Hello everyone, it is I once more with another chapter for you all to either enjoy or despise with all of your hatred. Whatever works for you all.
For this chapter, we will be focusing on some characters that belong to "thehappy" as well as those of the world hopping Alvarez Empire once again. This will be the first time that I will be using a lot of his characters at once, so hopefully I don't screw this up for him to hunt me down and have my head hanging from his wall.
So yeah, let's dive into the chapter shall we?
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Chapter Twenty Nine: The Pastor of Darkness
'EARTHLAND J21'
A busy city was spotted surrounded by opened plain fields, which much of the flat land either being used as farmland, training fields outside of the city or were being used as oil fields run by those of the Steampunk Cartel. The city itself was grand in nature, with architecture that showed off the new culture and values that Alvarez put in place on this Earthland after it came under their flag some time ago.
With the rule of Alvarez came new opportunities and paths that those before Alvarez's arrival on this world lacked. With new schools, jobs, technology consisting both Magic and science as one, knowledge, career paths that weren't allowed, the right of self defense to even the powerless citizens, and more that the world and many others with it lacked, this Earthland came to prosper under the flag of Alvarez even of much of the planet was originally taken through force and shedding of blood of those who resisted. Yet overtime many grew to prefer the new leadership of this multiverse spanning Empire mainly due to the freedoms they were given and how crime went down greatly. That and much lower taxes and more means to allow those to have and expand their families.
Currently in the city of what has been renamed as Belseria, in a school that was currently in the middle of its early hours showed a classroom with a teacher explaining the history of the human race to the young students in uniform that filled the room.
The teacher in question was of average height and looked to be middle aged yet has a lean muscular built. Possessing a black goatee, black short hair and yellow colored eyes, he also wore his teacher uniform which consisted that of a blue collared fancy button up shirt, black fancy pants and brown boots. A scar could be seen over his left eye going through his eyebrow. This man was named Marek Stanek, a former soldier who now teaches those about Alvarez and history in general.
"As you all can see here," Marek started to explain as a hologram showing a still picture of giants that could rival the size of mountains themselves appeared to his right for the young students to see, "These behemoth humanoids, known as the Gigantes Race, were the first of what the Gods of Earthland shaped to be just like them in design to rule over much of Earthland. Over time however, a defect began to occur within their biological systems. Smaller babies were born and became more common which lead to the race of giants such as those who live in the Sun Village. Eventually this smaller race of giants became to develop the same defect as their much larger ancestors did, much smaller children began to be born. These tiny frail humanoids would become the first humans of Earthland, eventually taking over as the main population as tribes and clans for many years before the first human civilizations would begin to pop up."
As he finished explaining that, he took note of the students who were paying close attention to this knowledge, with many writing them down in their notes. One of the students brought a smile to the black haired man's face, as the youngster question was none other than this Earthland's version of the Emperor, who was happily writing what he just heard down with a smile on his face.
This young version of the Emperor was found stumbling through a forest during their conquest of the planet. Seeing that he was lost and had nowhere to go, they managed to bring him to civilization and helped him adjust to normal life. Or as normal as one can be when you have many different ideologies and beliefs within the structure that was Alvarez. The young version of the Emperor lived alone, preferring to be on his own in a house that was provided to him. Nevertheless, kind neighbors around him still helped the kid with certain tasks or taught him other things to help him fit in. In Marek's eyes, it was a much bigger improvement compared to the kind of care most versions of the Emperor went with destructive delinquent get togethers known as guilds.
Though if he were to be honest, it was a bit weird teaching a version of the Emperor, a being who was considered to be a God amongst many within Alvarez, especially those who are followers of the Emperor's Truth. An ideology and religion that declares the Emperor to be a divine being, that everything he says is truth and must be followed, and to follow a lifestyle that matches that of the Emperor in order to be like his image. A bit ironic Marek would admit considering that the Emperor was a demon of the Twisting Nether even if he was born and created on Earthland.
"Are there any questions?" Marek asked the young students, pushing those thoughts to the side for the time being.
Only Natsu raised his hand, which got the man to smile softly once more as he looked over towards this world's version of the Emperor.
"Yes Natsu?" Marek asked him with Natsu lowering his hand with a grin on his face.
"When can we have lunch?" He asked, happiness plastered on his face.
This merely got Marek to gain a deadpanned stare before facepalming, which confused Natsu and got some of the other students to snicker, with the girl students finding the pink haired boy's innocence cute. While the young Natsu was willing to learn and soak up new knowledge like a sponge, he still had his childish and innocent moments. Especially when food is involved.
'LATER'
Marek slammed his head on the table before him with a drink in hand, groaning out a little bit from the long tiring day of his job. As much as he enjoyed it, it can be extremely tiring when it wants to be.
"Geez… I didn't think today would be that exhausting." He muttered to himself and to the others around him, who either gave him sympathetic glances or puzzled expressions.
Currently, the group that Marek was apart of were in an opened outside mall, more specifically the food court. It was busy with life as many were either shopping, grabbing a bite to eat and who knows what else that was available for people to take part of. The occasional patrol guard or guards would be spotted to make sure nothing bad was happening or going to take place, but it was doubtful for something like that to happen.
Along with Marek were three other people hanging out with their friend. One of them was a woman in her late twenties many would consider beautiful, with long violet hair that went to her waist with a few braided locks over her shoulders, blue colored eyes, tan skin, a curvaceous body underneath her soldier garments, and a polearm and shield on her back, she was a fierce soldier who would throw her life away without a moment's hesitation in the name of the Emperor and for Alvarez. Her name is Hildburg Ute.
Along with her and Marek was a young man who looked no older than eighteen years old. He had short brown messy hair and green colored eyes. He had a lean muscular type of body which was hidden underneath his rather bulky marine armor compared to the rest of those at the table. A large blade strapped to his back and a pistol strapped to his waist, he was of the Marines within Alvarez's massive army. Aso Koremichi is his identity.
The last of the four at the table was also a male who looked to be in his mid-thirties. He possessed shaggy and untamed green colored hair that was mid length to his shoulders, and brown colored eyes. His skin was rather pale compared to the others, and he wore the normal shaman robes that those within Alvarez's ranks tend to wear to help identify their position within the army. A mace that was currently strapped to his waist could be spotted also. He was known as Lonan Pahama, a Shaman of the Elemental Circle.
"I mean, you're the one who decided to take up teaching after you retired from the military." Hildburg pointed out towards the black haired man, who lifted his head up to sent a small glare towards the violet haired woman.
"I'm fully aware of that Ute, I'm not complaining I'm just saying it was tiring today that's all." The history teacher responded back to the woman soldier who simply chuckled from the look he was receiving.
"Speaking of your job, apparently the school you're teaching at holds this world's version of the Emperor?" Lonan asked with a raised eyebrow, not sure if that was fully true or not since he was simply going by what he heard from others.
"Oh yeah I heard about that. Is it true?" Aso asked before taking a bit from his slice of cheese pizza.
"It is true, I teach him when he is in my history classes. He's a learner I will give him that, though some of his innocence tend to take hold and shine at times." Marek answered them, confirming their suspicions.
"That's rather interesting to hear. Even after all this time of going to so many alternate worlds, seeing these versions of the Emperor is something I've yet gotten used to." Hildburg admitted, recalling the times where she herself encountered a different version of the Emperor of Alvarez along with others in her squads or divisions she would be a part of.
"Tell me about it," Aso agreed as he drank a bit from his cola before sitting it back down on the table in front of him while facing the others still, "You're lucky Marek that this version of his Greatness is just a kid. And one that accepted things really well and quick. The few times I've personally seen a version of the Emperor haven't been… pleasant or endearing."
Hearing this got the others to be confused.
"How so? Can't be worse than some version of the Emperor that I have seen personally." Lonan asked with curiosity, seeing the subject changing from Marek's job as a teacher to about different versions of the Emperor in general.
"Well…," Aso started to share as the others listened with close attention, "There was one alternate double of our beloved Emperor where he was a Dragon Slayer under that Acnologia Dragon he killed centuries ago back home. I'm telling you; he was a total edgelord. Acting all dark for literally no reason other than the fact he killed innocents for no reason and trying to act cool, at least that's how I viewed it. He was quickly killed before he could cause further damage during our conquest of that Earthland." Aso explained one of his times encountering a version of the Emperor in person.
"Sounds like this one version I've seen personally," Lonan admitted as the others shifted their gazes towards him, "He was some horrendous Dark Mage who raped little girls and boys for fun. The way he acted was quite frankly cringy than threatening. Honestly if it weren't for knowing his vile actions and what he does I would assume he was just trying way too hard to act evil and whatnot. Luckily though that tainted form of the Emperor was brought to justice." And by justice Lonan meant given a horrible death by being crushed by the earth itself for the vileness that version of Natsu committed.
The other three gained disgusted looks from hearing what that counterpart of Emperor Natsu had done. The fact such a vile version of the Emperor existed disgusted them. At least this tainted counterpart was disposed of before he could have caused more harm.
"I must be the lucky one then. The only messed up version of the Emperor I personally have seen was a woman version of him named Natalia or something, and she was just some slut who loved to be gangbanged by a bunch of men at once. That degeneracy was quickly wiped clean. Then again that world in general was just really f**king weird and disturbing." Hildburg told the others, who were glad to hear such filth was slaughtered. Like, how could a woman consensually and want to do such disgusting acts like that just to please men? One would have to be completely pathetic to willingly want that.
Though her last sentence confused them a bit more.
"Weird and disturbing how?" Aso asked with curiosity, while Hildburg shuddered a little as she recalled that specific version of Earthland.
"Well… you all know how women get pregnant and give birth and all that right?" She asked the other three to make sure they were following so far, to which they were if the nodding of their heads were any confirmation. Seeing this prompted her to continue, "See… turns out that women there… don't give birth from the womb. Instead... down there… is apparently only for pleasure experiences only.
That slightly disturbed the three they wouldn't lie, though their confusion also only grew.
"What? Then how would a woman in that world be impregnated and give birth if not from… well you know…?" Marek asked while trying to not make it awkward from saying certain words.
"You all know where breastmilk comes from?" Hildburg asked them with a blank stare on her face.
Glass shattered into the minds of the teacher, Shaman and Marine as they all paled and their hair casting a shadow over their eyes as the dots connected. They did not just hear that correctly did they? Yet the expression the violet haired woman had showed them that they indeed did not hallucinate or misheard anything.
"…Please erase these mind images immediately." Lonan quietly begged to no one in particular, trying to block out that kind of image from appearing in his head. Aso also looked to be wishing the same things if his expression was any indication.
Marek remained frozen like a statue over hearing this for a few extra moments before violently shaking his heads in hopes of removing such a curse mental picture from his brain. Calming down he tried to move on from that piece of knowledge that they were better off not knowing about before looking back at Ute once again.
"Uh… ignoring all of that in hopes of never having to remember that ever again, all the other versions of the Emperor you've seen were normal?" Marek asked, to which the violet haired woman soldier nodded in confirmation, happy to move on from the subject as Lonan and Aso also managed to get over their own disturbance over that kind of world Hildburg had been too and seen.
"Basically yes. They were all either ordinary citizens with normal lives or were just righteous driving Mages who wanted to protect people and those they cared about. Like this one version of the Emperor who was just a Magicless baker who ran his own business." Hildburg told them all.
"Huh, that sounds like a comfy life. Just baking and serving others, seems like a quiet nice life." Aso admitted, not minding having a life like that if he were to one day retire from his services in the military.
"Speaking of other versions of the Emperor," Lonan started to say as the others looked towards his way once again, "I have heard of one that was from that one Earthland… uh what coordinates was it again… oh yeah, 8484-N. From what I heard from someone I know who was stationed there who heard about him, he was… well, basically an asshole. Heard he also looked like a hobo, probably molests his daughter on a daily basis too. Degenerate pedophilic hobo."
"Wait I think I heard of that Earthland, that was the one with the riots wasn't it?" Marek asked to make sure he was correct, which was confirmed when the Shaman nodded in confirmation, "That planet is curse, I'm telling you all."
This got the others to be puzzled.
"Cursed how?" Aso asked with a tilt of his head in confusion.
"For some reason the leadership that was put in place after it came under our control just out of nowhere became corruptive degenerate assholes who tormented the very people they were meant to protect! Thankfully they were lured away to some string of alternate Earthland that possess some kind of bacteria or something that killed them all, but then the new leadership of that planet acted like a bunch of idiots that decided to destroy those worlds instead of purifying them for settlement and requiring resources. I'm telling you, people sent there either become vile or become completely incompetent. Then of course riots started to break out all over the place when many of them found out that they've been lied to about how long they've been dead for and the acts of the old corruptive leadership. Seriously, that planet was probably just best better off left dead and not brought back. I know Lady Megara believes in second chances and whatnot, but it was not worth it if you asked me." Marek explained to the others, who gained slightly surprised expressions from hearing this.
"Seriously? How could that have happened? Why would they lie about something like that in the first place? You'd think the trials put in place by the Cult of Nazan would prevent such vileness from becoming accepted into the military let alone ascending to leadership roles." Aso shared his thoughts, not seeing how that would be possible.
"Occasionally some slip through the cracks, plus we all know even in our own leadership there are those who possess less than noble intentions. Just look at the Steampunk Cartel for example. While I admire the kind of technology they can create despite how unstable it all becomes, they're all greedy little bastards and b*tches who only want money and invent more crazy inventions. Their Trade Prince no exception." Hildburg shared with the others, referring to Spriggan Herman Malet.
It wasn't exactly a secret about the nature of the Steampunk Cartel within Alvarez. Where most of Alvarez use technology that uses both Magic and science as one, the Cartel completely discards the use of Magic when it comes to their inventions and devices. Having no care for any damages they cause to the environment around them, they have a dangerous sense of wanting to make money above all else alongside continuing to create their inventions and machines of war if it means making a profit. The fact that their creations tend to most of the time look like they were made of scraps stuck together without any sense of order, it was a miracle that most of the time these unstable machines were able to work without fail.
"Don't forget the followers of Nazan don't care whenever or not if those who join our ranks are of noble of heart or not. They no doubt are aware of what kind of people that constantly flow into the ranks, but more than likely just don't care." Marek also pointed out, while Lonan only growled slightly as he leaned back in his seat with his arms crossed over his chest.
"That Cult is bad news; they give me the creeps. Sometimes I wonder if they are only loyal to Spriggan Nazan and not to Alvarez as a whole." The Shaman couldn't help but tell the others, though it wasn't like they disagree with the green haired man.
The Cult of Nazan was somewhat of a controversial subject even amongst those within Alvarez itself. As the name suggests, the faction is a cult that orbits around the mysterious and unsettling Spriggan Nazan himself who is viewed as a God by those within the Cult. Where others would be taught to control and push back against negative emotions such as fear, despair, hatred and rage, the Cult instead embraces them to empower themselves. Dabbing in dark powers resembling that of what Nazan wields and possess unflinching royalty to the dark entity, many within the Empire have a rather unfavorable view of the Cult of Nazan at large. Especially those who were followers of other beliefs such as the Emperor's Truth or the Empress's Way, both ideologies and religions that state that only the Emperor and Empress were beings of divinity.
"Alright, enough about that right now. Let's talk about something else." Marek then spoke up in hopes of changing the topic to lift the mood up a bit.
"Agreed. But first, I'm going to get me more pizza." Aso stated as he stood up to go buy another slice from the food court around them.
As he went to do that, both Lonan and Hildburg also stood also from their seats.
"I'm going to get a refill; I'll be right back." Hildburg told them as she grabbed her empty drink before taking off to do just that.
"I will be doing the same." Lonan told Marek as he too grabbed his empty drink before heading towards elsewhere in the food court where he got his drink and food.
This left Marek on his own to ponder in his own thoughts for a few moments. Humming a little bit, his mind recalled the small talk about the different versions of the Emperor they have seen or heard about. More specifically his mind wandered about the one that used to live on 8484-N for some unknown reason that even he was unsure why.
"You know, I wonder what that version of the Emperor is doing right now… and why do I care?" Marek wondered with an invisible question mark hovering over his head from this as he saw Aso the first to be heading back to their spot to continue their chat.
'EARTHLAND 1728394'
'Why are we still here?' A certain pink haired man from 8484-N wondered with slight annoyance as he saw the girls around him just hanging around with this world's version of Mermaid Hell, who they were all in the guild hall of. Even Asuka wanted to stick around for a bit, curious about this version of Earthland as well as just wanting to take a moment to chill as in her own words they "weren't in any rush". Regardless he just wanted to leave.
To back track a bit, what happened was that they arrived to this Earthland once they have seen that a few of this world's Mermaid Heel Mages had been captured and were about to get raped. So they jumped in to save the day, killed those vile criminals and brought said women Mages back here to their home. Yet despite having accomplished what they've came here for, the others wanted to relax a bit and get to know the native Mages of Mermaid Heel better… for some reason.
Needless to say, Dragneel thought it was a waste of time. They saved the girls, that should be it. Regardless, he was convinced otherwise to just wait a bit so he would.
Looking around in the building, his eyes landed onto those who were with him for this place. He spotted Asuka next to Bisca, looked over again to see Sorano and Lockser with the latter glancing his way occasionally which was nothing new, plus with recent events that transpired back home he understood why now. Also with them was Knightwalker and Levy from 200-AB, the two were with some of the others of their Earthland who came to visit or in Levy's case take a break from finding a solution with the other versions of levy to help their 137-C allies out to hang out for a bit. Then of course when they saw what was happening on this Earthland they volunteered to help out. Other than that, it was just the seven of them plus with this world's Kagura and the like. All of those accompanying him while including himself had weapons on hand also, just in case it was needed.
Knightwalker who was all armored up in COG gear, in fact the only one who wore any armor out of all of them, had a bored expression on her face while she sat on a chair with her arms crossed, as she would admit that she was expecting more challenge against those vile bastards. Yet she did not. She would rather have just stayed with her own Natsu and the others. Of course, she would not admit that out loud.
As that was happening, the native Mermaid Heel Mages of this world were in discussing with the others aside from Dragneel and Knightwalker who were left alone for the time being.
"So let me get this straight," Risley started to say with a look of disbelief on her face towards the otherworldly doubles, "You all come from another world, er, worlds that are similar to our own?"
"That's right," Sorano answered the Gravity Change user, "There are a lot of worlds beyond your own that are out there. Maybe with either small or major differences that help make them different in their own unique way."
"How so?" Kagura questioned from her spot, as Bisca took over to explain it to her and the others who were all around them listening in.
"Well, like Sorano said there are many differences that make each alternate universe different. Like for what happened here that we managed to save you from. You getting captured and getting raped by those low life scum doesn't happen in other Earthlands. In one world, Mermaid Heel isn't strictly an all female guild, or in another world a major battle that takes place in say Magnolia for example that doesn't happen in other Earthlands." The green haired woman explains.
The all female guild couldn't help but be surprised to hear about this. While the present of those who are doubles of their friends from Fairy Tail was enough proof to tell them that alternate realities were indeed real, it was still surprising and interesting to hear about.
"It's interesting though in your world's case," Levy started to explain, getting them all to look at the rather odd looking blue haired woman with what her attire consisting of yellow welding goggles that were currently on her head, blue overalls and a green t-shirt. Compared to the Levy Mermaid Heel knows this Levy was no doubt different from the get go, "Unlike many other Earthlands we've seen you all don't seem to possess a string. That's pretty rare if you were to ask me."
This only confused the others.
"A string? Like a string line or something?" Millianna questioned with a tilt of her head in puzzlement.
"No, not what I meant," Levy replied as she went on to explain, "You see, in most realities there are similar Earthlands that are in a way connected to each other. Like some major event stays the same in these other similar worlds but minor differences are present. For example, let's say there's a string of Earthlands where some big event takes place. While that event will be the same, there would be minor changes throughout these similar alternate worlds. Like for example, let's say Erza is dating Jellal in one of these similar worlds-."
"Please retract that example." Knightwalker spoke up with her face going green from the mere thought of her Earthland counterpart dating that blue haired bastard. Kagura also felt ill as she knew that her own Erza would never date Jellal even if he has turn over a new leaf.
"It's just an example. Besides as much as we hate it there are worlds out there where she and him get together… for some reason," Levy told the red head, who only shook her head as she looked away, hoping to think of something else to take her mind off of that. Ignoring her, Levy went back to explaining what a string was to the Mermaid Heel Mages, "As I was saying, in one of these Earthlands that are connected to one another like that, she and him get together, while in another Earthland of the same string Erza instead dates Natsu. Or maybe in another world in the string she remains single. Like I said, minor differences."
"But wouldn't that end up causing major changes later on?" Beth raised her hand before asking her question.
"What do you mean?" Lockser asked with puzzlement, with Beth clarifying on what she meant.
"I mean, like if whoever dates whoever marry and have kids. With different kids and different Magic they may possess, wouldn't such differences greatly change the course of each Earthland?" The brown haired female asked once more.
