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Chapter 28: Battle With Relius

Takuto could only watch in horror as Wako and Carl let out agonizing screams while they are being electrocuted inside their cells.

"Stop it! Stop doing this!" Takuto pleaded in horror.

"You know Takuto, I'm surprised your wife too as the same level of magic as you. Soon, I shall collect enough magic to change this world with Cornelia." Relius said with a smirk.

"RELIUS!"

Relius widens his eyes when he hears the voice and suddenly, without warning, the blast of demonic magic blasts through the floor and both Relius and Takuto falls back. The two look up and sees Darren floating in the air with his demonic wings on his back.

"Darren!" Takuto said happily. Relius turns his head around and sees Erza, Natsu, Lucy, Gray, Wendy, Juvia, Jellal, Mirajane, Judith, Yuri and Estelle running over.

"You're not getting away, Relius!" Erza shouted angrily, gripping her swords tightly.

"Darren!" Takuto yelled at him. "Save Carl and Wako!" Darren turns around and sees Carl and Wako still being electrocuted in their cells. Darren nods his head and flies over.

"No! You're not destroying my plans again, Darren Leong!" Relius yelled. He was about to extend his hand out but Takuto yells as he tackles Relius to the ground and sits above him.

"How dare you hurt my wife!" Takuto yelled furiously as he picks up his Star Sword Emeraude from the floor and points the tip of its blade at Relius's neck. "Now surrender and accept your punish-"

Before Takuto could finish talking, Relius turns his head and extends his hand at the laboratory table. Takuto gasped as he turns his head and sees the table heading towards him. Takuto quickly gets off from Relius and as the table approaches him, he swings his Star Sword vertically and slices the table in half.

Unfortunately, this also leaves Takuto open and Relius quickly lifts his leg up and kicks him in the gut. Takuto groans as he falls on his back.

Relius gets up and sees the prison cells are now open and damaged. Darren lifts his demonic hands up and shot two small blasts at Carl and Wako's chains. The chains break and Carl and Wako both land on the ground.

Darren goes over to Carl and lifts his body up. He looks down at him and sees that he is slowly opening his eyes.

"Darren?" Carl murmured.

"It's okay, the others and I are getting you out of here." Darren smiled at him while grabbing his hand.

"No you're not!" Relius yelled. Darren, Carl and Wako look up and see Relius turning around and he extends his hand at the other wizards and fighters.

"Req Vinum!" Relius yelled and creates a huge magic barrier that blocks the doorway. "Try to go through that, Fairy Tail!"

"Oh no! We WILL go inside!" Lucy shouted as she takes out one of her celestial keys.

Relius now turns to Darren, Carl and Wako and stretches out his hand at them. "Id Lauger!" He shouted.

Carl widens his eyes and gasped. "WATCH OUT!"

Suddenly, a huge mechanical hand comes out from Relius's sleeves and reaches out for the three.

Darren tosses Carl over to Wako, who quickly catches him with her arms and he yells as he uses right demonic hand to grasp the mechanical hand and stops to wrestle with it.

"It seems you have grown stronger after ten years, Darren Leong." Relius said to him. "But you will never stop me and Cornelia from bringing our plans to full fruition!"

"Talk all you want, Relius." Darren replied. "But I will stop you from destroying Earthland because you may be a master alchemist who has every knowledge in dark magic and an entire army of fallen creatures, but you will never have one thing which is the secret to making me strong again!"

"And what is that?! TELL ME!" Relius demanded.

"FRIENDS!" Darren yelled back and using all of his strength, he crushes Relius's mechanical hand and the alchemist widens his eyes in horror.

"NO!" Relius cried. Suddenly, Takuto yells as he gets up and charges over to Relius swings his Star Sword Saphir horizontally at him. Relius yells in pain as his stomach is slashed. He backs away and suddenly, the magic barrier which was guarding the doorway was broken open. The explosion knocks Relius back and he falls to the ground flat on his face. He gets up and turns around to see Loke standing at the doorway adjusting his glasses.

"Great work Loke!" Lucy said.

"Anything for you Lucy." Loke replied calmly.

"Come! Let's take him out!" Gray yelled as he and the others enter the room.

"No! It can't end like this!" Relius said as he staggers up to his feet. However, as soon as he stands up, Wendy, Lucy and Jellal go over to Relius and the three punch Relius in the face together. As Relius steps back, Gray goes over to him and swings his ice hammer at him.

"Ice Make: Hammer!" Gray yelled and he hits Relius hard in the face with it, sending him spinning around.

"LUNA GALE!" Judith shouted as she jumps in the air and delivers several kicks to Relius's face, sending him staggering back and towards Carl, whom has got back up to his feet.

"Laetabillis Cantata!" Carl yelled as he summons a huge golden gear and the gear swiftly spins towards his father, knocking him back.

"Dance, my Blades. CIRCLE SWORD!" Erza shouted as she swings both of her swords at Relius and they both slash across his body and sends him staggering back.

"WATER WHIP!" Juvia yelled as she swings his water whip at Relius and knocks him further back. Yuri and Estelle both run over to him and go behind him.

"This is for Carl!" Estelle yelled angrily as both she and Yuri punch him together in the back, sending Relius walking forward.

Natsu now goes over to him and punches him in the gut. Relius gasped for air as Natsu delivers another punch. He says the following words every time he lands at punch at any part of Relius's body.

"YOU…ARE…THE…WORST…FATHER…EVEEEEEEEERRRRRRRR!"

Natsu finishes this by delivering one powerful punch across Relius's cheek and the blow sends him flying into the air and breaks through the ceiling of the mansion. But they were not done yet. Mirajane, still in her demonic form, flies swiftly over to Relius and grabs his ankle. Mirajane then spins around in incredible speed and tosses Relius back into the mansion.

