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Chapter Eleven: The Family in Caelum
A dark green portal opened up as Romeo, Observer and Acnologia were spotted falling through it and crashing into the ground face first a few yards away from it. A few moments later E.N.D was spotted doing a flip as he exited the portal before landing onto his hooves while the portal in front of him closed shut.
"And that's why you don't mess with me!" E.N.D exclaimed with a grin on his face before turning around to look at the other three on the ground not too far from him, "You all doing good?"
A groan was his answer courtesy of Romeo as the All Magic Dragon Slayer, along with Observer and Acnologia managed to get back onto their feet with the dark purple haired fourteen year old and the dark blue haired man rubbing their heads from hitting the ground with their skulls. Observer didn't have that problem as he merely looked at the demon with puzzlement as other two got over their small headache.
"We are fine E.N.D, but may I ask why did you send us away? I figured that you would have wanted to battle them." Observer questioned the Fel Demon, knowing how battle hungry he and the other two organic beings around him were like.
"Normally I would, but honestly I thought it would have been a waste of time when I could have just blown up the planet since it was overrun by those demons, which I did mind you." E.N.D responded with a grin at the end of his statement, having enjoyed being the one to have killed probably millions if not billions of demons that were on that lifeless planet.
Acnologia looked his way as did Romeo, having gotten over the small headaches they had before the Dragon King spoke up towards the black winged humanoid creature.
"So you were too much of a scared b*tch to fight then? Did the thrashing from that Alvarez enemy make you afraid to stand your ground to battle?" Acnologia couldn't help but mock, knowing how prideful the demon could be. He got the reaction he wanted as the Fel Demon gained a tick mark and a furious expression on his face.
"The f**k did you just say you overgrown reptile?! You want me to bash your skull in?!" E.N.D shouted at the dragon in humanoid form. The demon marched over towards where the Dragon King was as the two stared down at one another, with Acnologia having a smug grin on his face.
"Guys come on!" Romeo shouted at the both of them, getting their attention as the Fel Demon and Dragon King looked over at the Dragon Slayer, who sighed as he pinched the bridge of his nose from seeing the dragon who kidnapped him years ago trying to provoke E.N.D, "Can't you both just now do this right now? We have more important things to worry about."
"HE STARTED IT!" E.N.D exclaimed while pointing at the dark blue haired man before him, who remained having a smug expression on his face from seeing the demon getting riled up from his words. Romeo sighed before he shook his head, looking back at E.N.D once more as he spoke once again.
"By the way, what happened to that woman that you saved? Did you get her to safety?" Romeo asked since he was wondering if the demon managed to get her to a place that could help, unaware that they have saved a female version of the Fire Dragon Slayer.
The demon remembered that as he grinned sheepishly from hearing Romeo's question, rubbing the back of his head when he went on to respond to the dark purple haired Dragon Slayer.
"To be frank with you, I just chucked her through a portal I opened before closing it. I have no clue where she could have ended up." E.N.D replied back to the dark purple haired All Magic Dragon Slayer with his sheepish grin still on his face.
Romeo face palmed as he heard those words, but honestly considering who the demon was the young teenager wasn't too surprise by this. Still didn't make it any less annoying though.
"Seriously?! You couldn't have checked to see if she ended up somewhere safe? What if she ended up on some dangerous world?" Romeo questioned the demon once more; meanwhile Acnologia remained silent now as he watched the exchange between the boy he trained to be a Dragon Slayer and the Fel Demon who he saw as an enemy for so long.
"Well excuse me Romeo for not focusing on that when we were in the middle of a f**king demonic spaceship with a giant demon before us to worry about! Sorry if my priorities weren't straight of however the crap that saying goes!" E.N.D exclaimed at Romeo with slight anger and annoyance as he leaned over to where Observer was, his eyes not leaving the dark purple haired fourteen year old before him, "Observer, back me up here."
E.N.D didn't get a reply, puzzling the Fel Demon as he, Acnologia and Romeo looked over to see Observer's attention not on them but yet his gaze was in a different direction to the left of where they were all at.
"Hello? Did you hear me?" E.N.D asked, as Observer still didn't really pay attention to his complaint with Romeo about focusing on the demons more than on Natsumi who was now who knows what alternate Earthland.
Observer stayed silent for another moment before he started to raise his finger to what laid before him.
"E.N.D, Romeo, you said that the one you called Natsu had Dragneel as his last name right?" The living constellation questioned, puzzling the two as Acnologia got confused as to why Observer was bringing the other half of E.N.D up.
"Yeah… why?" E.N.D responded with confusion, as the other two near him were also puzzled by Observer's question.
Figuring that they should turn to look at what Observer was pointing at, they noticed what lay before them as did their surroundings.
To start it off, the group of four were in a clear area that looked up be on top of a hill, with a few trees around them for anyone to go under for shade under the bright sun high above them. A concrete path was near them as it leads to what Observer was pointing at, which looked to be a decent sized house that looked to be painted a bright blue on the walls. To the right of the nice house looked to be a small garden of all kinds of vegetables and other crops being grown, with a few already looking ripe for picking. Behind the building was a screened area with a large pool, though the four were unable to see it due to being near the front of the house and not the back. Turning their heads they could see what looked like a small training ground with dummies and opened space surrounding by fences to separate it from the rest of the acres of the property they were on.
But what grabbed E.N.D and Romeo's attention, as Acnologia didn't really care; to what Observer was specifically pointing out was the wooden sign that was near the house and near the concrete path that lead to it, which was labeled in large white colored letters 'DRAGNEEL RESIDENCE'.
"Wait what?" E.N.D questioned, blinking in puzzlement before marching over to the sign to get a better look to see if his eye sight wasn't messing up for some reason. It was the same as the demon looked back up at the decent size house before him and looking at the few acres of lands around them, looked back at the sign with his other half's last name, before looking back at the house, "How the f**k does Natsu have a house this nice? I want a nice house! Why didn't he have this back in our world?!"
"Don't you all live in a palace now? Why are you complaining when you live in a place like that?" Acnologia questioned, recalling this information that the demon had shared with him.
Romeo grew slightly puzzled from hearing that. What did Acnologia mean that Natsu was living in a palace? Was he referring to the palace in Crocus? Natsu didn't live there; he lived back in Magnolia with Fairy Tail. When they ran into him and the girls during the Fel Etherious attack on the city, they were just visiting the city… right?
"So? I still would like a nice house to have of my own, maybe use it as a vacation home or something… actually now that I think about it once this whole war is over with I'm going to see if I can get Hisui and her old man to give me something like that." E.N.D stated with determination, now wanting a nice looking house to call his own, even if it would only serve as a vacation home for him.
Shaking his head from that plan for the time being, knowing that it will probably be a very long time before he would ever get to something like that, the Fel Demon decided to might as well greet this world's version of Natsu as he started to make his way over to the nice building before him.
"E.N.D what are you doing?" Romeo questioned, pushing his thoughts about Acnologia and E.N.D's words aside for the time being as he and the other two saw the Fel Demon approaching the building not too far from them.
"Going to greet this planet's Natsu, duh." E.N.D responded as if it was the most obvious thing in the world all while he didn't look towards the Dragon Slayer's way as he still marched over towards the building before them all.
With that, the Fel Demon stood in front of the door that led inside of the decent house as Romeo, Observer and Acnologia made their way over to where the demon was while E.N.D lifted his fist to knock on the door… and by that E.N.D instead proceeded to kick the door opened with enough force to break the lock, slamming the wooden door wide opened but luckily it was still connected to its hinges. Romeo widened his eyes in shock from the demon practically barging in to the place, as Acnologia didn't care and Observer sighed from the demon's action.
"HELLO?! ANYONE HERE?!" E.N.D shouted as he walked into the building, with the other three following him inside.
"E.N.D can't you just knock like a normal person?!" Romeo exclaimed at the demon in front of him in annoyance of his no respect for people's property.
"Nope, that would take too long." E.N.D replied back to Romeo, turning around to face the dark purple haired young teenager.
