the parallel timelines is strictly forbidden! Time travel as well!" Observer finished exclaiming, as this revelation that someone else out there in the alternate timelines was completely ignoring the very laws of balance.
Romeo, E.N.D, Acnologia, and even Heartfilia from her own cell couldn't help but look at the spirit with blank faces.
"…Says the guy who is traveling through both time and other alternate worlds with us." Acnologia stated to the living constellation.
"I am here only because you three dragged me into this whole situation. Now I am unable to do anything other than to aid you to protect our own world from falling into the wrong hands, and to make sure you three don't do anything too stupid to put the other worlds in peril." Observer replied back at the Dragon King.
Lucy didn't know what they were talking about, but she figured that they too just be traveling through other parallel universes to help others out, at least that's what she assumed. The blonde would admit she didn't see anything like whatever Observer is supposed to be. Maybe when she got out of here she can ask some questions about him.
"Anyway, back to the matter at hand…" Observer started to say, as he walked away from the others to imspect the cell they were in.
Romeo didn't say anything as the dark purple haired boy was more confused by seeing the other Lucy. Sure, they have seen multiple versions of her already, but this one seemed to be way stronger than the other versions of Lucy's he has seen so far. Granted, he and the other three only have seen a few other worlds, but still.
Observer put his hand on to the corner of the metal bar door and the stone wall, which also showed the magic barrier surrounding them due to him putting pressure on the shield.
"Strike here," The living constellation told the others, getting them to be confused. Seeing this, the spirit went on to clear the puzzlement they all had, "This is the weakest part of the magic seal trapping us here. Using enough force would be enough to shatter it, allowing us to escape." He explained to the other three.
This got Acnologia to grin before he walked up to the spot where Observer was at. The living constellation moved out of the way as the Dragon King then brought his fist back, gathering enough of his own power before he got ready to swing it.
"Alright, then let's get out of place!" He shouted out loud with a grin.
And with that, the Dragon King brought his fist to the corner of the prison cell and the magic barrier that trapped them.
Without warning, both the magical barrier and the prison cell completely burst and shattered, causing smoke to fill the hallway.
Now free, the four then ran out of the now destroyed prison cell.
"Alright! Now let's go find our stuff and get out of here!" E.N.D shouted with a grin plastered on his face.
And with that, both E.N.D and Acnologia began to head out of the prison hallway, however they stopped when they heard Romeo speaking up.
"Uh guys?" The dark purple haired boy started to say, getting both of them to be confused.
"What?" E.N.D questioned back at the apprentice of the dragon next to him.
Romeo pointed to Heartfilia as she simply tapped her foot in her prison cell, as if she was waiting for something.
"Lucy?" He told them, hoping that they knew what he was talking about. Thankfully for him they did, but both of them didn't look happy about what the boy was suggesting.
"Why the f**k should we care?! She's not our Lucy, so why should we waste our time with freeing her?!" E.N.D exclaimed back at the dark purple Fairy Tail Mage, not at all happy with what the boy wanted.
"Yeah, she would only slow us down anyway." Acnologia agreed with the Fel Demon, it seemed a waste of time to help someone who isn't of their own world.
"I have to agree with Romeo here," Observer spoke up, getting the dragon and demon to look at the living constellation, "It would be unwise to leave behind a potential ally."
Both E.N.D and Acnologia looked at them with blank stares, before they looked back at Heartfilia, who merely looked at them with an "I'm waiting" expression on her face, all while her arms are crossed under her large chest, as well as her foot still tapping impatiently.
The demon and dragon merely let out a loud annoyed groan.
"Alright fine!" E.N.D shouted out in annoyance, ignoring the grin that appeared on Heartfilia's face.
The demon then walked over to the front of the prison cell where the blonde was at, before slamming the metal bar door and the magic seal around the cell she was in with enough force to shatter it, seeing how the outside of the magic seal was weaker compared to the inside of it.
With that done and more smoke now filling the air, the blonde woman merely walked out with a happy expression and smirk on her face.
"Thank you for your aid." Heartfilia told the demon with her smirk still present.