"He's all yours!" Mirajane yelled.

"Care to do it with me, Darren?" Natsu asked, lighting his fist in fire.

"Sure thing." Darren replied as he curls his right demonic hand into a fist. The two let out their yells as they deliver their punches as Relius approaches towards them and the two men punch him hard in the gut and the blow sends him falling through the huge hole and he crash-landed at the bottom floor.

Everybody all let out huge sighs as the battle is over. Erza changes back into her normal armor, Mirajane transforms back into her normal human form and Lucy summons Loke back into the Spirit World. Takuto puts away his Star Swords and run over to Wako.

"Wako!" Takuto cried.

"Takuto!" Wako cried back to him as she gets up. The couple then pull themselves into a loving embrace. "Takuto, I'm so sorry I got you hurt. They kidnapped me from out of nowhere and I got myself into danger."

"It's okay Wako. At least you're safe." Takuto smiled as he strokes her hair.

"Carl!" Estelle cried as she goes over to Carl.

"Estelle!" Carl said and the two pull themselves into an embrace as well.

"Carl! I'm so sorry!" Estelle wailed as tears pool out from her eyes and spill onto Carl's cape.

"It's okay Estelle." Carl said as tears are forming in his eyes as well.

"Carl…I…I didn't mean…I never meant…for this…to happen to you…I…I'm sorry!" Estelle managed to whimper between sobs.

"Estelle, it's alright. I'm just glad to have you back in your normal self." Carl replied. "I'm happy for you."

Everybody else present in the room smile as they watch the two embrace. After the two pull away from each other, Estelle goes over to Darren with a frown.

"Darren…" Estelle spoke up as she wipes her tears. "I'm sorry."

"For what, Lady Estellise?" Darren asked her.

"At first, I have no intentions in forgiving you. But now, I have learnt the truth and that I should have never give myself into my hatred. Because of my desire to take revenge on you, I was the cause of all this trouble…and I'm sorry." Estelle said sadly.

"Estelle, revenge will never bring back the lives of the dead. We just need to find the strength to live on. I forgive you." Darren said.

"And I forgive you too." Estelle replied. She and Darren then pull themselves into a warm embrace of forgiveness.

"It's so good that Estelle and Darren finally forgive each other!" Wendy smiled.

Lucy turns to Takuto and Wako and asked, "Wako, why would Relius capture you?"

"Because..." Wako said. "I was the one who gave Takuto his magic powers."

"Really?" Erza widens her eyes at them.

"Yes." Takuto nodded his head. "After I married Wako, she revealed to me that inside her body is magical galactic power. As her husband, I now have the right of inherit her power and that is how I got my magical powers."

"I'm not a magic-user but my body still does contain magic." Wako said.

Then, everybody heard a moan. Everybody present in the room, gathered around the hole and look down to see Relius twitching at the bottom floor.

His mask has been broken in half, revealing his true face. His face is filled with bruises and his body is badly injured.

"It…would be nice…if somebody…delivers the final blow to me…ending my life." Relius managed to say. "All of you seem like perfect candidates…Darren, do you wish to avenge Noel by ending my life? Estelle, do you wish to avenge your family's deaths and Carl's kidnapping? Carl, do you wish to avenge your mother and sister? Yuri, do you wish to avenge yourself for kidnapping you and endangering your mother? Takuto, do you wish to avenge your wife for her kidnapping? Judith, do you wish to avenge your race for the destruction of Kalafina which cause their exile? And all of Fairy Tail, do you wish to avenge yourselves for the hurting and kidnapping of your friends? Anyone of you…go ahead…and fulfil your destiny in killing me."

Everybody narrow their eyes angrily at Relius.

"You don't get it, do you Relius?" Darren said to him. "Revenge will get us nothing. We will not kill you." Everybody else nods their heads and walk away, leaving Relius behind.

"Ugh…" Relius groans in pain. "How dare you…let me die…in shame…" He then lets out one final breath, closes his eyes and slumps his head to the side.


Later that evening, everybody including Happy, Charle and Lihua are sitting together at the town's pier in silence as they all watch the sun setting down from the sky.

"My father is finally gone…" Carl said grimly. "But why doesn't anyone of us feel satisfied?"

"Because of our work isn't done." Darren replied as he clutches his fists tightly. "Tomorrow, we're heading back to Alahorn."

"Let's stop Cornelia and prevent Earthland from perishing." Judith added.

"Let's teach that witch a few magic tricks of our own." Jellal said, narrowing his eyes.

"And we shall stop her together." Lucy nods his head. Everybody stood up as the sun completely sets off and night has fallen.

"Come everyone…let's save Earthland." Natsu said to everyone, slamming his fists together. Everybody nod in agreement.

"Prince Yuri!"

Everybody turn around and see an Alahornian knight riding his horse towards them. A woman is sitting behind him. Yuri widens his eyes, recognizing the both of them.

"Flynn! Mom!"

Flynn gets off his horse and helps the queen consort to land on the ground safely.

"Mother! You're safe!" Yuri said as he hugs his mother.

"Yuri! I was so worried about you!" The queen consort said in relief as she rubs the back of her son. As the two pull away from their hug, everybody else walk up to them.

"I see you made many new friends during our exile." The queen consort said as she sees everybody standing behind Yuri.

"Yeah, I sure did." Yuri smiled.

"Prince Yuri, hate to interrupt your reunion." Flynn spoke up and Yuri turns his head to him. "But things have gone bad back at Alahorn."

END OF CHAPTER

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