"I don't think so?" Asuka spoke up getting them to look towards the fifteen year old with raised eyebrows. Luckily the dark green haired young woman went on to explain in better detail, "Like Levy said, only major events would remain the same in a string of realities. So unless any potential future kids and their powers somehow affect something later down the road to cause a different major event, then it wouldn't overall change the path these similar worlds will go through regardless of different kids and powers they may have since it would not overall change or affect anything different."
The women around her and the others from 200-AB and 132-F thought on this before they nodded, understanding what the fifteen year old was saying somewhat.
"I have to admit, this is all rather fascinating to learn about. You must have plenty of experiences with dealing with such different worlds to understand them." The Guild Master of the Mermaid Heel guild responded to their visitors and saviors to some of those who were captured. She looked to be in her early forties yet remained stunningly beautiful to any who lay eyes on her. Possessing medium length silver hair that reached her shoulder and purple colored eyes, she wore a purple colored dress that showed off her voluptuous figure while revealing a bit of cleavage also including the Mermaid Heel guild mark on the top of her right breast. The woman also wore black high heel shoes. All in all, a very beautiful woman that any man would fall for. Her name was Hoashi Katsu.
"We have. We do our best to try to help anyone in need in different worlds." Juvia told the all women guild with a smile on her face.
This got Mermaid Heel to smile from hearing this, glad to see that this kind of technology that was capable of traveling to alternate worlds were in the right hand to do good.
"If you don't mind me asking," Kagura started to say which got the others to look at the dark purple swordswoman while she pointed towards Dragneel, who wasn't paying much attention other than keeping an eye on Asuka, "Who is he if I may ask? He looks familiar but I can't seem to recall any recognition."
"You mean Natsu?" Knightwalker decided to jump back into the talk once more, looking towards Dragneel's direction before looking back at the other women once again, "You don't know him? Does he not exist in your world?"
"We don't think so. Although…," Hoashi started to spay before humming to herself in thought, placing a hand on her chin in the process, "Now that I get a better look at him, he kind of looks like a male version of the wandering Dragon Queen."
"Dragon Queen?" Both Sorano and Asuka replied with raised eyebrows, while the others from 132-F seemed to understand.
"Oh? Do you mean your world has a Natsumi or whatever name this world's female Natsu has?" Bisca asked with a grin from hearing that. It's been a while since they have been to an Earthland where Natsumi existed.
This seemed to surprise the other women of Mermaid Heel if their widened eyes were any indication.
"Wait, you know the Dragon Queen?" Millianna responded in surprise, not expecting these doubles of Fairy Tail to know who the wandering Mage was.
"Sort of. We have our own Natsumi back home, though currently she's… somewhere we can't reach at the moment," Lockser told them as a frown appeared on her and some of the other's faces, but managed to recover with smiles before the mood could become too depressing, "But why is yours called the Dragon Queen? Did she kill Acnologia or something?"
"She did!" Beth exclaimed happily with a large grin on her face while going on to explain the tale, "It happened around three years ago! Acnologia descended upon the nation of Caelum and on the city of Nydal to cause a rampage. But Natsumi happened to be there, and according to those who were there it was an intense battle with her killing the dragon and taking the title of Dragon Queen!"
Those from 132-F, 8484-N and 200-AB couldn't help but find this rather interesting, even Dragneel heard this and gained a small grin. To him that was nice to hear, glad to hear that stupid dragon got what he deserved.
"I guess that's another big change here compared to our own worlds." Sorano stated as she crossed her arms while thinking to herself, 'So this world's female Natsu is an independent wandering Mage. Which means she was not on Tenrou for the seven years. I wonder what's she like in person?'
"Yeah. I mean Acnologia is dead back in our own world also but that was mainly due to us shoving a nuke down his throat." Bisca told the others who gained puzzled expressions.
"A what?" Arana asked, not knowing what that was.
"A powerful weapon, don't think too much about it." The green haired gun user assured the Thread Magic user, which only puzzled her further.
Dragneel remained in his spot as he listened in while his eyes watched Asuka and the others. At the moment he was simply content with just listening to the conversation around him.
However, that would chance as his enhanced sense started to pick up on something unusual. This caused him to fully standing up, trying to focus on the slight disturbance while taking a few steps forward. This didn't go unnoticed by Asuka who noticed the odd behavior coming from her father.
"Dad, is there something wrong?" The fifteen year old questioned, which grabbed everyone else's attention as they looked towards the pink haired man in slight confusion. Hearing his daughter speaking to him prompt him to reply back.
"I hear something… off." Dragneel answered as he focused on what he was hearing. It kind of felt like something was heading their way. Yet also he could hear what sounded like people screaming maybe?
No one else could respond to ask him what he meant before they all suddenly felt the ground faintly start to shake. It was faint but they all could feel and hear it, and it was getting worse with each passing moment as the shaking grew louder and more noticeable. It almost felt like something massive was close by causing the land to shake.
"The f**k?" Knightwalker wondered aloud as she and those who were sitting down were now on their feet alarmed.
"What's going on?" Millianna questioned aloud while the shaking continued, causing the nearby tables and stuff on the nearby bar to move from the vibration of the quaking.
"I don't know… is this something normal for you all?" Levy asked the Mermaid Heel Mages just to make sure.
No one could get an answer as without warning the roof of the entire Mermaid Heel guild hall was completely torn off, causing nearly everyone to fall down in shock from the sudden unexpected action.
"WHAT THE HECK?!" Hoashi shouted in shock as she looked up, as everyone else quickly did so also with haste.
They didn't know what they were expecting, but what they didn't expect to see was a massive unstable looking giant-like robot thing emitted smoke and steam from its body constantly especially from the shoulders and the top where instead of a head a chimney of sorts was present. The thing looked to be around 88 meters in height, and it's so called hands were just large chunks of smooth metal that somewhat resembled fists. Honestly it looked like a steampunk style giant robot more than anything, a very unstable looking steampunk style giant robot. But what stood out the most was the flag of Alvarez that was painted on a small flat component located on the chest.
Needless to say the sight of the giant unsteady machine caught them all off by surprised. It didn't help how the sky seemly turned red due to nearby raging fires from the destruction that was being unleashed by unknown means.
"WHAT IS THAT THING?!" Risley shouted in shock as everyone looked up in either horror or in the case of those from 132-F, 8484-N, and 200-AB just looks of surprise.
Dragneel was the first to snap out it before gaining a narrowed look in his eyes. Seeing the giant machine lifting its right arm up to bring it down upon them, the Fire Dragon Slayer acted quickly by launching himself up into the air with his own fist pulled back. As the machine brought its own fist down upon them Dragneel met it head on with a Fire Dragon's Iron Fist, slamming into the opposing and much larger metal fist. This unleashed a large shockwave while causing the giant machine to be pushed and stumble back.
This allowed an opening as Dragneel took in a deep breath before firing off a large Fire Dragon's Roar which went right through the chest of the large war machine, causing explosions to litter all over the massive mechanical body while it came crashing down into the surrounding devastated land, shaking the ground once more and kicking up dust in the process.
Landing back onto his feet outside of the now roofless guild hall, his eyes moved over towards the now destroyed machine of war nearby. He didn't know if they were any pilots or not inside of there, but if they were any, he was sure that they wouldn't have survived that attack or the explosions that followed.
Turning his gaze away from the destroyed machine and outwards in front of his eyes, his eyes narrowed once more from what he saw. During this the others including all of Mermaid Heel rushed out of the destroyed building before spotting Dragneel not to far away from the building and the downed mechanical weapon.
"Natsu!" Sorano called out as they headed towards the pink haired man.
When they got close however, they stopped in their tracks as they caw the state the rest of the town was in much to the horror of Mermaid Heel.
The entire town was completely in rubble. Fire was burning everywhere as faint screams of survivors could be heard from the wreckage all around them. No doubt caused by the giant machine of war that attacked them. It didn't help that the giant destroyed steampunk-like robot had collapsed upon a good portion of the town also which didn't really help much in that regard.
"No… our home…" Millianna muttered with a few tears going down her face from the side, while everyone else was just as shock or horrified.
Those from 132-F, 8484-N and 200-AB meanwhile only felt burning rage filling their bodies at the sight of the devastation all around them. How the heck did they not managed to notice this sooner?!
"…Huh," They heard Dragneel speaking with a slightly low voice before he finished saying something else, "That's a big army."
Puzzled, everyone looked further ahead of them only to widen their eyes once again when they saw what the pink haired man originally from 8484-N saw.
Far up ahead of them miles and miles away, an army of tens of thousands of Alvarez soldiers, Shamans, Marines and the like could be seen marching in the distance. High above them multiple large airships could be spotted alongside many much smaller aircrafts, flying mounts, those with jetpacks and other means of flight. Multiple more machines of war like the giant unstable looking robot or unusual looking tanks were also seen, moving slowly and mingled in the army. Also seen were a few large armored beasts that the others never seen before also mixed in the giant invading force.
But the sight of the flag and symbol of Alvarez visible upon the airships was what stuck out to the otherworldly visitors, as Dragneel, Asuka, Sorano, Bisca and Lockser gained expressions of hate. Knightwalker was confused and Levy only looked worried.
"It's those bastards again…" Dragneel muttered as he clenched his fists hard in anger.
"Is that Alvarez?" Hoashi questioned with shock as all of this was just too confuse to understand to her and the other women Mages, "I don't get it! I thought there was a peace treat between Fiore and Alvarez after Acnologia was struck down! And since when… when did they have such weaponry or creatures like that?!"
"That's because it's not your Alvarez," Sorano eyes darkened as she saw the large approaching army in the distance, "These assholes come from an unknown Earthland. Somehow, they acquired the means to travel to other worlds only to conquer and force them under their rule. They brought our original world back from the dead just to rule it with an iron fist!"
"Wait really? This is the first time I've heard about this." Knightwalker admitted, while Levy and the others looked at her with utter confusion.
"Seriously? We were told about these freaks by the others." Levy told the red head Edolas woman, who turned toward the small blue haired goggle wearing woman.
"They did?" She asked once again.
"WE WERE LITERALLY JUST TALKING ABOUT THEM BEFORE WE CAME TO THIS WORLD! WEREN'T YOU PAYING ATTENTION?!" Bisca shouted at the Plasma Magic user who merely shrugged.
"Eh, not really. I was admiring Natsu's abs to pay much attention." Knightwalker admitted. Her own Natsu from 200-AB, not the one standing a few feet in front of her. Bisca had to resist the urge to face palm from hearing the red head woman's nonchalant words.
"Hey, I don't mean to interrupt your talk but just to remind you there's a GIANT F**K OFF ARMY HEADING IN OUR DIRECTION!" Arana yelled out at them, causing them to flinch from the woman's rather loud words.
Dragneel merely glared towards the far distant army for a few more moments before he started to speak up, his gaze not leaving the enemy up ahead.
"Hoashi, girls," He started to say towards Mermaid Heel, causing them to look towards where the pink haired Fire Dragon Slayer was standing. Sensing their attention was on him, he went on to speak once more, "All of you need to find any survivors in this town and get as far away from here as possible. The rest of us will handle this army."
"WHAT?! ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?!" Kagura shouted at the man. These otherworldly doubles weren't going to take on an entire army on their own are they?! Who knows what kind of tricks or weaponry that the enemy may wield?!
"Eh, probably. But it's high time I showed these Alvarez bastards what happens when you mess with an innocent world." Dragneel stated cracking his knuckles with a rather large grin forming on his face. It was sight that was pretty rare nowadays due to his usual serious self.
And without warning the pink haired man bolted down towards the incoming army in the distance leaving the others in the dust.
"DAD WAIT UP!" Asuka shouted before she took off after her father to aid in the battle against the large army up ahead.
Bisca, Sorano and Lockser didn't waste anytime as they both grabbed their respective weapons and also followed suit to aid their boyfriend to fend the invading army off. Knightwalker stayed for a few extra moment before a large grin formed on her face as she grabbed her Lancer that she had on hand.
"This might be more fun than I thought." She spoke with slight excitement in her voice before she followed the others.
Levy meanwhile looked worried. For some reason she couldn't help but feel like something much worse was about to happen. She looked at her wrist where a small high teched watch communicator was located with her worry only growing.
'We never really had to call for back up before… but I can't help but feel like we might need it.' Levy thought to herself as she went ahead and tapped on the small screen of the wrist wearing device to send a signal to the others back home before the blue haired woman took off also to aid her friends. She didn't know why she was doing this, but she had a feeling something far worse than the army up ahead was going to show up soon.
And she had a feeling they will need all the help they can get.
Meanwhile, far away from the others' current location walking through a forest, a single brown cloaked figure was spotted coming to a stop, their eyes widening as she looked around sensing large amounts of life forces appearing all over.
"Odd… why do I sense conflict erupting all over the planet?" The figure's voice who sounded to be that of a woman muttered in confusion, sensing something wasn't right there.
'ALAKITASIA'
Meanwhile much farther away from Fiore a massive airship could be spotted alongside smaller other vessels that were high in the air. The armies raging war against this world's forces down below in this world's version of Alakitasia with ease, it wasn't much of waging war more like a one slide slaughter. The forces of this planet so far standing no chances against the might of Alvarez.
On board the large deck of the biggest airship in the small fleet stood a rather tall man crossing his arms over his chest with a grin plastered on his face, while a line of soldiers stood behind him in silence and on guard. This being was seven feet and one inch tall, and he had wild untamed crimson hair that went down to his upper back with large locks of it going over his shoulders. His skin was slightly both tanned yet dark and had dark red colored eyes. The man wore black armor along with a crimson cape which possessed dark yellow edges on the piece of clothing. Also part of his attire was metallic dark brown boots and dirty looking white cloth wrapped around his gauntlets and boots. Last but not least a massive sword seemly made out of bronze which could rival the size of a full grown adult was seen strapped to his waist.
This being was simply known as Ganolre, known by his title the Pastor of Darkness and one of the personal guards to the Spriggan Romeo Conbolt.
"My Lord, we have an update on our forces scattered across the planet." A female voice spoke to him, causing the larger man to turn his head towards his subordinate's direction, who was a few feet away from him to his left in front of the other soldiers. The woman who was standing nearby was of average height and possessed a rather petite shaped body compared to others. She wore an opened brown leather made sleeveless vest with the basic Alvarez armor chest plate underneath it, while for leggings she wore brown leathered pants which looked patched up in places. She also wore armored silver boots and gauntlets, and on her back was a large circle-shaped metallic board with razor sharp edges all over. Finally, she had short blonde hair, blue colored eyes and slightly pale skin. Her name was Alzina Blanc, a sergeant on board the vessel.
His eyes landing onto the smaller being, Ganolre didn't move as he spoke.
"Report." The red haired man told her, with the blonde woman doing just that as she held a small hand sized device in her hand before hitting the glowing purple button on top of it. This got a hologram of the current conditions to the rest of their forces all over the planet to appear before her.
"So far, none of this planet's military of any nation nor their Mages or any other beings are standing a chance against us sir. It seems this world will be another easy victory in the name of the-," She stop herself as the device bleeped for a moment as a small messaged appeared. Tapping onto the holographic button, she read over the updated contents as a small look of confusion got her attention, "Hmm… that's odd."
This got Ganolre to raise an eyebrow.
"What's odd?" The tall man questioned towards the blonde sergeant, who looked back up towards her superior.
"It seems our forces in northern Fiore had run into some resistance, and unlike the rest of the planet they seem to be causing more trouble than we thought. But what's odd though was the description of these enemies, one of them seems to be perhaps this world's version of the Emperor my Lord." Alzina shared to the larger man.
"This world's version of the Emperor you say huh?" Ganolre muttered as he turned his head back around towards the distance ahead of him, before a small chuckle emitted from him which confused the nearby sergeant before he finished and went on to speak once again, "It's been a while since I personally seen another version of the Emperor now that I think about it. I think I will go check on it myself."
He then fully turned around towards the blonde female who stood straight while the taller man looked down at her with his grin on his face once again.
"Alzina, I'll leave you in charge of my vessel. I'm sure you'll make sure that the attack on this world's Alakitasia finishes up smoothly. Once you're done come to my location." Ganolre told the blonde woman, who looked surprised by this sudden responsibility placed on her, figuring that one of the other higher ups on board would be called to lead over this fleet in the Pastor of Darkness's place. But nevertheless, gained a serious expression as she saluted.
"Understood my Lord. But won't you need back up?" She asked just to make sure, since it would seem to be wise to have the flagship also aid in its master's attack. Ganolre merely laughed from hearing that.
"Don't be absurd," The man told the blonde woman while he looked out into the distance towards where Ishgar would be located with a larger grin on his face, "As if some puny punks on a world like this can be a match against me."
'FIORE'
"DEFENSIVE POSITIONS!" A captain of a large squadron of Alvarez soldiers shouted out as they lined up and brought their shields down in front of them, seemly connecting them together to prepare themselves for an attack. Behind them those either who wielded range weapons or possessed Magical projectiles to unleash stood in line to do just that.
Sadly, they wouldn't get a chance to do so as without warning Dragneel rushed forward and unleashed a devastating Fire Dragon's Iron Fist into them, causing a large explosion that engulfed the squadron and sending them flying, most of them having been killed in the attack,
Despite this the pink haired man didn't relax before diving down behind a nearby large boulder to avoid being shot at by those who possessed guns who rushed towards his location. Gritting his teeth, not liked being stuck in one place he quickly jumped over the large rock before firing off a large Fire Dragon's Roar towards their direction, once more hitting its target as the dozens of Alvarez troops were consumed by fire or launched up into the air. To the man it didn't matter as they all died regardless.
A yell grabbed his attention as he quickly dived down to avoid a swing of a sword from another Alvarez soldier who rushed towards him before quickly grabbing his knife from his waist. Acting quick he grabbed the soldier by the arm twisting it a bit before thrusting the small blade directly into the soldier's throat, breaking right through the armor protecting it and piercing his skin, killing the enemy while Dragneel let the body hit the ground.
'Armor protecting all vital points, smart I'll give them that.' Dragneel thought as he raised his knife in his hand once more. Despite how these soldiers didn't seem to leave much skin exposed like most would do it wasn't enough to save them from him striking them down.
Taking a chance to look at his surroundings in the devastated large battleground, he could barely see where everyone else was at even those who were much farther away. Asuka was with Sorano and Bisca who were fending off waves of soldiers no problem for the time being, with Sorano unleashing her Celestial Star Fall weapons upon the enemy, something she recently acquired. Shifting his eyes elsewhere he saw Knightwalker simply running through many soldiers with her Lancer, barely using her Magic at all for the time being which was smart since she was saving her strength in case something worse came along. Looking elsewhere he also saw Levy and Lockser teaming up much further ahead facing some soldiers as well along with a few Marines who were giving them a bit of trouble, but nevertheless the pink haired man believed they have it handled.
His gaze turned its attention towards the few airships that were hovering high above them in the air, his eyes narrowing from the sight of the vessels of war alone.
'Those ships are probably our biggest problem to deal with. They can call for a bombardment at any time and we don't have any cover.' Dragneel thought as he analyzed the situation further. With that in mind he charged into the fray once more to continue the battle towards a nearby steam-punk style mech, knowing this was far from over while figuring out how to deal with those ships.
With Levy and Lockser, the two were dealing with the enemies that surround them, with the former using her Magic and Gnasher Shotgun she wielded to help slow down the attackers while Lockster finished them off with her Magic or Lancer she wielded.
"DRAIN!" The Water Mage shouted out, unleashing the deadly technique as the many soldiers who were in range found themselves unable to get a whisper out before every liquid in their bodies was drained from their bodies, leaving them nothing but withered into dusts. Their armor they wore and weapons they wielded hitting the ground.
"GOT A COUPLE OF BIG ONES HEADING OUR WAY!" Levy shouted while wielding the shotgun in her hand, causing her fellow blue haired female from 132-F to turn towards the direction Levy was looking at only to see a few Alvarez Marines running their way. Each of the bulky armored warriors wielding large weapons of different kinds. Lockser fired her Lancer towards the incoming Marines multiple times only for said bullets to seemly bounce off revealing an invisible energy force field around their forms, getting the two women to grit their teeth from this.
'SH*T! Must be their elite soldiers or something!' Lockser thought to herself before she and Levy dived to the dirt to avoid the incoming fire unleash by one of the Marines who wielded some kind of minigun that was strapped to their arm, which was rather bullsh*t if the two blue haired women were allowed to say.
Acting fast, Lockser jumped onto her feet before charging up and firing off a powerful Water Nebula towards the incoming Marines, crashing into them as most of them and their defenses were unable to without the strong force of the attack, killing them with their bodies hitting the floor. Only one Marine was still on his feet charging forward with a massive sword in hand, shouting out "FOR THE EMPEROR!" in the process.
Seeing this, Levy's eyes hardened before she brought forth her Magic and summoning multiple small Magical paper before firing them towards the last Marine ahead of them, bypassing his defenses and slicing him into pieces, killing the Marine as the two took a breather for a moment.