"Oh f**k off!" Was all E.N.D replied back to her.
'A FEW MINUTES LATER'
Two guards walked by as the soldiers continued on their way through the long hallway, passing by another hall that went toward elsewhere.
When the two guards went by, a door opened from one of the walls, as Romeo, Heartfilia, Observer, Acnologia, and E.N.D stuck their heads out of the door before seeing that the coast was clear at the moment. With that in mind, the group of five then made a dash down the hall.
"Why are we being all sneaky like? We can just fight our way out of here." Acnologia questioned the other four, as the Dragon King didn't see a reason to do what they were all currently doing.
"It would be preferred to stay low and get out of here without causing a ruckus. We can't waste time in this world any longer than we already have." Observer answered the dark skinned humanoid form of the dragon, who merely grunted back by the answer.
"Let's just hurry up with this. The sooner we get our things and out of here the better." E.N.D stated to the other four companions.
The five stopped a moment before hiding behind a wall, seeing a few more guards passing by them without noticing their presence thankfully. Seeing the quick break they have for now, Heartfilia spoke up in a quiet tone so only the other four could hear her.
"Hey Observer," The blonde woman started to say, getting the living constellation to looks in her direction, "So what are you exactly? I never saw a person like you before. And I have seen plenty of people and things in my life." She asked.
"You can refer to me as a constellar Heartfilia," Observer told the blonde, before the Celestial being looked to see the coast was clear once more, "Let's go, the way is clear."
Not wasting a second the group of five then made a run for it once more in the opposite direction where the guards they just passed went to. They had to take cover once more behind a wall when they saw more armored soldiers walking by them, blissfully unaware of the five intruders.
"A constellar huh? What do you do exactly?" Heartfilia questioned the living constellation once more. However E.N.D spoke up before Observer could reply back to the blonde woman from another timeline.
"Hey, I don't mean to bring up the obvious, but where are they even keeping our crap? For all we know they took our things on the other far side of the base." E.N.D questioned the others, seeing that they had no way of knowing where Romeo's things were being kept.
"Don't worry, that isn't a problem," Romeo spoke up, getting the winged demon to look at the dark purple haired boy, "I managed to overhear the last guards we pass by talking about it. They are keeping them in the armory, which thankfully is still on the same floor we're on."
"Oh that's good to hear," Heartfilia told them, as she hated this whole sneak around stuff, "I can get my things and then I'm out of here."
"Yeah, it's the same for us too." Romeo told her with a small smile.
"Wait we're helping her get her things now too?" E.N.D questioned, getting a glare from the blonde woman, to which the demon decided to ignore.
"We are all heading to the same location, and again, it would be best to help our ally." Observer replied back to the Fel Demon, who merely grumbled by that, who also chose to ignore the grin on the blonde woman's face once more.
"Come on, the way is clear." Acnologia told them all, who nodded in agreement with the Dragon King, before they all took off once more to their destination.
This went on for a few more times, with the group of five running for it and hiding to avoid being spotted. Thankfully though, they wouldn't have to keep up with this for any longer.
"Guys! I think I see it!" Romeo exclaimed with a smile on his face.
Like the boy said, with the coast clear, a large and armored door was spotted connecting to the hallway. Seeing how fortified the door was, it was obviously that no one wanted any intruders getting their hands on anything that may be behind this door.
"Look out for guards; I will get the door open." Observer told the other four as the constellar approached the armored door.
Heartfilia, Romeo, E.N.D, and Acnologia kept their eyes out for any soldiers that may appear down both directions of the hallway they were all in. They couldn't help but find it odd though that there was no one guarding the door to the armory, but they figured that this place didn't see a need for something like that.
Luckily for them though, it didn't take long for Observer to get the door to open, opening it a little for the others to get inside.
"Get in everyone." Observer told the four.
Not wasting any time, the group of five then entered the heavy and armored door to the armory as the entrance closed right behind him.
As one would expect of an armory, armor and weapons of all kinds were lying or hanging all around the large room. The room was somewhat dark, with glowing blue lights on the walls and floor being the only thing to light up the room, giving it a rather eerie feel to it. However the five couldn't care less about that at the moment, as they had more important things to do.
