I'm back! A new chapter for you all to either enjoy or despise with all of your hatred. Whatever works for you all really.
Anyway, a quick thank you to "DemonKingBlack" for the idea for this new Earthland my "heroes" are going to appear in. For those who don't know what I mean, you'll see what I mean eventually.
Enjoy, or not, I don't care you all have your opinions.
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Chapter Seven: The High Priest
A dark green light flashed for a moment before Romeo, Observer, Acnologia and E.N.D were seen appearing from supposedly thin air as they all crashed face first into the ground. Well Romeo, Acnologia and E.N.D did, Observer was able to land on his feet without harm.
"Ow…" Romeo muttered as he managed to get back on his feet, rubbing his head to try to get the small headache he just gain from crash head first into the hard ground. After that, he turned to look at his bag to see the stuff he took from that unusual planet still on him much to his relief.
Nearby the All Magic Dragon Slayer, Acnologia and E.N.D also managed to get back on their feet or in the Fel Demon's case hooves as they also rubbed their heads from the impact of the hard rock ground to their skulls.
"For once I would like to arrive in another world where I don't crash into the ground or anything. That would be nice." E.N.D muttered in annoyance while ceasing rubbing his head, the pain having faded away.
"Yeah, I agree you on that." Acnologia stated to the demon, as that is probably one of the few things the Dragon King in humanoid form would ever agree with the black winged creature.
As the three recovered from crashing face first onto the ground, Observer looked at their surroundings to determine where they were all at. When he did, needless to say the living constellation was confused.
"Odd, I don't recognize this place." Observer admitted to the others, grabbing their attention towards him.
Puzzled, the three looked around to see their surroundings. What they all saw was that they were in some very large cavern with the walls, floor and roof being made of some dark green earth. Near them to the walls had a few large statues made of the same material with the statues looking like they were struggling to hold up the pillars above them to hold the large opened up area up.
"Uh… what is this place?" Acnologia questioned, not knowing where they were all are.
E.N.D however couldn't help but find this place to be familiar as he put a hand on his chin in thought. Trying to think back as to what this place and why it ranged a bell, his eyes widened a few moments later as a large grin appeared on his face.
"Wait, I know this place!" E.N.D suddenly exclaimed, surprising the others from the sudden outburst. After calming down, the other three turned to look at the Fel Demon with puzzlement.
"You do?" Romeo questioned, to which E.N.D nodded in confirmation.
"Yeah, this is the place underneath the palace in Crocus! The uh… what was this placed called again uh… the Abysmal Chamber or something? Or was it Abyss Palace? I can't quiet remember the exact name of it, all I know that it had the world abyss in its name." E.N.D informed the others while struggling to remember the name of this place underneath the palace of Crocus.
"Oh, so we're back on an Earthland at least." Acnologia figured out, a bit relieved to be on a familiar world once again, even if this Earthland they were all on would be different in some way compared to other Earthlands they've been too.
"So what's the purpose of this place then E.N.D?" Observer asked the demon, figuring that he would know as to why the palace had this massive space underneath it.
"That I'm currently trying to remember." E.N.D admitted, as he had his arms crossed while in a thinking motion.
As E.N.D tried to remember what this place was for exactly with Observer waiting for him to finish remembering, Acnologia turned to look at the dark purple haired young male.
"Romeo, will you be alright? You've been injured." Acnologia asked him, though the Dragon King didn't sound too worry if his tone was any indication.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine. A few new scars won't kill me," Romeo assured the dragon while pointing at his still bleeding back, knowing that it would stop eventually. Besides, a few more scars from the strike that caused the wound wasn't going to do him harm. His body already had scars littering it enough as it is for him to care about that, "But what are you? You looked pretty hurt as well."
"Please, this is nothing. Besides, my healing factor has kicked in, so I should be back to full power in around a half hour." Acnologia informed the young teenager he trained, a bonus power he gained when he devoured the Ravines of Time back in their own Earthland. Though, it seemed so long ago when in fact it's been only a few months since then. Well a few months from their perspective that is, traveling through the different alternate realities can mess up one's perspective of time.
"Ah I think I remember what this underground place is for now!" E.N.D's voice grabbed the two's attention, as they looked to see the Fel Demon talking to Observer about the purpose of this underground cavern underneath the palace in Crocus.
"And that would be?" Observer asked him with puzzlement.
"This place had something to do with prisoners I believe. I think its where the really bad criminals get sent to die I think? I should know this since this was where Natsu first met Cosmos and Kamika. That and the fact that I've been living in Crocus since the Alvarez War before the Fel Etherious nonsense happened, so I should know this." E.N.D admitted to the living constellation, who seemed a bit puzzled as to why an underground cavern would be a final judgment for criminals.
Hearing the demon's words however got Romeo a bit surprised and confused mainly due to the last bit he mentioned.
"Wait what?" Romeo asked with puzzlement present in his voice, getting Observer's and E.N.D's attention, while Acnologia merely turned his head to look at the young teenager, "You were living in Crocus? I thought you would be with the guild like everyone else."
Sure he remembered arriving in Crocus with Observer when the Fel Etherious first showed up to their world and tried to conquer and destroy it where he ran into the demon there once more since their first meeting during the Alvarez War when that crazed Cult showed up and unleashed the monster that everyone had to unite to fight and defeat. But the boy figured that the demon was just visiting the city during that time along with Natsu and the other women he saw were present.
…Then again, why were Natsu and all of those women in Crocus when he saw them during the attack from the demons? Surely not all of them were on jobs since the likes of Irene and Brandish for example weren't part of any guild, so why?
E.N.D seemed to freeze up from hearing the Dragon Slayer's confusion, before he shook his head as the demon merely started to walk in a random direction away from the others.
"Forget about it; let's just focus on getting out of this place shall we?" E.N.D suggested to them without stopping his movements.
Romeo narrowed his eyes at the demon, seeing how the Fel Demon was refusing to answer his question. But he would drop it for the time being. The shirtless dark purple haired boy made sure his bag and weapons were still on him for a moment before he followed the black winged creature.
Acnologia didn't say anything as he followed suit as well. Observer went to do the same, though he was still puzzled as to why this underground cavern seemed to be a place for criminals to be sent to death. What was so bad about this cavern for it to be a vile person's final resting place?
'ELSEWHERE IN THE ABYSS PALACE'
"Do you feel that?"
"Yeah, it seems like we have new criminals to execute."
"That's odd, why didn't Hisui inform us about this?"
"Yeah, she usually tells us if we have more criminals sent here for us to rid of."
"It doesn't matter; we have our targets, so let's deal with them."
"Yeah! More fun for us!"
'BACK WITH THE FOUR'
"You don't know where the exit is do you?" Acnologia questioned the Fel Demon in front of them all with a bit of a deadpanned stare on his face. Because the Dragon King knew that if the demon knew the way out, they would have probably found it already.
"I do too! It's just… this place is much larger than what I remember that's all." E.N.D responded back, refusing to admit that the Dragon King was right.
"That shouldn't really matter. With how fast we can be, if you knew where the exit was we would have found it and be out already." Observer stated, seeing the flaw in E.N.D's excuse.
"Shut up already! No one asked you!" E.N.D merely yelled back at the living constellation, who wasn't bothered in the slightest from the shout.