"How interesting…," A new kind of metallic voice grabbed the two's attention as they turned around only to see a single figure standing a good distance away from them on top the wreckage of a nearby massive steampunk styled mech, "You, the water Mage, you possess a similar ability to that of Lord Alucard. A rarity to find on a world like this."
The figure jumped up from the wreckage before landing onto the ground in front of the ruined machine of war, getting the two women to get a better looking at the new arrival. It wasn't much to described, other than the man being covered in sleek silver metallic armor from head to toe, with purple lines present on his arms, chest, abdomen and legs, along with the somewhat triangular metal helmet the man wore showing glowing purple eyes. A black headband could be seen on his armored head, and he also wielded a metallic katana in hand. This was Ichijou Suetane, one of the lieutenants of one of the warships up in the crimson sky.
"It is wise for you two to surrender. Do not throw your lives away for a meaningless cause." Ichijou told them, wishing to end this without any more bloodshed.
Despite this the two women only glared at the metallic armored sword wielder as they raised their weapons and prepared their Magic once more. This alone merely got the katana wielder to sigh from seeing the sight.
"If that is what you choose. Today, you shall die with honor." Ichijou responded to the two women.
And with that he charged towards them with his katana in hand, prepared to take the two women down. Levy and Lockser on the other hand met him head on, refusing to fall to this new opponent.
Meanwhile with Knightwalker, the red head Edolas woman continued her onslaught against the incoming Alvarez soldiers. As more of the enemy soldiers dashed towards her, she simply raised her Lancer up before unleashing heavy fire upon the men and women in front of her, tearing right through their bodies as if they were made of papers.
"IS THAT ALL YOU F**KS GOT?!" Knightwalker shouted aloud with a grin plastered on her face. Now this was the fun she was talking about! Not like with those weak rapists that they killed earlier, no this was lots more interesting.
A roar grabbed her attention as she turned towards her right only to see a large armored up beast heading her way at full speed knuckle walking style. The red head quickly turned towards the incoming danger head on, raising her Lancer up before firing at the incoming creature of war which only seemed to tick it off more than hurt it. Getting closer, the war beast let out another roar raising one of its large gorilla-like arms in an attempt to swing and hit the Edolas woman. Knightwalker however simply ducked and rolled underneath the swing of the arm before landing on her feet and propelling herself upwards towards the beast's exposed neck and jamming her rev up Lancer into the monster's throat, causing a fountain of blood to pour all over the red head while the beast roared out one agonizing shout before it proceeded to collapse onto the barren ground with a thud, but not before Knightwalker managed to pull her weapon out of the neck and rolled out of the way from the body falling onto her.
Standing up, she looked down at herself before scoffing to see how much blood she was now covered in.
"Great, this is going to be a pain in the ass to shower off…" She grumbled to herself, knowing that the blood was no doubt going to be dry by the time this was all over with.
Her eyes widened however before her instincts took hold, quickly turning to her left, unleashing her Plasma Magic covering her arms and raising said arms to block an incoming attack, causing a shockwave to be emitted while the blood covered red head was pushed back a bit.
"Huh, impressive," A woman's voice could be heard from across Knightwalker's direction, getting her to raise her head up and lowering her arms to see the source of her attacker, "You managed to sense the incoming attack. Not many have that kind of reflexes from what I've seen."
Getting a good look at the enemy across from the red head, a curvaceous woman stood standing a few yards away from where Knightwalker was at. She wore standard armor other than the one large shoulder pad she wore on her right shoulder while her left was bare. She had long brown hair tied up to a long ponytail that reached her waist and had green colored eyes. Her skin looked a bit pale with a scar present across her forehead to the left. She didn't seem to possess any weapons on hand, other than the pure white energy that enveloped her arms. This woman's name was Simona Vitanova, another lieutenants of one of the nearby airships hovering high in the sky.
Seeing her only got Knightwalker to send a glare towards her way.
"And who the f**k are you supposed to be b*tch?" Knightwalker questioned, eyeing the energy that enveloped the opposing woman with caution, 'That looks like Plasma based Magic. So, it's like what I possess.'
"I am Simona Vitanova, loyal servant to the Emperor. And in His name, I shall strike you down foul witch!" Simona vowed before empowering her Magic once more around her body. Knightwalker only gained a tick mark on her forehead from the insult.
"Fine, you want to play like that? Then let's play!" Knightwalker exclaimed as a grin formed on her face. Putting away her Lancer for the time being, she powered up her own Plasma Magic to have a good old fashion brawl.
With that the two charged at one another, closing the gap between them as their foreheads collided into one another. Both had confident smirks on their faces as the two females proceeded to exchange blows to one another.
As that was starting to happen, Asuka, Sorano and Bisca were in the middle of their own battle against the invading Alvarez soldier. Asuka and Bisca were currently taking cover behind a large piece of wreckage of a tank they managed to destroy to avoid the incoming gun fire or Magical projectiles from those who wielded such weaponry and powers, occasionally with Asuka exposing herself a bit to fire her Holy Rifle towards the direction of the distance enemy divisions taking good amount of soldiers' lives before ducking over to avoid being shot at. Bisca meanwhile was charging her up her own Magic, preparing to take out a good chunk of the enemy far ahead of her and Asuka. Sorano was up close and personal towards the soldiers who were rushing over in an attempt to close the gap between the two sides with the light blue haired using her Celestial Star Fall weapons to tear right through the enemy's armor and killing the men and women who tried to get pass her.
"We're sitting ducks like this!" Asuka exclaimed as she stood up to fire her Holy Rifle once more before quickly ducking once more to avoid returning fire. Bisca merely gained a grin on her face.
"Don't worry Asuka, not for long." The green haired woman assured the fifteen year old, who gained a slight confused expression from hearing her alternate mother say that.
Her confusion would quickly go away when the green haired woman stood up from her cover. Bringing her arms out in front of her, she began to unleash a greenish blue glow from her body before the form of a large Guass rifle and railgun-like weapon formed in her hands. Her smirk still on her face, the green haired mother aimed her new summoned Magical weapon before unleashing the devastating spell.
"TAKE THIS! GUASS RAILGUN!" The Gunner Magic user shouted aloud before unleashing the Magical weapon towards the distance hundreds of Alvarez soldiers, completely tearing right through their bodies and armor as their carcasses collapsed onto the ground in a matter of seconds. The only ones who managed to resist the powerful and fast Magical gun spell were the few Alvarez Marines who were in the large groups of soldiers, who were simply pushed back and stopped in their tracks for a moment.
Sorano, seeing an opening with the loss of hundreds of enemy forces, took this chance to dash forward deeper into the fray towards the few Alvarez Marines, who looked shocked at the death of their fellow brothers and sisters in arms around them.
"NO! OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS!" One of the Marine shouted in shock and sorrow, before he and the few others with him looked up to see the incoming light blue haired woman heading towards their direction to finish them off, "WE WILL SLAY YOU IN THE NAME OF THE EMPEROR FOUL WITCH!"
Hearing that loud shouting from the distant Alvarez Marine got Bisca to gain a blank expression for a moment before a tick mark formed on her forehead and wide comical eyes as anger took hold.
"WHAT?! NO! SORANO DIDN'T DO SH*T! THAT WAS ME NOT HER!" The green haired woman shouted from seeing how her credit for the hundreds now dead seemed to go to Sorano, who was too far away at this point to really hear her friend's complaint as the former Celestial Mage shoved her weapons into the closest Alvarez Marine's helmet, piercing right through it and through the man's skull with minimum difficulty.
Asuka only gained a deadpanned expression on her face from seeing her alternate mother's behavior. Was she seriously going to be like this right now while there were still much more enemies that needed to be killed?
But it was kind of funny the girl would admit.
Back with Levy and Lockser, the two were still in battle against Ichijou who was proving to be a pain to deal with if you were to ask the two blue haired women. The metallic looking Alvarez lieutenants kept his distance, remaining out of range of Lockser's Drain technique and kept dash towards the two in hopes of hitting them before backing off once again.
"STAY STILL!" Levy shouted while firing off her Gnasher shotgun towards the katana wielding metallic-like man who quickly charged towards the woman while unleashing his blade upon each bullet fired at him, slicing them easily and with haste as he closed in onto his targets.
However, Lockser would dive towards the incoming katana user with her Lancer out, colliding with the sleek metallic katana before Ichijou jumped over the two, landing right behind them and dashing right at them once more with his blade out. Acting quickly Juvia turned around and unleashed a Water's Slicer multiple times in hopes of pushing Ichijou back, however the armored man managed to dodge and jump around each liquid blade before he rushed over and swung his katana at the Water Mage. Thankfully Juvia managed to roll out of the way just in time as Levy also dodged out of the way to avoid Ichijou's attack, keeping them both safe as the katana wielding metallic armored man was a good distance away from them once more.
"You're going to need to try harder if you want to hit us!" Lockser mocked with a grin on her face as she and Levy turned towards the direction of their opponent, as Ichijou remained quiet as he analyzed his opponent, his blade still out and in his hands.
Levy also smiled with confidence towards the Alvarez lieutenant before looking at her friend once more… only to gain a blank expression as she noticed something off.
"Uh… Juvia?" The woman from 200-AB started to ask towards the women from 132-F, confusing the Water Mage as she looked at her friend's way.
"What is it Levy?" Lockser asked, unsure of what the blue haired smaller female wanted while they were in the middle of a battle against an enemy.
Levy didn't say anything as she simply pointed towards her head. Puzzled, Juvia raised one of her hands to go through her long blue hair in confusion…
…Only to feel her long hair not there.
Freezing up with wide eyes, she slowly turned around and looked down at the ground… to see long blue locks of hair lying on the barren ground. It took a moment for it to process what happened as he subconsciously ran her hand through her hair again, taking a hold of a lock and looking at it to see her hair was now at chin length compared to the long flow it originally was.
Her face quickly went red in rage as steam erupted form her head as she realized what happened when she dodged that last attack.
"MY HAIR!" Lockser shouted in absolute horror while rage also grew in her very being, turning towards the Alvarez lieutenant with utter hate and fury. The bastard cut her hair! Her beautiful long hair! How was Dragneel supposed to enjoy it now if it was shorter?! "JUVIA WILL MAKE YOU PAY FOR CUTTING HER LONG BEAUTIFUL HAIR!"
"Just be thankful it wasn't your head that came off. But I digress, focus on the battle and not something so trivial." Ichijou replied calmly while raising his blade once more. Lockser only remained furious while Levy couldn't help but silently agree with the Alvarez enemy, though she wouldn't say it aloud less she wanted to piss Lockser off further.
While this was happening, Knightwalker and Simona continued to exchange blows with one another, neither seemly getting the upper hand for the time being. The Alvarez lieutenant threw her left fist which was enveloped with her white Plasma energy only for Knightwalker to sidestep out of the way before reaching out and grabbing the brown haired woman by the head. Not wasting time, she brought the Alvarez woman's head down slamming into her knee, causing Simona to stumble back before Knightwalker wrapped her Plasma Magic around her leg, jumped up into the air and delivered a roundhouse kick directly into the opposing woman cranium. This of course launched the brown haired female a good distance away from Knightwalker as she crashed face first into the dirt while the red head from 200-AB landed onto her feet.
Simona groaned a little as she managed to get back onto her feet for a moment before spitting out some blood from her mouth. Turning around she only glared at the Edolas woman who had a smirk plastered on her face still.
"What's wrong? Had enough?" Knightwalker mocked, getting on the Alvarez's woman's nerves as she stood straight up with her fists raised. Her white Plasma Magic enveloping her form once again.
"I'm far from done b*tch. You punch like a little girl." Simona taunted back as a smirk formed on the brown haired woman's face once again. Hearing that only ticked Knightwalker off before she charged up her Magic once more around her hands.
'Oh, the audacity of this whore. I'll end this quick.' Knightwalker thought, figuring that she would end this stupid battle as quick as she could so she could focus on helping the others out with the rest of the army. Not to mention the airships that were still hovering high over the battlefield.
With that thought in mind, Knightwalker dashed towards the brown haired woman once again with her right fist raised up and empowered with her Plasma Magic once again. Simona barely had time to react as Knightwalker thrust her fist forward when she closed in…
(Cue: "The Evil King" by Natewantstobattle)
…Only for a hand from out of nowhere blocked the punch without much effort, causing a small shockwave to emit in the process and stopping Knightwalker in her tracks. Both her and Simona were shocked at the sudden interruption of their fight of the unknown third party.
"What the?!" Knightwalker shouted as she got a look at whoever appeared to stop her.
And before her with her fist in his grasp stood Ganolre himself, his height trumping that of Knightwalker as the Alvarez general looked down at the Edolas red head without much amusement. Seeing the sight of him utterly confused Knightwalker while Simona looked shocked at the sudden appearance of her superior.
The sudden appearance of the powerful being did not go unnoticed by the others who were somewhat closed by to see and sense the new arrival. Lockser, Levy and Ichijou ceased their fight as they looked towards Knightwalker's way with the former two confused with the latter shocked. Dragneel who just put down an Alvarez Marine with a sword of the enemy right through the Marine's chest turned from his spot to see the over seven feet tall man with wide eyes. Asuka, Bisca and Sorano who just finished dispatching a group of Shamans before they could act in defense ceased what they were doing to see the crimson haired man arriving onto the battlefield from who knows where.
Needless to say, everyone was now on edge.
"…Who's the Ganondorf looking rip off?" Asuka couldn't help but ask, however no one replied to her as the brown haired woman who Knightwalker was facing started to respond from her shock, getting over it after processing the presence of the man before her.
"L… Lord Ganolre!" Simona looked up and exclaimed the name of one of the personal guards of Spriggan Conbolt himself who was personally leading the invasion of this planet right in front of her.
Ganolre didn't respond to that as he simply looked down at the red head before him, her fist still caught in his hand. The crimsoned haired man didn't look amused in the slightest at the moment, eyeing Knightwalker.
"You give off a particular life energy, you're from some version of Edolas aren't you?" Ganolre told Knightwalker, who widened her eyes from hearing this slightly as she didn't expect him to find that out so quick.
The man loosened his grip onto the woman's fist before unleashing a small air blast from his palm, slamming and launching the red head away from him before said woman crashed into the ground face first a good distance away from him. Groaning slightly, Knightwalker quickly got back up and turned towards the over seven feet tall general with caution, grabbing her Lancer once more as he stared at her without as much of a smile.
'Holy sh*t! The Magical energy radiating from him is off the charts! Is this the one leading this attack?' Knightwalker thought, sensing the power radiating from his very being. It was clear to her; this man was dangerous to the extreme and can't be taken lightly.
Ganolre remained silent as he pulled his attention away from the red head before looking at the others around him. His eyes landing onto Bisca, Sorano and Asuka who were all tensed up from sensing the energy he naturally radiated for a few seconds before turning his head away to look at where a startled Lockser and Levy were at nearby Ichijou, before turning his head a bit behind him to see where Dragneel was, who was already alarmed and cautious at the sight of the man.
'This man, he's like that one woman and that masked sh*tface we ran into from before…' Dragneel thought as he recalled encountering Delista and Rosar, the former he didn't mind as much but the latter could choke on a chode as far as the pink haired man was concerned while Ganolre's gaze remained on him for a few extra moments.
"…Simona, Ichijou, continue leading your army to conquer this region of Ishgar," Ganolre started to speak before fully turning around towards where Dragneel stood with a small grin forming on his face while crossing his arms, "I'll take care of these weaklings."
No a single word could be muttered before without warning the man along with Dragneel, Asuka, Sorano, Bisca, Levy, Lockser and Knightwalker were enveloped with Dark Magic, and before any of them knew it they all vanished into thin air, leaving Ichijou and Simona to be for them to continue to lead their army through this region of the continent.
Far away from where the Alvarez army was at, a flash of Dark Magic sprung forth dropping the seven Mages down onto the ground from a few feet above the land while Ganolre appeared a few yards away from where they were, landing onto his feet as did Dragneel. The women however either landed on their butts or their faces which got a few of them to let out a groan.
Taking note of their surroundings, Dragneel saw themselves now in a forest far away from any civilization. Nearby mountains could be seen in the distance while the sky was still red however despite no intense fires or smoke around to cause the change in atmosphere. Did they arrive in some valley? Did the asshole in front of them wanted to take them on away from his forces alone? How did he even do that in such a quick and simple manner?
In Dragneel's eyes, at least they didn't have to worry about anyone else getting in the way.
"So, this world's version of the Emperor is before me. I will admit, I expected you to be looking more… refined. Yet all I see is some poor weak excuse that looked as if he's been living in the dumps for his entire life." Ganolre spoke up with disappointment in his voice. It seems like this version of the Emperor was just like all the other ones he has seen. Weak, pathetic, and so much potential wasted.
That only got Dragneel to sigh from hearing that, not bother going to correct the man about him not being of this alternate world while Lockser, Bisca and Sorano took more offense to that.
"YOU SHUT UP! DRAGNEEL IS HANDSOME AND SMELLS GREAT!" Lockser shouted with anger from the other man's insult towards her beloved. This got the others to look at the blue haired woman due to her outburst while they aside from Levy gained slight puzzled expressions.
"…What happened to your hair?" Bisca couldn't help but ask despite the current situation they were in.
"JUVIA DOESN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW! LET'S JUST DEAL WITH THIS JERK AHEAD!" Lockser shouted with her face going red in embarrassment and anger from how her long hair was cut by that stupid metallic looking man and his stupid katana.
"You look fine with short hair, it's not that bad." Knightwalker pointed out, not seeing what the big deal was. It would grow back if Lockser wanted to do that. It was just hair.
"Juvia doesn't care! She didn't want her hair to be ruined like this!" Lockser complained once again.
Ganolre meanwhile merely gained a slight puzzled yet annoyed expression from seeing this. Were they seriously throwing a fit over something as stupid as hair now of all times? He thought these seven before him were Mages and warriors, not imbeciles with first world problems.
"*Tsk*, and here I thought this may be a bit of fun. Yet it's clear that you're all just idiots who don't have your priorities straight." Ganolre responded back, grabbing their attention once more with some of them getting ticked off from his words.
"Big words from a jackass who conquers other worlds for no reason," Dragneel responded back with a faint glare towards the crimson haired man standing a good distance ahead of him, "I'll make sure you eat sh*t before we kill you."
"Hah! I would like to see you try." Ganolre responded as a faint smirk formed on his face.
"Please, it shouldn't be too hard dealing with an arrogant cocksucker like you," Asuka started to respond with a faint grin forming on her face as she went on yet still remained on edge, "Though I do wonder why you would attack other worlds much weaker than you. Maybe you're just compensating for something? I mean, even though you're so tall you probably have tiny dick women like to laugh at-."
*BAM*
Ganolre suddenly appearing in front of her with his right fist slammed directly into her stomach cut Asuka off, her eyes widening as blood threw from her mouth before she was launched flying away from the rest, smashing through some trees in the process.
"ASUKA!" Dragneel shouted in worry before Ganolre charged towards him and grabbed him by the face with his left hand, a smirk on the larger man's expression.
"You all should learn to not gloat as much and focus on the battle at hand." Ganolre mocked before he swiftly turned around before chucking Dragneel directly into Levy and Bisca, knocking the three away from the others as they smashed through multiple trees and got out of sight.
This got Knightwalker, Lockser and Sorano to widen their eyes in shock as they looked in the direction where the others were launched flying for a quick moment before looks of anger appeared on their faces. Turning their attention towards Ganolre who was now rushing towards where the three were, Sorano and Knightwalker dashed forward with the former's Celestial Star Fall and the latter's Plasma energy readied. Ganolre jumped over Sorano who swung her weapon at the larger hand before swiftly turning around and delivering a kick into the woman's back, causing Sorano to shout before she was launched flying through the forest also like the others were. Knightwalker then jumped up nearby the over seven feet tall man before forming a Plasma ball of energy and shoving it directly into Ganolre's face, causing it to detonate upon impact and blinding him for a moment. Landing on her feet a bit behind the enemy, Knightwalker turned around to continue her fight only for Ganolre to recover and grab the woman by her hair before slamming her face into his knee, causing blood to emerge from her nose as he then delivered a strong kick that launched the Edolas red head flying also.
Smirking for a moment, it would fade away when a Water Nebula crashed directly into his back causing him to grunt from the sudden move as he turned around only to see Lockser rushing forward with her Magic charged and ready. She shouted out while unleashing a Water Cane towards Ganolre, wrapping the water extension around his right hand as she closed in and thrust her left hand into his chest before firing off a Water Cyclone, enveloping the larger man and causing him to shout from the sudden move, yet seemed to be more out of annoyance than full blown pain. Ganolre gritted his teeth as he used his raw strength to break free from the Water Cane Lockser had wrapped around his right arm to keep him in place for her other attack before he thrust forward and delivered a hard punch to the face, causing Lockser to cease her Magical attack and causing her to also go flying through multiple trees knocking them all down as she went out of sight. Seeing this merely got Ganolre to smile.