"Alright, we should be safe here for the time being," Romeo told the others, as the dark purple haired All Magic Dragon Slayer then walked around the large room, hoping to find his weapons that the soldiers took from him, "Let's find our stuff and get out of here."
"Already on it little guy." Heartfilia told him as she too looked around for her armor and weapons. Her words got Romeo to grumble a little, something about him not being that little.
As the group of five helped to search for Romeo's and Heartfilia's weapons, E.N.D then spoke up once more, getting their attention as they kept on looking for their items.
"So Lucy," E.N.D started to say, getting the blonde to turn her head to look at the winged demon as she continued to search for her things, "How did you get captured here by these soldiers?" The demon wondered, before he smirked a little when he saw the blonde get a scowl on her face.
"It was stupid," She started to say, her angered expression not going away as she continued to try to find her things, "I arrive here in this world in the middle of a forest, nowhere near any civilization to not freak the natives out. Yet not even two seconds after I showed up, a bunch of guards appeared out of nowhere! They were shouting about how I was intruding on this Herman's guy property, despite the fact that we were basically in the middle of f**king nowhere!" She exclaimed in anger, remembering how it took them a half an hour before arriving to the carved mountain base. The blonde didn't stop as Heartfilia went on, "Naturally, I fought them off, but then one of them used some kind of gun to trap and freeze me with some kind of pink energy sphere, getting me to drop my precious weapons! Then I was taken here, they took my things, then they threw me into that cell!"
Heartfilia took a deep breath to calm herself, remembering how angry she was that she was arrested just because she landed in a middle of a forest that no one probably didn't care about.
"Honestly, I will admit I was surprised by the tech and power that that weapon had and wielded. While it's not the craziest thing I've seen in my life it was still surprising to see another world having tech like that. And then after around a few minutes after I calmed down from what happened did I then notice you four being shoved into the cell across from my own." She explained to the winged demon.
"So you weren't in that cell for that long." E.N.D responded to the blonde woman he grew to dislike in a minute the moment he saw her.
"Yeah. I'm sure if you all weren't there, I would have found a way out of my own, or at least the others would no doubt show up." The blonde told him, as she smiled widely from saying those words.
Her last words got E.N.D. to be puzzled.
"The others?" The Fel Demon questioned.
Before the blonde woman from a different world could respond to the confused demon, Observer's voice spoke up from behind her.
"Excuse me Hearfilia, but is this your gear and weapon by chance?" Observer questioned, getting the blonde to turn around to look at the constellar.
Her eyes lit up in joy when she saw her weapons and armor that the living constellation had in his arms. From her boltok pistol to her knife, from her gear armor and even the portal gun she had! That last one was a big relief for the woman, knowing how dangerous this could be in the wrong hands.
"My stuff!" She exclaimed happily before she took the things from Observer's grasps before she went around a stack of polearms to put her armor back on, and putting her weapons back on her body.
While she put her stuff back on, Acnoliga saw Romeo managing to find his own weapons as the boy quickly put them back on his body where they belonged. However, the Dragon King then noticed his apprentice checking out some of the other weapons in the armory vault, which puzzled the dragon.
"Uh, Romeo?" Acnologia started to ask, getting the dark purple haired boy's attention. "What are you doing?"
"Huh? What do you mean? I'm looking at the other weapons this armory has. You never know what may interest you, you know." Romeo responded back to the puzzled dragon while grabbing a polearm, who didn't really get what Romeo was trying to say.
"No I don't know what you mean. We don't have to time to check out all of these weapons." Acnologia replied back to the boy he took in as a student against the boy's will.
Romeo didn't respond as he looked at the polearm he had in his hand before putting it on his back, deciding to keep the weapon along with his sword and daggers.
"Alright!" Heartfilia's voice was heard as the other four turned to see the woman emerged from the stack of polearms, all armored up and ready to go, "It feels so good to be in my armor and having my weapons again!"