As the Dragon King and constellar try to get the Fel Demon to admit that he didn't know the exit to this massive underground cavern, Romeo looked around their surroundings as they made their way through the Abyss Palace. The All Magic Dragon Slayer kept noticing the skeletons that littered the ground, some look like they've been here for a long time while others looked pretty recent if the still present rats that were around the carcasses were any indication. It was odd to the dark purple haired boy, does a place like this actually exists back in their own Earthland as well? Sure it wouldn't be much compared to the other things he's seen all over the world, but still.
"Can't we just smash out way out? That seems way easier than just talking this slow." Acnologia questioned, not seeing the big deal of just wrecking the place.
"I would prefer if we didn't try to make enemies with the palace and city up above if what E.N.D says is true about us being underneath them all." Observer pointed out to the Dragon King, who didn't really give a crap about that. It would save them a lot of time instead of just wandering around like a bunch of idiots.
Before anyone else could reply to the living constellation's words, all four of them stopped for a moment as their eyes widened.
Without warning, all four of them jumped out of the way when a large wave of acid erupted from the ground in an attempted to consume them. Romeo, Observer, E.N.D and Acnologia all landed not to far from where they were originally standing.
"The heck was that?" Acnologia questioned with cautious, as he and everyone else were all on high alert now, even if they were all able to sense the attack coming before it could appear and hit them.
Before the other three could say anything, a voice grabbed their attention from behind them.
"Huh, that was impressive. They managed to dodge my attack." The voice of a man stated with interest.
Swiftly turning around, Romeo, Acnologia, E.N.D and Observer looked to see the source of the voice only to be surprised by the sight before them.
Standing there were the familiar forms of five certain Garou Knights who serve the Kingdom of Fiore, Neppa, Cosmos, Kamika, Uosuke and Kama. But what surprised Romeo and E.N.D the most was in fact the sixth person that was present with the other five, being next to Cosmos and Kamika.
The sixth person in the group was a young man with a lean muscular built. He wore a black with silver edges long sleeve jacket that was left open, allowing his chest and stomach to be visible as well as the large X shape scar that was present on his left pectoral muscle. He wore black pants, a dark brown belt and dark silver armor boots. His hands were also covered in armored gauntlets that were also dark silver in color. On the back was a large sword that was sheathed at the moment. Around his neck was a dark purple scarf that seemed to be made of dragon scales. And last but not least was the familiar wild and spiky pink hair and black colored eyes.
'It's Natsu!' Romeo thought to himself in surprised, seeing how this world's Natsu seem to be part of whatever this group before them was supposed to be.
E.N.D however, while a bit surprised to see a Natsu that was part of the Garou Knights, was more focused on the pink haired woman and the black haired woman.
"Cosmos, Kamika! Finally familiar faces that I don't hate as much!" E.N.D cheered out with joy in his voice.
This confused Romeo, Observer and Acnologia at how happy he seemed at the sight of the two women, while said women and the other four Garou Knights were surprised to see this unusual looking black winged creature knowing two of their names.
"How does he know our names?!" Cosmos shouted as she was a bit weird out due to never having met the demon in her whole life yet the demon seems to know her and Kamika.
"That doesn't matter; they are here so they are an enemy." Natsu muttered in anger by the demon moving to get closer towards them, who was oblivious by their confusion and anger.
As E.N.D got closer to greet them personally with a grin on his face, he widened his eyes before jumping back to avoid the scythe that Kama swung at him. Landing on his hooves back with the others, the demon looked back up in annoyance.
"What the heck?!" E.N.D shouted in anger. He just wanted to greet the two women who he didn't hate as much as most other people.
He was ignored by everyone as each of the six Garou Knights readied themselves to fight and execute the four before them. Romeo sighed as he readied to fight, knowing that he and the other three would win easily. Acnologia and E.N.D however grinned from the idea of humiliating the six executioners of the Kingdom of Fiore as they also got ready, even if E.N.D was still a bit mad for being attacked just for wanting to greet Cosmos and Kamika. Observer also readied himself, hoping to end this fight quickly which he didn't think was a problem though.
With that, the six Garou Knights charged at the four, unaware of the strength the four multiverses' travelers possess and were about to unleash on them.
Romeo, E.N.D, Acnologia and Observer managed to jump out of the way of the six Garou Knights to get a good distance away from the six attackers. Natsu and Kama charged towards E.N.D, Neppa went after Observer, Cosmos and Kamika went after Romeo, and Uosuke headed after Acnologia.
Observer grunted in annoyance as Neppa unleashed another large wave of Acid from his hands towards the living constellation, who was able to jump out of the way from the attack like before. Neppa wasn't done going on the offensive however as he punched the ground, getting pillars of Acid to erupt from the ground towards Observer. The constellar merely dashed out of the way once more before bending back to avoid multiple orbs of acid launched at him by the blonde man. With the space available the Celestial entity looked over towards the charging large man.
"I suggest you surrender, you are highly outclassed." Observer warned the blonde man, only to move his head out of the way when the man tried to punch him with his hand covered in a bubble of acid.
"Oh please, as if you could hold a candle to me criminal!" Neppa shouted as Observer jumped back to get a good distance away from the Acid Magic user, "You may be fast, but speed alone isn't going to help you! PAN!"
Turning around towards the constellar Neppa slammed his fist into the ground once more to unleash more pillars of acid right underneath the living constellation in hopes to hit him this time…
…However instead Observer before a blink of an eye avoided the attack and appeared right in front of Neppa before slamming his elbow directly into the blonde man's stomach, getting Neppa to widen his eyes in shock and pain as blood erupted from his mouth from the blow. He couldn't let out a noise of pain as Observer retracted his elbow from his attack as Neppa then fell onto the ground on his face unconscious.
"…I warned you." Observer stated to the now knocked out blonde man.
During Observer's quick battle, if one could even call it a battle, Acnologia continued to move out of the way from Uosuke's Gale Force Wind Zone attack, getting on the black haired man's nerves from seeing the dark blue haired man being able to avoid his techniques like nothing. His smile still remained however as he then used his Magic to turn the land below him and Acnologia to erupt into lava, surprising Acnologia slightly but was still able to avoid the magma as he jumped on one of the floating rocks that the lava couldn't melt or consume away. Uosuke also moved onto one of the nearby statues that were present, being on top of it as he saw Acnologia being able to avoid the lava.
"Maybe this will put a stop to you! Just like it does with fishes!" Uosuke exclaimed with his smile on his face as he then proceeded to use Gravity Zone ability.
This got Acnologia to be caught off guard when he then found himself floating due to the gravity being affected by Uosuke, as only he was affected as the still lava terrain was still stable back on the ground. Acnologia didn't look worried however, as his surprised from the move calmed down to look at the weird face looking man to see what he would be next.
"Now you go bye bye!" Uosuke exclaimed with his smile still present as then use his Gravity Zone to forcefully drop Acnologia into the lava, this time with no rock platforms to protect the Dragon King from the heat.
…Or that was what Uosuke figured, only to be shocked to see Acnologa getting up from the lava, being unaffected by it as he looked over to the shocked black haired Terrain Effect Magic user with a grin on his face.