This would go away as blasts of Holy Magic slammed into his back multiple times, causing him to stumble forward and shout in slight pain as Asuka rejoined the fray, her Holy Rifle in hand while she was up in the air, continuing to fire at the larger man even after landing in front of him a few feet away from him. His anger rising, Ganolre was about to rush forward to attack the dark green haired girl only for a burst of fire to emerge from the forest followed by a Fire Dragon's Iron Fist slamming into his left cheek, courtesy of Dragneel who also rejoined the fray with an angered look present on his face. This got Ganolre to be pushed to the right a bit while the father and daughter duo rushed at him once more, the latter firing her Holy Rifle none stop while Dragneel enveloped his fists with flames to pummel the foe before him. Ganolre managed to raise his arms up to block each flame enveloped punch thrown at him by Dragneel all while the crimson haired man was still getting pelted by the Holy blasts from Asuka's Holy Rifle. To add insult to injury, multiple small Solid Script: Bullets were launched from the nearby trees and into Ganolre's back also, courtesy of Levy who ran back onto the scene still unleashing her Magic at him.
Ganolre would gain a smirk however, as acting quickly he dodged another one of Dragneel's punches only to grab him by the face once more before quickly throwing him directly into Asuka, who widened her eyes for a moment as her father came crashing into her once again as they collided into a nearby tree bringing it down on to them. Turning around Ganolre thrust his right hand out towards where Levy was before a bolt of lightning emerged from his palm, shocking Levy as the attack slammed into her, causing her to shout in pain while she was sent flying once again. Ganolre gained an annoyed look however before his instincts reacted in time to avoid multiple of Magical bullets fired at him from a distance where Levy and Dragneel emerged from earlier. From her position, Bisca once more summoned forth her Gurass Railgun in hopes of injuring the crimson haired enemy. Seeing where the attack was coming from, the Alvarez general was about to bolt towards the direction of where Bisca was at only for Knightwalker, Sorano, and Dragneel once again appeared and got a jump on him.
Acting quickly, Ganolre swiftly turned around with his right arm enveloped with Darkness Magic and swiped at the three incoming enemies. The wave of darkness hitting all three of them as they cried out, crashing into the ground. Asuka ran pass the three with her Magic ready once more to continue the battle only for Ganolre to slam his fist down into he ground before him, unleashing multiple pillars of darkness to be unleashed heading straight towards her and the other three who managed to get back onto their feet. Seeing the incoming pillar attacks, the four either dashed or rolled out of the way while the attack continued onward, causing further damage to the surrounding trees behind them. As that happened, Bisca continued to unleash her Magic at the enemy only for Ganolre to bolt directly towards where she was at in a matter of seconds, catching the green haired woman off guard before Ganolre grabbed her by the face, quickly turned around and proceeded to chuck the Gunner Magic user towards where the others were at, crashing through a couple of trees in the process before landing next to the others who just avoided the pillar attacks while Levy and Lockser arrived back onto the scene to continue the battle.
Getting back on her feet, Bisca and the other six Mages remained ready to fight as Ganolre reappeared right before him, hovering slightly over the ground due to his levitation ability. A smirk was on his face as he looked at the seven Mages before him.
"Is this all you got?" Ganolre questioned with amusement clearly present on his face, "It will take more than that if you wish to take me on-."
He was cut off as without warning a burst of fire emerged from the nearby woods before slamming into the crimson haired man, catching off guard as he went flying before landing on his feet, being pushed back while he smashed through multiple trees in the process before he came to a stop. A look of surprise yet anger once again formed on his face as he looked up ahead where his enemies were at, wondering who just attacked him out of nowhere.
The others were also caught by surprise from the sudden intervention, before looking to see a brown cloaked figure landing on her feet looking towards where Ganolre was at.
"So… you're the giant power that I was sensing." The figure spoke out with cautious, sensing that the man she attacked was a threat. This foe made Acnologia look like an ant in comparison, and that alone was alarming to the cloaked figure. The others managed to snap out of their surprise before making sense of what just happened.
"Who the heck are you?!" Knightwalker shouted, grabbing the cloaked being's attention as she looked towards their way. Due to the hood casting a shadow over her face none of them could see her confusion and bewilderment when her eyes landed onto Dragneel who looked at her with cautious and alarm, unsure if this new arrival was friend or foe.
"…Why is there a male looking me over there?" The cloaked figure questioned before raising her hands up to put her hood down and move the cloak out of the way so it was mostly behind her, allowing the woman to be seen fully by the others.
The woman had short chin length yet wild and messy pink hair and possessed black colored eyes. A scar could be seen going across her left cheek also. Other than the brown cloak around her body, she also wore a sleeveless gold trimmed black colored waistcoat which was left opened, exposing her stomach. It would also have exposed her rather large bosom if it weren't for the white scarf wrapped around her chest acting like a bra. The woman also wore white colored baggy pants with black ribbons tied on them and she wore brown colored sandals on her feet. On her waist were a few small brown bags also.
Seeing the sight of her got the others to smile, aside from Dragneel who merely raised an eyebrow from the sight.
'It's this world female me that we were told about. She must have been nearby.' The pink haired man realized internally as the others were more relaxed, forgetting about the danger not too far ahead of them for a moment.
"Natsumi!" Lockser shouted, seeing this world's female version of the Fire Dragon Slayer being the one to arrive onto the scene. This got the Dragon Queen of this Earthland to raise an eyebrow of confusion.
"How do you know me? Have we met before?" Natsumi asked with slight puzzlement. She didn't recognize the blue haired woman or anyone else around. She was just confused as to why there look like a male version of her standing a few feet away.
"We know you back home. We're from a different Earthland." Bisca told her, getting her to be more confused.
"Another… Earthland?" She replied back, puzzled from hearing that.
"I know that sounds odd, but it's actually the truth." Sorano joined in before she motioned towards herself, Dragneel and Asuka, "The three of us come from a different Earthland than where those two are from," She told Natsumi, referring to Lockser and Bisca in that last bit before she shifted towards where Knightwalker and Levy were at, "And they are another reality who are an ally of ours."
Natsumi blinked once, twice before she spoke up once more.
"…I should be surprise, but with all the crap I've seen during my travels this doesn't even hit the top ten." She admitted, though was still puzzled over all of this. Alternate realities were a thing? "So… that guy over there is like what? A male version of me?"
Not even a second after she asked that, without warning Ganolre appeared directly behind Sorano before delivering a roundhouse kick that crashed into her side, causing her to be sent flying into Levy as the two went crashing through multiple trees once again.
The others went wide eyed while Dragneel internally cursed at himself for forgetting about the threat for a moment as Ganolre reached out and grabbed Dragneel by the face before he charged towards Natsumi grabbing her by the face with his other hand before slamming both of their heads together and threw them like they were pebbles through numerous trees once more, bringing them all down in the process. Swiftly turning around as he sensed Knightwalker, Asuka, Lockser and Bisca about to charge in to attack, he brought his fist enveloped in darkness down onto the ground once more, unleashing a large blast of darkness that collided into the four women sending them all flying through the forest once more.
"Never forget about your enemy, even for a split second!" Ganolre exclaimed with a smirk plastered on his face as he turned towards the direction where he sent Dragneel and Natsumi flying, planning on taking the two versions of the Emperor next once again.
Back with the two pink haired man and woman, both of them managed to get back only to see the Alvarez general making his way over towards their location slowly. Seeing this got the two to grit their teeth.
"Okay, this guy is something completely different from anything I've faced before." Natsumi pointed out, as Dragneel only glared at the incoming crimson haired over seven feet tall man with hate.
"That bastard… thinking he's so great," Dragneel muttered out before glancing over at his female counterpart who glanced back towards him, "We need to hit him hard. Think you can do that?"
Hearing that got Natsumi to grin.
"I think I'm more than capable. I may not know what's going on, but I won't let this son of a b*tch get away that easily!" She announced with confidence.
Dragneel grinned at that for a moment before both of them gained serious expressions before they both proceeded to power up. Fire enveloping both of their bodies as Natsumi's brown cloak was burnt to ashes in the process. At the moment their strength and Magic level was on par with one another, and with that in mind the two charged towards Ganolre once more.
As the sound of a large explosion could be heard from their collision with the enemy, Levy and Sorano from their location slowly managed to get back onto their feet emitting groans in the process.
"Ow… that bastard hits hard…" Sorano groaned as she rubbed her side where the man hit her at. It didn't seem like anything's broken, but it sure did hurt a lot. Levy managed to recover from being collided into by the light blue haired woman before her gaze moved over towards the sound of the action where the others were at.
"Wow… I think Natsumi's own power rivals that of Dragneel and Natsu back home." Levy admitted, sensing the Magical power that this world's Natsumi seemed to possess that rivaled that of Dragneel and Natsu of 200-AB. That was good, that meant they had a better chance to surviving this then right? She looked at her wrist communicator with an annoyed expression recalling how it's been a short while since she sent a signal for help, 'When are the others going to show up?! It shouldn't be taking them this long to get ready and arrive!'
Sorano wasn't paying attention to this, as she simply raised her Celestial Star Fall weapons up above her for a moment before focusing on her Magic. Calling for more power from the nearby heavenly bodies like that of the moon and sun, her weapons became more empowered as the woman was ready to rejoin the fray once more.
"We can't waste anymore time! We need to help them out!" The former Dark Mage exclaimed as she ran back towards the fight once more.
Levy looked ahead where Sorano ran towards, then looked back at the wrist communicator for a moment before she looked up and gained a determined expression as she also ran ahead to rejoin the battle. She could only hope that the others back home arrive soon.
Meanwhile back in the conflict, Natsumi cried out as she was met with a punch to the stomach launching her once more away from Ganolre, while Dragneel attacked him from behind delivering a Fire Dragon's Iron Fist to the back of the man's head. This got Ganolre to stumble forward a bit before he recovered with an angered expression on his face, turning around to attack the pink haired man who simply jumped up above the larger man and delivered a swift kick to the side of his face, knocking Ganolre off balance for a mere moment before he rushed in to deliver another blow. This time however the crimsoned haired Alvarez general recovered quickly before in anger turned around and quickly threw a darkness empowered fist directly into Dragneel's own face before the Fire Dragon Slayer had anytime to react. This of course launched him once more through the air and away from the Darkness Magic user.
Ganolre wouldn't have time to relax as a blast of Plasma energy slammed into his back once more, causing him to stumble forward before he swiftly turned around once more to see Knightwalker heading straight at him with her hands covered with her Magic. Right behind her Asuka and Lockser followed, charging up their respective Magics to aid in the fight once more. Seeing this got Ganolre to charged directly at the three incoming women to meet them head on. Knightwalker and Asuka managed to dashed around the man on opposing sides while Lockser jumped up into the air before using her Water Body to use her Sierra ability, crashing directly into the larger man pushing him back and slightly burning his skin due to how hot the water was, while Knightwalker fired off a large ball of Plasma energy from her hand into him while Asuka charged up her Holy Rifle and fired at the man also, both attacks hitting their target as an explosion emitted. Gaining distance, the two remained cautious and prepared their Magic while Lockser returned to her physical form, landing a bit away from the smoke covered area where Ganolre would be at.
The crimson haired Alvarez general emerged from the smoke a few seconds later in rage as he attempted to charge towards Lockser only for a large Magical blast to crash into him causing him to shout in slight pain and anger once more, courtesy of Bisca as she appeared once more with a Magic Big Bazooka in hand thanks to her Magic. Not giving him a chance to recover the surrounding women charged towards him once more only for the crimson haired man to had enough of this as he empowered his fists before slamming them down into the ground beneath him, unleashing a massive blast of darkness that devastated the surrounding forest area they were in and collided and launched the four women through the air before they crashed into the ground once more. Rushing over towards where Knightwalker who was recovering from the attack Ganolre grabbed her by the throat and lifted her up before bringing her down upon his knee which got the Edolas red head to throw up blood before he threw her up into the air and delivered a hard punch to the gut which launched her once more and got her to crash directly into Bisca, knocking them both into the ground once again.
Sensing an attack coming from behind, the over seven feet tall man side stepped out of the way as Sorano arrived onto the scene trying to hit her enemy with her Celestial Star Fall weapons once more. However, the larger man simply continued to dodge each attack swiftly before he dodged once more time then proceeded to throw and deliver an uppercut into the shorter woman in the gut, causing her to throw up blood and up into the air. Ganolre would had continued his assault on the woman, but his instincts kicked in as he quickly dashed out of the way as a large carved stone that spelled, well stone, missed to hit him. Turning around he saw Levy once more rejoining the battle summoning her Magic once more in order to attack the crimson haired general of Alvarez, firing off different Solid Script attacks like fire and water in order to hit him. Sorano managed to land nearby due to Ganolre being distracted by Levy, allowing her to regain her senses before she charged toward the man once more while he managed to get to the blue haired female before swiping at her with his arm, knocking her to the ground a good distance away from where he stood.
Ganolre scoffed before he turned around and whacked the incoming Sorano with his left hand once more, also knocking her down and sending her flying towards where the others were at. Natsumi managed to recover from earlier before she charged at Ganolre once more with her fists enveloped with flames. Seeing this the Alvarez general met her head on bringing his fist down upon her only for the pink haired woman to side stepped out of the way before firing off a point blank large blast of fire directly into the man's chest. This got him to be pushed back a bit while the pink haired woman dived in for further her assault. This would not come to pass however, as Ganolre quickly recovered from the sudden move before he opened his mouth and fired off a beam of Darkness Magic into the ground right in front of the Dragon Queen, pushing her back while Ganolre dashed and jumped backwards to get better distance from her and the others who all were back on their feet ready to continue the fight once again. Ganolre, now levitating over the ground a little bit once more took note of the eight Mages once again before a smirk formed on his face.
"Your tricks won't work on me-." Ganolre begun to gloat towards the enemy Mages before him.
However he cut himself off while his eyes widened before swiftly turned and dodged two card-like attacks that narrowly missed to hit him, with only one of them barely scratching his cheek causing a small wound to be present while the general landed onto his feet once more. The two cards kept on going slicing through any tree unfortunate enough to stand in their way with ease.
'What the-?! Where did those come from?!' Ganolre thought to himself from the sudden two card-like attacks.
He would be pulled from his thoughts as he looked up only to see an Iron Dragon's Steel Roar smashing through numerous trees heading his way, causing his eyes to widened before he lifted his arms to block the incoming attack. The large metallic draconic roar slammed directly into him pushing him back greatly through many trees before he was out of sight from everyone else, leaving nothing but a trail of destruction in its wake.
Dragneel, Natsumi, Asuka, Sorano, Bisca, Lockser, Knightwalker and Levy looked utterly puzzled as they looked in the direction where Ganolre was pushed far back towards.
"What the f**k?" Knightwalker questioned, wondering what just happened.
A certain laugh from a certain Iron Dragon Slayer grabbed the eight's attention as they turned towards the direction of the card-like attacks and the Iron Dragon's Steel Roar…
…Only to be surprised by the sight of a blue portal present along with those who stood before them.
Standing to their right were their friends and allies. Those from 132-F who were present were Evergreen, Alberona, Elfman, Marvell, and Fullbuster. And those from 200-AB that were also present consisted of Natsu, Erza, Mira, Lucy, Juvia, Cana, Lisanna, Gajeel, Gray and Wendy. A few among the large group possessing a couple weapons on hand in case they were needed.
"You rang?" Cana joked as she and the others ran over towards where the other eight Mages were at.
Snapping out of their surprise, Levy was the first to speak up as the others focused their attention onto her for the moment.
"About time you guys showed up! What took you all so long?!" Levy shouted in annoyance, figuring that they all would have arrived much sooner than now of all times. Some in the group sweat dropped from hearing this with smiles on their faces.
"Sorry about that. This was a first of any of us calling for backup so we were trying to figure out who and how many of us would come here to help. Plus, a couple of us wanted to grab a few weapons just in case it was needed." Evergreen explained to the others, while the rest nodded in agreement.
"Wait, you called for backup?" Sorano questioned the blue haired Solid Script Mage from 200-AB, who nodded as she figured she would explain her reasoning for it.
"Yeah, I had a feeling that we might have needed it," Levy explained as she turned towards the direction where Ganolre was sent flying with a worried expression, "And it may seem that I was right in doing so."
Those of 200-AB made their way over towards where Knightwalker and Levy were standing, a look of concern on Natsu's face when he saw the blood that covered the red head from Edolas.
"Knightwalker?" Natsu asked with slight worry. Seeing what he was worried about, Knightwalker waved his concern off with a small grin on her face.
"Don't worry Natsu, most of this blood isn't mine. Nothing broken just yet." Knightwalker responded to her boyfriend, who looked more relieved from hearing this. He was glad one of his girlfriends was still alright.
While this was happening, Natsumi looked both puzzled and slightly bewildered from the sight of seeing doubles of a few of the others standing before her. Seeing her reaction, Asuka leaned over and grabbed her attention before speaking towards her.
"These are our friends from back home and another reality. Don't worry, they're all good… though you might want to beware of Gray from 132-F." Asuka informed and warned her just to be safe, unsure if the Ice Mage would go gaga over her or not. After all, he only seemed to be attracted to their own Natsumi who was currently stuck on 137-C at the moment despite the fact she was in a relationship.
That only got Natsumi to raise an eyebrow in confusion, unsure which one was this Gray person she was talking about. She never met a Gray before, heck she never met anyone that was standing around and before her before in her whole life.
Speaking of Fullbuster, the Ice Maker Make from 132-F finally took notice of the pink haired busty beauty who looked back at him with slight confusion seeing how he noticed her. The dark blue haired male eyed her all over up and down, did some mental math involving the pink haired woman's bust before he shook his head.
"My Natsumi is better…" He grumbled out despite seeing that she had the same sized chest as his own Natsumi, which only Natsumi managed to hear as the others weren't focusing on that. Needless to say, the Dragon Queen was confuse as an imaginary question mark appeared over her head.
Everyone's attention would be drawn once more however as a faint noise could be heard in the distance where Ganolre was sent launching. A faint small flash of darkness could be seen for a split second far ahead of them all…
…Only for a massive beam of Darkness Magic to be fired that shook the land itself and completely decimated everything that stood in its way. Everyone gained wide shocked eyes from seeing the incoming massive attack heading their way.
"GET DOWN!" Erza shouted out.
"DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME TWICE!" Knightwalker exclaimed back from hearing her Earthland counterpart's words.
With that said everyone quickly moved to run and dash out of the way of the massive beam of darkness just in time as it went flying pass then, many of them trying to hold their ground due to the shockwaves the powerful attack was giving off.
As it continued to bulldoze its way through the forest it eventually was seen heading straight towards one of the nearby mountains in the distance… and before anyone knew it the attack collided into the natural structure as a massive explosion went off, unleashing a large shockwave in the process which threatened to blow everyone else away as they remained on the ground trying not to be blown away like the surrounding environment.
A few moments later the chaos died down, revealing nothing but smoke filling the area where the distance mountain used to be as the others managed to slowly get back onto their feet. Seeing the utter devastation around them as the forest was nothing more than barren land with destroyed trees for the most part, as well as the now destroyed mountain behind them which no longer stood shocked many of them to the core.
"Holy sh*t…" Elfman muttered out, not expecting for the enemy to be able to fire an attack like that.
Dragneel gritted his teeth, seeing that this fight was going to be much harder to win even with the additional help from the others.
"There! Up ahead!" Lucy called out as she pointed in front of her up in the air, getting everyone to look at where the blonde Celestial Mage was pointing at.
There in the distance, flying up high over the ruined decimated valley was Ganolre, who had a rather angry expression plastered on his face as he looked down at the many foes that dared to stand in his way. Darkness Magic swirling around his fists while his glare at the distance group never faltered.
'Three versions of the Emperor, all in one place… these echoes taint his image.' Ganolre thought as he focused on Dragneel, Natsu and Natsumi. He could tell those three may prove to be the biggest annoyances, unless the others had some kind of cheap trick like whoever unleashed those card-like techniques at him. In his view, those who relied on such gimmicks to fight are cowards who were unable to get stronger normally. Nevertheless, he will ensure that they all will lie dead at his feet. In the name of Lord Conbolt and in the name of the Emperor he shall succeed!
Raising his hands up, to his sides, numerous knocked down and damaged trees that littered the decimated valley all around and below him started to be lifted up high into the sky all around him thanks to his telekinesis abilities, something that obviously didn't go unnoticed by the others who all got into positions to defend themselves and to fight.
And without warning, Ganolre thrusted his right arm outward towards the enemy group before all the trees came flying directly at them high speeds that could rival that of a speed of a bullet being fired.
"INCOMING!" Lisanna exclaimed as the others braced themselves.
Not wasting time, the group shot into different directions as they all moved across the decimated valley to avoid the trees raining down from above and in front of them all as if they were artillery fire. Each of the dead trees crashing into the ground with such velocity that small explosions were emitted as they hit the ground upon impact. Despite this everyone so far was able to outrun the barrage of chuck trees at them.