While she basked in her happiness, she was snap out of it when E.N.D spoke up once more.
"Huh, even with that weird armor on you still look like a prostitute." E.N.D told her with a casual tone.
This naturally got Heartfilia to grow angry by the demon's words.
"Who are you calling a prostitute goat feet?!" She shouted back at the Fel Demon, who grew a tick mark by the insult she threw at him.
"Goat feet?! The f**k you calling goat feet b*tch?!" E.N.D yelled back at the blonde across from him, as the two then butted heads with one another as they glared at the other with hate.
"Huh, that's a new one." Acnologia muttered to himself, making a mental note to use that insult against the demon should they argue with one another once more.
"Enough, both of you," Observer interfered as he pulled them apart from one another, "We don't have time for arguments right now. We need to get out of here while we still can."
Both Lucy and E.N.D merely glared at one another before they turned their heads away from one another, their scowls still present on their faces. Observer couldn't help but sigh from this.
Romeo went on ahead to check if the coast was clear as he opened the door. Not seeing a single guard in sight, the dark purple haired boy closed the heavy and armored door to let the others know.
"Guys, the way is clear. Let's go before it changes." The All Magic Dragon Slayer told the other four, who nodded in agreement.
And with that, the five then opened the door out of the armory…
…Only to see a large number of guards present surrounding them and the door, their weapons readied and pointed right at the group of five, not going to let them get away from their spot.
E.N.D, Heartfilia, Acnologia, and Observer all had blank faces as they turned their heads to look at the comical wide eyed Romeo.
"…Uh… it was cleared a moment ago." Romeo replied back to the others with a nervous grin on his face.
Heartfilia, Acnologia, and E.N.D had to resist the urge to face-palm from the boy's words. Shaking their heads from that for the time being the group of five then turned their glares towards the large group of soldiers, as the head captain of the squadron then walked forward with his sword in hand.
"This is as far as you all go prisoners," He started to say to them with a glare of his own at them, "You have two options. Either you all come with us quietly and back to your cells, or you will be put down like rabid dogs. If I were you, I would pick the easier choice."
Romeo, E.N.D, and Acnologia were ready to fight their way through the group of soldiers, as Observer was ready to try to talk to the captain for their release. Heartfilia however, had a different option to let them all go.
The blonde then stepped forward, getting the other four's attention as they looked at her with confusion. Giving them an "I got this" look on her face, the alternate version of their own Lucy then stopped as she then leaned forward to the group of soldiers.
"Oh come on mister," The blonde started to ask as she did a pose, trying to act as sexy as possible as she looked at him and the other soldiers with a seductive look on her face, "Surely you can let us go? You wouldn't dare hurt a pretty lady right?" She told him, trying to use her charms to get the soldiers to falter.
The group of armored men merely looked at her with a deadpanned stare.
"…Do we look like we're into whores?" The captain questioned back at her, his deadpanned stare still present on his face.
"Hah!" That got E.N.D to laugh out a little from the captain's answer.
If there was a fuse that helped to keep Heartfilia's anger in check, it just ran out the moment those words came out of the captain's mouth.
Before the man could act, the blonde then launched herself before wrapping her arm around the man's neck before using him like a shield. The other soldiers couldn't act in time before Heartfilia grabbed her boltok pistol from her waist before firing round after round at all the other armored men, who didn't have enough time to attempt any kind of defense before their heads exploded or their chests were blasted to have a hole in them, causing them all to fall to the ground lifeless as their blood spilled from their carcasses. With that done, the blonde then shot the head of the captain's having chunks of flesh to be splattered onto the ground.
With a huff, the blonde let go of the corpse before she turned to the surprised four, before motioning them to follow her.
"Come on! More of them will show up soon!" Heartfilia told them.
And with that, the blonde then started to run ahead.
"…What?" E.N.D questioned out loud, wondering what the heck they just saw with that version of Lucy.
Romeo, Acnologia, and Observer got over their surprised before they too ran after the blonde to follow suit. E.N.D stayed in his spot for another moment however, still surprised from seeing a version of Lucy just unleashing that kind of carnage.