"Please, I survive from things much hotter than this." Acnologia told the surprised man.
And before Uosuke could be anything, Acnologia merely punched forward unleashing a large blast of air directly slamming into Uosuke with enough force to break down the wall that was behind him as well as knocking out the black haired Garou Knight as his unconscious body now laid down on the rubble that was once the statue and rocky wall.
With his defeat, the terrain returned to normal as the lava vanished as Acnologia now looked at the defeated and knocked out Uosuke with amusement on his face.
"To think that he thought he could match me, not by a long shot." Acnologia muttered to himself. Though, he would admit that Uosuke's Magic in the hands on someone stronger would be more dangerous depending on the situation.
During this quick fight Acnologia had, E.N.D was currently dodging each swing from Kama's scythes and Natsu's sword, with the Fel Demon being able to avoid each attack by simply jumping backwards to land on his hand before pushing himself off the ground to land on his feet. Needless to say the demon was finding this funny how the two Garou Knights before him were trying to kill him to no success.
"Is this all you both got? I've seen Mindless more capable than you two!" E.N.D mocked them as he continued to avoid and dodge their weapons' attacks. Neither Natsu nor Kama knew what a Mindless was but they weren't going to get distracted to think about that as they had an enemy to execute.
"Big talk won't get you anywhere." Natsu calmly stated to the demon he was trying to slice into pieces, as the Fel Demon kept on dodging his and Kama's attacks.
Deciding to change the paste, E.N.D then without warning jumped above both Natsu and Kama before landing right behind him. Neither the pink haired young man nor the dark purple haired man could turn around in time before the Fel Demon landed a quick kick into Kama's back with enough force to send him flying into a nearby wall, crashing right into it and knocking him out, surprising Natsu.
Seeing one of them down for the time being, E.N.D turned to look at this world's version of Natsu with a smirk on his face before cracking his fists.
"Come on Natsu, show me what you can do." E.N.D taunted him, as he was curious what else this version of the pink haired Fire Dragon Slayer was different compared to his own Natsu and other Natsus he's encountered throughout the multiverses.
'Odd, he seems to know who I am, yet I never seen him before in my whole life,' Natsu thought to himself, a bit disturbed as his black winged creature somehow knew who he was, not to mention how he also knew Cosmos and Kamika. Shaking his head from that, his face warped into one of determination, 'No matter, he is a criminal that I will put an end too!'
With that thought, he put his sword back on his back for the time being before his hands then enveloped with black fire, getting the interest of E.N.D.
'Black colored fire? That's something I didn't see a Natsu have before. This is getting interesting.' E.N.D thought to himself before he got into a defensive position with a grin on his face. He knew that he would one shot Natsu right now, but he wanted to know what other differences in both power and personality this Natsu had.
Natsu didn't answer him as he then charged directly towards the Fel Demon who only kept on grinning the whole time.
While that was happening, Romeo was dealing with both Cosmos and Kamika as the dark purple haired young teenager continued to dodge each move both of the women kept on firing at him. A large flytrap appeared right underneath Romeo courtesy of Cosmos, but he was easily able to move out of the way before it could close on him. Kamika fired off her red paper as it formed into large fists as they tried to hit Romeo but to no valid, as Romeo even managed to easily cut a few apart with ease with his sword. However vines then appeared right underneath the All Magic Dragon Slayer before they wrapped themselves around his whole body, surprising him from the move.
Seeing this got both Cosmos and Kamika to grin from seeing their target immobilized with Romeo looking to see the vines all over him.
"Alright, now to quickly finish the job. I don't want to make a huge mess of things, so we'll go with this." Kamika spoke before she proceeded to unleash green papers from her hands towards the trapped young male.
Romeo didn't seem to faze by his situation despite being caught off guard at first when he saw the green papers burst into green smokes, completely covering him as Kamika looked on with a smile as did Cosmos. In their eyes, the poison was powerful enough to, once inhaled by their enemy, will slowly kill them in a matter of minutes.
'We've already won, how beautiful it is to achieve another victory,' Cosmos thought to herself as she and Kamika looked at one another with a grin on their faces, thinking that it was already over, 'Once the boy's dead I'll have my flytrap dispose of the body, then I can-.'
"You know, you shouldn't get too cocky just because you think you won." Romeo suddenly spoke up with a smirk on his face, snapping Cosmos out of her thoughts as she and Kamika looked to see the boy not at all fearful of the smoke nor of the fact he was breathing it in.
He was about to show them why that is before he opened his mouth before proceeding to suck in the poisonous gas, shocking both Cosmos and Kamika from how he was eating the poisonous gas like thing, a bonus of being a Dragon Slayer capable of eating any kind of element.
Romeo would shock them further when he then easily broke out of the restraints of the vines that trapped him, showing the two women that he was only messing around with them this whole time.
"How-?!" Kamika started to shout in shock from seeing the Dragon Slayer being able to eat the gas no problem and breaking out of the vines' grips.
She couldn't finish saying her sentence as before she or Cosmos realized it, Romeo dashed over to the both of them before delivering a swift kick in both of their heads, knocking them both to the ground with enough force to knock them out in one hit.
"Whew, glad that's over with." Romeo muttered to himself, not wanting to hurt them more than he has too.
As that happened however, the noise from his kick grabbed the attention of Natsu, who turned away from his fight with the Fel Demon who kept dodging all of his attacks towards the sight of Romeo over the defeat forms of Cosmos and Kamika. Needless to say the sight of the two women hurt and defeated was enough to shock and enrage the pink haired young man.
"HOW DARE YOU HURT THEM?!" Natsu roared in fury before he charged directly towards the dark purple haired young teenager.
"Hey! Don't run from me coward!" E.N.D shouted as he followed suit after the Black Fire Magic user, not wanting to be ignored.
Luckily Romeo was able to sense and hear the last standing Garou Knight as he turned around and duck when Natsu tried to hit him with his black flamed cover fists. Romeo continued to dodge as the pink haired male continued his barrage of black fire covered punches and kicks at the All Magic Dragon Slayer. However Natsu ceased when he sensed E.N.D approaching right behind him as he them dashed away from both the Fel Demon and the dark purple haired boy, grabbing both the knocked out bodies of Cosmos and Kamika to get them a safe distance from the other two.
Putting them peacefully on the ground, he was relieved when he saw them still breathing just fine, but Natsu quickly returned to look and glare at both E.N.D and Romeo in anger.
"I'll make you both pay!" Natsu exclaimed in anger, enveloping his whole body in his black flames.
"You have more than just them to worry about." Acnologia's voice grabbed a hold of Natsu's attention as he turned to his left side only to see the Dragon King standing there with a grin on his face not too far from him, with a knocked out Uosuke not too far from the dark blue haired man, surprising and shocking Natsu from seeing one of his friends defeated.
"It's best you give up now. I do not wish to bring any more harm if necessary." Observer's voice also got Natsu to turn to his right side to see Observer not too far from him with an unconscious Neppa also visible to him who was laying face first onto the ground defeated.
Natsu was shocked to see all of the others defeated, as his anger grew from the sight of the four Multiverse travelers around him.
"I won't give in to criminals like you! I'll make you suffer for what you've done!" Natsu shouted at them in anger, his black flames increasing to radiate from his body.