The barrage would end as Ganolre without warning came crashing down into the ground which broke beneath his weight, shaking the land all around him as the others nearly lost their footing before quickly recovering as the Alvarez general charged towards where the closest Mages were at. However, the others wouldn't let him try to pick them off one by one as everyone rushed towards the enemy at once. Ganolre noticed this however, as he ceased his movement before once more slamming his darkness enveloped fists into the ground beneath him, unleashing a large blast of darkness and a shockwave that blew everyone back a good distance away into the ground.
Natsumi managed to get back onto her feet as she turned around to see Ganolre making his way over towards where the pink haired woman was located to take her on. However large waves of ice stopped him in his tracks as he widened his eyes before more waves of ice struck at him, freezing his legs in place courtesy of both Gray and Fullbuster who entered into their Ice Devil Slayer forms. The two along with Natsumi, Lucy who entered into her Star Dress: Aquarius form, Natsu and Gajeel charged towards the stuck crimson haired man before he could break out. This wouldn't work however as Ganolre easily broke free from his icy constraints before he charged and grabbed Gray by the face before he quickly turned back around and threw him directly into Natsu, causing the two to crash into one another and hit the ground. This didn't slow the others down as Natsumi managed to close the gap between him as she managed to deliver a Fire Dragon's Iron Fist into his left cheek, causing him to stumble. Not even a moment after that happened Gajeel and Fullbuster joined in the attack by the former thrusting his right arm and unleashing an Iron Dragon's Steel Lance and the latter unleashing an Ice Devil's Zeroth Destruction Fist into Ganolre, knocking and pushing him back a bit while Lucy followed up by unleashing an Aqua Metria attack which used the earth around her, slamming directly into the crimson haired general who was launched flying back a bit before landing onto his feet, slowing his movement down as he came to a stop.
Ganolre grew more furious as he spat out blood that was in his mouth, the fact they were able to make him bleed was enough to infuriate him even further. He wouldn't get a chance to act as without warning a bullet from a Longshot Sniper Rifle that came from a distance slammed into his face with said bullet detonating upon impact, causing the Ganolre to shout in shock and fury.
The culprit being Evergreen who fired the COG style weapon from a distance with a grin on her face.
"Got him!" The brown haired woman explained as a few others like Dragneel, Lockser, Sorano, Elfman and Lisanna rushed passed her to head towards the red haired Alvarez general.
"Yeah if your main goal was to piss him off further!" Sorano shouted towards her as she and the others continued to head towards their attack on the enemy up ahead of them.
Ganolre at this point was furious as he roared out before he bolted from his spot towards the incoming enemies, who were unable to act in time to dodge when the general stretched his arms out from his sides before crashing them directly into Dragneel and Lockser, causing the two to cry out in pain as they were slammed into the ground. Not stopping Ganolre kept on making his way towards the others as Sorano charged at him with her weapons in hand once again before jumping up and bringing the empowered Celestial Star Falls onto the top of his head, causing him to stumble forward but was able to recover fast enough before Sorano could attempt anything else. Next thing she knew she was grabbed by the head before the man slammed her head into his knee once more before simply whacking her with his arm, sending her out of the way though the air once more.
The crimson haired man's attention would be drawn elsewhere when Elfman rushed in and entered his Beast Soul: Adamantium Bull before delivering a blow of punches into the man's head, pushing him back once more while Lisanna appeared from behind Ganolre in her War Cheetah form, slashing her claws through his cape and into his back, causing more injury to the general from the double attack he was receiving. Gritting his teeth Ganolre roared out before he let out a burst of Lighting Magic from his body, hitting and shocking both Lisanna and Elfman as they both stumbled back from the move. Not done yet Ganolre jumped up slightly before delivering a darkness empowered kick directly into Lisanna that launched her flying which set off a shockwave that shattered the ground beneath them as the white haired woman went out of sight. Quickly refocusing his attention onto the still dazed Elfman, Ganolre rushed in and pulled his right fist back before throwing an empowered darkness punch directly into Elfman's stomach with enough force to shatter the adamantium that covered the white haired young man's body as he went flying through the air towards Evergreen, who was able to roll out of the way to avoid the taller man colliding into her. A look of frustration on her face from seeing how Ganolre was still standing.
Ganolre turned his gaze towards the brown haired woman for a moment only for his attention to be drawn towards two large blasts of water as he rolled out of the way to avoid, the large attacks continuing pass him through the battle torn valley. Looking up he saw Juvia and Lockser once more jumping back into the battle as they along with Dragneel, Lucy, Natsu, Gajeel, Fullbuster and Gray charging towards his location. Yelling aloud in frustration Ganolre thrust his open palm out forward before firing off a large darkness beam towards the group which unleashed a shockwave in the process. The others managed to move out of the way just in time to dodge it while Evergreen took this moment to unleash her Homing Rock Missile spell, with the large missile-like Magical projectile being fired and slamming directly into Ganolre's back, causing a rather large explosion while the Alvarez general roared out from the surprise attack. Taking the opportunity, both Dragneel and Natsu rushed forward before the both of them delivered a fully empowered Fire Dragon's Iron Fist double attack into his gut, causing Ganolre to cough up bits of blood while he was launched up into the air from the double attack. Not done yet Gajeel fired off an Iron Dragon's Steel Roar once again, followed by both Gray and Fullbuster firing off their respective Ice Devil's Rage, which was then preceded by both Dragneel and Natsu unleashing their Fire Dragon's Roars, which was then also followed up with Juvia and Lockser unleashing their own Water Nebulas at the airborne general.
All attacks coming together into a massive unison raid attack that charged directly towards the airborne Alvarez general. Ganolre, gritting his teeth as his anger only increased quickly steadied himself before grabbing a hold of his large bronze blade before with a shout brought the blade down, cutting the unison attack in half as it bypassed him out into the sky. This naturally caught the others off guard as Ganolre came crashing down with his feet enveloped with darkness, causing an explosion that slammed into all the others causing them to be sent flying into the air once more.
Not too far where Juvia crashed into as the smoke that emerged from the large detonation was in the background, the blue haired woman managed to get back onto her feet as she saws Ganolre appearing not to far from where she stood with his arms crossed. A look of confidence once more on his face despite his injuries he has received so far which got onto the Water Mage from 200-AB's nerves.
'He's in range. I wish I didn't have to use this move, but it's the only way!' Juvia thought to herself as blood ran down her forehead. She was going to end this battle right here and now! Raising her hand up she thrusted it outward and proceeded to shout out the technique that was going to end this fight, "DRAIN!"
Ganolre however, remained in his place without anything affecting him. The woman's eyes widening as her pose faltered for a moment, before she tried to use the technique once more.
"DRAIN!" Juvia shouted out channeling her Magic once more, yet still nothing happened which only increased her worry and disbelief, 'Why… why isn't it working?! He's in range and everything!'
Ganolre smirked, realizing what the blue haired woman was trying to do as he lowered his arms and proceeded to head towards Juvia, who only grew more worried and frantic from seeing the technique that always triumphed over all not working for unknown reasons.
"DRAIN!" Juvia once more shouted as the over seven feet tall crimson haired came closer towards where she stood. Regardless the slightly fearful blue haired Fairy Tail continued to try in vain for her ability to work on the enemy closing in before her, "DRAIN! DRAIN! DRA-!"
A hand grabbed her by the throat cut her off while she was held into the air, her feet dangling while Ganolre had a smirk plastered on his face. He loved the fearful look on the woman's face while said female tried to break free from his hold to no valid.
"You fool. My Magic envelops and protects me from such gimmick techniques. Now… die." Ganolre calmly explained to the choked female only for his tone to take a more chilling tone when he said those last words.
Then without warning, lighting shot from his hand to electrify Juvia who only screamed out in agony as she felt her body slowly burning up from the heat and damage of the lighting. Ganolre continued to grin as smoke started to radiate from the woman's body.
However, a large blast of Holy Magic as well as two Sky Dragon's Roars slammed into his back, causing a small explosion and causing Ganolre to roar in pain while dropping Juvia who hit the ground.
Turning around, Ganolre was met with the sight of Asuka, Wendy and Marvell in the distance. The three arriving in time while they glared at the man with fury. His attention no longer on the downed Water Mage, Ganolre was about to go attack the young Mages up ahead of him if it weren't for both Erza who was in her Heaven's Wheel Armor and Knightwalker arriving from out of nowhere and tackling the larger man away from their current location further into the decimated valley.
Seeing an opening, Asuka and both Sky Dragon Slayers rushed forward to Juvia who let out a groan as pain littered her entire body. She would have been fried completely if they didn't interfere. Acting quickly, the blue haired girls got onto their knees and proceeded to use their Magic to heal the injured woman.
"Don't worry Juvia, you will be okay." Wendy promised as she and Marvell did their work to heal up the blue haired Water Mage.
"Act quickly, we'll need her help again if we are to beat that piece of sh*t." Asuka told the two Sky Dragon Slayers.
The fifteen year old didn't say anything as she took off towards the direction where Erza, Knightwalker and Ganolre were at, knowing that her father and everyone else will once more join up to aid in the fight against the Alvarez general further.
Back with the three red heads, Ganorle came to a stop while both Erza and Knightwalker jumped back to get some distance between them and the enemy. Erza took up high into the air while Knightwalker charged up her Plasma Magic once more into her hands, forming two balls of the plasma energy before she took off directly towards the Alvarez general. Ganolre meanwhile only gritted his teeth before he raised his sword up into the air once more before bringing it down onto the ground, shattering it while unleashing a massive wave of darkness Magic from the resulting blow towards Knightwalker, who managed to dash out of the way as the attack continued on behind her devastating any still standing trees while it disappeared from sight. Not wasting time Knightwalker charged her Magic once more before throwing both plasma spheres into the larger man, crashing into him as he stumbled back.
"NOW SCARLET!" Knightwalker shouted, grabbing Ganolre's attention with his eyes widening a bit from hearing this.
Turning around and looking up into the air, the crimson haired man grew surprised when she spotted Erza summoning multitudes of artillery shells, bullets, swords, and bombs before she thrusted her arms downward towards him, unleashing the massive bombardment known as her Steel Storm technique onto the man below causing him to shout in pain and fury, each weapon hitting him causing a massive explosion that could be heard for miles around.
The Steel Storm Erza unleashed continued to be used while Knightwalker got some distance once again before charging up her Plasma Magic and unleashing her own technique called Double Plasma Sunday, thrusting both her hands outward before emitting two large beams of plasma energy that crashed into the man who was still enveloped by Erza's own attack.
It didn't take to long before Asuka arrived onto the scene, seeing the constant attack the two red heads were firing into the large smoke filled area where Ganolre is located. Figuring that she would join the attack Asuak rushed in before charging up and firing a powerful shot of her Holy Rifle into the mess before her, adding to the assault Ganolre was under.
While this was happening, many of the others also arrived in the area to see the sight before them all. Wendy, Marvell and Juvia who was mostly healed from earlier also managed to show up onto the sight. Seeing the chaos got some of the others to grin.
"Wow, overkill much?" Elfman who was clutching his arm questioned though he had a grin on his face from seeing the sight.
"Better safe then sorry. There's no way that bastard will be in much fighting shape after this." Sorano responded yet still had her guard up. After all they can't be too sure if their enemy would still be able to carry onward or not after this.
"Don't worry, we'll make sure he stays down." Levy told the light blue haired with a confident smile followed by Cana and Alberona.
As Erza, Knightwalker and Asuka finished their attacks, the three made sure to move out of the way while Cana, Alberona and Levy prepared to use their own techniques to end this fight for good. The two Card Mages summoning forth their Card Slicer techniques while Levy summoned forth hundreds of Magical parchments around her.
"Let's end this!" Alberona exclaimed with a grin.
And with that, the two Card Mages fired off their Card Slicers while Levy unleashed her Paper Shredder into the area filled with smoke as everyone watched on. However, a few like Dragneel and Natsumi remained on guard in case Ganolre wasn't down for the count.
They would be proven right as without warning Ganolre dashed out from the smoke, new marks and injuries on his body but nevertheless was still up and running much to the shock of almost everyone around him. Forming a small yet sharp sword made of light in his right hand, with great speed and agility he easily dodged each of the dangerous small card and paper attacks while using said blade he summoned forth to slice and destroy each of the small Magical projectiles with ease all while he closed in towards where Cana, Levy and Alberona were located.
"WATCH OUT!" Natsu shouted as he saw Ganolre closing in towards where the three girls were at, with the three of them having shocked expressions from seeing their attacks not only dodged but even destroyed by the enemy before them.
Dragneel however didn't stay idle as he along with Natsu and Nastumi without warning charged towards where Ganolre was at in order to stop him.
Sadly it would be for naught as the moment the Card Slicers and Paper Shredder were taken care of, Ganolre unleashed a large Darkness Magic explosive wave which slammed into practically everyone decimated the area they were in once more and also sending them all into the ground a good distance away from one another as smoke filled the air.
Cana was the first to slowly get up onto her feet, rubbing her head from the sudden knock back she experienced when she spotted all the others not to far from her either lying on the ground groaning in pain or were getting back onto their feet also.
However, before she could shout to the others in worry Ganolre appeared right before her, and before she could even turn around, she was met with a monstrous kick that crashed directly into her left arm. A loud crack of something breaking filled the air while Cana hit the ground screaming in agony from feeling her left arm being broken from the move.
That got Natsu's full attention as he looked up from the ground he was getting up from only to see one of his girlfriends receiving such an injury from Ganolre. Needless to say, rage filled his heart from the sight.
"HOW DARE YOU HURT HER?!" Natsu roared out in utter hatred.
Nothing else could happen as without warning, Natsu powered up, shaking the ground in the process as familiar draconic scales formed all over his body before he bolted towards Ganolre, who heard the incoming danger as he turned to face Natsu only to be met with a headbutt into his own and with Natsu delivering a flame covered kick into Ganolre's chest, launching the Alvarez general back a good distance away from everyone else while Natsu bolted after him.
Everyone else who saw this only widened their eyes as Wendy, Marvell, Lucy and a few others rushed over towards Cana's side, the brown haired woman trying her best to bear the pain as she clutched her broken arm. Natsumi looked up ahead to see the direction where Natsu and Ganolre were launched towards.
"Huh, so he knows Dragon Force also huh?" Natsumi muttered out in surprise as she looked at the injured Card Mage from 200-AB. Her eyes then shifted towards one of her small pouches before slightly shaking her head, 'No, I only have one left. A broken arm isn't the worst thing in the world, better to save it in case for a more serious injury.'
"How is that bastard still have so much fight in him?! Is he seriously that strong?!" Gajeel shouted seeing how Ganolre still had plenty of power and strength left within him.
"I don't care how strong he is, I'm not going to let him hurt anyone else!" Knightwalker exclaimed before without warning charged towards where Natsu and Ganolre were at, her Magic flaring all around her from seeing one of her friends injured to such a degree.
"Knightwalker wait!" Bisca shouted as she too charged after the furious Edolas red head. Following right after her were Sorano, Juvia, Mira, Lockser, Erza, Evergreen, Wendy, Lisanna, Fullbuster, Gray, Gajeel, Levy, and Lucy, leaving the rest behind for a moment.
Dragneel looked back towards Cana before he looked over towards where Marvell, Alberona and Elfman were at as he gave them a serious expression.
"Cana, you two, watch over her. She's no condition to fight any longer." Dragneel ordered before looking away from them.
Then without warning, Dragneel powered and entered into his own Dragon Force, shaking the land below them for a moment as he then took off to follow the others.
"DAD WAIT UP!" Asuka shouted in annoyance as she also followed right after her dad to help the rest out to taking down their hated enemy.
Natsumi, seeing how her two male counterparts went ahead and entered those forms, figured she would do the same as she powered and unleashed Dragon Force herself. Not wasting anymore time, she charged ahead to aid the rest while those who remained behind tried their best to treat Cana's injuries.
Back with Ganolre, he was currently blocking each punch and kick thrown at him by the enraged Natsu, damaging the remnants of the forest all around them in the process. Throwing a punch of his own, Natsu dodged it as he thrust forward and unleashed a large blast of fire from the palm of his hand alone, causing an explosion that launched Ganolre back as he hit the ground before landing onto his feet. Glancing back up, he saw Natsu approaching him at high speeds once more intending on continue his assault. Not allowing that to happen, Ganolre empowered his right fist before pulling it back, and once Natsu got close enough, the Alvarez general threw it. The darkness empowered punch landed a direct hit into Natsu's face, causing him to shout in pain while he was launched through the air and through multiple still standing trees, now out of sight from where the Alvarez general how stood.
Ganolre grinned from seeing his only for multiple Magical blasts to crash into him, causing small detonations while he shouted in annoyance and anger. Turning towards the direction of the attack, the crimson haired man spotted the rest of his enemies arriving onto the scene, with those like Bisca using her Guass Railgun attack, Asuka firing her Holy Rifle once more, Evergreen with her Longshot Sniper Rifle and both Juvia and Lockser firing off a double Water Cyclone. His anger growing, Ganolre thrust his right hand outward to fire off a large beam of Darkness Magic once more towards them, however they all saw this and managed to dash out of the way just in time to avoid it.
Ganolre gritted his teeth from seeing this, but his attention would be drawn elsewhere as Mira, who was now in her Take-Over: Halphas form, appeared right behind him before firing off a point blank Cosmic Beam into Ganolre's back, causing a large explosion and getting Ganolre to stumble forward a bit from the move. Following up this both Dragneel and Natsumi charged forward before delivering each an empowered Fire Dragon King's Fist into the stomach of Ganolre, causing him to throw up blood as he was launched through the air once more before crashing face first into the ground. Getting back up, he quickly turned around just in time to see both Dragneel and Natsumi attempting to attack him once more only for Ganolre to react quickly by reaching out and grabbing both of them by their faces, slamming the two Fire Dragon Slayers into the ground before firing off two beams of darkness from each hand into the two versions of Natsu. This caused them to both shout in pain while they were fired into the distance away from the others once again.
This however didn't slow the others down as both Knightwalker and Erza charged forward once more, with the former dashing around to be behind Ganolre while the latter re-equipped into her Clear Heart Clothing clothes. Erza using her blade and Knightwalker using her Plasma Magic, the two went on to attack Ganolre from in front and behind. However, Ganolre was able to keep up with the two of them blocking or dodging each blow thrown by the two red heads. The crimson haired Alvarez general would end this little two sided attack when he reached out and grabbed Erza by the face before swiftly turning around and chucking her into Knightwalker before the Edolas woman could have time to dodge, sending both of them into the ground a good distance away from where the crimson haired man stood.
Ganolre's attention would be drawn away once more when Evergreen and Sorano rushed in towards the taller man to face him themselves. Wielding her Celestial Star Falls still, the light blue haired woman jumped up into the air in an attempt to hit the man, however the Alvarez general managed to dodge this and grabbed the woman by her left leg before throwing her to the sides, knocking down a few trees in the process while she crashed face first into the ground. Ganolre didn't waste a moment as he quickly focused onto Evergreen, who raised her arms up in front of her before unleashing an Fairy Machine Gun: Leprechaun at him, which he managed to dodged easily before rushing over towards her and delivering a strong kick to her stomach. This caused Evergreen to throw up more blood before she was launched far away from him once more, with those running towards him had to move out of the way else Evergreen would have hit them.
Seeing the rest of the others about to approach him once more, Ganolre simply empowered his right fist with his Darkness Magic before bringing it down to punch the ground before him. Doing so unleashed massive pillars of darkness that shot out from the ground which managed to end up hitting all of them, causing them to shout in pain before they were flung in different directions from each other.
Wendy was the first to get up from the pillar attack only for a hand to grab her by the throat and lift her up from the ground, causing her to struggle to breath as the crimson haired man stared directly at her in his grasps.
"So… another version of Lady Marvell before me," Ganolre started to speak as he clutched onto Wendy's neck harder, causing her to gasp for air while the pain from the hold she was in filled her body. A slight disgusted look formed on Ganolre's expression as he went on, "You would have disgusted her by your presence. Your very existence is an insult to her being. I will fix this."
With that Ganolre started to put more pressure onto the young blue haired girl, getting her to further struggle for air as she felt the life being choked out of her. Tears slowly formed in her eyes while she in vain tried to gasp for air, her strength slowly fading away as her hands which were on the larger man's wrist in an attempt to get him to let go slowly relaxed due to her situation.
Thankfully rescue came in time as without warning a charged up blast of Holy Magic crashed into Ganolre's back, causing him to shout in pain and drop Wendy who would have hit the ground if it weren't for Lisanna, who recovered from the darkness pillar attack, dashing in and grabbing her, getting her to a safe distance away from the crimson haired man. Gritting his teeth in rage, he turned around to see Asuka standing not to far away from where he was, having recovered from the darkness pillar as she glared at the Alvarez general before her.