"...What?" The Fel Demon questioned out loud once more, before he shook his head to put that surprised to the back of his mind, before he too followed after the others.
The five of them continued to make their way through the long halls of the base they were in. Knowing that being sneaky wasn't going to cut it anymore. They will have to battle their way out of this place to escape.
"Stop them!" A soldier shouted as he and a few other guards put up a Magic powered shield from their hands.
"Like that will stop us!" Acnologia shouted with a grin before bringing his fist back, before slamming it forward, unleashing a massive shockwave at the group of guards in front of them.
The shield immediately shattered before the guards themselves were slaughtered by the force of the shockwave, unable to handle the force of it. Romeo, Acnologia, Observer, E.N.D, and Heartfilia then continued their path to find the outside of this mountain carved palace.
"Guys! The path splits up ahead!" Romeo shouted to the others, seeing the hallway up ahead going into two separate directions, left to right.
"Which way do we go?" Observer questioned the others, allowing them to be the judged of which path they should take.
"Left!" Hearfilia shouted out.
"Right!" E.N.D also shouted out at the same time as Heartfilia.
This got the two to glare at one another as they all ran toward the splitting path.
"We're going left!" The blonde exclaimed at the demon, who didn't take to kindly to the blonde's words.
"As if I'm going to listen to you b*tch! We're going to go right!" E.N.D shouted at the woman next to him, which only ticked her off even more.
Romeo sighed as he merely got his magic ready as they approached the pathway before them all.
"Never mind! We're going to go straight!" Romeo shouted out loud enough to get the two bickering demon and woman to hear him.
Before anyone could question the dark purple haired boy of what he meant, the Dragon Slayer then unleashed a Dragon Roar directly at the approaching wall before them all, before destroying it completely, causing an explosion to take place.
With the now giant hole in the wall, no one bothered to question it before they all jumped right through it, all before landing on the lower level of the palace they are all trying to escape.
"Where are we now?" Acnologia questioned, as they saw they were all now outside now and no longer inside the place itself.
Looking around, they all saw themselves on an outside floor of the palace. The ground looked to have artificial grass instead of just plain concrete, to give the opened up area to look more fitting for being outside. There was a large pool present, with some stands that they assumed would normally sell food and drinks to anyone who may be present.
And thankfully for them, there didn't seem to be anyone around to stop them at the moment.
"Quick! Let's take this chance to leave this world before more guards show up!" Observer told the others, knowing that they needed to take this chance before anyone else can appear to slow them down.
"Already on it!" Heartfilia stated to the others with a grin on her face, as he pulled out her portal gun.
Not wasting any time, she then fired the machine as a swirling blue vortex-like portal then opened up only a few feet in front of her. This surprised the other four as they saw the vortex that her gun just created.
"So that's how you travel between the alternate worlds huh?" Acnologia questioned her, as the blonde turned around to look at the humanoid dragon with a smirk on her face.
"Yup, that's correct," She answered him, as an idea then came to her, "You guys are trying to leave also right? Why not come back with me to my world? I'm sure my friends would like to me-."
*BOOM*
"GAH!" Everyone shouted as a large beam of energy blasted the ground near them, getting them all to stumble down onto the ground.
Luckily, all five of them managed to get back up, only to see a large armored and weaponized man jumping out of the large hole a few levels above them. The giant man was also followed by more soldiers who also jumped to the outside pool area.
"Oh come on!" Romeo shouted in annoyance when they all saw the giant and the other soldiers.
E.N.D gritted his teeth, before he ran over to where Heartfilia was, who noticed the approaching demon.
"What now- huh?!" She started to ask, before her question turned into confusion and shock when the demon then grabbed her by the back before lifting her up over his head.
"Don't worry about us! Just go back to your own world!" E.N.D exclaimed at her before turning to look at the swirling blue vortex portal, "Good luck! And I hope I never have to see your ugly mug ever again!"
This got the blonde woman to gain a tick mark on her head.
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING UGLY YOU SON OF A-?!" Hearfilia shouted at the Fel Demon who was lifting her in the air.