His words however confused Romeo, E.N.D, Observer and Acnologia.
"Criminals?! We're not criminals you stupid f**k!" E.N.D shouted in annoyance, wondering what the heck got Natsu to think they were villains.
"But E.N.D didn't you say this was the place where criminals end up to die? He must think we were sent here to be executed." Observer tried to see the reasoning that the Garou Knights had to attack them.
"Don't play devil's advocate here Observer! We didn't do crap for them to attack us!" E.N.D shouted at the living constellation.
"…That's ironic considering you being a demon yet Observer's the devil's advocate here." Acnologia pointed out with amusement, getting E.N.D to glare at the dark blue haired man like many times before this.
Natsu was puzzled by their words, before shaking his head as he glared at them in anger. In his eyes they were just lying in order to get away from their well deserved execution. And after seeing the dark purple haired young teen hurt Cosmos and Kamika, he wasn't going to let a single of them leave this place alive!
"As if I'm stupid enough to believe your words…," Natsu started to say, before he placed his hands before him, "Your lies won't do you any good! I'm going to send you all straight to hell!"
E.N.D, Observer, Acnologia and Romeo were cut out from their little discussing when they saw Natsu starting to form a small black flaming vortex between his hands, confusing yet interesting all four of them.
"Now what are you trying to do?" Romeo muttered to himself, while he knew that Natsu was no match for them in raw strength and power, that doesn't mean that they all should be reckless in case he had something that could get rid of them.
The black flaming vortex in between his hands was growing with more Magical power, getting the ground to shake from the intensity from the attack, getting E.N.D and Acnologia more interested while Observer and Romeo were confused as to what the pink haired male was trying to do.
"Shouldn't we put a stop to this?" Observer questioned for only the other three to hear him, seeing that they had more than enough time and speed to knock out the pink haired Black Fire Magic user in an instant.
"No, I want to see what he's planning to do." Acnologia told the living constellation, getting the Celestial entity to be annoyed by the Dragon King's words. He hated how both him, E.N.D and even Romeo sometimes prefer to see an enemy go all out and not taking care of them when they are able too.
In Natsu's eyes however, he figured they weren't trying to run or interfere was due them being stuck and frozen in fear, getting him to grin for a moment before it faded to a look of determination. He couldn't believe that he was putting so much Magical energy into his move; then again he didn't think that he would have to resort to using this ability in the first place, but alas he had no choice.
"By the darkness of time and space, and the fury of a thousand suns… BE ERASED FROM THIS WORLD, AND BURN IN HELL!" Natsu roared out before raising his hands up with the small black flaming vortex in his hands.
With that, the pink haired male unleashed the attack right in front of him as he left his hands and shot directly towards the four before him as the black vortex grew to the size of ten foot tall and wide, as the others widened in shock form this.
"A black hole?!" Romeo shouted as the black flaming vortex closed in on them, sucking in everything else as it made its way over towards them.
"Oh screw that! I'm not going to get suck into a black hole again!" E.N.D shouted before he dashed directly towards the burning vortex in time and space, much to the surprise of Natsu.
'Does he have a death wish?!' The pink haired male thought to himself, thinking there was no way for something to survive that!
E.N.D was about to prove him wrong however as he closed in towards the approaching black flaming vortex tear in time and space before empowering his own Fel Energy into his right hand.
'If there's one thing I've learn throughout my life…,' E.N.D thought to himself before shoving his fist directly at the incoming vortex, "IS THAT THE STRONGER YOU ARE YOU CAN DESTROY ANYTHING!"
With that and a mighty shout, the Fel Energy in E.N.D fists was unleashed with enough force to overpower the black fire vortex before forcefully closing it, causing a small shockwave to emit from the forceful closing of the black flaming tear in time and space. E.N.D grinned from seeing himself being successful at closing the vortex.
Natsu however remained in shock from seeing the sight before him. One of his strongest attacks… just dispelled just like that by that black winged creature.
He didn't have time to say or react properly before E.N.D dashed right at him before knocking him out with a single blow to the head, with Natsu colliding into the ground with enough force to crack the ground they stood on.
"Uh… did you have to hit him that hard?" Romeo questioned with worry, as E.N.D turned to look at the concern dark purple haired young teenager.
"He'll be fine. I didn't hit him that hard. Kama will be fine as well. If I am to take a guess they'll be back on their feet in a few minutes." E.N.D informed Romeo, knowing how picky Romeo was to making sure other versions of Natsu and any person they knew remained safe. Didn't help with that one reality where Fairy Tail abandoned and attacked their Natsu but that beside the point.
"So can we just leave before any of them get back on their feet? I don't want to deal with them again." Acnologia admitted, as he knew that Uosuke would get back up shortly as well due to not hitting him that hard either.
"Yep! And this time we're not wasting any more time to get out of here!" E.N.D informed them, puzzling Observer and Romeo.
"Wait, what do you-?" Romeo started to ask the demon.
However he was cut off when E.N.D spread his wings before taking off into the air before smashing his way through the rock covered roof, surprising Romeo and Observer from him doing that while Acnologia grinned.
"…Well, so much for trying to find a way put peacefully." Romeo muttered to himself, a bit disappointed from not being able to tell E.N.D would do that since it was just like the Fel Demon to do so.
With that said, Romeo jumped right after him, as did Acnologia and Observer to leave the Abyss Palace below, leaving the currently knocked out and defeated Garou Knights behind.
Higher up in the palace and far up from where the Abyss Palace is located, The floor burst opened as E.N.D flew out of it before landing not too far from the now hole in the ground. The Fel Demon stretched for a moment as he had a large grin still plastered on his face.
"See? That was much easier and faster than trying to find the normal way out of that place." E.N.D stated to no one in particular as he stretched his wings out.
Not even a moment after he spokes those words was he followed by Romeo, Acnologia and Observer as they too jumped from the hole the demon made before landing on their feet next to him. Not paying attention to their surroundings they all turned to look at E.N.D.
"Did you have to just smash your way out like that?" Romeo questioned, feeling like just breaking everything they came across was going to come back to bite them all in the a** eventually.
"What was wrong with that?" Acnologia questioned with an eyebrow raised, getting Romeo to look at the Dragon King with a blank expression on his face while the dragon in humanoid form went on, "Us going the slow way to find the normal way out would have taken too long, and we don't have time to waste time when we have a race of demons to continue to hunt down and slaughter."
"You do make a point, but still…" Observer trailed off, knowing that while Acnologia was right they all couldn't just recklessly make their way through these other worlds and damage them when they should be protecting them and not interfere with them as much as possible.
Granted trying to not interfere when the constellar is surrounded with three entities that would butt their noses in where it wasn't needed makes that goal practically impossible, but still.
Before anyone else could speak up however…
"FREEZE!"
The sudden shout of a soldier grabbed the four's attention as they looked around themselves only to find many soldiers and guards all around them with their weapons raised towards the four.
This surprised Romeo, E.N.D, Acnologia and Observer from the sudden troops that surrounded them. Looking around the area, they all then noticed their new location within the palace in Crocus. It looked oddly similar to-.
"Intruders?! Here in the throne room?!" A man's voice ringed out, getting their attention as they turned to the source of it.
