Fairy Tail Minus One Chapter 25:Ballad of the Pope
(A/N: MAJOR NSFW WARNING: This chapter contains mature themes, strong language, slurs, and mild sexual content. Now comes the chapter where we see the Darkside of Zenotpia and the uneasy rise in power to Victor Heartfilla. Yes I'm in the zone, everyone, At this rate, we would be at the Dragon King Festival at the end of May.)
Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail.
The Cube
Seliah and Kyouka were laying in bed together, both of them naked with Kyouka's hair out.
"It's been too long since we were in the covers together." Seliah said to Kyouka as she kisses her
"So much for a 30-minute break, we have been here for a few hours." Kyouka replied as she kissed her back.
"I wished we had enough time to plan to take out that pesky Dragnov Kingdom. Those dragons almost ruined everything."Seliah said to Kyouka worrying about the dragons.
"Don't sweat it too much Seilah, Dragons are too powerful to be killed by any weapon we can deliver, It too Mard Geer everything he had just to put down one of those Dragons, truth is that dragons are the one thing that stands in our way, even with our ability to bypass their scales, we cannot fight an army of dragons, not yet anyways." Kyouka explained to her lover as she held onto her.
"Dragons are such a pain in the ass to deal with if only my powers had better range, maybe I can force the kingdom's dragons to fight against each other." Seliah stated looking down on herself.
"That would be handy, guess it's your turn to get information from Anna." Kyouka replied.
"I will, this time i'm going to not play around." Seliah responded looking at Kyouka.
"Don't worry, this Cube was built by Mard Geer himself to be undetectable even to Dragons. We also can camouflage this with the clouds, no one can find us within this Cube." Kyouka said to Selaih stating they can't be tracked.
"I guess you have a point, still i like to make sure everything is in order." Seliah replied as she lied in bed.
"Always the overthinking type eh, Seliah?" Kyoukas asked her as she kissed her.
"Someone has to do the worrying here.
"I hate humans for what they did to us. I'm glad I'm no longer part of their kind. Soon we will have our revenge."Kyouka stated.
"I know, I have those nightmares every time. Our bodies were defiled" Seliah replied.
Kyouka then thought of the brutality they faced before their death.
9 Years ago
Kyouka's POV
August 14, X381
We were dragged to the town square where those vile human beings held us, we were with just merely chains, they stripped us naked, we were scared for our lives, we knew what was coming yet we were powerless to do anything about it.
"It looks like it's the end for us" Seliah said to me as she tried to maintain calm but in reality, she was horrified like me.
"Seems so Sera, shame it had to end like this!" I replied to her as we were surrounded by an angry mob with pitchforks and torches.
Before I knew it, I was hit in the back with a club, I fell to the ground, they started by hitting our limbs with hammers, starting with our legs when they finished bashing our legs in, we couldn't even crawl, they started laughing at us as they threw stones at our bodies.
One of the men shouted and without warning, men swarmed us like a plague of locusts Sera was the first to be assaulted. I was powerless to do anything as the men all surrounded her, there were so many of them, i could barely see Seliah.
"AAAARRAFH" Seliahs screamed as the men assaulted her, i saw in horror as a man was choking her and she was put on all fours like a dog. That beast was thrusting behind her, treating her worse than a street whore.
"SERA!" I shouted as I tried to move but then I saw a man walk in front of her, I no longer heard her screams as they were muffled by the bastard in front of her, two more men surrounded her side. Before I could try to get to her, I felt someone hit me in the face with a stone.
one of the men laughed as i saw blood or into my right eye, partially blinding me, however, this wasn't even nearly close to making me blind to what happened. Like zombies, they pounced on me.
"NO! STOP!" I shouted as I tried to squirm out of there but one of them held me down. The first man went on top of me, he thrusted his sword in the wound felt as if an ogre took a massive bite on my beck, it was that painful.
"NO STOP...STOP THIS...PLEASE STOP... I'M STRAIGHT... I'M STRAIGHT!" I shouted as I tried to say to the mob but my desperate pleading fell on deaf ears, these men were having a good time with my body, these men had no interest in "Reforming me" it was to humiliate me to have me beg for death.
The other man grabbed my bare breast and bit into it, before long, my vision was blocked by a shadow as I felt something horrible in my mouth, it went dark for me. My body was being defiled, i felt nothing but the worst pain in my entire life and it didn't end there.
"Damn she's tight, she's like a virgin." One of the men laughed, the man pounding my pussy.
"Course she's a virgin, she has never been fucked by a man." Another man laughed as he forced my hands on his disgusting crotch.
"Gotta thank god for that,hehe."One of the men laughed as he slapped my face with his vile viper."I want next in that mouth."
"For a lesbian, she sucks good dick, she's a natural at this." said the sick man as he was making use of my mouth.
"Shame this whore gotta die but we can't argue with orders." one guy laughed as he was waiting for his turn.
"Weird the Zentopian hire ups allow us to do this" one guy questioned as he was waiting as well.
"God i'm going to give you gods holy seed, may your sickness be purified."The man raping me said to me as he was going to fill me with his vile ooze. The man in my mouth also filled up my mouth and my hands were covered in their disgusting ooze.
After the first wave, my body dripped with their aftermath, I struggled to breathe as their vile essence was clogging my throat. I struggled to reach Sera but she had it even worse than I did, being bustier than myself and by all accounts more beautiful, these men had their filthy cocks in every hole of her body. They were defiling her beautiful hair with their disgusting seed.
Seliah was in tears, she was being defiled in front of my eyes, I tried to summon any strength but it was to no avail.
"SERA!" I shouted as I tried to get to her.
"Look at that, the bitch feels left out" one of the men laughed as they surrounded me too. Before long I was treated the same way by these vile humans, it was if karma came for, us . I was hardly innocent, as I've done the same to women myself and even sold a few of my victims off to these disgusting men but it was beyond even the worst thoughts i had. It was as if everything we did came to bite us in the ass.
For 24 hours, we were repeatedly violated. I lost count on how many men raped us but the count was too many. All my holes were used by these men, all at the same time, both me and Seliah were repeatedly raped. Our bodies became so used that we lost all feeling in them and were begging for the sweet release of death.
All i thought as i was seeing an encirclement of their cocks was how these same people claim to be cut from the same cloth, these people who look down on people like me, claim that my "lifestyle" is so morally responsible yet they defile me and Seilah in ways i never thought were possible. We were in and outbalancing out as we were being gang-raped repeatedly.
The pain was like the fires of hell consuming our flesh, rather than seeing them as humans we saw them as hellfire burning our flesh, seeping into our souls, and melting away our souls.
When it was all over, we saw that man Victor Heartfilla, the man who sickened these fiends on us. We were lying in a pool of our tears and their vile ooze. We were also covered in blood from the stones they threw at us. He summoned a sword a light over our heads.
" Why...Why did you let them do this to us…..?" I shouted at Victor as I struggled to move.
"I thought we were like your sisters….."Sera said, weakling as she struggled to move.
Victor had tears in his eyes.