However she was unable to finished as E.N.D then chuck her right at the swirling vortex portal, making her yell before she passed right through the portal.
And with that, the portal then shut right behind her.
"Uh… don't you think we should have followed?" Romeo questioned E.N.D, who merely turned his attention back at the younger male.
"We have our own way to escape. Besides, we have bigger fish to fry at the moment." E.N.D informed the dark purple haired teen.
With those words said, the two turned their attention back to the giant armored and weaponized man and the other soldiers, as more guards were jumping from the hole and onto the level. If that wasn't bad enough, the doors on their own floor opened up to reveal more guards rushing toward them.
"Don't let them get away!" The giant man shouted as he readied his advanced arm cannons attached to his forearms, preparing to take down these prisoners.
Observer, refusing to allow themselves to be captured once more when they have a mission to do, shout out before unleashing a blast of Celestial energy to push back the large group of soldiers, dazing them in the process.
"E.N.D!" Observer shouted at the Fel Demon, who nodded back at the demon.
"Right!" He replied back to the constellar.
With those said, both the living constellation and the Fel Demon then gathered power into their hand, before both firing it right behind them at once. The two powers collided, opening a green colored portal.
"Everyone! Let's go!" Observer shouted to the others.
And with that, taking the advantage before the soldiers recovered, the four then rushed toward the portal before it could close on them. The giant man, being the first to recover, let out a roar before he charged right at the group of four, not willing to let them get away.
But he was too late, and before the soldiers knew it, Romeo, Observer, Acnologia, and E.N.D jumped though the portal, before it closed right behind them all.
"Darn it!" The giant man shouted in anger as he slammed his fist into the ground, angry that he failed to prevent the prisoners from getting away.
Before any of the soldier's could say anything else…
"What's with all of the commotion?!" A man's voice was heard throughout the air, "And why is there blood and bodies littering my beautiful halls?!"
Turning around, the group of soldiers saw a really short man approaching them from the door to the inside of the palace. He had pale skin and wore a simple dark purple coat with white fuzz on the edges of the piece of clothing. Said piece was also opened which showed his rather fat bare stomach and chest. The short man also wore dark purple pants with green patterns on it and dark brown boots. His neck was also somewhat large and fat, which gave him a somewhat gross look. On his head a bright purple colored top hat with a few jewels attached to it was visible. The small man also had black colored hair, with some side burns on the side of his face, and had yellow colored eyes. A bright colored cane was in his right hand. This man was none other than Herman Malet, the owner of the palace, which was carved to look like him.
"Herman sir!" The large man exclaimed in surprised as he did a small bow to the small man, "I apologize sir, but our prisoners managed to escape!"
"I couldn't give a rat's a** about a bunch of nobodies! What I want is you all to clean up the mess that has been made in my palace!" Herman shouted in anger, pointing at the large hole that was a few floors above them all.
"Sir." Another soldier started to speak up, getting the short man to turn his attention from the large weaponized man and to the guard.
"What is it now?" He questioned.
"This." The soldier merely stated, before showing the small man what he had in his hand.
It was a small weird gun-like machine that was metallic grey in color with a line of blue that went on the sides of the barrel that was part of the rest of the gun. There was also a small screen, located where the hammer of a gun would normally be located. The device looked a bit damaged though, with the screen having some cracks in it.
"…What is this?" Herman questioned the soldier, taking it from his hands.
"We don't know for sure sir, but we saw the blonde woman drop it when we attacked them. From what we saw, we believe it can open portals to different locations." The soldier informed the small man.
Herman looked back at the damaged piece of equipment, before a large grin appeared on his face.
"Really now?" He questioned with excitement in his voice.
Oh… he will definitely inform the Emperor and Empress about this.
And there we go! Chapter done and the group managed to escape only for Heartfilia's tech to fall into the hands of this enemy.
Expect more of this enemy to appear soon, and for "thehappy" I hope I did well with your version of Lucy. If I didn't, then feel free to sue me.
So what did you all think? Good? Bad? Let me know.
See you all next time, whenever that will be.