Behind them all to the far back of the large room was the throne with King Toma himself present with shocked eyes from seeing the unusual four beings emerging from the ground. Next to him to his right was none other than Princess Hisui with Arcadios with the two along with many more guards who were all on high alert from the intruder's presence.
E.N.D couldn't stop himself from grinning when he saw the green haired woman as he then waved over towards her.
"Hello there Hisui! You look like you're doing well!" The Fel Demon casually greeted her like some old acquaintance of his.
This got Romeo to slam his knee into the demon's side, getting him to yell from the sharp pain he felt from the blow.
"OW! What the heck Romeo?!" E.N.D shouted with anger present in his voice, not happy about Romeo doing that to him.
Hearing her name being mentioned by the black winged creature got Hisui to be surprised and confused, while alarming Toma and Arcadios even more about how the weird black skinned creature seemed to be familiar with the princess.
"How do you know her?" Arcadios questioned from his spot before the King and Princess, refusing to let any harm come to them.
"We should answer you why exactly?" Acnologia questioned with narrow eyes. While he didn't care about who E.N.D knows or doesn't know, he didn't like being ordered to do anything by anyone, especially by some weakling.
The black haired man gritted his teeth in anger from the dark blue haired man's defiance, and was about to order the troops to arrest them so they can question who they were and how they broke in here at a later time. The keyword here is about.
"Okay, hang on." E.N.D started to say as he looked towards the royal family before them all, confusing Romeo, Observer and Acnologia as to what the demon had in mind.
They're answer was in the form of E.N.D unleashing a single beat of his wings towards the guards that surrounded them, sending them all flying away from the four and into the nearby walls. Luckily E.N.D didn't put enough force in it to make it fatal for the soldiers as they all crashed and became unconscious from the blow. The force of his wings was still strong enough to cause a small shockwave that forced the royal family, Arcadios and the guards with them to cover their eyes for a moment before it passed.
They all removed their arms from their faces only to see the soldiers that surrounded the four entities all defeated and knocked out into the walls of the throne room. Romeo and Observer were surprised about E.N.D's action while Acnologia didn't really care.
"Okay, now let's get something straight here," E.N.D started to say, getting the shocked King and Princess to look over at the black winged creature as he had an annoyed expression on their faces, "We weren't bothering any of you. All of you are the ones accusing us and attacking us without reason. So how about this? You leave us alone and we will leave you alone. Or we'll have to pulverize you all into the ground. So what's it going to be?"
"E.N.D, don't you think that's a little bit much?" Romeo whispered over to the Fel Demon, who leaned over to the All Magic Dragon Slayer without breaking eye contact with the King and Princess.
"Nope." The demon casually replied back to the young teenager, getting the dark purple haired young male to sigh from the demon's answer.
The demon wouldn't get an answer in time before the ground near them also without warning burst, surpassing the four as well as the royal family and the remaining guards who were conscious still near them.
As the smoke cleared, behind the four showed none other than a now awake but still injured Kama, Uosuke and Neppa behind them with all three of them glaring at the four before them. Surprised at them following them once they woke up, the four Multiverse travelers looked back near the royal to show Cosmos, Natsu and Kamika before them in a protective manner while Cosmos and Kamika were leaning on Natsu for support due to their still injured state.
"Trying to attack the royal family head on, how disgraceful can you criminals get?" Kama stated with his eyes not leaving the four before them.
'Huh, so they went after us.' Observer thought to himself, a bit surprised to see how the Garou Knights were still planning on fighting them despite how quickly and easily they've fallen to them.
"Natsu!" Hisui spoke with a hopeful smile on her face; her faith recovered slightly believing that he and the others would stop these four intruders.
"Don't worry Hisui, I won't let any harm come to you or anyone else." Natsu muttered back to her in a small voice. Cosmos and Kamika couldn't help but smile softly at the care and love that was in his tone for her highness.
"HAH!" Acnologia let out a small laugh, getting the Garou Knights, Arcadios and the royal family to look back at the dark blue haired man who had a grin plastered on his face, "None of you were even a warm up for us. What makes you think you can do anything against us again?"
"Acnologia, you're not helping the situation at all." Observer stated to the Dragon King who ignored the constellar's words as he merely motioned the Garou Knights around them all to come forward.
"Come on, if you all wish to get beaten so badly then allow us to oblige!" Acnologia mocked them all as he cracked his knuckles while his grin was still plastered on his face.
Natsu, Cosmos, Kamika, Kama, Neppa and Uosuke grew angered by the man's words, finding it filled with arrogance. They won't allow the humiliation they suffered a short while ago to happen again, not when the safety of the royal family was at stake!
"Your majesties, you need to get to safety! It's too dangerous for you all to remain here!" Kamika warned Toma and Hisui, believing that they needed to flee if they are to remain safe from the four before them.
"OKAY HANG ON!" Romeo shouted, surprising the Garou Knights, the royal family, Arcadios, the guards, E.N.D, Observer and Acnologia as they all looked at the dark purple haired young teenager, "We all gotten on the wrong foot here! Allow us to explain ourselves so no one else has to get hurt-!"
"Silence!" Arcadios interrupted, as he, the guards and the six Garou Knights readied themselves to fight regardless, "You are all enemies of Fiore! And you will be punished for your actions and for the harm you caused!"
E.N.D leaned back down towards Romeo without breaking eye contact with the royal family before them.
"That didn't do anything. Let's just stick with our plan of beating them all to a pulp instead." E.N.D told Romeo, who just signed from seeing that they couldn't end this peacefully.
"Listen," Observer spoke up this time, getting everyone in the throne room's attention once more, "We don't mean any harm. We don't have to make this end in bloodshed. Allow us to speak about why we're here and-!"
Observer stopped mid sentence as he, along with Acnologia, Romeo and E.N.D's eyes widened as they felt a large surge of demonic energy suddenly appear out no nowhere. It didn't look like they were the only ones who sensed it as the Garou Knights also froze as they felt a massive source of demonic energy.
"What the heck…?" Neppa questioned, confusing the normal guards, Arcadios and the royal family of their executioners and the four intruder's sudden silence and stillness.
"Natsu? What's wrong?" Hisui asked the pink haired Black Fire Magic user with concern, seeing him, Cosmos, Kamika and the others acting like they were just sensing something horrible.
"I… sense a massive demonic presence nearby…" Natsu trailed off, surprising and shocking the King, Princess, Arcadios and the guards around them.
"Okay no more wasting time here! Come on you three!" Acnologia suddenly shouted to the other three, snapping everyone else from their frozen state.
The Dragon King didn't wait for Romeo, E.N.D or Observer to respond as the dark blue haired man then dashed over to the nearby wall before smashing his way through it, surprising everyone else other than the three Multiverse travelers.
"Acnologia wait up!" Romeo exclaimed as he dashed after the Dragon King.
E.N.D and Observer also quickly followed suit, leaving the others in the throne room frozen by not just what the Garou Knights were sensing, but also from the words emitted from the dark purple haired Dragon Slayer's mouth.
"…Did… did that kid just call that man Acnologia? As… as in the Dragon of Death?" Cosmos questioned while stuttering, as she and everyone else were shocked from hearing this.