"There was nothing I could do….." those were the last words we ever heard before we knew it, I was rolling on the ground. I saw my body separated from me, he decapitated me as Sera. As i was dying, i saw my defiled body, my legs were buried with my femur coming out of my kneecap, the nether regions was muiltiated by the repeated rapes, my breasts were covered in blood from the bite marks and my body was covered in their ooze along with my blood.
Present Day
"And here we stand, having escaped death!" Kyouka said to Seliah as she felt on her neck."This Zeref gave us all a second chance to get even."
"That vile hypocrite had no problem with us torturing, killing, hell even us raping women, but when we showed our consensual love, he had us publicly raped, tortured, and then killed us." Seliah stated as she was showing anger and hate, a rare emotion for her to share.
"In due time, humanity would bear witness to what they created with us. If they reject our love, we reject them END is created, there would be no God, no Nation, and no law to tell us what we can't do with each other." Kyouka explained to Seilah.
"Indeed, we would even be able to marry each other once we bring the world to our knees" Seliah replied as she held onto Kyouka's hand.
"And we will keep that Pope alive long enough to force him to." Kyouka smirked.
Scared Desert, Zen
February 6, X390
9:00 PM
Nightfall was upon the duo as they set up a tent next to a pond in the oasis of the desert. Their camels are outside the tent. Victor was cooking a roasted Lizard on a makeshift spit made of tree branches over burning firewood while we had to clay jugs filled with the nearby water.
"We searched for hours within this desert and still no hidden city."Irene stated."How long has this city been lost to you?"
"We haven't changed this location for hundreds of years." Victor answered.
"It's hidden pretty well here! I can't seem to find this city." Irene stated.
"All the more reason we put it here, this desert is sacred to the Heartfilla family after all." Victor replied."This desert is where she became legendary. The New Crusader Wars."
"You mean when Zen became a country again thanks to my Grandfather?" Irene asked him.
"As you already know, the Twelve Empire attempted to take down the Dragonvich royal family Dragonv invades into Twelve however is met with strong opposition by the Twelve Army. A young Prince Markov fought in the military campaigns within Twelve alongside a group of Moderate Asekrhman Rebels in an attempt to take down the Twelve Government however Twelve held strong and eventually held back Dragonv however suffered heavy casualties and losses. This would result in invasion attempts by Taachino which controlled Dama and Jericho and Gabriel. Bosco and Fiore joined the new Holy Wars and the rest is history, none of that would've been possible without the power of Sera Heartfilia." Victor explained to me about the war.
"Was she that powerful?" Irene asked him.
"Before this Holy War, Zen was without a country for millennia with its people displaced. During the war, two women emerged as a major factor in the war Jennifer Goldstein and Seras Heartfilia. Both disguised themselves as men to fight in the wars. This is extremely significant as before I became Pope and Queen Sabre got into power, women weren't allowed to fight in the army, it was considered a huge act of defiance and risk however despite this, they were both extremely powerful and helped in major battles throughout the war." Victor explained to the Queen of Dragons about the war.
"What do you know about my grandmother?" Irene asked the Pope.
"Your grandmother was the founder of the Zen Independence movement and Seras was an outspoken supporter of the movement which conflicted with the elders of the Zentopian Church who persecuted the Zeniths for Centuries, the church reluctantly supported the effort to rebuild the lost kingdom of Zen after beating the Askerhamni armies back. During the war Jennifer was discovered by Prince Marakov to be a woman, however, Marakvo admired her strength and determination to defend her country and get the holy land of her people back. To fight within the battlefields of Jericho, she legally became a citizen of Dragonv and revealed herself to be a Zen Woman, her Goldstein family faced persecution, but Prince Makarov personally threatened war with Bosco if they were to harm a single Zenith in the lands."The Pope explained to Irene about her Zenith Grandmother push for independence for a religious group of people persecuted for centuries.
"What became of your mother?" Irene asked him.
"She wasn't nearly as lucky. When they found out she was impersonating a man, they wanted to prosecute for the crime of heresy. Sera Hearfilla was known as a true hero who chose to fight in a war disguised as a man who was able to take Dama and Jercihio almost single-handedly, it's during August 6 x344 During the battle of Bethlehem Jericho, Seras Heartfilia was injured during her attempt to capture the city, it was when her identity as a woman was revealed, what saved her was that she was pregnant, had not for me being in her womb, she would've been executed immediately." Victor explained to Irene about how his mother was threatened.
"That's terrible, despite everything she did for the kingdom?"Irene asked, upset learning about his mother's fate.
"Women at the time weren't allowed to serve in combat it was me making Anna a Priest that almost triggered a second insurrection within the Zentopian Church."Victor explained to the Queen of Dragons about the extremely rigid system of Zentopia.
"So what became of your mother?" Irene asked.
"On August 11,x344, I was born. I was separated from her after several weeks of birth. She was to face trial for pretending to be a woman." Victor said to Irene facing his head down.
"Just for being a woman? How unjust is that?"Irene shouted.
"That was the law of the land at the time. She was to be tried for Heresy and potentially sentenced to death. However within Magnolia, people protested the ruling in favor of Sera and demanded the King pardon her, this would result in civil unrest throughout Fiore." Victor explained to Irene as he thought of Fiore in flames as the riots were occurring.
"The people loved her didn't they?" Irene asked him.
"Until she was revealed to be a woman pretending to be a man, everyone loved her, when she was revealed to be a woman only the city of Mongolia were in favor of her. The Heartfilla family ran the town for over 3 centuries and had considerable influence in local politics as we were the ones who owned the Legendary Kalard Cathedral and the vital ports of trade in the city. It was thanks to them and the Dragnov Kingdom opposing the ruling." Victor explained to Irene about the influence and power of both Dragnov and the Heartfilla family.
"My grandmother must've been very close to Sera." Irene stated.
"Both were best friends with each other during the New Crusader War and fought on the same side. King Makarov bickered with the previous Pope and the King of Fiore over the ruling with Sera Heartfilla. The bickering almost caused the end of the over 500-year alliance between Fiore and Dragnov however all sides reached an agreement, the King of Dragnov allowed for the ruling to go into place but the compromise is that Sera Heartfilla lives under House arrest until I became a man before they burn her on the stake." Victor explained to Irene on how her Grandfather spared her enough time to bond with the child.
"That sounds pretty cruel, having you raised by your mother only to see her burned on a stake for simply being a woman on the battlefield. What about your father?"Irene asked him.
"General Jaun Caseini was sentenced to death for collaborating with Hershey which is a Capital offense within Fiore. While my mother was given 13 years to life to raise me, my father didn't get nearly the same treatment. The King of Fiore had him hanged and quartered in the streets for High Treason and conspiracy to lie to the Fiore government under Sedition laws as well as collaborating for Heresy charges. He was killed 6 months after I was born to be made an example of those who opposed Zentopia's ruling." Victor explained to me about the fall of his family.
"The people of Magnolia just let that happen?"Irene asked him.
"What are they going to do, oppose the Zentopian order? Oppose the Fiore government? They were followers of the Church for one and second even if they were against it, they were too afraid to go against them. For 13 years I lived with my mother, unaware of the fate that awaited her until it was too late."Victor explained to Irene as they went into his past.