Ganolre would have attacked her if it weren't for Natsu, Dragneel and Natsumi appearing from out of nowhere and tackling him once more, crashing through multiple trees that were still standing from the chaos erupted from the conflict and away from the others once more. Lucy however couldn't help but notice something throughout this battle as she looked towards where her boyfriend and his two doubles went to.
"Of course…" Lucy muttered out, getting those who were around the blonde haired woman to look at her in confusion.
"What? Did you figure out something?" Mira asked the Celestial Mage, who nodded in haste.
"I think I did! Every time Asuka hits him with her Holy Rifle, he takes more damage compared to the rest of us hurting him! He's weak to Light and Holy based weaponry and Magic!" Lucy exclaimed, getting the others to widen their eyes from hearing this revelation while they face towards where Ganolre was tackled into.
"Holy and Light base huh?" Asuka muttered out as she grinned from this revelation, "Good, now I know to keep hitting that b*tch hard then!"
The dark green haired fifteen year old then bolted towards where her father and his two counterparts as many of the others followed suit. Lucy quickly changed into her Star Dress: Leo form before she too followed, knowing that her Regulus Magic which was Light based would help her be more effective against this enemy.
Back with Dragneel, Natsu and Natsumi, the three Dragon Force users were currently all attacking Ganolre who was dodging and blocking each of their blows while they were all moving through the decimated valley without stop. Having enough Ganolre threw a darkness empowered punch towards Dragneel only for him to duck as both Natsu and Natsumi delivered a flame empowered kick into his stomach, causing Ganolre to shout in pain while spitting up blood before being flung farther away towards the base of one of the nearby mountains that surround the valley they all were residing in.
Looking back up, his eyes widened as he saw the rest of his enemies arriving onto the scene not too far after once again. But before he could act in time Natsu, Dragneel, and Natsumi jumped up into the air before they each took in a deep breath and unleashed a massive Fire Dragon's Roar. Also aiding in the attack was Mira still in her Take-Over: Halphas form as she charged up her Magic before unleashing a devastating attack dubbed Cold Hellfire into the mix. This was quickly followed by Knightwalker unleashing her Double Plasma Sunday attack, Erza using her Steel Storm technique, Asuka firing a fully charged Holy Rifle Blast, Levy once more firing off her Paper Shredder, Gajeel unleashing his Iron Dragon's Steel Roar, Bisca unleashing her Guass Railgun ability, Evergreen using her Homing Rock Missile spell, Gray and Fullbuster both firing off another Ice Devil's Rage, both Juvia and Lockser fired off a double Water Cyclone, Wendy unleashed a Sky Dragon's Roar and Lucy charging up and firing off a blast of her Regulus Magic.
All of these attacks coming together into one massive beam of raw Magical power heading straight towards Ganolre, while the land itself shook immensely due to the presence of the power unison attack. The crimson haired man slowly before shouting out a roar of fury as the attack came into contact with him and when it did…
*BOOM*
A massive explosion was set off, completely destroying the nearby mountain while a few surrounding ones also didn't escape the resulting detonation of the massive attack. A massive shockwave also emitted from the chaos, as many of the others had to hold their ground and raise their arms to protect their eyes due to the chaos taking place around them.
A few moments later however, everything seem to calm down with nothing but a massive amount of smoke filling the area where the few mountains ahead of them no longer stood, only a massive crater.
"Holy sh*t…," Gray spoke out from seeing the sight ahead of him, "There's no way that guy could have survive that."
"I don't sense him anymore. Maybe we won?" Bisca wondered out loud. Dragneel however remained cautious.
"We can't say for certain. He may be lowering his energy to hide himself from us. Remain on guard." Dragneel told the others. In his eyes, unless there was a body, they can't count anything out until they were absolutely certain. Natsumi was in agreement as was Natsu, they both had a feeling that this wasn't over yet.
They would be proven right on that as without warning, the ground slowly begun to shake catching everyone off guard. If that wasn't a bad sign enough the sky which was originally red in color seemed to be swallowed up in darkness, blocking out the sky in the process.
"Oh… this doesn't look good." Fullbuster spoke up to the others seeing what was happening around them.
"Yeah no sh*t sherlock!" Sorano exclaimed back at the Ice Devil Slayer, getting him to flinch from the light blue haired woman's words.
"Guys! Up ahead!" Mira exclaimed loudly, getting everyone else to look at where the large amount of smoke from their combined unison raid attack left behind in its aftermath.
Their eyes widened in surprise as high up in the air in the smoke, a raging aura of darkness could be seen within the thick smoke surrounding a similar figure.
Then without warning a roar of hatred and fury erupted from the being, a wave of power unleashed which blew away the smoke while shaking the land and sky all around him as Ganolre could be seen once more, still alive and kicking while injuries and blood ran down his body. Yet despite this he was far from done.
"ENOUGH OF THIS FARCE!" Ganolre roared out as darkness enveloped his body while his power skyrocketed, shocking many of those down below.
Needless to say, no one was expecting him to still be standing let alone giving off so much power still.
"ARE YOU SH*TTING ME?! HE STILL HAS THAT MUCH STRENGTH LEFT?!" Asuka shouted in utter frustration. How did this annoying son of a b*tch still have this much power left at his disposal?!
"EVERYONE! GET READY!" Natsumi exclaimed to the others as she, Natsu and Dragneel powered up further with their Dragon Force, seeing that things were about to get more intense.
Ganolre glared down at the distance foes ahead and below him for a moment before he seemly vanishing in thin air, shocking everyone as they saw him disappear…
…Only for Ganolre to appear directly fight in front of them all, crashing into the ground with enough force to unleash a blast of darkness once more that slammed into all of them, sending them all flying into different directions once more into the ground while the explosion of Dark Magic devastated the already decimated valley further.
Knightwalker crashed face first into the ground, letting out a groan of pain but before she would fully get up Ganolre appeared right above her before he came crashing down, slamming his foot into the Edolas red head's right knee, causing a loud crack to emit in the air. Knightwalker only cried out in agony from feeling her right leg being broken when Ganolre merely pulled his right leg back before delivering a devastating kick into the woman's rib, sending her flying into the air and through multiple trees that were still standing from the devastation being unleashed from this battle. Not done yet Ganolre quickly turned around before bolting towards where Mira and Sorano were at, both of them getting back onto their feet only to see the empowered Alvarez general charging straight towards them. Sorano and Mira spotted this as they prepared themselves to fight once more when Ganolre summoned forth another sword of light in his hands he swiped at the two women who barely managed to dodge in time, however Mira's long hair suffered as it was sliced off, much to her anger.
She wouldn't have time to properly react however as Ganolre turned towards her and thrust his right open palm at her before firing off a beam of Darkness Magic that slammed directly into Mira, causing her to cry out in pain as she went flying through the air before collapsing into the ground no longer in her Halphas form, blood going down her body due to her wounds. Sorano tried to use this chance to attack the crimson haired man from behind only for the larger man to swiftly turn around, dismiss his sword of light before slamming his arm directly into the former Dark Mage's left arm with enough force to break it. Sorano couldn't even scream from gaining the broken bone when Ganolre jumped up into the air and delivered a darkness empowered kick into her skull, sending her crashing into the ground face first a good distance away from him.
Ganolre didn't react when Gray, Fullbuster and Gajeel appeared right behind him with their respective Mages readied to attack him once again. Ganolre wouldn't give them the chance as he swiftly turned around swiping his left arm which unleashed a wave of Darkness Magic crashing directly into all three of them sending them all flying into the air before crashing into the ground a good distance away. Ganolre widened his eyes once more as he turned left just in time to block an incoming punch from Natsumi, as the female Fire Dragon Slayer proceeded to unleash a barrage of fire empowered punches and kicked into the crimson haired man who was able to dodge or block each attack thrown at him. It didn't help that Lucy then jumped in wrapping her fists and feet with her Regulus Magic to aid in the close combat assault. Ganolre however was able to keep up with both of them with not much difficulty as he then jumped up into the air and out of way causing Natsumi to accidently punch Lucy in the face causing her to hit the ground hard.
Natsumi shouted out a profanity from doing this before Ganolre came back down towards her, delivering a hard darkness empowered kick into her right rib, causing her to be sent flying into Natsu, who was charging towards the crimson haired man before this happened, knocking them both into the ground. Lucy managed to get back up as she charged and jumped up in an effort to hit the Alvarez general once more, however instead Ganolre jumped up and did a backflip landing right behind the surprised Celestial Mage before he summoned forth another sword of light before slicing at the blonde woman, succeeding at hitting her across the face but not deep enough to hit any vitals like her eyes. Nevertheless Lucy cried out in pain as she clutched her now bleeding face which left her wide opened when Ganolre lifted his right leg up before bringing it down on the smaller human, knocking her into the ground shattering the ground in the process.
A punch into the back of his skull grabbed Ganolre's attention once more as he stumbled forward before he saw Dragneel appearing right ahead of him, a look of anger on the pink haired man's face as he charged in to deliver an uppercut into the chin of the taller man, knocking him back once more while Dragneel jumped up before delivering a hard fire enveloped kick into his gusts, pushing Ganolre further back away from the Fire Dragon Slayer from 8484-N. Ganolre managed to stop himself from further movement when both Juvia and Lockser appeared a bit behind him, both unleashing their own Water Nebulas towards him. Ganolre however saw this coming as he quickly turned around and thrust both of his hands forwards, firing off large bolts of lightning that slammed directly into the two blue haired Water Mages, causing them to shout in agony as they were flung back. Ganolre couldn't take off after them when Dragneel rushed back towards him delivering another Fire Dragon King's Fist into his back, causing Ganolre to stumble forward for a moment before he quickly recovered, turned around and reached out to grab Dragneel by his head before delivering a hard headbutt that unleashed a small shockwave from the collision of skulls. Letting go of him Ganolre then jumped up before delivering a powerful darkness enveloped kicked into Dragneel's stomach, causing him to throw up blood and launched away from the crimson haired man crashing into the ground not too far from where he once stood.
Ganolre didn't say anything as he quickly dashed all around the area avoiding Bisca's Gauss railgun which was unleashed at him from a distance, the green haired woman cursing to herself from seeing the man managing to dodge each of the Magical bullets fired at him despite their speed. Then without warning Ganolre vanished before appearing right behind her, causing Bisca to widen her eyes in horror as she turned around only for the Alvarez general to slam the side of his right arm into her, causing her to shout in pain as she went flying and hitting the ground not to far away from where she originally stood. Ganolre didn't react when Lisanna tried to charge directly at him still using her War Cheetah Animal Take-Over form only for Ganolre to, without turning around, flipped his fingers up behind him causing a small but devastating pillar of darkness to erupt from right underneath the white haired youngest Strauss sibling to shout in pain as she went up into the air before hitting the ground with a loud thud not too far from where she originally was. Both Erza and Levy then charged towards where Ganolre now stood, with the former still in her Clear Heart Clothing clothes and Levy summoning once more Paper Shredder in hopes of actually hitting him and ending this fight before anyone else could be hurt. However Ganolre quickly turned around and dashed towards the incoming red head and blue haired females, dashing and destroying each of the Magical parchments fired at him due to the raw power erupting from his body still, getting Levy to widen her eyes from seeing this happened before both her and Erza found themselves being grabbed by the face and slammed into the ground. Then without wasting a single second Ganolre proceeded to launch them both far away from where he stood through the ground and into the remains of fallen trees crashing right through them.
Ganolre teeth gritted harder when he felt three presences approaching at him from behind once more, quickly turning around to block just in time as Dragneel, Natsu and Natsumi once more attacked him at once, yet despite this he was able to keep up with all three of them at once just like before.
As this was happening, Sorano managed to recover as blood ran down her forehead, slowly getting back onto her feet while clutching her broken left arm with her other hand. Looking at the sight up ahead, she couldn't help but feel frustrated from what was happening to all of them while nearby Wendy rushed over to the greatly hurt Mira in hopes of healing her of her injuries.
'Even with three versions of Natsu going all out he's still able to keep up!' Sorano noticed, seeing how out of all of them only Dragneel, Natsu and Natsumi were able to keep up with the empowered Alvarez general after his power up. She gritted her teeth out of anger from this turn of events, 'I don't get it! How… how can a single person be able to keep up with all of us at once and still have enough strength and power to keep fighting?! Does this vile evil Alvarez possess more monsters like this?! Were… were those two we met a while back the same as this guy?'
Sorano couldn't help but shake in utter frustration. It wasn't fair. What kind of Earthland did this Alvarez come from to have such strong beings? Why was it always the enemy that managed to have such strength at their disposal?
Back with the three versions of the Fire Dragon Slayer, they continued to attack the crimson haired man from all sides as fire erupted from their bodies while darkness erupted from Ganolre's own. Both Dragneel and Natsu threw an empowered Fire Dragon King's Fist at the Alvarez general, knocking him back a bit while Natsumi rushed forward with her fist pulled back summoning forth much more fire power than before to deliver a hard punch. Seeing this Ganolre pulled his own fist back and empowered it further with his Darkness Magic. Then without warning the two fists collided, unleashing a large explosion that launched many of the others back as they all hit the ground, including both Dragneel and Natsu though they were able to land onto their feet. The smoke filled the area ahead of them only for Natsumi to be spotted sent flying out from the smoke covered area crashing directly into Natsu, knocking them both into the ground while colliding into broken remains of trees that were around them.
Dragneel widened his eyes at this before he quickly turned his attention back towards him only to see Ganolre rushing out from the smoke as he arrived right in front of the Fire Dragon Slayer. The pink haired man couldn't act in time in some form when Ganolre grabbed him by the face before turning around and throwing him upwards high into the sky. Ganolre them jumped up into the air with great speed appearing right above the airborne Fire Dragon Slayer before gripping both of his hands together and bringing them down onto the pink haired man's back, causing Dragneel to shout in pain before he came crashing down into the ground once more, kicking up smoke and shaking the land a bit in the process.
Ganolre landed onto the ground a bit away from the others, seeing most of them still struggling to get back up aside from Natsumi and Natsu, who were back onto their feet while the smoke died down to reveal Dragneel mostly intact, with him spitting up some blood while she pulled himself off the ground with his arms.
However, the Alvarez general's attention would be drawn elsewhere when a charged up blast of Holy Magic slammed into his back once more, causing him to nearly stumble forth and getting him to shout in pain before he swiftly turned around to see Asuka standing not too far from where he was, a smirk on her face as she aimed her Magical weapon directly at him.
"COME ON YOU SON OF A B*TCH! COME AT ME!" Asuka taunted with her smirk still on her face, while Ganolre, quiet frankly, had enough of this brat and her stupid Holy Magic.
So, he was going to take care of it right now.
Ganolre vanished from his spot, surprising the others while they along with Asuka looked around to see where the crimson haired man was. Dragneel who was getting onto his feet looked towards where his daughter was at only to widen his eyes in shock and slight horror.
"ASUKA BEHIND YOU!" He roared out, getting Asuka to widen her own eyes from hearing this.
However, it would be too late as Ganolre appeared right behind the dark green haired fifteen year old with his right fist pulled back while empowering it once more with his Darkness Magic. And before Asuka could fully turn around to see the enemy, Ganolre thrust the punch forward…
*BOOM*
And made a direct hit into her back, causing both a loud crack to emit through the air as well as a large explosion, pushing the others down on the ground a bit due to the resulting shockwave.
And not even a moment later did Asuka was spotted flying through the air before crashing multiple times into the ground like a lifeless ragdoll, before coming to a complete stop, unmoving.
Time slowed down for Dragneel as he saw Asuka lying stood a good distance away from where he was at, still on the ground with only his arms pushing him up. Nothing but the loud ringing in his ears could be heard as his eyes didn't leave the sight of Asuka's unmoving body.
"ASUKA!" Bisca shouted with tears forming and dropping from her eyes as she quickly got up and dashing over towards her alternate daughter. Wendy remained frozen in her spot before she too booked it towards where Asuka laid onto the ground with tears of her own dripping down her cheeks.
Many others who were still on the ground saw the scene as terror gripped their hearts at the sight while the smoke died down to reveal a smirking Ganolre standing place. Seeing the sight before him brought joy into his very being.
"Ah… now that was satisfying." Ganolre spoke up before he let out a chuckle, uncaring for the reactions of everyone else around them who seemed too frozen to move.
Dragneel didn't listen. In fact, he didn't listen to anything. Nothing other than his own heart beat and the faint ringing in his ears remained as he saw Bisca crying out while she held onto the dark green haired girl's head in her arms. Wendy trying to heal the girl from her injury to no valid, the injury she sustained from that attack being too much for the blue haired Sky Dragon Slayer to fully heal on her own, resulting in Asuka's entire spinal cord being shattered like glass.
'Don't worry Asuka, I'll protect you from here on out. I promise.'
The faint memory of so long ago, when his family perished to the plague with only him, Happy and Asuka the only survivors. He made a promise that day, to protect Asuka for as long as he lived. Until they had been brought to 132-F, until everything that has happened since then, she was the only reason he kept on living. And now… seeing her unmoving form up ahead of him with nearly lifeless eyes…
He didn't even register the tears that were streaming down his horror-struck expression. It felt as if his heart was ripped out of his chest and torn apart. The sole reason that drove him to stay alive and not take his own life during their time on their old world when the plague consumed it all… all lied still ahead while Bisca's cries could be heard as she tried in vain to wake the younger female up. Memories of their time together during their survival, and through their new home in 132-F filled his mind as he remained unmoving, silently crying.
"Oh? What's wrong? Did that hurt you?" Ganolre's mocking tone could he heard as he walked towards where the silent yet broken hearted pink haired man remained hovering over the ground, haven't fully stood up while his hair cast a shadow over his tear stricken eyes, "What happened to that confident you emitted earlier at the start of this?"
Dragneel's hands gripped the ground harder as tears hit the lifeless barren ground beneath him, his body only shaking slightly while Ganolre continued to mock the sight before him.
"I do believe you said something about me eating sh*t and dying. I guess you're just all bark and no bite after all." Ganolre taunted with a sinister smirk still on his face, enjoying the sight that was before him. This man may be a version of the Emperor, but he was weak. He was a coward. He was pathetic. An insult to the being that was the Emperor, and he was going to rid of this echo of him.
(Cue: "Havok Be Thy Game" by DAGames/Iris)
But then, something unexpected happened.
Without warning, fire burst forth from Dragneel's body, catching Ganolre off guard as did everyone else with their attention being drawn towards the sight of the 8484-N Fire Dragon Slayer with wide eyes. The ground started to shake immensely while the black blocked out sky thundered more than it did before.
"Huh?" Ganolre questioned in surprise from this sudden development. What the heck was going on now? He still had fight in him after all?
Dragneel slowly got onto his feet, the flames around him becoming more intense as he lifted his head up towards where Ganolre was at. Tears being blown away and even being vaporized due to the intense heat emitting from his body. His hate filled eyes remained locked onto where the crimson haired man stood, who looked puzzled by this sudden development before him.
And then Dragneel, without warning, stood fully up before yelling out a monstrous demonic roar as his body was completely enveloped by fire, forming a pillar that shot up high into the sky causing clouds to form around the giant pillar of flames. A resulting shockwave was also emitted, slamming into all the others either pushing them back or forcing them to cover their eyes from the intense blast of air being unleashed due to the erupiting power emitting from Dragneel's form.
To their added shock, the flames that made up the pillar that shot up into the sky slowly lost their orange-color and becoming more bluish purple instead. Any feeling of normal warmth faded away also as dread instead could be felt emitting from the bluish purple colored flames.
Eventually after a few moments, many were able to lower their arms down from protecting their faces as they saw the sight before him. Needless to say, they were shocked by what they saw.
"Natsu…?" Evergreen muttered out in a small tone, her eyes widened from what she and everyone else saw.
Standing in the bluish purple pillar of flames, Dragneel stood tall still roaring out like a wild beast unleashed from its cage. His shirt was completely evaporated, allowing everything from the waist up to be expose for all to see. His muscles became more refined while two long black horns were seen sticking out of his forehead, curving backwards. Then there were his eyes, which were now completely glowing a bluish purple color like that of his flames like that of a vengeful demon.
E.N.D of 8484-N had awoken. Needless to say, Ganolre wasn't expecting this to happen.
"What the-?" Ganolre started to mutter out in confusion from this sudden transformation as the massive pillar begun to die down…
…Only for Dragneel to without warning appear right before Ganolre and slamming his right fist into his stomach, causing the Alvarez general to widen his eyes while throwing up blood in the process before he was sent flying from the attack. The punch emitting a shockwave that shattered the ground in the process while Ganolre came crashing into and through multiple distant mountains far from where the rest were at, bringing them all down in the process.
Dragneel didn't stop as he then took off through the air at high speeds to continue his mindless assault against the enemy, leaving behind the rest as he seemly vanished from sight quickly.