Meanwhile, outside the palace's walls and far from the city, three massive demonic warships were seen hovering over the world below them all while a massive demonic army was present on the ground. Fel Etherious soldiers and other monstrosities of all sizes and brutality marched closer to the far away capital city in their sites. With the sight of the three large flying vessels visible for the citizens of Crocus to see at a distance, the people were panicking as the guards tried to get it all under control.
On a large shard rock overlooking the entire army with the warships flying high above them all was a particular Fel Etherious not like the others when it came to strength and power. This Fel Etherious stood around nine feet and three inches tall and was male. He had a large silver colored beard and a bald head aside from the three black horns sticking out from it pointing upward to the sky. The demon had a slight dark skin tone and wore bulky and heavy dark crimson armor with numerous spikes all over the large shoulder pads, gauntlets and leggings. His fingers were as sharp as blades and his feet looked more akin to that of a four toed beast compared to a human's feet. And finally his eyes were a dark purple color and had slit pupils.
This Fel Etherious was named Ulurd, the leading commander of the three warships and the millions of demons that were currently marching towards the city far before them.
"So… this is where those four meddlesome mortals have fled too." Ulurd muttered to himself with a deep yet powerful voice. His eyes narrowed from remembering the news that Ebur had fallen in another reality to the four enemies. The fact that the golden haired Fel Etherious had fallen enraged and shocked Ulurd, as did his fellow commanders. And now under the orders of his superiors, he was to hunt the four down and destroy them and the world they fled too.
The silver bearded Fel Etherious's expression was one of determination and rage. No matter if that inferior E.N.D, the Dragon Slayer, the constellar, or the Dragon King resisted them, they would all pay for what they've done to the Fel Etherious they've slaughtered. And he would have the honor of killing them all in his Lord's name.
"Commander," A Fel Etherious that looked more human compared to many of the other demons in the forces of millions below them started to say to Ulurd, getting the silver bearded demon to look over at his lieutenant with an eyebrow raised, "Forgive me for speaking out of terms, but why are we wasting so many of our forces? Surely a single warship alone would be enough to wipe this planet clean of the mortal filth that plagues it."
Ulurd scoffed as he turned to look back at the human-like demon with a stern expression on his face.
"I will not make the same mistake that many of us before had. The inferior E.N.D and his little band of mortals have taken down any warship and any demon had and got away with it. I refuse to make the mistake that will cost us a victory," Ulurd told him before his eyes set upon the capital city of Crocus in the distance once more, anger spreading though his body from the sight, "We will be the ones who will eliminate those four b*stards that dare to deny us. And once that's done with we will find their own Earthland once more and crush it as a sign for all who dare to stand in our-."
*BOOM*
A large explosion grabbed both of the Fel Etherious's attention as they all looked ahead only to see a large explosion of Fel Fire in the distance in the front of the massive demonic forces, sending a shockwave that could even be felt by them despite how far away they were.
"They're attacking!" Ulurd shouted, before he turned toward his lieutenant once more with an angered look on his face, "What are you standing there for?! Rally the armies and fight!"
"Yes sir!" The other demon exclaimed with a salute before without warning giant demonic wings sprouted from his back before he took off at high speed towards another part of the army of millions before them all.
Gritting his teeth in anger, Ulurd looked back up before him before he yelled as loud as he could which could be heard for all to hear all the way even to the city of Crocus itself.
"FEL ETHERIOUS! DESTROY ALL WHO STAND IN YOUR WAY! IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD!" Ulurd roared out, rallying the demonic forces that expanded for miles and miles around him as they all started to rush ahead to take down the enemy attacking them and to head towards the city.
At the other end of the demonic army of Fel Etherious but still a bit away from Crocus, thousands of demons were seen being blasted away into oblivious by Acnologia who grinned from the sight. Not letting his guard down the dark blue haired man continued onward to dash his way through the army before him, taking out additional thousands in a blink of an eye. Turning towards his left he pulled his right fist back before slamming it into the ground, causing a massive geyser of raw draconic power to be unleash before the many demons that lay before him as they attempted to charge at the Dragon King only to meet their end from the attack. Jumping high into the air Acnologia came back down to the world below into yet another group of thousands of demon only to unleash a large blast of raw Magical power from his body in the process, wiping out all of the demons around him. Acnologia didn't stop his assault as he continued onward into the demonic forces as he surrounded himself with Magical energy once more before he charged into the fray again, slamming through many demons as he didn't stop pushing further into the army, killing any Fel Etherious that was unfortunate enough to be caught in his war path.
Elsewhere fighting the massive army of demons E.N.D was high in the air above the demonic forces as the Fel Demon rained down bolts of Fel Fire down upon them all. Each attack hit a large ground of hundreds of Fel Etherious as their lives came to an end from the blasts. Not stopping there, E.N.D looked back up around him to see many winged Fel Etherious coming at him with either weapons in hand or with their own claws, teeth, fists and/or whatever they had on them. This didn't bother E.N.D in the slightest as he merely grinned even wider before he pulled his arms and legs into himself like he was curling himself up for a moment as Fel Energy wrapped around his body. And not even a moment later did he yell out as he extended his arms and legs out, unleashing a massive blast of Fel Energy that ultimately consumed the thousands of demons in the air and on the ground around him, with the resulting explosion shooting up high into the sky for the entire city of Crocus to see despite the distance there was before them all. Even despite this, many more Fel Etherious continued to charge or fly directly towards him in an attempt to bring him down. This however only excited E.N.D more, being more into the fighting than actually trying to save the city behind him and the world they were on as he flew right at them all once more to continue the slaughter.
In another section of the massive demonic army, Observer was spotted on the ground launching large blasts of blue Celestial Energy from his hands to the demonic forces before him, with each blast going through many demons and far into the army and distance before they detonated, causing large explosions that took down and killed many more demons by the thousands similar to E.N.D and Acnologia. Loud roars grabbed the living constellation's attention as he turned around only to see many large demonic-like hounds similar to the one that he, Romeo, and that one version of Knightwalker faced and fought charting at him with many normal demonic soldiers as well. But due to the current situation and being surrounded by demons, the living constellation didn't have to worry about any harm to civilization as he then put both of his hands together before him as he charged up a large ball of blue Celestial Energy once more. And with that the constellar fired it off at the massive force before him, the attack slamming each of them into the giant hounds and soldiers, pushing them all back further into more demons until the ball of Cosmic Energy detonated, causing a massive explosion that could be seen as the way from Crocus itself. Quickly returning to the fight around him, Observer powered his fists with Cosmic power once more as he continued the fight before him to put an end the demonic army.
In a different part facing off against the Fel Etherious army Romeo stood tall over the many corpses of demons he was so far slaughtered before him, their dark green blood having been splattered onto the dark purple haired young teenager as he fired off another large Dragon's Roar, hitting and obliterating many demons in the thousands. Not letting up, the young male covered himself with his Magical Energy before he charged further into the massive enemy army before him, killing every demon that was caught in his path similar to how Acnologia was doing elsewhere in the army. Stopping his movement he jumped into the air to avoid multiple large blasts of Fel and other kinds of Magic as that caused an explosion large enough to be seen by many demons all around. Enveloping his Magic into his hands Romeo came crashing back down before delivering a powerful All Magic Dragon's Blade into a large demon, which not only killed that one in particular but also unleashed a powerful explosion and blast of Dragon Slaying Magic that consumed and obliterated thousands more demons that surrounded him. Landing onto his feet, he had a look of determination on his face before he looked up ahead of him. His sights landing on the very far away Ulurd who was giving orders to the demonic army around and below him, and with the silver bearded demon in sight Romeo activated his draconic wings as they sprouted from his back before taking off towards the leading commander demon at high speed, which blasted any demon that was charging at him during that moment.