32 years ago
Victor Heartfilla's POV.
February 23 X358, I was playing at the lakeside within Sicloria, Sera owned a house that was on a cliff on the lakeside where she was house arrested and only allowed enough money to get essential goods like food. I fished within the lake and went up the hill to show her the golden trout I caught. My mother remarried Marcus Neville, of the prominent Neville Lower Noble houses, their family were the ones closely connected to the Heartfilia Clan with Marcus running Kalard Cathedral until he gave it to his son who would become Archbishop.
My mother was a ray of sunshine. She strongly resembled my daughter or at least what my daughter might look like in the next decade. My mother went into the war at age 19 and gave birth to me that year. 13 years passed and I was fishing in what would become her last supper.
"Mommy look at what I caught."I said to her.
"That's a very beautiful trout." My mother replied.
"Mommy, where's dad?"I asked her.
"He's busy son. Let's have our supper." I said to her, she seemed uneasy.
"Okay son." she replied to me.
We went inside to cook the trout.
"How's your bible studies going she asked me.
"Excellent mommy, I read the passage where Moses freed the Zeniths and gave them their promised land." I answered my mother having read the recent passage.
"Moses was a powerful follower of God, had not for the promised land, the Messiah would never be born to bring salvation to this world. It's been a while since I've been to that country." my mother explained to me the connection of that land.
"You went to the promised land mommy?" I asked her.
"You can say mommy has spent a lot of time there. Son, now that you're at the age of maturity. I must tell you something important."My mother said to me as she looked very sad.
"What is it, mommy? Is Something wrong mommy?"I asked her.
"I want to say goodbye forever." She said to me with tears in her eyes.
"Wait what's wrong mommy?" I asked her.
"Tomorrow i'm going to die!" my mother answered as she struggled to hide her tears.
"Mommy, you look fine, do you have any illness?" I asked her.
"No son, it's time i tell you the truth of everything." She replied. She spends all the time telling me about her exploits during dinner, i was bursting in tears after learning the news.
"THAT'S NOT FAIR MOMMY, YOU ARE THE MOST DEVOUT TO ZENTOPIA, WHY DOES IT MATTER?" I shouted at her.
"Sorry but it's the law of Zentopia!" She said to me as two Zentopian Knights barged into the house after we were eating and grabbed Sera Heartfilia.
"It's time Sera Heartfilia."One of the knights said to her.
"The time of your execution is tomorrow." the guard replied as they dragged her out of the house.
" I see, no convincing you otherwise, very well then." Seras said to the guards as she was dragged away with no resistance. I charged towards them trying to punch them.
"LEAVE MY MOMMY ALONE!" I shouted as I tried to punch them but they didn't even flinch.
"Piss off brat!" one of the guards backhanded me away with little effort.
"Victor" Seras shouted.
"Don't worry, he would not face further harm, now come with us." as they walked away with her.
The next day at the town square within Mongolia where my mother was gathered, she was tied to a stake surrounded by torches, the townsfolk were protesting the execution while there was a small battalion of heavily armed and armored Fiore Royal Army soldiers protecting the execution chamber. I was with my Stepfather Marcus Neville.
"We gotta do something" I shouted as I was retained by my stepdad.
"Any last words Sera Heartfilia?"The executioner asked my mother.
"I remained true to the word of the Zentopian Bible, I apologize for deceiving you all for appearing to be a man in your eyes. I wanted to fight for my country and my god, I apologize for having deceived you all for the last time to repent and seek the pardon of God. Dear sweet God, you have been with me always, be with me now through the darkness. I never meant to hurt anyone. Let none be hurt for me. Jesus, my Lord, and the Holy Spirit will I be with you this day in Paradise. Hold the cross high so I may see it through the flames!" My mother said within her epic final words as she went up in smoke. It was horrific, she violently choked on the fumes of the flames, i saw firsthand as her body began to catch fire, her skin blistered and popped as it turned carbon black, it was a gruesome scene, i was powerless to do anything.
"MOMMY!" I shouted. I cried in despair as I watched the flames consume her. I tried to break free from my stepdad's grip but i couldn't do so. I watched helplessly as the carbonized skin came off and all I saw of my mother was her charred skeleton after the flames were put out.
Present Day
"So they killed your mother?"Irene asked him.
"My mother was killed by people who didn't understand her beliefs and stuck in their ways. Those ungrateful hypocrites murdered my mother to make sure their status quo was maintained. Worse yet it was the same day Brad Manson, a man who killed his comrades and committed mass murders was allowed to be free and employed as Commander of the Zentopian Legion Corp." Victor explained to her, showing anger within his tone.
"You're kidding, right? How bad were his crimes?" Irene asked him.
"He was brought into Fiore and was going to be executed for a massacre in which he killed his members but was pardoned thanks to the Clergy stepping in and convincing the king that Mason was a useful asset to them. Brad Manson would be recruited to the Zentopia Legion Corp, acting as the muscle of the organization. My mother died protecting her country and was killed for that yet that viper was allowed to walk for killing his comrades."
"Talk about rotten! I take it that made you train as hard as you did to become Pope? To change the Status Quo."Irene questioned the Pope of Zentopia on how he became the Pope.
"I was unhappy at the church and hated its status quo, I wanted to become Pope and make changes to the church seeing it as ungrateful and backward for the efforts my mother did to protect and defend the country For over a decade, I trained and studied restlessly in Zentopian Arts to become a supremely powerful mage so I can obtain the rank Pope and make a change for the sake of my mother. I read the Bible many times to find passages within the bible that matched my agenda to reform the church. I also grew my messaging out which appealed to the poor masses, especially women. I performed hundreds of miracles and became beloved within my native Karald Cathedral home of Mongolia. I was a very powerful man who aspired to be as powerful as Saint Micheal Heartfilia, the 35th pope of Zentopia."Victor explained to the Queen of dragons.
32- 22 Years ago.
I trained for an entire decade to rise the ranks of Zentopia, I spent countless hours training my body and mind as well as Soul to get it to the shape it was in.
"Son, how's training going?" My stepfather said to me as I was lifting massive 1-ton weights with ease.
"Going well!" I answered as I did my squats with the heavyweights.
I trained relentlessly in studying the bible and learning Holy Magic. I had to read 20 passages in an hour and perform these spells on a dime. My Stepdad who was a cardinal was who trained me within the verses along with Bishop Lawyer Seam, a sleazy douchebag of a teacher but he was mostly a harmless pervert. He was one of the early Archive mages with the power to be able to use a book that revealed all the information nearby, he wasn't very powerful but he was very useful as a Road Scholar. He taught me all the spells within the Holy Books.
"You're doing good there Victor!" the old man said to me as I was charging up Holy Magic.
"You're doing great, now unleash it !" Seam said to me.
"Holy Ray!" I chanted as I shot the blast at a boulder, blowing it up.
"Good job there, son of Seras, you earned yourself a reward." Seam said to me as he had two women walk in bunny suits.