Natsu saw the sight with wide eyes before he gained a determined expression, knowing that he had to help him out in case this sudden power up wasn't enough. So, taking a page from Dragneel's book, he took in a deep breath while focusing himself inward.
'Alright E.N.D… you're up.' Natsu thought to himself towards his perverted demonic self.
Then without warning, while he was still using Dragon Force, Natsu powered up further shaking the ground and grabbing the attention of the others as purple vein-like lines covered his whole body while his eyes also changed to purple from their usual black color, while wings made of a mix of orange and purple fire also formed onto his back.
"ALRIGHT! FINALLY, I GET TO TASTE SOME OF THE ACTION MYSELF!" E.N.D of 200-AB, now in control for the time being over his other half's body yelled out happily with his demonic tone present.
Not wasting time, the grinning pink haired demon then bolted towards where the action is, intending on aiding his counterpart in dealing with the crimson haired Alvarez general.
This snapped Natsumi out of her own shock, before she quickly turned towards where Bisca and Wendy were at where the unconscious and nearly dead Asuka was at. Urgency on her face, the pink haired Dragon Queen rushed over towards where they were at while digging her hand into one of her brown pouches on her waist.
"Here!" Natsumi called out to them, getting them to snap out of their dazes.
And just in time as without warning Bisca saw the pink haired Fire Dragon Slayer take out something from her small brown bad on her waist before throwing it towards the distraught green haired Gunner Magic user before she managed to catch it, revealing to be a small vial with an unknown red liquid inside of it.
"Wha… what is…?" Bisca started to question while Natsumi turned away from her towards where her two male counterparts took off towards to continue the fight against the crimson haired man.
"There's no time! Get that down your friend's throat before it's too late! It will heal her!" Natsumi told her, shocking Bisca as well as Wendy from hearing this.
"What?! But… her spinal cord has completely sha-!" Wendy started to say only to be interrupted by the pink haired woman who didn't like how they were wasting time in saving their friend's time.
"STOP WASTING TIME! UNLESS YOU WANT HER TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT LIFE THEN GET THAT POTION DOWN HER THROAT BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!" Natsumi shouted at them, causing them to flinch from how loud she was being.
Natsumi didn't waste any more time, seeing that she needed more power to aid in fighting against Ganolre, the Dragon Queen let out a loud shout of her own before powering up, causing the ground to shake once more from the large power increase she was giving off, burning away her waistcoats leaving only her scarf still wrapped around her chest as the only piece of clothing from the waist up still present.
And just like with Dragneel and Natsu, her appearance quickly changed. Her forearms became black with her fingers becoming sharper like claws. Black markings forming onto her shoulders, over her ample bosom and over her stomach. Her eyes became completely pitch black while two large ram-like horns emerged from her forehead being black in color also. Then there were her flames, losing their orange-like color and taking the color of pure black. This was Natsumi's own E.N.D form, her inner demon unleashed once again.
With that she bolted away from the others to aid her male counterparts in the fight against the Alvarez general, almost disappearing in an instant due to how fast she went as the others looked onward towards where the three versions of the Fire Dragon Slayer demons took off to.
Pushing that to the side, she looked down at Asuka who was at death's door at this point before trusting Natsumi's word. Unclogging the small vial, she put it to the dark green haired teenager's mouth before forcing it down her throat, emptying the small glass container in the process.
"Come on… please work…" Bisca prayed with tears still in her eyes as the potion went down the younger girl's throat, hoping that it would somehow heal her from the brink.
Not even a moment later after this was done, Asuka's body faintly glowed a crimson pinkish color before it faded away…
…And Asuka slowly opened her eyes while letting out a small groan, slowly sitting up much to the surprise yet utter joy of the two females around her, though the fifteen year old was unaware of this.
"Ow… what happened…?" Asuka muttered out while rubbing her forehead. For some reason she felt like she was hit by a train in her back, while felt rather soar she noticed.
"ASUKA!" Bisca cried out before pulling the now awake and mostly healed dark green girl into a hug, confusing the Holy Rifle Magic user with utter puzzlement present on her face, "YOU'RE ALRIGHT! IT ACTUALLY WORKED!"
"Uh… what do you mean?" Asuka questioned, confused by how her mother was acting. She was just unconscious right? Looking around, she saw the others hanging around with many still on the ground and not fully standing up. However, she then noticed her father and his two counterparts missing, causing her to be slightly alarmed as she sat up fully, pulling herself slightly away from her mother's hold, "Wait, where's dad? Where did that cocksucker we were fighting run off too?"
A large explosion far in the distance would answer her question, as she and everyone else once more turned their heads and refocused far ahead where they saw a few more mountains far up ahead of them being destroyed due to the fighting between the three versions of the Fire Dragon Slayer demon and the Alvarez general while a shockwave could be felt by all of them, thought luckily not intense enough to knock any of them over or force them to cover their eyes.
Sensing the large powers clashing with one another, Asuka only widened her eyes in shock when she felt her father's presence, seeing that he was giving off a much more demonic feeling that he did before. Not to mention that she felt that it was much higher than she ever felt him use before.
"Dad…?" Asuka muttered in confusion and worry.
Back at the battle, Ganolre was spotting flying through the air at great speed while Dragneel rushed forward towards the airborne crimson haired man once more, delivering a barrage of punches empowered by his bluish purple colored flames, delivering numerous blows in quick succession that pushed Ganolre further back through the air. Dragneel went on to finish this combo by shoving his open palm of his right hand into the Alvarez general's chest before firing off a massive detonation of his demonic flames, causing a large explosion that sent Ganolre flying once more through a nearby mountain once more, bringing it down in the process.
The crimson haired man however managed to land on his feet as he crashed through the are around him before coming to a stop. Raising his head up he saw Dragneel up high into the air above the rubble of the mountain he crashed through, then his eyes widened when he saw the pink haired demon lift his hands up before numerous large boulders of the collapsed natural structure were lifted up into the air, before Dragneel thrust his arms forward to head directly towards the crimson haired man.
'Telekinesis?' Ganolre thought before he too took off into the air, grabbing his large bronze blade before he flew directly at the incoming rocks chucked at him. Sensing the energy Dragneel radiated as he did this move, the over seven feet tall man realized it was something else, 'No, this is a curse in use! So he is capable of using the Macro Curse huh? It won't work against me!'
He let out a shout as he sliced through each boulder with ease that was chuck at him, causing him to grin only for it to fade away as he saw Dragneel dashing through the air before he delivered a demonic punch into his face once more, launching the red head man through the air once again and towards the ground. Not done just yet, Dragneel took a deep breath before firing off a demonic variant of his Fire Dragon King's Roar, the flames being their bluish purple color and emitting demonic energies compared to his ordinary roar. Seeing this, Ganolre reacted in time by thrusting his hand outward and firing off a Darkness beam that shot through the air before colliding into the other, causing another large explosion to emit that shook the sky.
Ganolre would have acted once again if it weren't for both E.N.D and Natsumi appearing to his left and both unleashing their respective demonic variates of their Fire Dragon King's Fist, colliding right into him which launched him once more to a nearby mountain, bringing it down upon him kicking smoke and dust up into the air.
Both remained in their spots as Dragneel landed a bit ahead of them. Rage and fury present on his face as he then bolted off towards where Ganorle was at once more, refusing to let him get a single moment of respite.
"Look at us. Three demons taking on a single man. This is rather exciting don't you think hot stuff?" E.N.D spoke up towards Natsumi, who gained a rather annoyed look from being called that.
"Stop wasting time and continue the attack!" Natsumi told her 200-AB counterpart, her voice containing a faint demonic echo due to her current demon form.
(Cue: "Goliath's Throne" by DAGames/Iris)
Their attention would be drawn once more as without warning a massive burst of darkness erupted from where Ganolre was located, causing Dragneel to cease his movement and raised his arms to cover his face while grabbing the attention of both E.N.D and Natsumi and getting them to do the same thing.
Back with Ganolre, the man was roaring out in anger and fury of his own as his power shot up once more. His body giving off a raging dark aura as he glared towards where the three different versions of his Emperor were at. Clutching his hands tighter, he let out a battle cry before he bolted towards the three pink haired Etherious.
"HE STILL HAS THAT MUCH POWER LEFT?!" E.N.D shouted in shock, not expecting the crimson haired Alvarez general to still be able to give off that much energy still.
Dragneel didn't care about that as he himself let out a roar in return before he levitated off the ground and took of through the air with enough force to unleash a shockwave in itself.
"LET'S GO!" Natsumi shouted to her 200-AB counterpart who nodded as both gained determined expressions, powered up further and took off right after their 8484-N double.
Both Dragneel and Ganolre clashed once more with their fists coming into contact, unleashing a massive shockwave that decimated the ground underneath them and blowing away any unfortunate trees and boulders that were nearby. Both clashed in a barrage of punches and kicks with Dragneel able to hold on his own. However, an opening would present itself for Ganolre as he dodged another fire enveloped punch before he reached out and grabbed Dragneel by the head then proceeded to slam the pink haired man's face into his knee, knocking Dragneel back which left him wide open as Ganolre threw a darkness empowered punch into his stomach, launching him back with a sonic boom right pass and Natsumi, who continued to head towards the crimson haired over seven feet tall man. Seeing the other two heading his way got Ganolre to scoff before he bolted at them, the three coming into contact with one another with E.N.D in front of Ganolre while Natsumi attacked him from behind. Despite the double team Ganolre was able to keep up with the both of them dodging and blocking each punch and kick thrown at him. This would end however when E.N.D managed to dodge a punch thrown at him before he charged forward slamming his flame empowered fist into his stomach, causing Ganolre to widen his eyes once more while Natsumi took this chance to jump up, grab the Alvarez general by the head before turning around and throwing him high up into the air. Ganolre managed to recover however in midair, stopping himself before he would have been flung further.
Ganolre wouldn't have time to act however as without warning Dragneel was spotted once more shooting through the sky before crashing headfirst into the red haired tall man, getting him to throw up blood once more. Dragneel backed off for a moment before he proceeded to unleash a barrage of bluish purple flame covered punches directly into Ganolre's abdomen once more, causing more pain to the general of Alvarez which Dragneel then finished with a powerful demonic Fire Dragon King's Roar which slammed into Ganolre and pushing him further up into the sky. However, during this Ganolre was able to escape the attack, flinging himself to the side while the demonic variant of the Dragon Slayer attack kept shooting up high into the air. Looking back down, Ganolre's eyes widened when he saw Dragneel, E.N.D using his flame made wings and Natsumi launching herself with her black flames from her feet like she was a rocket heading straight at him. Seeing this only got the man to grit his teeth harder, hating that they were still able to keep up with him like this.
Both E.N.D and Natsumi bolted in opposite directions to flank him at his sides while Dragneel shot straight into him once more. This caused all three versions of Natsu to collide and begun their attack on Ganolre once more, striking at him from all sides. However the crimson haired man was able to keep up, blocking and dodging each attack while he tried to get his own hits in though he was not having much success in that as the three pink haired demons were making sure to avoid any attack he would launch at them. This course of action would come to an end as without warning E.N.D and Natsumi backed off away from Ganolre, puzzling him before Dragneel without warning lifted himself up and delivered a flame empowered kick into Ganolre's stomach once more, launching him through the air as Natsumi took off flying to arrive right behind him before she delivered a black fire empowered kick into his back, launching him up high into the blocked out sky once more. Dragneel flew up over him before he put his hands together and slammed them into the Alvarez general's back, causing Ganolre to shout in pain once more as he went flying downward. E.N.D then flew down below him preparing to attack him with his own flame empowered punch. However, Ganolre was able to recover as he quickly turned around before slamming a darkness empowered punch directly into E.N.D's left cheek, launching the pink haired Etherious to the side far from where he was originally at.
Turning around once more Ganolre shouted aloud in anger then flew upward towards where Dragneel and Natsumi were at, both of the fire wielding demons not wasting any time as they both charged directly towards him. However the two then shot into different directions going around the red haired man, catching the Alvarez general off guard as both Dragneel and Natsumi were now right behind him and bolted upward to deliver a flame empowered kick into his back, causing a small explosion to detonate as he shot up into the sky once more. If that wasn't bad enough E.N.D reappeared crashing directly into Ganolre, launching the both of them through the air with the pink haired Etherious delivering numerous fast blows of fire empowered fists into the taller man's stomach before he did a roundhouse kick hitting him on the top of Ganolre's head, causing a shockwave to be emitted from the collision while the Alvarez general was launched downward at high speeds once again. Not even a few moments later Dragneel and Natsumi then flew right at him with their hands back charging up small spheres of their respective demonic flames before thrusting them forward and slamming them into the falling form of Ganolre, unleashing a large explosion once more as Ganolre went flying far away from the three pink haired Etherious. Ganolre managed to stop himself as he looked back towards where the Fire Dragon Slayer demons were at once more…
…Only for Dragneel to rush forward, forming a sword out of his demonic flames before thrusting it directly through Ganolre's stomach, causing him to widen his eyes while shouting out in shock and agony. Despite this however the red haired man grew more furious as he lifted his hands up, holding them together before slamming into the skull of the pink haired demon in front of him, causing a small shockwave to be emitted while Dragneel shouted in pain, sending him crashing down into the ground far below where Ganolre floated. Despite having the large wound through his stomach, the Alvarez general was able to keep going as he saw Natsumi and E.N.D flying straight at him. Growling like a cornered animal he thrust his hands outward firing off a large beam of darkness straight at the two incoming demons, causing them to widen their eyes as the attack hit them, setting off a large explosion as both of them cried out in pain as they were seen falling out of the smoke towards down below. Ganolre grinned from seeing this as he looked down towards the ground where they were falling towards only to widen his eyes when he saw numerous trees and large boulders being fired up into the air directly at him, courtesy of Dragneel's Macro Curse with said demon spotted flying up into the air towards the crimson haired man once more. Ganolre gritted his teeth as he powered up further before grabbing his large bronze blade before he flew down and all around the area in the sky, dodging and slicing through any object that was thrown at him before he charged straight down towards where Dragneel was at with his large sword out and ready to cut the enemy down for good.
Dragneel however managed to avoid the large swing of the bronze sword before he flew right behind the red head man, who managed to turn around only to receive a strong kick into his skull sending him crashing down into the distance ground, forming a large crater upon impact while shaking the land itself because of it. Not even a few moments later did Ganorlre reemerge from the collision shooting straight into the sky once more, shocking Dragneel before the red head man managed to vanish then reappear right behind the pink haired before delivering a darkness empowered kick into his back, sending the pink haired demon down into the ground.
On the ground, Natsumi and E.N.D managed to recover from what happened earlier when they spotted Dragneel hitting the ground up ahead of them which kicked up smoke and dust into the air. Luckily Dragneel managed to get back up as the three then looked far ahead of them to see Ganolre landing onto the ground a good distance away from where they were. The red haired man remained powered up with his darkness aura acting out all over from his body.
Then without warning he shot out both of his hands cupping the bottoms of them together before large amounts of Darkness Magic started to form in his hands, causing the land all around them to shake greatly. Seeing this got all three versions of the Fire Dragon Slayer to widen their eyes in shock. And then without warning…
"DIIIIIEEEEE!" Ganolre roared out, having enough of this battle as he unleashed the massive beam of darkness that completely decimated the land around it, the ground alone shattering due to the pressure emitting from the large Magical attack.
Seeing the incoming attack got the three to narrow their eyes before without warning powered up as much as they possibly could. This merely adding to the chaos taking place around them as Natsumi took in a deep breath, Dragneel putting his hands out in front of him, and E.N.D pulled his arms back and charging up his own attack.
"LET'S GIVE HIM HELL! DEMON KING FLARE!" E.N.D shouted out to the other two before shooting his arms out forward, unleashing his strongest attack at full power, giving everything he had into it.
Natsumi followed up by firing out a massive demonic empowered black flame Fire Dragon Queen's Accursed Roar, her strongest variant of her Dragon Roar putting everything she had into it as the attack shot outward.
Then there was Dragneel, his rage and desire for vengeance against the one who harmed Asuka driving him to go all out, shot out his hands before unleashing a massive blast of bluish purple flames outward, devastating anything was unfortunate to stand in its path.
The three massive and powerful attacks closed in and fused into one another, forming a massive beam of raw demonic power as it headed straight towards Ganolre's own massive beam of darkness, and then without warning the two attacks collided, causing a massive shockwave as a beam struggle was on. Both sides were putting as much as they possibly can into it while Ganolre refused to be defeated. This had to be it! He would not be forced to resort to that, not by the likes of these weaklings!
Dragneel, E.N.D and Natsumi continued to struggle as they kept firing their attack, the beams still struggling with neither side getting the upper hand. But the three refused to back down, this foe… was unlike any they have ever faced before. If he wasn't stop here… then who knows how many other worlds would suffer by his hands.
With that, with everything that they held dear in their hearts and minds, the three Dragon Slayer Etherious let out one might roar of defiance against their enemy before their attacks shot forward once more, pushing back Ganolre's own beam of darkness back much to the crimson haired man's shock and disbelief.
'No… no…!' Ganolre thought as he tried to push the opposing demonic beam back, only to fail as his own darkness blast was pushed back and consumed, heading directly towards where he stood.
Ganolre shouted a roar of shock and rage as the three demon's unison attack overcame and enveloped him, pushing and knocking him back while the beam continue to shoot outward far behind where the crimson haired man once stood, and then before anyone knew it…
*BOOM*
A massive explosion was set off that shook the land itself once more, a massive shockwave having been emitted which blew back everything that was around away aside from Dragneel, Natsumi and E.N.D as they managed to stay in place. The explosion was so large it could even be seen from orbit.
Then, the chaos died down, revealing nothing but a massive barren landmass and large amounts of smoke in the distance where the attack ended and detonated.
'WITH ALZINA'
The blonde sergeant on board the flag ship as it flew over the vast ocean that separated Alakitasia and Isghar from one another gained wide eyes as she felt the large collision of different powers clashing and detonating far in the distance ahead. She wasn't the only one as the surrounding guards that were with her on the deck of the airship also felt the faraway large explosion and clash of different energies.
"What was that?" One soldier questioned with concern, wondering if that was caused by one of their own or of their enemies that littered this planet.
Alzina meanwhile remained looking outward towards the vast ocean in the direction where she felt that large explosion, before her eyes widened once more in worry.
"Oh no… I think Lord Ganolre is in trouble!" Alzina exclaimed, catching the soldiers around her off guard before without warning started to bolt towards the edges of the massive flag ship that belonged to the personal guard member of Lord Conbolt himself, "I will go aid him in battle!"
"Sergeant wait!" A guard called out to her.
However, it fell on deaf ears as Alzina reached to her back and threw the large circular metal board in front of her, as it started to emit lighting and hover in the air. Not wasting time, the blonde female jumped on board the metal sharp edged board now enveloped in lighting before she bolted through the air at speeds which would put lighting itself to shame, leaving the flagship and those on it on their own.
'IN FIORE'
All three pink haired demons were breathing hard as they felt the last of their power drained from their bodies. Natsumi dismissed her E.N.D form, turning her appearance back to normal as she tried to ease her breathing. E.N.D was still in control though he too was trying to take it easy after that. And as for Dragneel, the pink haired demon spent the last of his power and strength as the rage and demonic power faded away, his horns and demonic fiery aura vanishing with his eyes going back to normal. Falling onto his knees, the pink haired man tried to steady his breathing as his senses returned back to normal.
"Holy sh*t… that was intense…," E.N.D breathed out as he managed to relax a bit more. Looking up ahead, his eyes looked towards the large amount of smoke in the distance filling up the area and sky with slight narrow eyes, "So… did we get him?"
"I don't sense anything… but that happened last time and he emerged to continue fighting…" Natsumi responded to her 200-AB demon counterpart. She was not sure if the fight was over yet, seeing how the last time they didn't sense anything coming from Ganolre he emerged to keep fighting them. She hoped it was over though, she was completely drained to continue fighting.
"I'm going to be optimistic and say we won. There was no way after all of this fighting and injuries he's sustain he would be able to survive that." E.N.D responded with a grin forming on his face. He was happy that he was able to come out and join the action and not let Natsu hog all the fun to himself.
Dragneel didn't join in on the talk between E.N.D and Natsumi as his eyes only remained on the large heaps of smoke in the distance. He hoped it was over… he hoped he managed to avenge Asuka. The thought of what happened to her nearly got tears to threaten to spill from his eyes once more.
But before that could happen…
"DAD!"
That got him to freeze up, while grabbing the attention of Natsumi and E.N.D also as the latter two were quick to turn around while the former was slow. That voice… was it…?
They all looked back only to see everyone else running up towards where the three were at, having made their way through the path of decimation the three left in their wake during their battle with the Alvarez general. Asuka was in the lead mostly unhurt thanks to the potion she drank earlier, Knightwalker was helped up by Erza and Mira due to her broken leg, Cana, Alberona, Elfman and Marvell were also present having met back up while Cana's left arm was wrapped in bandages that Marvell had on her, Sorano remained holding onto her broken arm, Lucy's face was no longer bleeding but a noticeable wound going across over her eyes was still present, and the rest were alright thanks to Wendy and Marvell healing them up as much as they possibly could.