"You can't just barge in into someone's home like this! It's completely disrespectful!" Romeo shouted at E.N.D.
"Oh don't give me that crap right now Romeo! I bet you that you have broken into people's homes and whatnot before yourself so don't try to play innocent!" E.N.D shouted back at Romeo, getting agitated from being questioned about how he did things his way.
"I don't break into places that are filled with our friends or innocent people!" Romeo responded in annoyance. Sure he wasn't innocent, as during his travels he had to steal and break into places in order to gain information, hunt down some horrible people or to get food in order to survive during his younger years, but he didn't do it by announcing his present or kicking down the door like an idiot!
Observer and Acnologia looked on with either a blank stare or a deadpanned one as they saw the Fel Demon and Dragon Slayer now arguing with one another, completely forgetting that they were in a house they practically just barge right into.
"…I wonder how they haven't killed one another yet considering all of there disagreements." Observer wondered, knowing that Romeo has his way of doing things while E.N.D had his own way of getting things done. Acnologia nodded in agreement; though to be frank he wasn't really paying attention to Observer's words or the other two's argument with one another as he went on to looked at the place around him.
"…Nice house, I'll give whoever lives here that." Acnologia admitted as he looked at the area around him. It wasn't much at the moment, but he could see a large family room, a dining room and a large kitchen that was opened up, connecting the rooms together. The kitchen could be seen having a double oven inside of the wall, a large pantry door that if the Dragon King opened would looked like a small hallway filled to the brim with food, and a large counter for anyone to sit at. From his spot he could also see the glass sliding door on the other end of the place that lead to the porch where the pool and a built in counter and grill were seen also. All in all, it looked very fancy.
Acnologia looked around, as he didn't see any one other than them present. He didn't sense any energy here either. Was no one here at the moment? Or were they hiding their presence and were elsewhere in the house not visible to him from where he stood? He wouldn't blame them if that were the case, as only a fool would charge out and confront any conflict if they weren't prepared.
"Okay will you both shut up now?!" The Dragon King ended up asking as he turned around to see the bickering Romeo and E.N.D, getting tired of their argument at the moment since it was getting on his nerves.
"YOU STAY OUT OF THIS!" Both Romeo and E.N.D shouted at the Dragon King at once, pointing their fingers at the dark blue haired man when they did.
"HEY DON'T SHOUT AT ME YOU IDIOTS! I'M NOT THE ONE ACTING LIKE A BUNCH OF IDIOTIC BRATS!" Acnologia shouted at them, effectively becoming part of the argument as the three then went on bickering with one another.
Observer had to hold back a face palm from the sight of this all, hoping that they would just stop soon so they would get back to the matter at hand. Seriously the constellar wondered why the three would argue over such stupid things like this. Was this a mortal and demon thing? Maybe it was a mortal and demon thing.
"WHAT IS ALL OF THAT COMMOTION?!"
A new voice got the three to cease arguing and got Observer to be on alert before the four swiftly turned around towards the back of the kitchen where an entrance to a hallway was located, allowing them to see a certain red head woman and a blonde woman who had wide and shocked eyes from seeing the four before them. Romeo and E.N.D were most surprise to also see the two women, as Acnologia and Observer were more cautious than surprise.
"Romeo?" The blonde woman questioned with surprise, allowing Romeo to snap out of his own shock to respond back.
"Lucy? Erza?" Romeo spoke with slight disbelief and confusion. Why were those two here in what they assumed was Natsu's house? Were they visiting? Actually, now that the young teenager looked at them, he did notice something… off. Something that E.N.D took no time questioning them about.
"Wow, you two got fat. You should lay off the deserts and cheesecakes, it's not healthy." E.N.D casually pointed out towards them, noticing the rather large weight they seemed to have gotten, though oddly around the stomach area only.
And that was how E.N.D was greeted with a frying pan slamming into his face from an angry Erza who grabbed one that was on the counter as the two women glared at the black winged humanoid creature. Acnologia held back a snicker from seeing the demon being hit by a frying pan, it was amusing a little.
"WE'RE NOT FAT YOU IDIOT! CAN'T YOU TELL A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING FAT AND BEING PREGNANT?!" Erza shouted at the demon who was not clutching his face from the surprise blow.
That faded though as both him and Romeo gained surprised look on their faces with E.N.D quickly recovering from having a pan being thrown into his face.
"Pregnant? Oh so you both are with Natsu then, that makes sense… BUT DID YOU HAVE TO THROW A PAN AT ME?! I CAN'T TELL WHEN IT COMES TO THAT CRAP!" E.N.D casually told them with a smile before shouting in anger from the red head doing what she did.
"You just can't have us try to get along peacefully with them can't you?" Observer asked him, seeing how shouting at one another was only going to make things worse between them.
E.N.D glared at the living constellation from his words, not appreciating his choice of wording at the moment as Romeo walked forward a bit to get a better look at the two women a bit away from where he was at. He didn't say anything though as the two women beat him to the punch for that.
"It's been a while Romeo, you've grown a bit since we last saw you. But what are you doing here? And who and what are these guys with you?" Lucy questioned, unaware that the boy before them was not the Romeo they know while wondering who the weird black winged creature and star looking entity were since they didn't look human at all.
"Uh…" Romeo trailed off nervously, not sure how to tell the two pregnant women that he and the others were not of their world. Luckily Observer took this chance to explain as Acnologia looked around the place a bit more while E.N.D kept his eyes on the two women before him.
"Forgive us, but I believe you are confusing Romeo with the one you know from this world." Observer told them, confusing the two women.
"Huh?" They questioned, having no idea what the living constellation was talking about.
"Oh, forgive me, allow me to introduce myself," Observer started to say as he went on to properly greet the two humans before him, "My name is Observer, I am a constellar, Romeo and I along with the other two with us come from an alternate reality."
Erza and Lucy blinked once, twice, before utter confusion then appeared on their faces once again.
"What?" They both asked at once.
"We're from an alternate universe. The Romeo before you isn't the one you most likely know. Alternate universe, alternate timeline, whatever term you want to us works, but we are not of your world." Acnologia joined in, seeing as if the others might need help with explaining it better for the two women before them all.
"What?!" Erza and Lucy shouted at once, finding their words hard to believe.
"It's true, it's how I know who you two were and how I know Natsu. Speaking of which, where is he? Since the sign up front says this is his place, I'm assuming he's somewhere around here right?" E.N.D spoke up from his spot, wondering where the Fire Dragon Slayer of this Earthland was at the moment since he didn't see or sense him here.
Both of the women looked at one another with slight nervousness, before they figured they might as well tell them. If Romeo, er, a different version of Romeo if what they say is true, was with these unusual guys, then they can't be too bad right? Looking over towards them Erza spoke up to answer the Fel Demon's question.
"Natsu's running an errand in the city, so it's just us three here at the moment." The red head answered them, getting them to be puzzled from hearing her choice of words.
"Wait, three of you?" Acnologia asked, only seeing Erza and Lucy before them and no one else. Was there someone else here in the house?
"Oh? We have guests?"
"GAH!" Romeo, Acnologia and E.N.D shouted in shock before they swiftly turned around behind them, as Observer did so without shouting in shock.
The four were surprised, more so for E.N.D and Romeo when they spotted a certain golden horned purple haired female Etherious right behind them all with a look of interest and slight puzzlement in her usual attire.
"SAYLA?! WHERE THE F**K DID YOU COME FROM?!" E.N.D shouted while hating and bewildered by how the demon woman who was a member of Tartaros at one point appeared behind them out of nowhere without warning, though the demon will admit that he was a bit happy to see a face he was familiar with being around, even if it wasn't the Sayla he knew back home. The Fel Demon looked down as he saw the state her body was in also along with Erza and Lucy, "Oh, you're carrying as well. I'm assuming Natsu knocked you up too right?"
Sayla however ignored E.N.D's questions and shouting as she leaned over to her side to look at the red haired and blonde female humans that she's living with along with the Fire Dragon Slayer with a puzzled look on her face.
"I do not recognize any of these four, are they friends of yours?" She asked the human lovers of Natsu.