"What is this ?" I was confused by this.
"Come on now, you know the deal. These women here are to fill your carnal desires." Seam said to me, a lesser man would've felled for temptation as each woman had the bodies of goddesses, busomons so massive each can take the area of your head.
"Sorry but i must respectfully decline the offer. If I temp myself to sin, i would be no better than the elites" i said to my teacher.
"Come on kid, it doesn't count as a sin if you don't do their pussies, anal would suffice." Seam stated.
"Sodomy? What's wrong with you old man? it's sinful actions like that that lead to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. I follow the teachings of the Messiah, i would not do sex outside of marriage." I replied to the old man.
"Good job son, you passed the test! Most boys your age would've given to carnal temptation but you proved yourself to be of strong mind and will. Seam is a pervert but he's mostly harmless, he was a test to see how committed you are to the cause." My stepfather said to me.
"Thanks, dad!" I said to him.
"Geez you are your mother's child, whenever you might feel up for these babes, visit East Bosco, the Altair Alehouse has the best whores in the continent of Isghal."Seam said to me as the dirty Bishop walked with both girls in his hand. He was a dirty old man but he was mostly a harmless pervert, there were far worse men under the cloth than him besides it was thanks to his Archive magic, i was able to learn and master many holy magic spells at record time.
I even trained within Zentopia Martial arts, going my skills and powers to such a point I can defeat almost anyone in a fight. I defeated at least 10 warrior monks at once with my skills, however, that wasn't nearly enough. I challenged my stepdad, who taught me those moves
Me and him clashed hand to hand for a while, after fighting with various Zentopian Arts, we ended within a stalemate.
"You're getting better at this son, already so strong and you just turned 19. I have nothing more to teach You."
"But you're the Archbishop dad." I asked him.
"And yet you already surpassed me, the only one who can train you is the Pope himself." My dad said to me.
"That Filthy hypocrite? No thanks!" I said in protest.
"You would never become Pope if you don't reach his level. There's nothing more I can teach you. If you play your cards right, you can be Pope and clean up this corruption in our church and restore the church to its former glory." My step dad said to me as he ran out of things to teach me.
"Fine, i will do that, hopefully, they don't try to drag me down with them." I said that to him as I went to Zentopia City to meet the pope.
Eventually, I met the Pope and trained under him. Pope Frankia Lapotine was a tall man with short gray hair with a long beard and mustache and dark brown eyes covered by glasses without a frame. Being a member of Zentopia, as well as its leader, he dons traditional Zentopia clothes - a navy black cassock tied with a lighter sash, a necklace with Zentopia's symbol and a cloak with gold accents. On his head, he wears a gold-navy white miter which also has Zentopia's sign on it. He would teach me Angel Magic, powerful magic that is used by Archbishop tier mages and before I knew it, the Dragon War hit.
He was a corrupt bastard of a man who always defended the worst of Zentopia, I've seen him cover-up molestation rings, corruption probes of corrupt clergy involved in drugs and prostitution, and other vices. He passed away from illness but before he did so, he appointed me as the 62nd Pope in Zenoptian History I became the youngest Pope of Zneoptia at age 24. I originally meant to be a temporary Pope, he maintained his position as Zentopia was unable to find a mage more holy or powerful than him and lord knows they tried.' Victor stated as he explained the numerous attempts to oust him from power.
Present Day
22 Years ago
January 3, X368
I was deployed on many battlefields throughout the Dragon War, however, it was the battle of Celo which made me a legend. We deployed from Hargeon, a group of 100 Zentopia soldiers where we saw a massive tidal wave. My unit was lost in the sea, we faced a tragic shipwreck due to a powerful Water Dragon having attacked my crew, I was the sole survivor of the shipwreck.
I was awakened with the Fairies who welcomed me with Open Arms, I walked to the top of the tree where I met your mother and the Queen. They were discussing their alliance with each other.
"Who is this human?" Nel's mother asked.
"That's one of the archbishops from Zentopia."Queen Écarlate answered.
"So we got this deal right?" Queen Écarlate asked her.
"Yes, we got a deal! We won't let the dragons destroy our homeland" Nel's mother replied.
After the meeting, I met her and told her everything.
"You're heading to Egigtto? So are we, we're about to embark there ourselves." The queen asked me.
"Yep, i wish my crew made it though, they're all dead." I answered the queen of Dragons.
"Well you're in luck, my elite division are about to reach Eiggto, care to board our ship." She asked me
"It would be my pleasure!"I replied to her as I went on the ship.
It took us roughly 2 weeks to cross the entire Ishgal Sea to the country of Eiggto. When I came, it was hell on earth as I saw large explosions dwarfing the height of the mountains around me. It was there the Queen was with Pharaoh of the Kingdom Tukaman calberona,
"You finally arrived!" Tukaman said to Queen Écarlate.
"What's the situation?" She asked.
"Dragons are everywhere, we got several earth dragons within the city, all of them 4 Star level."Tukakman said to the queen" We're surrounded by all sides."
"I see, I'll take on the dragons, you assist and protect Tukaman from any threats. He might take a while but he's a wild card who can summon powerful people that can kill dragons."
"Impossible, even that of dragons?"I asked her.
"Monster card magic can summon even dragon spirits to attack their opponents however he's vulnerable to attack and it can take many draws for him to get that. Protect him with your life, our forces will focus on the forces advancing to the Scarlet Sea, your job is to make sure that the city of Celo is maintained." She said to me as she gave me the orders to fight.
The Queen dashes through evading multiple exploding boulders, using her immense power, she was able to cut down dragons in her path with ease thanks to the Hoshigaki No Satsuki, seeing her power was incredible. In seconds she takes out a whole Squad single-handedly. Meanwhile, the Fairy Queen and her fairies were blasting at the dragons, creating a clash of explosions showcasing their powers. I saw several Askerhamni mages with swords on horseback come at him however I anticipated their attack.
"Holy Rays"! I chanted as I blasted the cavalrymen away .'"How's the draw?"
"Not good enough, none of these cards can defeat dragons, I need to keep looking and redrawing."Tukaman said to me as we were stuck waiting for him.
Several cyclopes came to attack us however I was able to use my Zentopian Martial arts to take the beast down in one hit and use the other to blast down more of them. I fought against what appeared to be over 1,000 human troops coming at me, countering their blows and their attacks. Eventually, Tukaman fought the right card.
"I got one, this would be perfect!" Tukaman said to me as he went to use it."I summon Thy, Hellhound Wyvern" he chanted as he summoned what appeared to be Wyvern with a fiery mane with razor-sharp horns on its head, razor-sharp Teeth, and its body looked like a Wyvern fused with a Lizard. It had roughly 5 Hearts, 5 Attack, and 5 defense and flew into the sky at high speeds.
"What is that?" I asked him.
"One of the most powerful mythical creatures, the Hellhound Wyvern can generate flames that can burn through hell and fire blasts that can punch through hell itself." Tukanaman said to me as the Hellspawn flew across the battlefield. Firing its powerful flames like a Dragon Roar, it was torching through many dragons nearby, killing at least 15 of them and wounding several dozen more however I can tell that the cost of the magic was high as Tuakaman kneeled over on one knee trying to stand.