Dragneel however had his eyes on Asuka, a few tears threatening to form once more from seeing his daughter up and running towards him mostly unharmed. A stark contrast to the fatal state she was in earlier, shocking him immensely.
"Asuka…?" He muttered out, disbelief on his face from seeing her alright.
Then without even thinking about it he quickly got up and ran over towards where Asuka was, quickly getting back onto his knees and pulling her into a hug catching the fifteen year old off guard from the sudden act.
"You're alright… you're alright…" Dragneel muttered softly as tears of relief went down his face. Asuka was surprised, seeing the last time her dad broke down like this was when they were founded and brought to 132-F by the others. Relaxing a bit as a soft smile formed on her face, she simply returned the hug.
"It's okay dad… I'm fine now." She assured him, as he pulled back with a few tears still in his eyes.
"But… how…?" He couldn't help but ask. Asuka was unmoving and gravely injured because of that red haired bastard. And they didn't have any means to heal people from the brink of death like that.
"You have Natsumi to thank for that Natsu," Bisca spoke up with a smile of her own, feeling moved by the father and daughter hug while the Fire Dragon Slayer from 8484-N looked at one of his lover's way with a small look of confusion. Seeing this the green haired Gunner Magic user explained further, "She had some kind of super potion on her that saved her. If it weren't for that… she wouldn't be standing before us right now."
Dragneel widened his eyes from hearing this as he turned towards Natsumi behind him, who overheard this small talk conversation as she nodded in confirmation. He couldn't help but feel gratitude, which was rather rare for him to feel considering who he was.
"I'm curious as to how you had a potion like that on hand. Even back home we don't have any kind of Magical healing potions like that on hand." Sorano couldn't help but speak up towards the pink haired female version of the Fire Dragon Slayer, who turned to look at the light blue haired woman.
"It's something I personally came up with, not one you will find anywhere else. A pain in the ass to make though considering the kind of ingredients needed. It was the last one I hand on hand and figured it would be put to good use saving her life." Natsumi explained, slightly surprising the others from hearing this. This Natsumi could make potions huh? That was neat for them to know.
While this was happening while Wendy and Marvell ran over to heal Dragneel up as much as they could, E.N.D looked over towards where the rest were at, more specifically from those from 200-AB with him having a grin on his face. Looking towards where Knightwalker was, a small concern expression appeared on his face.
"Hey babe. How are you holding up?" E.N.D asked the red head Edolas woman, who gained a small amused smile on her face.
"Other than the broken leg? Peachy." Knightwalker responded.
"Don't worry, you're be all right. You won't be able to fight or do much for a while though." Erza told her Edolas counterpart, which got Knightwalker to groan from hearing that.
"Yeah… that's going to suck ass." She grumbled, hating to just stay still and having to heal before she could go back to taking names and kicking ass. That got Erza, Mira and the others to shake their heads in amusements. Looking at Lucy, Levy gained a bit of concern seeing the wound that went across her face.
"Hey Lucy, are you going to be alright?" Levy couldn't help but ask with worry, pointing at her own face to show what she was talking about. The blonde Celestial Mage smiled back as she waved her hand in assurance.
"Don't worry, I'll be alright. I think the scar might stay though…" Lucy replied back, not sure how to feel about that bit.
"Don't worry Luce, all it will do is make you look even more sexy than before!" E.N.D told his other half's blonde girlfriend with a thumps up, before he turned around getting a flirty and seductive look on his face when he faced towards Natsumi's direction, who was just healed up a bit thanks to Wendy and Marvell, "Speaking of sexy…"
'Of f**king course.' The women from 200-AB thought to themselves with deadpanned expressions, seeing the perverted demon making his way over towards where Natsumi was. The pink haired woman gaining a puzzled expression as E.N.D put an arm around her shoulder, leaning in a bit to show off his seductive expression.
"Hey beautiful. I know a perfect way to celebrate our victory here today. How about we find a nice quiet place and you can ride me all night lo-." E.N.D started to say in an attempt to seduce the female version of himself.
He was cut short when Natsumi simply punched him in the face with a deadpanned expression on her face.
"Never in a million years pervert." Natsumi told the demon, who let out a faint groan from underneath the woman's fist that was still pressed into his face.
"Alright… never mind then…" E.N.D grumbled out as Natsumi retracted her fist from his face, getting him to rub it while glaring at the busty pink haired female before him. He will have another chance later. Meanwhile the other women from 200-AB kept looking at the demon with the same deadpanned looks they had.
"Can we have our boyfriend back now?" Lisanna asked E.N.D, who looked annoyed at that.
"You can have him back in a bit beauty. I hardly ever get to come out so I'm going to enjoy it while I can, especially after our victory against that tall son of a b*tch." The pink haired demon responded back with a huff, wanting to savor his moment of being out since they barely let him do that.
"So… is that freak really dead?" Gray couldn't help but ask towards the others, getting them to look at the Ice Devil Slayer from 200-AB while Dragneel looked back at the massive amount of smoke far up ahead in the distance behind him.
"I don't sense anything… and he would have shown his ugly mug he called a face if he were still alive…" Dragneel trailed off, not seeing any reason as to Ganolre being alive any longer. As his counterpart from 200-AB said, with how long he was fighting and all the injuries he substained there was no way he would have been able to survive. And even by some luck he was still alive lying defeated somewhere in the smoke ahead of them, the pink haired man doubted he would have any power left at his disposal.
"If that's true than I'm glad he's dead. That bastard cut my hair!" Mira complained about her now short white hair while helping Erza holding Knightwalker up.
"Juvia knows the pain you feel Mira. Juvia lost her own hair earlier before that monster showed up in the fight with this Alvarez army." Lockser told the 200-AB counterpart of the white haired barmaid, pointing at her own now short blue hair she now had.
"So… what now?" Alberona asked, unsure of what they should be doing next. Natsumi looked at her like she said something stupid.
"What do you mean what now? In case you haven't felt it there's still numerous armies all over the place conquering MY planet as we speak! We need to beat them back!" Natsumi told them as she cracked her knuckles, feeling more rejuvenated thanks to the two Sky Dragon Slayers' healing.
That got the others who were unaware of multiple armies of Alvarez being present on the planet to widen their eyes. There were still more of them causing havoc? And their marching and conquering the rest of this Earthland as they speak?
"We can't do that." Dragneel responded, getting Natsumi and the rest to look at him in surprise.
"Wait what? Why not?" Evergreen questioned, not expecting him to say those words.
"Many of us are too drain to keep on fighting even after being healed, a few of us have broken bones that need treatment, and their armies are too vast and all over the planet. How do you expect us to travel all over an entire world when everywhere we could be at they would easily take over the rest while we're stuck in a single spot fending off a single army?" Dragneel explained to them. He didn't like it either, he wanted to pummel these world hopping Alvarez f**ks as much as the next guy, but they had to be realistic here.
Natsumi and the others frowned at this, with the former not liking what she was hearing. But at the same time he was right. They can't be everywhere at once nor be able to travel all over the planet in time to fend so many armies off at once.
However, before anyone could respond to the pink haired man's words, a large shockwave coming from where the large amounts of smoke was at could be felt by all of them, getting them to widen their eyes from this.
"What the-? What now?" Gajeel questioned, unsure what was happening this time.
He would get his answer as a sudden massive burst of darkness shot out and blew away the entire smoke covered area far up ahead of them all, shocking them as they felt the massive presence of a certain red haired Alvarez general once more.
Within the chaotic darkness that was unleashed, in the center of it all the silhouette of none other than Ganolre could be seen spotted within the darkness that was consuming the entire area standing to his feet while his eyes were glowing crimson red. The land shook immensely as if the entire planet was under the effect while the sky continued to thunder and be blocked out by his Dark Magic.
Seeing the distant sight up ahead got them all to freeze in shock and for some, even horror.
"…Are you sh*tting me…?" Asuka muttered out with wide eyes from seeing their enemy SOMEHOW still alive and full of power. How the f**k was that monster still alive?!
No one could say or do anything else as Ganolre, still within the darkness consuming the area all around him, looked straight towards where the distant far away enemies and different versions of the Emperor and Lady Marvell were at. He was done. It was time to end this once and for all.
"Behold true power…" His voice, sounding much more demonic and deeper, could be heard echoing through the air all around the region they were all in.
Then without warning, his form seemed to increase and bloat up in size before a monstrous, yet demonic roar was unleashed from his very being, as the darkness shot up into the sky like a pillar. This caused another large shockwave to be emitted blowing away anything that stood in its way, while Natsumi, those from 132-F and 200-AB had to lift their arms up to cover their faces due to the intensity of the wind being blown.
Back with Alzina, she was flying through the skies of Fiore, seeing how much of the country has already fallen to their forces when she spotted the massive pillar of darkness shooting up high into the sky. Sensing the sudden massive increase in power, her eyes widened when the blonde woman realized what was happening.
'No way… has he really been pushed that much?! He hasn't used his real form in years!' Alzina thought to herself before she gained a worried yet determined expression on her face before she continued to fly through the air, hoping to get to her destination in time to aid her superior in any way she can.
Back at the sight where everyone else was, the pillar of darkness faded away as did the shockwaves, allowing them all to lower their arms down to see what the heck was going on.
When the all saw the sight far ahead of them, they all froze in disbelief.
Standing far up ahead of them was a massive fifty meter in height muscular monster that looked like some kind of demonic humanoid boar. The being's crimson hair was much longer in the form of three long strips of it going down the monster's back. His abdomen, elbows and legs were exposed not covered by anything, allowing dark green skin to be seen by all. No armor was on the giant monstrosity, with the only clothing being the dirtied white cloth that's wrapped around his waist and upper legs, shoulders and forearms. A large red cloak was on his body still albeit much shorter with the ends of it looking torn. Two massive curved golden horns were seen sticking out of his head, a long dark green skinned tail the giant being also possessed, and the giant wielded two massive bronze swords that could rival the size of skyscrapers.
Ganolre, having unleashed his true form to his hated enemies, let out another monstrous roar that echoed through the land, striking fear into some of those who were witnessing the monstrous true form of Ganolre.
'He's an Etherious too?!' Natsumi internally exclaimed, sensing the demonic energies that now radiated from the massive boar-like monster's being.
Dragneel would be the first to snap out of his shock when he saw Ganolre raise his massive blades up into the air, realizing what he was about to do as he quickly turned towards everyone else with wide eyes.
"EVERYONE MOVE!" He shouted at them, grabbing Asuka and bolting out of the way as everyone snapped out of their own thoughts before also dashing out of the way of whatever was coming, those who couldn't move on their own like Knightwalker due to injuries had help by the others getting them out of the way.
And just in time too as without warning Ganolre slammed his blades into the ground, causing a massive earthquake to take place that shattered the land far up ahead of them as the others were able to get out of its range just in time to see the earth itself breaking and falling apart. The entire mountain range and most of the forest and valley that were behind the otherworldly Mages collapsing due to the act that the fifty meter tall Etherious unleashed upon them all.
Seeing the devastation left behind from something as simple as that shocked them all to the core, while many like Knightwalker and Sorano couldn't help but grit their teeth from the whole situation.
"…We have to go. Now!" Dragneel shouted out to the rest, seeing that it was clear as day that none of them would be able to match against the giant boar-like entity in their current shape, 'I should have gone up to check in the smoke to see that he was alive! I could have killed him before he could have turn into that giant walking bacon! F**K!'
Levy was quick to agree as she use the wrist communicator she wore to quickly open up a portal a bit behind all of them. She didn't want to flee, she wanted to believe that she would take that thing down with her Paper Shredder. But if she couldn't do that while Ganolre was in his humanoid form then what chance did she have against him now? She wasn't McGarden from 137-C, she couldn't handle facing against that thing all on her own, no matter how much it hurt to admit it.
A blue vortex-liker portal opened up a bit behind them, getting many of them to not waste any more time and dash directly to it. Natsumi remained frozen however as she eyed the distance monster who was slowly making his way over towards where they all stood.
"HEY WOMAN COME ON! WE GOT TO GO!" E.N.D shouted aloud from his spot, noticing his female counterpart not moving in the slightest. Anger filled his body as he eyed the distant enemy up ahead before refocusing on trying to leave this world behind before that freak gets to them.
That snapped Natsumi out of her thoughts as she turned around towards everyone with many of them already entering through the portal back home. Looking back at the distant Ganolre, she gritted her teeth once more in rage before turning back around and running towards the others to get to the portal, even though it pained her heart to leave her world behind.
Not too far from where they all were, Alzina was spotted arriving onto the scene a bit away from everyone else flying through the air. Her eyes widened when she saw Ganolre in his true form slowly making his way over towards where the retreating Mages were at.
"He actually used his real form… was he pushed to the brink that much…?" The blonde haired sergeant quietly asked herself, seeing how no enemy was able to force Ganolre to use his true form before in years.
Her attention was quickly drawn to where the retreating Mages were at attempting to flee the world and from Ganolre. Most of them have already gotten through with the only ones still rushing over to the portal were Dragneel, E.N.D of 200-AB, Natsumi, Asuka, Bisca and Lockser. Seeing their attempt at escape got the woman to narrow her eyes.
"OH NO YOU DON'T!" She shouted out, pulling her right arm back and channeling her Lighting Magic through it.
And not wasting a single second she fired off a large bolt of blue lighting from her now stretched out arm, the attack flying through the air in a matter of seconds as it headed straight towards the blue vortex-like portal ahead of the six Fairy Tail Mages.
Then the lighting struck the portal, causing it to give off a small shockwave as it became more unstable looking with new energies emitting from the now frantic gateway between worlds. This didn't go unnoticed by the remaining six Mages.
"WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!" Lockser shouted in shock, seeing something striking at the portal and seeing the portal looking a bit more chaotic than it normally did.
"DOESN'T MATTER! MAKE IT THROUGH!" Dragneel shouted as they all closed in towards the portal ever so closer.
Ganolre ceased his movement before he pulled his head back, gathering massive amounts of darkness into his mouth preparing to fire off a single powerful attack towards his retreating foes. And without wanting did just that, unleashing a massive beam of darkness that utterly consumed everything in its path.
By some miracle however, Natsumi, Dragneel, E.N.D, Asuka, Bisca and Lockser were able to jump through the unstable and charged up portal just in time, with the blue vortex-like portal closing right behind them as the massive darkness beam tore through the area where they all once stood, continuing to shoot outwards decimating and obliterating everything in its path.
If one were to be in outer space, they would have seen the massive darkness beam shooting far away from Earthland and into the dark abyss of space, showing off its size as it fade from view.
With that, it was over as Ganole saw that his enemies managed to flee just in time before the attack could consume them. With that done, his body glowed a dark purple in color before his massive figure shrunk back to normal size with the glow fading away, revealing a heavily injured Ganolre in his place. The red haired man fell onto one of his knees while gripping his left arm while flinching and grunting due to all of his other injuries that littered his body, especially the large wound in his stomach thanks to Dragneel piercing right through it earlier in their fight.
"Son of a b*tch…" Ganolre muttered out as he spat out some blood, taking in heavy breathings to stabilize himself from how far he pushed himself, 'I had to use my real form… it's been ages since I had to resort to that. Yet in the end… I failed to kill a single one of them before they got away… Forgive me for my failure Lord Conbolt…'
"LORD GANOLRE!" Alzina's voice could be heard as Ganolfe lifted his head up before him, seeing his sergeant that he left in charge of his flag ship arriving onto the ground jumping off of the circular metal board and placing it on her back once more, dismissing the lighting it was covered with in the process. Running over towards him, her eyes widened in shock from his injuries he's sustained, "My Lord! You're hurt…"
"No sh*t Alzina," Ganolre responded as he slowly got back up onto his feet, dealing with the pain he felt all over his body as he looked down at the smaller woman, "Give me a report… how are our forces doing?"
That surprised her for a moment before she managed to calm herself to give the crimson haired man a proper answer.
"Over ninety-nine percent of the planet has been conquered my Lord. I wouldn't be surprise if the single percent is being taken care of as we speak." Alzina informed him, getting a small smile to form on his face from hearing this news.
"Good… at least something was achieved today." Ganolre replied back, not counting his enemies retreating as a victory. They have managed to hurt and injure him to levels that he hasn't experience sin years, and the fact they managed to get away with all of them still alive was another blow to his pride. To him, this was no victory. It was a hollow draw.
Looking at the sight of the devastated and destroyed battlefield he fought the others at, the crimson haired man spoke up once more without looking Alzina's way.
"Call for a ship to pick us up and tell them I require medical attention." Ganolre told the blonde woman, who saluted in response from hearing this.
"Yes sir." Alzina responded as she pulled out a communicator from her pocket before proceeding to do just that.
As she went on to fulfill her order, Ganolre merely looked out into the vast decimated barren field that have been utterly destroyed by him and his fight with those Mages. A look of anger formed on his face from how they were able to utterly injure him and forcing him to use his real form. To him, that was a mockery that should not go unpunished.
He will find them and their worlds… and he will make sure they drown in their own blood for their defiance.
HOLY CRAP FINALLY I FINISHED THIS CHAPTER! I DON'T THINK I WILL EVER TOP THE SIZE OF THIS CHAPTER EVER!
*Ahem* Anyway, yeah, the chapter is done as we saw the battle that took place. Ganolre may have "won" but the others managed to push him to his limits and managed to escape with their lives with minimum injuries.
But as you all saw, something happened thanks to Alzina's interference with the portal that will send Dragneel, Natsumi, Natsu/E.N.D, Asuka, Bisca and Juvia somewhere else. This will be shown in my other story "Seeing Alternate Versions of Earthland" eventually… unless "thehappy" decides to pick up and use the idea I have plan. Who knows.
Speaking of "thehappy", I hope I did a good job using all of your characters. And I hope that you enjoyed the battle between them and Ganolre despite the latter coming out as the victor in a sense.
If I failed at something, you are free to hang my head on your wall while you drink tea on a nice comfy chair sitting by a cozy campfire.
But yeah, next time however we will be returning to Romeo and his time in 129-G which belongs to "Draconian Enigma". So hopefully I don't screw that up.
Oh and in case anyone's wonder about how the Alvarez steampunk style-like mechs look like since I suck at describing things, just look up "Boxer" by Longque Chen on Artstatoin. Great art.
So what did you all think? Good? Bad? Let me know.
See you all next time, whenever that will be.
Known Factions in Alvarez so far.
The Steampunk Cartel: The cartel, led by their Trade Prince and Spriggan Herman Malet, is an organization that focuses on earning a profit and pumping out machines of war to sell. They have completely disregard to nature and are willing to do anything necessary if it means requiring resources to earn money and continue building their inventions. Their way of building unstable machinery could be compared to the likes of the goblins of the Bilgewater cartel from WoW and the Orks from Warhammer 40K.
The Cult of Nazan: This sinister Cult centers around the mysterious Spriggan Nazan. Where others would neglect and control negative emotions the followers of this group instead embrace them. They dabble in dark powers that many within the Empire frown or grow weary towards, and the followers of the Cult view Nazan as a God. The Cult is behind the creation of the trials and tests for those who wish to join in Alvarez's massive military, making sure that said tests targets one's deepest fears and regrets, and to test their mental endurance as well as physical. Due to their sinister nature and unflinching royalty to Nazan, many within Alvarez hold a low opinion of the Cult with many wondering if the Cult is only loyal to Nazan and not to the Alvarez Empire as a whole.
The Elemental Circle: Led by their leader Spriggan Tatonga Sioux, the Elemental Circle is a faction within Alvarez that is made up by the Empire's Shamans. Believing in having a pure connection to the elements in order to understand them better, they call upon the forces of the elements themselves to aid them in combat and with their everyday lives. Due to their desire to be equals and to follow the Elements and their favor, many within the Elemental Circle tend to not hold favorable views of other groups within Alvarez that shun or discard the consent of the elements. This is especially true by the Circle's unfavorable view towards the Steampunk Cartel and the Cult of Nazan.
Known ideologies and religions in Alvarez so far.
The Emperor's Truth: This ideology states that Emperor Natsu is a divine being and is to be treated like a God. Those who follow this belief tend to model their life in order to bring out the best of themselves in order to be like the Emperor. Many within Alvarez tend to have shrines dedicated to him within their homes, praying to him to help them lead a better life and to shun away any impure urges and degenerate lifestyles, and believe that all he says is truth.
The Empress's way: This ideology is similar to that of the Emperor's Truth, but instead states that Empress Irene is a divine being and is to be seen as a Goddess. Like the followers of the Emperor's Truth, many in Alvarez have shrines dedicated to the Empress, with believers viewing the Empress as a giving being with those praying to her to aid in calling forth rain to aid the growing of crops as example, causing those who follow this belief to see the Empress as a being of nurturement for every day uses and to bless one's work for the benefit of others.