"HEY DON'T IGNORE ME!" E.N.D yelled once more with an agitated expression on his face, not liking how Sayla practically ignored his words to her. Erza and Lucy figured that they would tell the demon woman since she only showed up now.
"Uh… sort of? We know Romeo here kind of." Lucy told Sayla with some slight discomfort since again the dark purple haired young teenager and the other three were claiming to be from another alternate reality or something like that. Sayla merely walked by the four before joining with the two fellow pregnant women with her turning around to look back at the visiting four Multiverses travelers.
"Romeo… he's a child of one of those perverts that you told me about am I correct?" Sayla asked the red head and blonde with her usual calm tone to make sure she was remembering right. Romeo sweat dropped from hearing what she said, knowing that she was most likely referring to his old man, or at least the version of Macao that lived on this Earthland.
"Even here he's a pervert I see…" Romeo muttered with a slight amused expression about his father.
Sayla hummed before looking up towards the other three once more with interest. While Acnologia she didn't care for since he seemed normal, unaware that he was the Dragon of Death, she was more focused on the black winged creature and the walking constellation that were before her.
"You," She started to speak as she raised a finger towards E.N.D, getting his attention while she went on, "I can feel demonic energies radiating from you. Yet it's not like any Etherious or any ordinary demon of Earthland I have felt and seen before. Are you really a demon by chance?"
"Yep! I'm a demon created and in a sense revived with the use of Fel Energy! The name's E.N.D, it's nice to meet you." E.N.D properly greeted her, even though he was still annoyed by how she ignored his previous words towards her.
He and the other three got slightly puzzled when Sayla along with Erza and Lucy widened there eyes in shock from hearing that. None of the four got a chance to ask what was wrong when Erza spoke up once more.
"E.N.D?! You mean the demon that Tartaros tried to resurrect?!" The red head shouted. The same demon that Sayla claimed to served before her confrontation with Natsu?! The same demon that Tartaros tried to wipe out all Magic on Ishgar in order to bring back?!
"E.N.D…?" Sayla muttered with surprise in her voice. Was this truly the demon that Mard Geer once wanted them to revive? The most powerful demon in all of Earthland?
Romeo turned to glare at E.N.D, who raised his hands up in defense when seeing the look the Dragon Slayer was giving him as Acnologia was only puzzled by their reactions. So they were familiar with E.N.D it seemed? That was a rarity, since most Earthlands they have been too have yet heard about the stupid demon until way later.
"I believe you are having a bit of confusion. E.N.D here isn't the same one that you three are probably familiar with. He's from our own world, unrelated to the one you seem to know." Observer informed them, being the only one to take this chance to explain to the three shocked women the misunderstanding they were all.
"Really? So you four really are from another universe or whatever?" Lucy asked as their shock faded down as they relaxed a bit, but still wide eyed from hearing that them being from another timeline must be true then.
"We're from an alternate universe, not a normal universe. There is a difference." The constellar pointed out to the three women before him, having had this correction before. Taking this chance Romeo went on to speak again for the three females before him to listen.
"So it seems like your world has already gone through the Tartaros events then. While I wasn't present when it happened back in my own Earthland I have managed to hear about it later on." Romeo told the three.
"It must have been a long while though, since considering the way you three look you guys must have been through most of your pregnancy. Actually, now that I think about it…," E.N.D trailed off for a moment before looking around the kitchen, "You guys have a calendar I can look at?"
Lucy nodded as she pointed at the nearby fridge that was next to the double oven in the wall, allowing the Fel Demon to make his way over towards where the appliance was at. Seeing a calendar plastered onto the door of the machine along with some other pictures and crap that the demon didn't care for, he leaned over to see the current date and month of this Earthland. Remaining silent for a moment his eyes widened slightly before standing back up and turning around to look at his three allies and the three women.
"Hey… if I may ask how's that guild you all are apart of? Are those losers still alive or whatever?" E.N.D questioned which confused Romeo, Acnologia and Observer from the sudden question. Hearing that got Erza and Lucy to frown while Sayla remained indifferent when the red head and blonde went on to answer.
"Fairy Tail disbanded roughly around a year ago after the battle with Tartaros… we have no idea where everyone could be." Lucy told them with her frown still on her face.
"Wait what?! Fairy Tail disbanded?!" Romeo exclaimed in shock, as from what he knew that didn't happened back on their own Earthland.
"Huh, so it's the same here then, looks like from the month it is it's roughly around eleven months if we're going to be technical here then." E.N.D casually stated, seeing how the guild disbanding like how they did for a year back in their own world. The Fel Demon though wished they stayed disbanded though. Romeo turned to look at the demon in shock.
"Wait you mean it did happened back home also before the Alvarez War?!" Romeo asked in shock.
"YES IT HAPPENED HOW THE F**K ARE YOU UNAWARE OF THAT?!" E.N.D yelled back. He thought Romeo knew about that, yet apparently not.
"I WAS GONE DURING THAT TIME SO HOW WOULD I HAVE KNOWN?!" The All Magic Dragon Slayer responded once more back at the demon. He was constantly traveling all around the planet, so how would he have heard or know about something like that having had happened?!
Observer and Acnologia looked at the two with blanks stares while the three women looked at the arguing two with slight puzzlement. Turning around to see Sayla, Erza and Lucy the dark blue haired man had a question.
"Anyway, ignoring those two idiots, so what made you four stay together then if what you all say is true?" Acnologia asked, wondering that if this stupid guild disbanded how the three plus this world's Natsu stayed together. Not to mention considering that Sayla was an Etherious how did she ended up with the humans?
The women looked at one another before Erza looked at the Dragon King to answer him properly.
"I'M BACK!"
Or at least they were about too before yet another voice grabbed all of their attention including Romeo and E.N.D thus getting them to cease their shouting match with one another, making them all swiftly turn around towards where the opened door was that led into and outside the house. And not even a few moments later did they see a certain Fire Dragon Slayer with bags of foods in his arms, oblivious to the four Multiverses' travelers at the moment as he walked into the building he called home.
"Hey what happened to the door? It looked like someone kicked it wide ope-." Natsu started to say in a slightly confused manner as he walked into the room where everyone else was located.
When he did however he stopped in his tracks as he finally spotted the three women he loved more than anything, along with Romeo, Observer, E.N.D and Acnologia who were near his women.
Needless to say it was silent for a few moments as the wide eyed Natsu looked at the four with utter confusion while Erza, Lucy and Sayla remained silent, not sure how to break the silence. Luckily, or not depending on the view point, E.N.D was the one to do so as he brought a hand to his chin in a thinking manner.
"Huh, white looks surprisingly good on you Natsu, you should wear it more." E.N.D casually told him, seeing how this version of his other half was wearing a white shirt instead of his normal opened jacket or whatever that piece of clothing he normally wore was called again. E.N.D didn't know, he didn't really know fashion or whatever.
Natsu blinked once, blinked twice, before he finally found the words to speak once more.
"Who the heck are you people?!"
'ONE EXPLANATION LATER'
"Okay hold on; let me back up for a moment." Natsu started to say as he processed what he was just told as he had his hands together in front of his face.
Natsu, along with Erza, Lucy and Sayla were now sitting at the table in the dining room on one end of it while Romeo, Acnologia and Observer were sitting on the other end. E.N.D remained on his feet, er, hooves, near his three allies. After Natsu's arrival they have informed who they were to him and explained to him what they told the three girls before he arrived and then some more.
Needless to say the Fire Dragon Slayer was having a hard time believing it, but no one could blame him. Erza, Lucy and Sayla themselves were still having a hard time to believe the four's words also.
"You're telling us, that you four come from a different alternate planet in some alternate parallel timeline or whatever. Romeo is apparently a Dragon Slayer; this E.N.D here is some different kind of demon unlike the Etherious or ordinary demons that exists on the world, and you're… I'm sorry what are you supposed to be again?" Natsu went on to make sure he was getting all of this right before questioning Observer once more, who was sitting right across from the table.