Ulurd continued to shout to many flying Fel Etherious to head to the city and begin bombardment with their powers as they flew off, only for the bald large demon to widen his eyes at a quickly fast approaching present before he turned swiftly around and brought his right hand out before him, creating a large shield of Fel Energy just in time as Romeo brought his sword down onto the silver bearded demon only for it to make contact with the shield instead. Jumping back to gain some space, Romeo glared at the demon before him as the shield dissipated, leaving only Ulurd and Romeo on the large shard rock overlooking the demonic army below as the three warships still hovered high above them all in the back.
"Judging from how you're up here shouting orders everywhere I'm guessing you're the leader of the forces here." Romeo stated, his glare not leaving the sight of the angered Ulurd.
"And you're one of the four mortals who keep getting in our way," Ulurd stated to the dark purple haired All Magic Dragon Slaye with anger. The tall demon went on as he clutched his hands towards Romeo in rage, "If you think you can defeat me you're sadly mistaken! You all will fall and we will continue to ravage all of creation starting with the Earthlands!"
"Then I'll just have to kill you to put a stop to that don't I?!" Romeo shouted before he grabbed his sword once more before dashing right at the bald demon.
Ulurd's eyes widened from the sudden movement of Romeo before he was able to create another physical barrier of Fel Energy to block the incoming sword attack. Using his left hand, the demon formed a Fel Energy-made physical sword before swinging it at Romeo who was able to duck in time to avoid getting it. Dismissing his shield Ulurd then created another shield made of Fel Energy before he dashed over towards the Dragon Slayer in order to slice him up. Romeo responded back in kind of dodging and swinging his own blade at the attacking commanding demon, with the blades coming into contact over and over again in a fast motion as each collision the blades made caused a small shockwave to be emitted from each swing. Romeo then jumped up to avoid another swing before he fired off a point blank Dragon's Roar into Ulurd's back, getting the demon to shout in pain and anger as he crashed into the ground. Quickly recovering from the attack the Fel Etherious launched himself at the young human while dismissing his blades before summoning a large Fel Energy-Made axe before swinging it at Romeo who raised his own sword to block it. However the weapon had enough force behind it to be enough to shatter Rome's sword into pieces, surprising Romeo as he was able to jump back to avoid being hit by the weapon.
"SH*T!" Romeo shouted in anger and annoyance from seeing his sword shattered and useless. Throwing away the hilt of the now broken blade, Romeo covered his hands with his All Magic Dragon Slaying Magic before he dashed back into battle. Seeing the young teenager approaching once more Ulurd dismissed his axe before once more creating another shield of Fel Energy to block the incoming barrage of empowered punches. After a few moments of unrelenting punches, Ulurd grinned before without warning many spikes then shot out from the shield with a few being able to pierce Romeo, getting him to shout from the pain and to cease his assault. Ulurd didn't have time to gloat however as Romeo quickly recovered with anger in his eyes before he opened his mouth once more to fire off another Dragon's Roar, this one being larger than the last one as it collided into the shield as it pushed Ulurd back. The attack receded much to the Fel Etherious' relief only to end when Romeo from out of nowhere appeared right behind him before delivering a powerful Dragon's Kick into his back, getting something to crack as the commanding demon was sent flying and crashing into the ground once more.
Getting back up and turning around, Ulurd glared at the dark purple haired young male before he lifted his head up and shouted at the top of his lungs for all to hear him.
"WARSHIPS! BOMBARD THE LAND! I WANT THESE F**KING MORTALS DEAD!" Ulurd shouted with his voice filled with rage and hatred. He didn't care if many of the Fel Etherious around him would be caught in the crossfire, he wasn't going to let this brat or those other three win, not this time! If it means sacrificing his own people to achieve victory then so be it!
That got Romeo's eyes to widened when he heard loud noises starting to emit from the large three demonic warships high above them all in the back as the front of each ships started to form large balls of Fel Energy that could be felt throughout the land by all.
And without warning many blasts of destructive Fel Energy started to be unleashed from the ships as they with great speed started to come crashing down upon everything that stood before and below them all in an attempt to wipe out the four enemies.
From each of their respective positions, E.N.D, Observer, Acnologia and Romeo widened their eyes before they all started to move with great speed to avoid the powerful and quick bombardment of the warships. Many Fel Etherious were caught in the crossfire as their lives lost to their own warships' attacks and bombardments. E.N.D was still in the air flying all enveloping with his aura of Fel Magic around so fast that one could only see a blazing ball of pure green energy zipping around above the land to avoid the attacks. On the ground one could see Romeo, Acnologia and Observer also dodging every single blasts of the demonic warships as they were also moving and dodging so fast that one could only see balls of blue due to their energy and Magic they gave off zipping around like lighting. Meanwhile many of the millions of Fel Etherious that were still standing trying to fight the four found themselves being burned alive by the bombardments if not out right exploded or obliterated, something which didn't went unnoticed by Observer.
'They're killing their own troops…' Observer thought to himself as he continued to move around the land to dodge the powerful blasts from the Warships high in the sky before them all. Whoever gave the order to do this must have been desperate seeing the armies not being able to stand against the four of them, so now the warships were just destroying everything in an attempt to wipe them out at the cost of their fellow Fel Etherious' lives.
Back with Romeo he also continued to dodge the onslaught of the powerful yet fast bombardment from the warships as the land below them was being damaged and charred beyond recognition, but in Romeo's eyes it was better than Crocus which was still far ahead of them all being the one being attacked. Setting his eyes on Ulurd who had his shield up to avoid meeting the same fate as the millions of demons he once lead, Romeo charged right towards him which the silver bearded demon notice as his eyes widened. Putting his other hand up to make another shield of Fel Energy, Romeo's fist came into contact with it, pushing the demon back as both of them stood tall as they stared down at one another as the bombardment continued to rain down all around them.
"What are you doing?! Can't you see you're killing your own people?!" Romeo shouted in anger. He hated these demons with everything he had, yet even he was disgusted by how Ulurd was willing to throw his own men and women's lives away just to win a battle! Ulurd only gritted his teeth in rage as his eye stared down at the younger male.
"If killing you all means a few million lives of my people then I will gladly sacrifice them all if it means to finally put an end to the likes of you!" Ulurd shouted, his anger clouding his judgment.
Romeo only gritted his teeth as he and Ulurd prepared to do battle once more as they both got ready to charge at one another once more…
…Only for the two of them to freeze to a sudden halt.