"I overdid the magic!" he said to me.
"You okay?" I asked him.
"I need to rest! Using that magic is very powerful but comes at a cost." Tukakaman said to me as I picked him up.
Suddenly we heard screams as the soldiers defending the people and trying to evacuate them safely from the battlefield were attacked. The wagons were torched by flames, it was a flame dragon after us... One with massive spikes all over its body and had tusks, it was a powerful dragon known as Cannar, an infamous General class Dragon that was known to rival the power of the elites within the Fire Dragon clan. Unfortunately for us, the summoning he was using the flames of Purgatory and the dragon we were up against was a Purgatory Dragon.
"We have serious problems, Cannar is here." Tukaman said to me.
"How bad is that?" I asked him.
"Cannar is a powerful dragon that can eat even the flames of Purgatory, Worse, his magic level is at 6 Stars!" Tukaman said to me as his face told everything, he was frozen in fear.
"6 Stars…" I said processing just how outclassed we were
"We're only at 4-5 at best, we gotta run." Tukaman shouted as he grabbed my hand and ran.
"There are no running humans, you will all perish here in this desert." Cannar laughed at us as he chased us.
The Humans try their best to fire their arrows, Trebuchets, and even some firing the recently invented cannons at the dragon but all it does is merely annoy the dragon.
"Purgatory Dragon Roar!" Cannar shouted as he shoots a massive blast of flames towards the troops
"Holy Barrier ''!I chanted as I protected them from the flames however the flames were so intense that it melted my magic easily. However before I was caught, the Hellhound Wyvern protected me with his body with the summoning disappearing afterward with Tukaman coughing blood."Tukaman"
"I'm fine, we can't win against that dragon. No human on the planet comes close to damaging that thing aside from the Queen of dragons. Even I am hard-pressed to find a Monster Card that can take that monster. We have to retreat." Tukaman said to me only to see innocent people still fleeing near us, if we retreated now, they would be killed and if we did nothing to slow down the Dragon's advancements, even the queen of Dragons would have trouble stopping them.
"If we retreat, then the Queen of dragons would be surrounded, we gotta do something to slow down this dragon even if it costs us our lives, otherwise everyone here will die." I said to Tukamaan as I showed him my coins.
"I must use my most powerful spell I know" I said to him as I took out my coins.
"Hahahahah, what you puny humans think you can do! You stand no chance against a Dragon." Cannar laughed as he mocked us.
"Maybe not but God can!" I replied to the dragon as I was ready to use my strongest Angel.
"HAHAHAHAHA! You stupid Zentopians and your feeble gods, you humans have no understanding of the power of real gods. The Five Dragon Gods dwarf your puny human god."
"Raguel!"I chanted as I summoned the angel towards the Dragon, even if I can't kill him I should at least stun him long enough to think of another plan."Raquel, use God's Trumpet"
The angel was so powerful that it played a deafening shriek that caused the city to shake as the dragon withstands the soundwaves hitting him however predictably he was able to tank the attack with ease.
"No, not even the mighty Raquel summoning can stop him." I said to myself as his power differences became very obvious my limitations versus his power.
"Stupid humans, I told you you couldn't beat me. However since you were able to give me a headache, how about I kill you with a powerful blast that would incinerate your soul. Purgatory Dragon's Blazing Hell." The dragon chanted as he blasted a massive blast of flames towards me. I barely evaded the attack along with Tukaman. I had to think of something fast, having no choice. I did the unthinkable, I remembered a Forbidden spell and planned to cast it on my own but I needed time to prepare for it.
"Tukaman, how much power do you have?" I asked him.
"Not much to be honest, this dragon is too powerful, we can't win." Tukakman said panicking at the site of the dragon.
"I just need you to distract him, I think I might have an ace up my sleeves." i said to him as i prepared to gather magic around me.
"You do?" Tukamman asked me.
"I'm going to cast a forbidden spell, one that would likely kill me but if I do this right, I can summon an Archangel" I explained to him.
"You fool, your life isn't worth throwing away." Tukaman shouted.
"On the contrary, if it's to protect people from evil, then my life is to be cast aside. If all goes to plan even that monster can't prevail against this spell however to do so i need concentration and some prep time." I said to the Pharaoh as I was willing to die to protect the kingdom.
"I'll see what i can do. " he shuffled through his cards"I think i might've found a perfect diversion ``''I cast thy spell, Monster slime" he summoned a swarm of slime creatures each roughly 0.5 Stars of Attack and defense.
"You gotta be kidding me, that spell is extremely weak." Cannar laughed at us.
"Trust me, this spell is more useful than you think." Tukaman replied as he smirked.
"HAHAHA, What a pitiful spell" the dragon laughed as he punched the creatures but they then turned into twice as many creatures." What?" The dragon asked baffled by the multiplication of the spells
"The Slime Monsters regenerate endlessly, for every one you kill, more appear divided from the ones you kill"
That was his plan, it was brilliant, using a weak summoning with infinite regeneration was a brilliant move on his part, the dragon struggled to fight against the slime creatures. I got into my prayer position and began to pray.
"Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm. He said: "Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge? Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me. "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it? On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone— while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy? I Summon Thy, Archangel Nuriel." I chanted as I summoned the Archangel.
The angel appeared from the heavens, a towering Leviathan from the clouds, it was 300 parasangs (approx. 5.6 km) tall and nearly twice as wide, it resembled a massive Dragon. It has a thick, purple mane that resembles the aurora borealis and two white, streamer-like tails that wave forward. It has a long, white snout. has a large, hexagonal, cerulean blue crest on its forehead that resembles the antlers of a Qilin with two prongs on either side of the base. It has red eyes, a small tuft of fur under its chin, and small paws with white paw pads.
From it flew 50,000 Angles made of Sacred Fire and Holy Water, the massive beast cast its spell and attacked the dragon Head On. The dragon tries to fight against the massive army of angels attacking him but is overwhelmed as each Angel explodes on him with the force of a powerful Holy spell damaging the dragon, after the relentless attack, the Dragon was barely standing, severely wounded.
"You insolent human, how dare you to oppose my power!" The dragon grunted as he charged up his attack towards Nuriel intense rage as he aimed his attack "Crimson Lotus: Exploding Purgatory Blade" Cannar chanted as he sent a massive vortex of powerful Purgatory flames towards the creature in the form of a massive beam moving his hands together however the towering creature tanks the attack with ease, not even flinched by the attack. Incredibly, even an S Class dragon was outmatched by an Archangel alone...I needed to capitalize on this fast, my power and lifeforce were fading.
"How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! You said in your heart, "I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Highest. Storm of God " I chanted as Nuriel himself diffused into a massive cloud and went over the dragon and blasted the dragon with intense winds, freezing winds, Hailstones the size of boulders and immensely powerful Holy water rain. The dragon was being hit with boulders with insane speed, battering it's already weakened body with Ice boulders made of Holy water, the holy water being so dense and in high volume, the dragon is drowning from the downpour of it, the sharp winds of the tornado-like squall cloud around it shredding through its scales and then the Lighting strikes, finishing the dragon off.