"I am a constellar. I was assigned to observe over the Earthland that we came from for any signs of instability." Observer informed the pink haired young man before him. Romeo nodded in confirmation with the living constellation, remembering that since he was the one who encountered the Celestial entity first. Their first meeting didn't really go well considering what Observer tried to do.
Natsu then turned his eyes over towards Acnologia, his eyes narrowing at the sight of the dark blue haired man who narrowed his eyes back towards him.
"And if what Observer says is true… then you're…" Natsu started to speak before he was cut off by the Dragon King himself.
"Yes, I am Acnologia, I'm sure you're fully aware what I'm capable of." The Dragon of Death calmly replied to the Fire Dragon Slayer, not at all bothered by the glare he was receiving from this world's version of Igneel's adoptive child and Zeref's brother.
"…You killed Igneel." Natsu muttered as his glare remained on his face towards the dark blue haired man.
"This world's version of myself did. Unlike most other alternate worlds I never showed up during your little battle with Tartaros so unfortunately I couldn't have finished off that dragon or the rest myself. He moved on towards the next life without trouble along with the rest of the dragons." Acnologia stated to him, not caring if the Fire Dragon Slayer would still look at him with hatred. He was used to the looks of anger and fear towards him throughout his whole life.
Natsu took a breath as he leaned back against his seat, as the three girls sitting next to him looked at the man they loved with worry on their expressions.
"This is a lot to take in." Natsu admitted, finding this whole thing to be unbelievable and hard to accept.
"Most worlds we've ran into have troubled believing us, so you're not the first." Romeo told him, fully understanding that Natsu, Erza, Lucy and Sayla would still find their words and presence hard to handle.
The Mages and Curse user looked at one another before their attention was turned towards the four Multiverses' travelers once more.
"If this is all true, then why are you four here then? Why come to our world?" Natsu asked them, wanting to know why this other version of Romeo and the other three he's with came to this Earthland specifically.
"Ask E.N.D, he was the one who sent us here." Acnologia replied back as he pointed his thumb over towards the still standing Fel Demon, who turned his head to glare at the Dragon King in humanoid form.
"Not on purpose, I can't tell what kind of Earthland's we end up on when I opened a rift in time and space," E.N.D told the dark blue haired man before he moved to look at Natsu and the three pregnant women once more, "We can't go into too much detail, but let's say we had to leave where we were in a hurry so I opened a random portal and shoved these idiots through it before following in myself."
"And what were you all in a hurry for?" Sayla questioned, wanting to know what this other version of the demon that Tartaros swore allegiance too and Zeref's strongest demon.
"That we can't reveal." Observer told the purple haired demon woman, getting her and the other three with her to look back at the living constellation with puzzlement. The constellar knew it was best to not inform the four before them about the existence about the Fel Etherious if they can help it. The less who knew about them the better.
"And why not?" Lucy asked, wondering why they wouldn't tell them.
"It's… it's complicated. That isn't something we can easily share." Romeo told them, his eyes looking away to avoid their gazes as they turned to look at the dark purple haired All Magic Dragon Slayer.
Natsu, Erza, Lucy and Sayla looked at one another once more, before they all sighed at once. If there was some big reason the four before them can't share with them about that, then they won't push it… at least for now.
"Alright, we will respect your privacy on that for now." Erza responded towards Romeo, who smiled a little from hearing her words. That was good; the existence about the Fel Etherious was best kept hidden if they are able to do so.
"Okay enough about us," E.N.D spoke up without warning as he walked over towards the table the rest were sitting at before leaning over, placing his arms on the furniture's surface while he went on to speak once again, "Tell us a bit more about you. How did you four end up staying together? Back in the world we came from Natsu ended up on a training trip for a year along with Happy and Sayla before running into Lucy in Crocus. And speaking of which, where is that furball anyway?"
That got Romeo to realize the non existing presence of the blue Exceed. That was odd; the blue cat was always with Natsu. He was even there with him and the girls back in Crocus when the demons attack, so where was this world's version of Happy?
"Oh," Natsu spoke up as he went on while the four otherworldly visitors made sure to listen to the pink haired young man's words, "Well… from what you just said it seems like your own Natsu and I must have had similar thoughts. I don't know where Happy is, as I didn't bring him along when I left Magnolia to go on a training journey with Sayla tagging along, I only left notes for Erza and Lucy before Sayla and I took off."
"But we went after him," Erza told them as the red head took over the story, "It took us a few days to catch up to him, but once we did we refused to leave his side. So from there it was just us, we traveled around Ishagr for a bit before we ended up making a home here in Nydal."
"Wait, Nydal?" Romeo questioned with slight surprise, confusing not only the three Mages and Curse user but also the Fel Demon, constellar and Dragon King.
"What the heck is Nydal? Is that the city near here? And why do you know about it Romeo?" E.N.D questioned, never hearing about that city before in his life. Yet from Romeo's reaction he seemed to know about it. Was it a place he's been too before or something during his travels?
"Yeah, I've been there before back home during my own journey. It's a city on the coasts known for its beaches located in Caelum." Romeo informed the Fel Demon.
"Caelum? You mean that nation of islands off the coast of Ministril's and Fiore's western shores?" E.N.D questioned before turning over to look at Natsu, Erza, Lucy and Sayla once more with puzzlement, "Why the heck would you decide to settle here in this nation? Are the beaches just that good to pass by?"
"The beaches are very nice, but that's not why we settled here." Sayla calmly told the Fel Demon, puzzling him even more.
"Then why? Did you all just decide to live here because this was where you all were at when you decided to settle down or something?" Acnologia asked, figuring he would join in on the conversation since he had nothing better to do at the moment.
Erza, Lucy and Sayla gave them off a deadpanned stare as they pointed at their pregnant stomachs. The four quickly understood why they ended up settling here and nowhere else.
"…Oh, Natsu ended up f**king you three and you all got pregnant. Yeah I can see why that would force you all to stay put in the same area. So basically it's Natsu fault then." E.N.D casually understood with a grin, seeing that would be a good reason to stay put in the city. After all it would be hard to watch over three pregnant women during a travel around the world if they ended up doing that instead.
"Did you have to say that so bluntly?" Natsu questioned as he blushed along with the three women due to the demon's choice of words about him getting his girls pregnant with his children.
"Don't act all innocent, I bet you four are complete perverts when no one else is around." E.N.D accused with a deadpanned stare of his own, knowing how they can be if they are in anyway like Natsu and the women back in their own Earthland.
"We're not perverts." Erza stated in a matter of fact manner with a serious expression.
"Isn't us having sex with Natsu-Sama on the beaches around rocks count as something a pervert would do?" Sayla casually asked, getting Natsu, Erza and Lucy's faces to turn bright red from how casually Sayla mentioned one of their sexual adventures and from ousting them all as perverts like E.N.D accused them of.
"I didn't need to hear that." Romeo muttered as his face was now red from hearing what the female demon just told them all without a slight of shame whatsoever. Acnologia only chuckled a little from hearing that, seeing Romeo's reaction to hearing Sayla's words a bit humorous to him.
"Neither did I." E.N.D also agreed with Romeo with a disturbed expression, not wanting to actually hear about the specific details that Natsu and the three women would do with one another when it came to their love and sexual life.
Observer was puzzled by Romeo's and E.N.D's reactions as by Natsu's, Erza's and Lucy's also. If this was something that helped them reproduce, why would it be embarrassing? Maybe it was one of those mortal things he will never understand, who knows.
"Sayla don't tell them that! It's embarrassing!" Lucy exclaimed at the golden horned purple haired female demon, who blinked in confusion from the blonde woman's words. Sure she was used to some things about humans, but that didn't mean she understood all of them and their ways.
"Why is it embarrassing?" Sayla questioned with utter confusion, "Would you prefer if I mentioned the time when he was out working in the garden without a shirt so we-?"
"DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT STUFF IN FRONT OF OUR GUESTS!" Erza shouted as her face went completely red as did Lucy's and Natsu's. This was one thing about Sayla that still puzzled the red head about, she can get embarrassed over romantic things involving Natsu such as kissing or admitting her love for him or anything vanilla yet when it came to sex with him then any shame she may have just vanishes.