Both of them didn't move as their eyes widened as their bodies shook from the sudden raw and massive energy that just appeared out of nowhere. It wasn't just them either; the warships ceased their bombardment as if the demons who filled the vessels also sensed the massive source and stopped in their own fear and shock. E.N.D, Acnologia and Observer also ceased moving around as they wondered why the warships' suddenly ceased their attack only for the massive source of energy was sensed by them as well, widening their eyes as well as freezing them and the small surviving remnants of the demonic army included.
"Wh… what the f**k…?" E.N.D questioned as he slowly descended back down onto the damaged and charred ground, his eyes still filled with shock that none would probably ever see the Fel Demon have in his whole life.
E.N.D, Acnologia, Romeo couldn't help but find as if the air got harder to breathe, something which Observer didn't so as he doesn't need air to breathe, as the massive power seemed to be coming from the right of them and the city of Crocus.
(Cue: "Millennia" by Hi-Finesse)
Not too far from the remains of the demonic army, the four, and the three large warships that hovered over the air a single entity was seen walking slowly towards them all with a large light-like aura around him, calmly heading towards them all with pure calmness and raw power.
The being emitting such power looked to be a man who wore silver metallic colored armor from the waist up, completely covering him. From the waist down a dark blue robe with black patterns on it also adorn the man covering his legs and feet. On his head he wore a helmet that looked like a mitre that priests would wear as it was also the same silver metallic colored like the rest of the armor he wore on his body. With the metallic looking mitre on his head was also a silver metallic mask that was attached to the mitre he wore, covering his entire face from being visible.
All in all, everyone's eyes was on the distance man as he continued to calmly make his way over towards the battlefield or at least what remained of it.
"W…Who's…?" Acnologia questioned, not being able to understand how the unknown man was giving off so much power. It wasn't like anything they have ever seen before in their whole lives!
The remnant Fel Etherious snapped out of their shock only to grit their teeth in anger, thinking that this man was another mortal with this Earthland or with the four Multiverse travelers trying to stop them. And so with that, the remaings tens of thousands demons charged ahead towards the powerful man, while E.N.D, Acnologia, Romeo, Observer and Ulurd only looked on in shock from seeing the remaining demonic army charging at him.
The armored priest merely continued onward like nothing was wrong as the remaining Fel Etherious all charged at him… only for the demons to suddenly to be blasted away and turning to ash much to the shock of the others as the man continued onward as if nothing happened.
"THE F**K?!" E.N.D shouted in shock, seeing all of those demons completely eradicated without any sign as to what the man did, "The guy didn't even seem to move! Nor did I feel a spike in his power to show that he unleashed some kind of attack!"
E.N.D gritted his teeth as he enveloped his hands with Fel Fire. He didn't know who this guy was, but he wasn't going to let this man be a threat to them! And so with that at high speed that shook the ground for a moment, E.N.D took off towards the armored priest looking man.
"E.N.D wait!" Observer shouted, but it was too late as E.N.D approached right before the calmly walking man with the Fel Demon having his fist pulled back for a powerful punch.
However it was not come to be as the man merely looked up at the demon before merely widened his eyes a little, and before E.N.D knew it he found himself screaming in pain as if an invisible force slammed into him, sending him flying all the way back towards the others before he crashed into the ground.
"E.N.D!" Romeo shouted in worry as the dark purple haired young teenager dashed away from where he was near the still frozen in fear Ulurd to make his way over to the Fel Demon.
Romeo arrived to where the demon laid onto the ground only to widen in horror from seeing E.N.D gasping in pain. Wounds littered his body as his dark green blood oozed from each of his wounds. It almost looked like as if he was just came from a battle for his life, not from just a single air blast from the unknown man widening his eyes at him.
"E.N.D…," Romeo muttered in shock to see the powerful demon being reduced to this state, before he reached down to bring the demon up from the ground, much to the intense pain of the demon as even the slightest bit of movement was enough to inflict much agony for the downed demon. Holding him up by the arms, Romeo looked over to both Acnologia and Observer, who were shocked to see the state E.N.D was in from a simple air pressure attack like that from the man, "We need to leave, now!"
None of them could get a word in before they all then turned back around only to see the unknown man to turn his attention towards the three warships that hovered high in the above them all in the distance. Seeing this, the armored priest merely raised his left hand up towards the ships and Ulurd, whose eyes widened in more shock to see the massive powerful man looking in their direction.
And that was when the unknown third party spoke in a calm yet somewhat deep voice filled with wisdom.
"Let the Light cleanse you of your corruption…" The man muttered.
And without warning, a massive blast of Light Magic fired from the man's hands as it consumed the ground and everything that stood before it. Ulurd didn't even have time to let out a single noise as he met his end by the massive blast of Light. He wasn't the only one however as the three warships despite the shields they put up around them were also consumed and obliterated by the massive attack as the entire world of Earthland shook from the power unleashed here.
If one was watching from outer space, they would see the massive attack shooting out far from the planet as it continued outward into the depths of space without any sign of stopping anytime soon.
Back on the world below, Acnologia, E.N.D despite his gravely injured state, Romeo and Observer had their eyes widened from the large attack they just saw the armored priest-like man unleashed like it was nothing.
"Observer! We need to get out of here now! Open a portal immediately!" Acnologia shouted at the living constellation, shocking both him and Romeo. Acnologia, the Dragon King, was asking for them all to retreat?
"NO!" Their attention was turned towards E.N.D, who was still conscious despite the intense amount of pain he was in at the moment as he struggled to speak further, "I… will not… f… flee like a… a… coward!"
"E.N.D, you're in no condition to do anything! None of us can stand against that as we're now! We would die!" Romeo exclaimed at the demon, hating how even when seeing they were far outclassed the Fel Demon refused to retreat to fight another day.
None of them could continue the argument as they all then noticed the silver armored priest started to motion his left hand from being straight out before him to merely about to lift only two fingers in an upward motion.
"Be purified by the Light… for Alvarez." The man, Altes Olus, the High Priest of the Spriggan Twelve of Alvarez from another reality stated in a calm manner.
Observer widened his eyes and before Altes could make his move the constellar shouted out loud as he and the other three were then enveloped in his Cosmic Energy. And like that a moment later they were gone.
The perfect timing too as the nanosecond they left Altes lifted his two fingers up. And with that the power of Light was unleashed from him, completely consuming everything that was around him. It covered the land, it covered Crocus and every living soul in it, and it even covered the whole entire world of Earthland.
And when the light would fade away, any living entity not of innocence was wiped out from the face of the planet, leaving the world defenseless for the might of Alvarez to take.
FINALLY! I'VE WANTED TO USE THIS ALVAREZ FOR SO LONG NOW! NOW I FINALLY CAN!
*Ahem* Apologies for that. But this was an enemy I've really wanting to introduce since the beginning of the story. Remember the first few chapters of this story and for those who seen my "Emperor of Alzarez" timeline from my other story "Seeing Alternate Versions of Earthland", then you know that this is the same Alvarez that now both the four "heroes" of mine and the Fel Etherious will have to face and vice versa. I have so many ideas for them and I can now finally work with them since they're finally in the flay for the Multiverses.
But I'm not done yet. As the next Earthland the four will end up in will soon introduce yet another enemy. Who and what kind of enemy you may ask? You will have to wait and see for yourself.
Anyway, what did you all think? Good? Bad? Let me know.
See you all next time, whenever that will be.