By the time the attack ceased, the dragon's entire body was pale scales with cuts and bruises all over the body, the dragon could barely stand. Some parts of his body had holes resembling arrow wounds, mostly at his vital organ area at his soft underbelly however while he was down, he was far from out. Any human hit by such force would've died instantly, and while the dragon was dying, he still had one last-ditch attack left. Speaking of death, I was at death's door myself, a spell met for four Angel mages to summon which would result in certain death for all of them was now coming across for me as I coughed up blood, lots of it.
"VICTOR!" Tukaman shouted.
"I'm fine, I just need….rest!" I replied trying to downplay the injuries.
"You stupid human,...you sacrificed your life for nothing...If I'm dying, I'll take the entire country with me, "The dragon roared as he was charging up an attack from his body, he was going to blow everyone up. However, the queen slashed his head off, decapitating him with a quick swipe before he could react.
"Looks like you guys did it!" Queen said to me as I blacked out.
One week after the battle of Celo, I woke up. I barely survived the summoning of the Archangel. I saw the queen of dragons by the bedside.
"Looks like you survived!" Queen Écarlate said to me.
"I'm alive but how?" I asked her.
"Thanks to Grandeenedy, you survived that Archangel summoning. To think you can summon a dragon killing archangel, that's quite the feat."Queen Écarlate said to me."You stood up to an S Class Dragon knowing you couldn't win. What drives you to do such fearless things."
"I live to protect the people who need it, even at the cost of my own life." I answered her.
"Archbishop Heartfilia, am I correct? You have great potential to become a Pope."She stated.
"You think so?" I asked her.
"You defeated 1,000 mages and you stood up to an S Class dragon despite not having any chance of victory and even managing to kill one at almost the cost of your life, you have potential." Queen Écarlate replied.
Present Day
"So mother vouched for you to become Pope after the pope died?"Irene asked him.
"Yes she did, she was impressed by my bravery and my prowess that she pressured the cardinals to let me become Pope."Victor answered.
"So you summoned an Archangel?" Irene asked him."How do you do that?"
"I don't even know, I just had that much magical power. Being ahead of the Heartfilla family, a legendary clan of powerful mages that existed since the birth of Fiore, we were very powerful mages
"So you were Pope around the end of the War effort?" Irene asked the Pope.
"It wasn't easy balancing that with war."The pope replied as he recalled more of his life.
22 Years ago
Victor Heartfilla's POV
April 23, X368
In my first month, I pushed for heavy reforms in the church. As Pope, I declared and rules that it's legal for Priests or above to procreate and marry women, this was done to combat Pedophilia and homosexuality that I found too pervasive within the Chruch of Znetopia. Naturally, such reforms angered the elites
During this time I was planning to put forth my plans to marry my long time friend Jade Lenoa. Jade Lenoa, one of 3 daughters of the Lenoa noble family She was a famous Celestial Spirit Mage who once held 3 Golden Keys at once. She was a very powerful mage who wanted to fight for her country but the establishment opposed the move, so I went to plead for the king for her honor.
"A woman fights for men? Don't be ridiculous Victor, women are weak creatures incapable of being as strong as men, you should know this." the king said to me.
"You should know that the Queens of Dragonv and the women who fight in Dragnov would tell you otherwise. How long are we going to keep these outdated traditions? Jade Lenoa is the first mage to get more than one Golden Key in this country in over 100 years, to even hold a single golden key and master it, it shows she's a capable warrior." I replied to explain to the queen.
"We don't need her, we have plenty of men to make up the difference for our army."The king stated.
"She's joining my regiment whether you approve or not."I said to him defiantly of the king's orders.
"You can't defy me, I'm the king you little brat. Hiring you as Pope was a mistake." the king stated.
"Try finding another one better than me for your war, either she's in the army or I shall have you excommunicated ." I replied
Fine, we will let this woman join your forces but that burden is on you, if she dies, you would resign in disgrace as pope."The king said to me.
"Very well then."I replied, determined to prove him wrong.
The battle of Songville Bosco was a major battle during the war, it was a war for the vital defense of the country of Bosco, the Stellian Independence Army allied with the Serenity Army and the Dark Dragon Tribe to take the area. The men were massively outnumbered and outmatched as armies of dragons, soldiers and monster tamers reigned down, me and Jade were able to take down the Army and hold them off until the Dragonv dragons arrived to take out the dragons. She was able to help me fend off some B class Dragons.
"Thank god you're here Victor Heartfilla, who's the nurse?" one of the knights asked.
"She's here to assist within battle." I said to the knights.
"Have you lost your mind, your eminence, women can't battle in war." one of the knights stated trying to be nice to the pope.
"Trust me, she has the skills to prove herself worthy." I replied to my men"Remember the battle of Eiggto, I never steered you wrong, why would I steer you wrong on this?" I explained to my men.
Me and Jade began to use our powers to fight the advancing threats. There was the A-class Dragon, a Dragon Captain who was a powerful Bone Dragon who can control bones, control beings, and cover himself in bone armor while also making corrosive attacks with bones, 5 B class dragons, 10 C Class dragons and 500 soldiers of various power levels.
Several soldiers charged at us with spears and swords, I readied my stance.
"Deus Pugnus ( Latin for God's Fist)" I chanted as I punched the air, creating a shockwave, sending 20 of the soldiers flying.
"Open Gate of the Bull!" My future wife chanted as she summoned Taurus. The Bull Minotaur swings his ax around, creating a shockwave, blowing away several dozen soldiers around her. She summons him back into the gate as well.
"Gate of the Giant Crab Key Cancer." Jade chanted as she summoned Cancer, In an instant, he dashes through 100 well-armed and well-armored soldiers and completely disabled them of their swords and armor, cutting them to pieces before they can react and shaving their beards, mustaches, and hair off making them completely bald. She summons him back.
"We are stripped of our weaponry and dignity" the soldiers shouted as they ran away.
"Holy Light Beam!" Victor chanted as he went into a prayer pose and shot a beam of light towards the charging cavalry, blowing away 50 horsemen.A C class Dragon goes to shoot a Dragon Roar at me from behind however he's knocked back by a blast from Caelum from my future wife.
"Don't leave your guard down!" She said to me as she charged up another blast from her Celestial Spirit."Gate of the Bear Cub Key+Gate of the Swan Key" Jade chanted as she summoned the spirits Polaris and Denbe to take out 20 advancing soldiers overpowering them.
3 C Class dragons go to attack Jade but Polaris appears and uses its Mighty Bear strength to easily defeat them. A dragon shows a powerful Dragon roar however I countered by summoning the Legendary Angel Raguel. The blowing of its horns completely stopped the Dragon Roars creating a loud sonic force field around himself and his wife and also paralyzed the Dragons long enough for him to cast one of his strongest Holy Spells.
"Uno Materia" Victor chanted as he blasted hundreds of holes through the dragon. Then came the leader.