"…She's very blunt about how they procreate." Observer calmly pointed out while Romeo and E.N.D were trying to block the mental images that were now in their heads due to Sayla's words while Acnologia snickered from hearing it all.
"That's one way of seeing it, yes." Acnologia told the constellar while still snickering from it all as he found it funny, confusing the Celestial being from his reaction.
'NEAR NYDAL, ABOVE THE OCEAN'
The ocean was at peace as the nearby coast of Caelum could be seen filled with activity by the citizens of Nydal. Many people could be spotted all alongside the beaches near the city as they all continued onward with their lives.
However, the peace was about to be interrupted as without warning, a large purple portal proceeded to open, causing a small shockwave as it hit the waters below. And not even a few moments later did a massive airship was spotted emerging from the rift in time and space followed by a few smaller airships before closing shortly after the vessel exited it. From the range of artillery and the harden design of it, one could tell that this flying vessel was built for war and conquest while the symbol of Alvarez was present proudly on the sides and flags of it all.
Aboard the deck along with many soldiers and others who were armored and suited for battle and war, a single man stood out as he walked over towards the edges of the deck to see the nearby island nation and the city of Nydal. Completely covered in armor aside from his eyes like his fellow Alvarez brothers and sisters thus blocking out what he may look like, his armor looked to be that of a tosei gusoku appearance compared to the more knighted look most of his men and women wore. The armor he wore was also completely silver as a long yet very powerful katana was seen strapped to his waist. Over his chest he wore a dark red tabard with bright red edges with the symbol of Alvarez proudly displayed on the center of it in a black color. This was the man known as Tiuh Um, a commander of the Alvarez forces.
"Caelum huh? So this nation will be the first to face the might of Alvarez." Tiuh muttered as his eyes gaze out over the ocean and at the coast and city. A nearby soldier looked over at his superior in puzzlement.
"Sir, are you sure it's wise to attack with the forces we have? Wouldn't it be wiser to call for reinforcements before launching a planetary take over?" The armored man couldn't help but ask, as Tiuh turned his attention towards the soldier.
"Do not fear, for fear will lead to downfall. We have managed to single handily conquered a few Earthlands without extra help, so it would be no different here." The silver armored swordsman responded to his troop in a calm manner.
"But we have suffered some casualties since then, that last Earthland had highly advance technology that were able to stand against our defenses, and we are only down to one Mana Bomb. The men and women haven't had proper rest in days. What if they are not ready for another world campaign that could last for weeks?" The soldier pointed out and wondered.
"As I said, do not worry. If we have too then we'll call for reinforcements. Regardless of this," Tiuh started to say as he turned his attention back towards the city ahead of his small fleet, "We will achieve victory just as we always have. We haven't failed yet and I have no plans on chancing that. For honor and for the Emperor, we will not fail."
Tiuh turned around as his eyes landed on all the soldiers of his forces on the deck of the ship with an air of superiority and determination.
"SOLDIERS!" Tiuh shouted, getting them all to fall into formation while standing tall and proud with weapons in hand, "THIS WORLD WILL NOT SURRENDER SO EASILY! WHEN YOU FIGHT, REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE FIGHTING FOR HONOR AND FOR THE GLORY OF ALVAREZ! IF YOU FALL, THEN FALL KNOWING THAT YOU FOUGHT FOR OUR EMPEROR, OUR FAMILIES AND FOR THE FUTURE OF ALVAREZ! HEAR THESE WORDS AND ETCH THEM DEEP INTO YOUR HEART! FOR ALVAREZ!"
"FOR ALVAREZ!" Everyone around Tiuh shouted, their voices echoing throughout the air as the engines of the massive airship could be heard humming throughout the air around them.
Turning back around, the silvered armored commander drew his blade from its sheath and raising it high above him before bringing it down to point ahead towards the city of Nydal.
"ONWARD! TO VICTORY!" He shouted, his voice being carried by the wind for all to hear.
With that, the large airship and its small fleet proceeded to move forward towards Caelum, with Nydal being the first obstacle in their way.
'WITH THE OTHERS'
Romeo's ears perked up as he lifted his head from his arms, a puzzled expression appearing on his face. He wasn't the only one as Acnologia also raised an eyebrow as his greatly enhance hearing picked up on something.
"What is that?" The Dragon King muttered with puzzlement as he tried to listen to what he and Romeo were hearing better, with the dark purple haired young teenager trying to do the same.
E.N.D and Observer managed to hear the dark blue haired man's words as they turned their heads towards his and Romeo's direction, taking their attention off of Erza and Lucy trying to help Sayla understand about why their sexual life and activities are meant to be kept to themselves with Natsu blushing from hearing all of it being spilled out into the open.
"Is something wrong?" Observer questioned, seeing the puzzled looks on Romeo and Acnologia, with E.N.D also wondering what was getting them to act weird.
"I'm hearing engines… engines of airships nearby." Romeo informed them, as Natsu and his three ladies too distracted with their own discussion involving their personal life being out in the open to hear what the four Multiverses' travelers were talking about.
"Airships? Can you tell how many?" E.N.D asked, wondering if Romeo and Acnologia were able to tell how many airships were presence base off the noise of their engines alone. He didn't know if they can, but it was worth a try.
The Fel Demon's words however grabbed Natsu, Erza, Lucy and Sayla's attention due to the demon's natural deep demonic tone being hard to miss, at least for the four of them.
"Airships? What airships?" Erza questioned as she was puzzled by what they were referring too.
Natsu was puzzled too before his own ears started to twitch with his own enhance hearing starting to pick up the faint faraway noises of the flying vessels, getting his face to grow cautious and on alert.
"I hear them too… that's odd, Nydal doesn't have any military bases nearby so it can't be any airship of Caelum." Natsu stated to the others, as the three pregnant women near him grew more confused yet slightly alarmed from what their pink haired Fire Dragon Slayer just spoke.
A moment didn't get a chance to pass as Acnologia and Romeo stood up from their seats, their faces warped into serious expressions.
"Come on, I have a feeling it isn't anything good." Romeo told the others before he started to run out of the house, being followed by Acnologia, E.N.D and Observer as they quickly exited the building. Seeing this Natsu stood up also before looking over at the three loves of his life.
"Wait here, I'll be right back." Natsu told them in a tone that left no room for argument, not wanting to risk their or their future children's safety in case something was about to go down.
None of the three women had a chance to say anything as the pink haired young man dashed out of the building to head after the four Multiverses' travelers, as their eyes only filled with concern and worry as they watched their soon to be husband take off.
Back with E.N.D, Romeo, Acnologia and Observer, the four were seen running all the way towards where the road that leads to Nydal was located, not too far from where the Dragneel house was at. They all looked ahead towards Nydal only to see the approaching small fleet of Alvarez airships making there way towards the city and the island nation.
"Please tell me that's this world's Alvarez and not the one that's world hopping?" E.N.D asked as he gritted his teeth, their defeat and their cowardly retreat at the hands of Vext still fresh on his mind.
"Well then sorry to disappoint you, but it's them." Acnologia responded towards the demon as he also glared at where the ships were at.
None of the four turned their attention away from the faraway small fleet of airships when Natsu ran up towards them only to spot the fleet of the dimensional traveling forces of Alvarez in the distance with wide eyes.
"What is that?" Natsu questioned, having no idea who the small fleet was supposed to be or belonged too.
"An enemy, that's what," E.N.D responded towards Natsu while his eyes did not leave the sight of the fleet of airships in the distance. Taking a few steps forward as a grin then formed onto his face, the Fel Demon went on to speak once more, "You stay here and keep watch over your pregnant ladies, we'll handle this."
While E.N.D was saying that, Romeo had his eyes on the much larger airship that was in the faraway fleet. If Romeo knew anything, and he knew a lot of things, that usually the bigger ship meant that was where whoever the one leading the fleet would be located. And since the urge to payback on this Alvarez since their embarrassment by Vext, the Dragon Slayer gained a small smirk himself which showed off his sharp teeth.
"I CALL DIPS ON THE MAIN SHIP!" Romeo shouted.
And before the others could react the fourteen year old summoned his draconic wings before taking off at high speed into the air in a blink of an eye, causing a small shockwave that forced Natsu to cover his eyes a bit from.
"HEY THAT'S NOT FAIR YOU PRICK!" E.N.D shouted in annoyance with a tick mark forming on his forehead before he too launched himself into the air in an instance directly towards the fleet of Alvarez airships.
Acnologia chuckled from the exchange between Romeo and E.N.D, before taking a few steps back before running and launching himself into the air flying at great speeds through the sky.
Observer turned around to look at Natsu once more with a serious expression as Natsu noticed the look he was getting from the Celestial being.
"Keep yourself and your love ones to safety. We'll make sure they won't even touch your city." The constellar assured the pink haired Fire Dragon Slayer.
With that the Celestial being proceeded to teleport himself from his current spot with Cosmic energy, leaving only a wide eyed Natsu in place.
All across the city and over the oceans, Tiuh looked ahead of him and his fleet as his eyes spotted something fast quickly approaching where they were. His cautious grew as without warning he felt a large source of energy heading straight towards them at a fast paste.
"What the-?" The silver armored man started to say in confusion…
…Only to be cut off as without warning Romeo was seen flying right by above where he was before landing onto the deck behind the commander with incredible force that blew away many of the soldiers around him while damaging the deck in the process. Dismissing his wings Romeo turned around and looked up directly in front of him to see the surprised silver armored swordsman now looking in his direction and away from the ocean and Caelum ahead of the fleet.
"Huh, you look different. You must be the captain or whatever right?" Romeo questioned with a smirk on his face, wanting to unleash payback for the humiliation that this Alvarez did to him and the other three by the hands of Vext. Tiuh only gritted his teeth in anger at the sight of the Dragon Slayer as he gripped the handle of his blade harder.
"You dare strike us on our own vessel? You have some nerve." Tiuh gritted his teeth once more as he spoke those words towards Romeo, who retained his smirk still on his face as the solider around him were now groaning in pain from the surprise landing and shockwave by the All Magic Dragon Slayer.
"What? Not going to wonder who I am? Usually people who try to take over other worlds would gloat about who they are." Romeo mocked, hoping to get under the silver armored man's skin. This would work as Tiuh glared even harder towards the dark purple haired young teenager, not liking how this boy thought he was some arrogant and mindless meathead.
"The only thing you will know of me is that you will fall to my blade!" Tiuh exclaimed as he raised his sword up high above him. He will defeat this unknown enemy in the name and honor of Alvarez!
Without warning the blade was suddenly covered by a light blue yet chaotic energy-like aura, getting Romeo to be on alert as he grabbed the two daggers that were on his waist, since all of his other weapons were either destroyed or lost throughout his and his allies' journey.
And then like that Tiuh bolted towards Romeo with incredible speed as Romeo widened his eyes before he was able to duck from the swing of his blade by a narrow margin. Powering up Romeo delivered a kick towards the silver armored man's stomach, pushing him back as the collision unleashed yet about blast of air around, blowing away the soldiers and others who were around with some of them falling off the deck and plummeting deep into the ocean below. Ignoring this Romeo looked on as he saw Tiuh recover quickly before he started to dash over towards him once more with his empowered blade in hand. Romeo responded by jumping backwards landing elsewhere onto the ship while Tiuh pursuit him, swinging his blade as Romeo continued to dodge each swing one after another as the two practically jumped all over the large airship of war. All the while the soldiers and others who tried to come to aid their commander were unable to get close towards the two waging forces, being blown away from the sheer power alone emitting from Romeo or from his forceful landings causing them to be blown back due to the shockwaves emitted.
Romeo brought his daggers to the front to attempt to block another swing of Tiuh's blade instead of just constantly jumping all over the place only for the empowered blade to easily cut through the two small weapons, shattering them like nothing as the Dragon Slayer widen his eyes before landing back onto the deck with Tiuh right before him who was grinning albeit his helmet blocked this from being seen.
"The heck?" Romeo questioned while remaining on alert of the enemy before him, having no idea how the silver armored man was able to break his blades so easily before he threw the now useless weapons to the ground. Seeing this got Tiuh to let out a laugh of mockery.
"Foolish boy, you think you can stand against my blade?" Tiu mocked as he held his blade right in front of him while it was still empowered by the light blue chaotic energy-like aura wrapped around it, "I possess the ability to wrap any blade I wield in a tachyon energy field. With it I am able to strike any foe and anything down. No matter how strong or tough you are, I will cut through you!"
No other words were spoken as Tiuh charged forward once more with the empowered blade in hand, getting Romeo to dodge the slash as the silver armored man proceeded to unleash a fury of slashes in hopes to land a hit and a killing blow to the dark purple haired Dragon Slayer. However Romeo wasn't going to let that happen as he continued to dodge each swing after swing as those around them if they were watching the scene would only see a blur of sword swings with Romeo dodging every single one.
For despite what he heard Tiuh exclaimed, Romeo remained confidence as he gained another grin on his face as he jumped back away from the silver armored man, who looked to see his enemy landing further back elsewhere on the large airship, angering him how the boy refused to meet his end by his hands.
'What an idiot! Now I know what to watch for!' Romeo thought to himself as he started to empower his fists with his All Magic Dragon Slaying Magic, intending on humiliating this enemy before taking him out while Tiuh dashed towards him once more.
Meanwhile on the nearby airships near the main airship, E.N.D was seen landing directly onto one of the decks of them as Observer and Acnologia also landed on the nearby other airships with ease. Grinning from ear to ear, the Fel Demon looked to see the soldiers and other threats all around him charging at him with weapons in hand to defend against this intruder.
"Aw, how nice of the meat to come to the meat grinder!" E.N.D mocked as he moved in for the kill with ease, making sure to take his time to kill and beat down those on this flying vessel. Unknown to the Fel Demon, Observer and Acnologia proceeded to do the same on the airships they have landed on.
Back with Romeo and Tiuh, no other living entity on the vessel were able to get close to the silver armored man and the dark purple haired young teenager as Tiuh only continued to remain on the offensive while Romeo kept moving and jumping all over the place to avoid being hit by the silver armored man's weapon. Deciding to change the tactic, Romeo landed onto his feet before bolting towards Tiuh, getting him to be surprised before he tried to bring his blade down upon the approaching Dragon Slayer. This proved to be futile as Romeo then suddenly vanished before appearing right behind the silver armored man as the young teenager delivered a powerful Dragon's Fist into the back of his head, sending him crashing into the deck beneath him while Romeo followed up with a roundhouse Dragon's Kick, launching him up into the air and crashing into a nearby case of stairs, knocking down those who were present with a few being blown off the ship and into the waters below. Recovering Tiuh let out a shout of anger before pulling out multiple shurikens in hand, empowering them with his tachyon energy field before firing them from his hand and towards Romeo. Seeing this the boy merely charged forward all the while effortlessly dodging the empowered projectiles before appearing once more in front of Tiuh, who didn't have the time to react as Romeo delivered a powerful uppercut thus sending him flying into the air. Following up Romeo sucked in the surrounding air around him before firing off an All Magic Dragon's Roar, hitting his target with ease which caused a massive explosion to fill the air that shook the entire airship as Tiuh crashed into the ground nearby on the deck.
Much of his armor was now broken, with his visible skin burned from the sheer chaotic energy of the Dragon Slayer's Magic. Nevertheless the silver armored man got back onto his feet as he glared with hate towards the still young teenager, who was smirking as his Magic was enveloped in his hands once more.
"You dare make a fool out of me?!" Tiuh shouted, gripping his blade once more while still using his ability to empower the weapon, "I will make you pay for this humili-!"
Multiple large explosions grabbed his attention as he looked around from his enemy and towards the space around his vessel only to widen his eyes in horror from the sight of his fleet being taken down one by one as he saw the forms of E.N.D, Observer and Acnologia jumping or teleporting to each ship before making quick work of them once more as the remains of the ships plummeted down into the sea below.