He was a large imposing dragon that was a hulking skeleton of a dragon made of many skulls from humans covering his dragon skeleton body with parts of his body covered in pale dried Dragon Scales.
"Retreat, I'll deal with these humans. They made interesting humans. I'm the dragon known as Humberos, King of the Bone Dragons, you think you can take me?" the Dragon bragged to us.
"Compared to the last dragon yes! I was the one who killed General Cannar of Celo." I answered the dragon."Besides you barely have scales, meaning that I can hurt you dragon." I replied to the dragon.
"Fool, don't assume we're equal. You can train for 1.000 years and you can never hurt me. Us Bone Dragons might not have scales, however, we can reform our bodies almost indefinitely. Our bodies are exoskeletons that cover our internal organs and the bones we have are as strong if not stronger than average dragon scales." Humberos bragged about the rare ability of Bone Dragons to have their internal organs protected by their exoskeleton body.
The dragon loomed over us, he was huge but his power wasn't nearly as overwhelming as the other ones. Me and Jade were evading his attacks.
"Sword of God!" I chanted as I caught the dragon by the surprise cleanly chopped through the Bone Dragon's neck with an aura of a sword from his chop. However, he's able to get his head to float around catching me by surprise."What?"
"Holy magic Huh? I must admit that wasn't too shabby however" Humberos said to me as he reattached his neck and head to the rest of the body." Not nearly enough! He then charged up magic in his mouth."Bone Dragon Roar!" Humberos shouted as he fired a massive blast of wind sending millions of bone fragments towards me.
"Holy Halo!" I countered as he protected his wife and himself from the roar as the barrier was hit with many bone fragments. However, the barrier was broken and I was damaged by it.
"VICTOR!" She shouted.
"Foolish humans, dragon bones are even more resistant to magic than our scales. When I fire my roar, I'm sending thousands of Dragon bone fragments that are magic resistant against your puny magical barriers. You can't be the one who killed Cannar, someone this weak, what a laugh. " Humberos laughed at me as he stood over me arrogantly. I was too hurt to move, however, Jade was standing and was refusing to back down.
"Victor, you okay?" She asked me.
"I'm wounded pretty badly, damn i wasn't expecting him to be this tough!" I said to her as she gave me some Holy Water from her canteen.
"Heal up, I'll try to hold him off." Jade said to me.
"Careful! He's very strong!" I said to her as I held onto my shoulder and poured some Holy water on my wounds, the wound burned but it was starting to slowly close up.
It was her time to shine.
"Open Gate of the Sphinx: Oedipus." Jade chanted as she summoned a Silver Celestial Spirit the Sphinx Oedipus. Oedipus was a sphinx-like creature who's known for speed but lacks defense and power compared to the others, he's a cross between Virgo and Cancer in terms of powers
The sphinx lunges at the dragon moving at high speed, however the dragon tanks the blows with ease, the dragon wasn't even fazed by the many slashes by the powerful Sphinx.
"Hahaha! You're funny, you can't hope to hurt me with such weak attacks human!" Humberos laughed as he flicks away Opedious with a single finger, dispelling the spirit.
"I'm not going to give up so easily. Open Gate of the Boar:Erymanthian. "Jade chanted as she summoned a humanoid Boar with a powerful Kanabo, He's second to Debe in power out of the 12 Silver Keys and can rival Taurus in power.
Erymanthian attacks Humberos with its Kamabo which generates wind shockwaves instead of earth waves like Tatarus but moves slower due to his heavier weapon. But the dragon blocked the attack easily with its forearm.
"Not bad human but that was a mere bug bite!" Humberos laughed only to see another sprit appear. A young boy with white hair and golden wings who attacks with Light Magic and his horn. He's on par with Loki despite his young age.
"Open Gate of the Pegasus: Helios." Jade chanted as she had the young boy celestial shoot a blast of light blinding the dragon but it didn't work as the dragon had no eyeballs.
"Foolish human, i have no eyes!" Humberos laughed only to see Erymanthian attack him with a strike on the nose, actually flinching the dragon.
"Open Gate of the Phoenix" Jade chanted as she summoned her most powerful Silver Key, the Gate of the Phoenix which a woman who looks similar to Eclair that produces Scared flames that rival that of Igneel with destructive power on par with Aquarius. The cost is a severe drain on magical power. She had 3 spirits fighting the dragon at once. " Triple Unison Raid: Sacred Fire windstorm" Jade chanted as Eyrpmanitan uses Boars Bellow which swings his Kanabao so hard it creates a wind pressure wave and combines it with Scared Firestorm and Helios Light blast summoning to create a quadruple Unison Raid which creates a powerful explosion.
"That might've not killed him but at the very least it should've …" Jade said to herself only to see the dragon appear with hardly a scratch.
"That was cute, but it's my turn!" Humberos laughed as he went for his attack, about to kill my future wife who was exhausted however I then appeared to get her out of the way. I then used what I attacked to stun the dragon.
"Deus Pugnus ( Latin for God's Fist)" I chanted as i jumped to the dragon and punched him in the jaw, knocking the dragon back with a stunning punch."Jade!" I said to her.
"You gotta summon that Archangel again, we're in deep trouble!" She said to me.
"I can't. I'm too heavily injured, my shoulder only superficially healed up. We need to use your family technique." I said to her.
"We need another mage though" She said to me.
"We're just going to have to do it with us too, let's do this, we don't have much, he gets back up,we're dead." i explained to her.
"I ask that the heavens make the stars descend to earth. Illuminate... by all means... this land... this world... this land! By your hand, let everything be illuminated. Twinkling, shooting, falling... Let the stars descend before us! Gottfried." Bott of us chanted as we charged up our power to go to set up our attacks.
"What!''Humberos shouted as he then saw a lime green beam coming down at him. He was blasted with a massively powerful blast of light, the damage to the dragon was enough to get him on his knees. However, before he could get up Igneel appeared and captured him.
"Igneel?" I asked.
"Good job you two, you were able to weaken him enough with that attack that we were able to capture him and take back this area."Igneel said to us as we passed out in pain.
After the battle, I proved everyone wrong, under pressure by the soldiers saved by Leona and Magnolia the king conceded to my demands and allowed women in the military. Jade Lenoa, became the very first woman to legally fight in the Dragon Wars in X368 shortly after her best friend Victor Heartfilla became Pope of Zentopia, the brazen actions of the king allowing her angered the Zentopian Establishment as well as many within the country associated to the gender roles set by the country, despite the issues Jade Loena was said to be the first Female Golden Celestial Key user However this would lead to several major events
Present Day
"They hated you that much?" Irene asked.
"Many of the elders held their grudge against me for the fact Sera Heartfilla died a Martyr and there was growing descent against the mainstream Crocus Zentopian Army. Fearing another branch off of Zentopia like the Serenity Zentopains Centuries ago, they were trying to undermine me as much as they can, all their efforts failed."Victor explained to her showing the efforts they went to stop him revealing his chest and back had various scars which include stab wounds, slash wounds, and arrow wounds.
"They came at you that badly?" Irene asked, shocked to see so many wounds on him.