"No… NO!" Tiuh shouted in horror from the loss of not only his fleet but for the lost lives of the men and women who were stationed on each ship, completely letting his guard down and forgetting about Romeo's presence before him. A mistake that was about to cost him greatly.
"GOT YOU!" Romeo shouted before reappearing right in front of Tiuh, surprising the silver armored man as he tried to react in time to defend himself. Sadly for the commander of the fleet he was a second too slow as Romeo kicked his sword out of his hands and up into the air.
The All Magic Dragon Slayer then jumped into the air before grabbing the blade while in midair before swinging it down upon the shocked silver armored commander, who was unable to save himself in time as the blade effectively cutting right through his body in two and crashing through the deck of the ship into a lower layer, putting an end to the silver armored man as his halves fell onto the floor with blood and organs pouring out from the sliced halves.
Landing on his feet, Romeo looked up at the sight of the sliced up corpse as he grinned, his frustrating with this Alvarez calming down a bit from the humiliation by Vext's hands from the past Earthland. Although despite this…
"Huh, I thought that would be harder." Romeo muttered as he was a bit disappointed from the lack of challenge from this fight.
Shaking his head from that, he looked around to see himself now in one of the lower layers of the airship he was on, with the shock soldiers and others present with wide eyes and horror from the sight of the remains of their commander before him. As explosions could be heard once more due to E.N.D, Acnologia and Observer taking out the remaining airships nearby, Romeo prepared to finish the left over forces on this airship.
"AVENGE THE COMMANDER!" A nearby soldier shouted, rallying the others as they charged towards the Dragon Slayer, refusing to go down without honor and fighting for the fallen.
Romeo only sighed from their words before grinning once more, charging in as he started to make quick work of the men and women trying to bring them down.
Elsewhere on the large airship in one of the lower levels of it, a few soldiers and engineers were present as they were in the hanger where they kept the last Mana Bomb, their faces crestfallen as they hear the loss of their brothers and sisters to the enemy up above and around them. Trying their best to ignore the fighting and bloodshed up above, the group make work on setting up the weapon to prepare it for detonation.
"Are you sure this will work?" A soldier questioned with a soft tone, unsure if the weapon was powerful enough to defeat the four enemies taking them out like nothing.
"What other choice do we have? Even if it doesn't I would rather throw my life away to have at least tried to defeat this threat to Alvarez than dying without so." Another soldier nearby informed her fellow soldier, standing before a control panel as the engineers finished the work needed to prepare the Mana Bomb for detonation.
"Everything is set; you may press the button to detonate the bomb when you're ready." One of the engineers informed the others, as the rest remained quiet while the soldiers also remained silent, knowing that this will be their final moments of life.
Up above them a few floors up, Romeo was seen striking down a large armored man with a fist through the stomach, getting the soldier to spew up blood before Romeo retracted his arm, allowing the body to fall to the floor while the Dragon Slayer looked around to see the corpses all around him.
"Romeo." The young teenager turned around to see Observer appearing from his Cosmic Energy-like mists and right behind the dark purple haired Dragon Slayer.
"Observer, you guys finished up the other ships already?" Romeo questioned, as he didn't think it would be that quick for them to do.
"We have, I think E.N.D and Acnologia are finishing up the rest as we speak. I ran into little trouble. Did you defeat the one in charge of the fleet?" The living constellation informed and asked Romeo, wondering if the main threat of the fleet was taken care of.
"Yeah, I managed to defeat him. While it was pretty easy, I will admit that if he got the drop on me I don't know if I would have survived." Romeo admitted, recalling what his ability with this tachyon energy field on his sword could do if he wasn't careful.
The two's conversation didn't continue as without warning E.N.D and Acnologia appeared up above them, smashing through the floors before arriving right next to the startled Romeo and Observer. Shaking the dust and slight debris off of them, the two turned to see Romeo and Observer right next to them.
"Oh hit there, didn't expect to see you two here." E.N.D joked with a grin, glad to see that the two and Acnologia weren't killed by anything stupid.
"You both finished up already?" Observer questioned as Acnologia nodded with a grin.
"It was easy. Mere soldiers are easy to take down when you're not careless," The Dragon King replied back to the living constellation before moving onward, "So I take it you're just finishing up on this ship?"
"Yeah, I already taken down the commander leading the fleet." Romeo informed the demon and dragon with a grin on his face.
"I'm still mad that you went ahead and hogged this ship for yourself! I wanted to take this one out dang it!" E.N.D pointed out with an annoyed look as he complained. He wanted to fight whoever was leading the fleet, but Romeo took that from him already.
"Is it really that important?" Observer couldn't help but ask the Fel Demon, not seeing why that bothered E.N.D so much.
"YES!" E.N.D shouted back at him, getting Romeo to sigh from the demon's usual antics while Acnologia only rolled his eyes from the sight of it all.
Unknown to the four, back below them in the hanger, the soldiers and engineers were ready to detonate the Mana Bomb. The group was all hurdled up around one another as they all prepared to throw their lives away in hopes of bringing their enemy with them.
Memories of their loved ones filled their mind as the soldier before the control panel brought out her necklace she wore into her hands, looking at the picture that was attached to it, which showed her family consisting of her husband, her three children and her grandparents as a tear went down her face as did the others, though the helmets of the soldiers made it impossible for anyone to notice this.
"Everyone… it's been an honor to fight by your side," She merely muttered as her finger hovered over the button while the others around her only nodded in agreement. She took a deep breathe before muttering her final words as she proceeded to press the button, "For Alvarez…"
And with that, the large Mana Bomb before them started to act up as pure Arcane Magic started to be unleash, shaking the entire airship.
This didn't go unnoticed by the four Multiverses' travelers, seeing the sudden chaotic movements of the airship, causing them to grow puzzled as the ship continued to shake.
"Huh, what's going on?" Acnologia questioned, as he and the other three were also puzzled from it all.
But then their eyes widened when they felt a large source of some unknown Magic beneath as it was about to implode. None of them questioned it as Observer widened his eyes before recalling Nydal being close by, realizing that whatever was about to happen in a second might take the city and the coast with it despite the distance.
And so with a mighty shout, the constellar unleashed his power once more as he envelope them and the entire airship they stood in with his Cosmic Energy.
"Observer! What are you-?" Romeo started too questioned in puzzlement before the effects of Observer's action took effect.
If any in Nydal or along the coast were watching, then they would have seen the last flying airship suddenly been envelope with an unusual blue energy-like substance before completely vanishing in a blight blue flash of light, blinding them all as it covered the air high above the surface of the ocean.
A moment later and it faded, leaving nothing but empty air behind as the wreckage of the fleet in the ocean were all but remained.
'ANOTHER EARTHLAND'
*BOOM*
The moment the airship remerged high above the world below in it's mesosphere, the Mana Bomb fully went off as raw Arcane Magic was unleashed with the force of a nuclear explosion, completely covering the sky all around as the intensity of the blast could be seen from space alone as those who were on the airship met their end.
All but Romeo, E.N.D, Acnologia and Observer however, as the four were spotted now plummeting far down towards the planet below, mostly unharmed by the bomb's power as they were able to withstand it with ease. However now they were in a different situation at the moment.
"GAH!" Romeo, E.N.D and Acnologia shouted from it all, from being slammed by a force of pure Arcane Magic that sent them all flying and now plummeting towards the planet below. Observer remained silence, being unaffected by the fall.
"HEY OBSERVER WHAT HAPPENED TO INFORMING US ABOUT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT YOU F**K?!" E.N.D shouted as they continued to plummet towards the world below, however the demon wasn't really that bothered by the fall to be honest, as he and the others survived much worse than this.
"Not enough time. I didn't want the risk of the city nearby to have been affected by the explosion so I moved us elsewhere in hopes of avoiding such a fate." Observer calmly replied back to the demon, not at all bothered by the fact that they were falling at an incredible speeds from being all the way up in the planet's atmosphere.
Ignoring this Acnologia got his bearings in order as he looked down below him, seeing how close they were approaching the planet beneath them, more specifically looked what seemed to be an ocean awaiting to break their fall.
"Huh, looks like we're about to get wet." The Dragon King casually muttered, but still loud enough for the other three to hear his words thus getting them to look down to see them approaching water.
"OH SWEET! CANNONBALL!" E.N.D shouted with a grin before getting into a position like how one would jump into a poll by bringing their knees into their chest and wrapping their arms around them.
This got Romeo to look over at the Fel Demon with a deadpanned stare.
"…Really?" He couldn't help but questioned the demon, who only grinned wider from hearing his words.
"Hehe." The Fel Demon let out a small chuckle as the four continued to plummet down towards the sea below.
And only a few moments later did the four crashed into the ocean, causing a large splash of water to erupt into the air from the impact. Even a few fish were seen being thrown up into the air from it all before they fell back into the waters they called home as things seemed to calm down once more.
This would end as a minute passed by before E.N.D, Romeo, Acnologia and Observer's heads emerged from the surface of the water, with Romeo spewing out a stream of the liquid from his mouth while E.N.D was seen coughing as if he swallowed something, all of them now completely wet for obvious reasons.
"…That hurt a bit." Romeo admitted, referring to crashing into the water from so far up basically near space itself as his hair was now wet and down.
"*HACK* I THINK I SWALLOWED A FISH!" E.N.D shouted as he continued to cough for the next few minutes from the water and according to him a fish from entering his mouth and body.
After a short period the four calm downed as Acnologia looked around their surroundings, seeing a few islands nearby as the oceans separated them from being close to one another. Observer also looked around while Romeo made sure E.N.D was alright.
"So… where are we?" Acnologia couldn't help but ask as the four remained floating in the water.
"I do not recognize these islands, but it seems we might be in an archipelago. I can see each nearby island seems to have a city. We can swim over towards one of them and regroup there." Observer pointed out, figuring that was the best plan on action for the time being.
A loud horn grabbed their attention as the four turned their heads only to see what looked like a cruise ship nearby, slowly moving across the sea. Seeing this got E.N.D's interest more than the nearby islands as a grin appeared on his face.
"That looks interesting. Come on, let's go check it out!" E.N.D told the others.
He didn't let the other three get a word in before the Fel Demon started to swim towards the large ocean vessel as Romeo sighed from the demon's excitement for a boat before swimming right after him. Figuring that he might as well follow Acnologia also took off with them. Observer being the last to swim after them, he didn't see why they would prefer a ship over actual land but still went along with it none the less.
'UNKNOWN'
The forces of the Fel Etherious of all kinds were all around full in activity as Brolgoth made his way through the massive deck of his personal moon sized ship, followed by a few of his generals and scientists in the process. The tall and muscular demon had an angered expression on his face as the emptiness of space was the only thing around them all, burned and destroyed worlds being the only thing that were seen in the distance of every direction.
"You have been disappointing me, I expect our kind to achieve nothing but victory yet you been suffering losses from mere mortals." The powerful demon stated without looking at his generals and scientists, but nevertheless getting them all to feel ashamed and fearful from the leader's tone, sensing the anger within him.
"Forgive us our lord, but this Alvarez is proving to me a formidable opponent. But we have been emerging victorious over many battles with them." One of them responded, being more monstrous in appearance compared to the others around him as he tried to assure one of the leaders of their kind.
"How many victories over losses though? The fact that we're failing at all not only to them but to that accursed inferior version of our Lord and his band of mortal filth, how do you explain that failure general? Not only have they been ravaging our forces scattered across creation but the fact that none of you have been able to stop them is pitiful in itself." Brolgoth questioned and stated once more with his tone filling those around him with fear from angering him.
Not even bothering to get an answer he continued onward as he approached a group of demons near the end of the deck of the massive demonic warship they were on. Sensing his presence, they all turned around before looking at the black haired Fel Etherious with excitement.
"Lord Brolgoth, it's good to see you once more." One of them greeted him as they bowed towards him, as he walked right to their side.
However his eyes weren't on them, but on the sight before them all that had his attention. A small smile on his face appeared as Brolgoth looked on with pride.
"Ah… its doing well I see." Brolgoth responded with his smile still on his face.
The sight he and all the other demons were viewing and before of? The sight of a lifeless and shattered world was before them all; completely infused and corrupted with Fel Energy as the space around the decimated world was warped along with the rest of the universe they were in, having fallen to the might of the demons. Multiple demonic ships the size of nations was also seen hovering around the ruined world to keep watch over it also.
But it wasn't the planet itself that they were looking at to say, but what was covering the planet that had their attention.
Wrapped all around the broken and lifeless planet was a massive creature made up of a massive mass vine-like black skinned green spiked tentacles with Fel Energy flowing through its body, with a massive dark green and dark blue eyeball being right in front of the moon size demonic warship as it looked around, its attention not on a single thing. Multiple ends of its vine-like tentacle body were seen being pushed out and into portals that the mighty planet size monstrosity was opening before retracting them all back once more, closing the portals before opening new ones and repeating the cycle once again.
Each portal it opened led to an Earthland where it would send one of its mighty vine-like appendages to pierce the planet, destroying it completely while sucking in the souls of all that inhabit it into itself to sustain it. This mighty creature alone was responsible for the genocide and destruction of countless worlds.
Brolgoth looked on with a sense of pride at the sight of the unholy abomination as its massive eye continued to look around. The demonic leader turned his attention over to the demons in charge of looking after his pet.
"It's been a couple years since I last checked on my pet. Tell me, how many Earthlands has it wiped out. Last I remember it destroyed over six million by then." Brolgoth asked, and not wanting to keep him waiting for an answer one of the Fel Etherious who looked more human compared to the others spoke up with a twisted grin as she held a board in her hands.
"It has been doing phenomenal my lord. Even as we speak which you can see before you, it's continuing to open the way and destroying many of the mortal worlds of Earthland with each moment's passing. Adding the numbers up since it begun this it has wiped out over two hundred and thirty million Earthlands all on its own my lord." The female Fel Etherious date collector informed him, getting him to smile even wider as he looked back towards the sight of the mighty mass of tentacles.
"It has done well, but it's time I draw on its aid to deal with a problem we've been having." Brolgoth told the others, surprising them from his words before calming down; knowing that trying to speak against this would only resort in punishment.
Taking a few step forwards, Brolgoth looked at his pet with pride and with a twisted sense of joy. As much as he hated to have to resort to using it, the demon refused to allow their enemies to continue to humiliate them like this. So his pet will be the one to end this pathetic resistance against their crusade once and for all.
"Felkon my pet!" Brolgoth shouted as his voice boomed across from the ship towards the massive mass of vine-like tentacles that covered the planet before them.
The named planet sized creature heard its master's call as its massive eye focused in on where its master was on the near end of the deck of the mighty demonic warship.
"Look at you, you've grown so much. You're power has also jumped greatly with the souls of the worlds you devoured and destroyed. But now I call upon you my pet… for I have prey for you hunt." Brolgoth finished with a twisted smirk on his face.
That alone got Felkon's eye to widen as a loud demonic yet high screech echoed from the creature and throughout the demonic forces all around, listening well on what its master wanted it to do.
Huh, now that don't look good. And yes in case it wasn't obvious this giant planet size monster is indeed based off of Dharkon from Super Smash Brother Ultimate because I'm unoriginal.
Some of you might be thinking "Hundreds of millions?! Isn't that too much to destroy already?!" Not really, after all the alternate timelines are supposedly infinite, so honestly a few hundred million planets being destroyed isn't a lot in long run when you think about it.
But yeah, this a look of things to come that I'm excited to get too. Hopefully I don't end up screwing it up, but only time will tell.
Next time, prepare for a character from "thehappy" to appear once again since I like doing crossover things with him. In case you don't' know who that is, go check his stories out, they're pretty unique.
Anyway, what did you all think? Good? Bad? Excited for what's to come? Let me know.
See you all next time, whenever that will be.