"Yes, they were quick to undermine my authority many times, sent many assassins after me, as you see all of them failed." Victor replied as he put back his tunic and then his pope outfit.
"So you're saying that they resisted despite the king's orders?"Irene asked him.
"You remember how uptight we were within the first meeting of the family over a decade ago right? It was because of the great coup attempt of X369 shortly after the end of the war, it also occurred on the day I wedded Jade Leona." Victor explained to the Queen of dragons.
21 Years ago
Victor Heartfilla's POV
Between June 5th and November 23, X369 Friction increased between Mongolia and Zentopia City as it went against the grain and the establishment. Unlike the Establishment, I generally cared for the masses much like my mother and wanted to impose a tax on the wealthy elites and to give the money to the poor. I wanted to have charities for the sick and poor and wanted to rebuild the country ravaged by the war. I also strongly advocated for women and wanted women to take up roles as priests and warriors. This would eventually lead to a collision point.
November 23,369
Me and Leona were at the wedding when we were taking our marriage vows. Everyone within the Leona Family which was a fairly large family gathered with the Heartfilia Clan which had a size rivaling that of a small village.
"Never thought I would be taking the marriage vows of the Pope my son." My stepdad said to me.
"Well after the reform i made, it should help crack down on celibacy rape and homosexuality. It was a surprisingly popular reform." I stated.
"You are the man of the people."My soon to be wife said to me as we kissed.
"Let's get this ceremony over with, as I will become the first Pope to marry under the Papacy." I replied to her.
"Victor Heartfilla, do you take Ms. Leona to be your wedded wife?" My stepdad asked me.
"I do!" I answered.
"Jade Leona Do you take Mr. Heartfilla to be your wedded husband." my stepdad asked my wife.
"I now pronounce you..." my stepdad asked only for him to be hit by an explosion knocking him off the altar.
"FATHER!" I shouted as I got angered as one of the masked Assassins came at me but I blocked his punch.
"You're not getting me!"I said to the assassin as he tried to attack me but I was too strong and used a chop to knock him out cold. I rushed to father to see him badly injured.
"FATHER!" I shouted as I struggled to get him healed up however he was dead before we got him to the Magnolia Hospital. First my mother and then my father.
I rallied my force after learning that the Mercurius castle was besieged by the Zentopian Establishment. I then learned that one of my archrivals who I beat out to the title led the coup D'etat, Archbishop Keith Oberson. With him was the Zentopia Legion Corps members he appointed.
Present Day
"Archbishop Keith Oberson?" Irene asked him.
"He was the skeleton warrior your friend Erenjack stabbed, I know his vile aura when I see him. Even back when he was a human, he was a monster. Archbishop Keith Oberson was a former Archbishop of Zentopia part of the Zentopia Orthodoxy within Zentopia city born in X290, he's the oldest of those demons before dying at age 91 in the conflict. Had he lived outside of demonification it would be his 100th birthday." Victor explained to the queen of dragons the vile nature of Archbishop.
"How bad was Keith?'Irene questioned the pope.
"He was a vile man beyond reproach, he lobbied hard against my reforms and was the final deciding vote in killing my mother, he originally wanted me dead or put in a dungeon but thanks to my family being the Heartfilia clan, i never became his twisted puppet." Victor explained to the queen, stating he was a twisted pedophile and degenerate. "He represents the worst of the corruption of Zentopia. Being a victim of child abuse and molestation, Keith became a child predator and child molester himself which was an open secret in Zentopia City with Pedophile priests everywhere. however his assault on children wasn't the only crime, he was behind countless rapes of women as well which he killed the women and used the dead women as sex objects, persevering their bodies as long as humanly possible. His main goal in life was the create Necromancy magic on a greater scale than any forbidden magic ever could which can only reanimate skeletons or decaying zombie corpses but to create life anew, it was originally to bring back the parents he tragically lost, however, it became much more than that, becoming more power-hungry, Keith hoped he can raise an army and declare himself King of Fiore. Keith's career before becoming an Archbishop was impressive despite never being a physically strong fighter, he has fought in several major theaters of war, usually as a Defensive Magic and a healer mage using Holy water to heal people. However, for those who are close to the brink of death, Keith would purposely kill his men and experiment on them trying to bring them back to life. He was powerful, had a lot of money and connections, hence they let him get away with everything he could. '' Victor explained to Irene of how twisted the man was.
"So that's why you hold regrets? You couldn't get rid of him" Irene asked him.
"He was hardly the only dirty soul in god's church. November 30, X369 Orthodox Crocus Church of Zentopia siege Crocus as The Zentopian City Orthodox besieged the King of Fiore and besieged Zentopian City threatening to oust both the King and Myself if demands aren't made. Mongolia joined in the conflict with its Archbishop and everyone within the Born Again sect joining in the conflict but being outnumbered 20 to 1 with 21 Archbishops and All 7 Cardinals opposing me and the King, they were forced to stand down to avoid a civil war and the Orthodox Church of Crocus Zentopia took over the government. The Eliteswithin Zentopia almost undid everything I pushed for during the first dragon war and strictly enforced Heresy and Blasphemy laws. I maintained as much of my reforms as I could and was forced to look the other way at the wicked souls infesting the kingdom. Those amongst my followers found disappointment with me having to abandon some of the reforms I promised to maintain peace in a kingdom that was just recovering from a major war. Having lost most of my power and influence, i became at best a figurehead while the Zentopian Establishment undercut my ability to pass laws That bastard Keith got his way and he was de facto running things, he ramped up the Zentopian Legion Corps into more covert operations, abusing the already corrupted organization into doing more underhanded and shady crimes under our noses. After a while, i became disenfranchised and detached from the ugliness i see from Zentopia City and wanted to raise a new generation of Priests, Nuns, and other clergy to eventually replace the corrupt establishment." Victor explained to the Queen of Dragons.
"So you went against them anyway?"Irene asked the Pope.
"That's right. When Anna became of Age, i had her mother train her to use Celestial Spirit Mage despite them repealing the law allowing women to become mages, thanks to the influence we had within the Mongolia region of the country, we became our own self-governing province and hence i allowed for female mages within my domain.." Victor explained to the Queen of dragons.
19 Years ago
August 13, X371
A year after Anna was born, I gained two students who would become my best-trained students every and my top protegees. One was Sister Janelle, a Nun who would be reanimated from the dead as Kyouka and a Scholar named Sera Bloomfield, the one now known as Seliah Janelle was a middle-aged attractive nun with blonde hair, red lipstick and a curvaceous body she hid under her nun robes, she never married and was 10 years Sera's senior, the younger mage Sera was said to be a beautiful woman who had beautiful black hair who was in her mid 20's and wore scholarly robes.
Victor has a training session with the two of them where they fight using their magic. Kyouka used Lightning Magic and Seilah was known for her Zentopian Martial Arts fighting when they are humans. They fight against him proving to be pretty strong.
"Did we do a good job?"Sera asked him.
"You two are naturals at this. you two are the future of Zentopia."I answered them.
"Thank you."Jeannie said to me.
"Today we were called for an important exorcism mission, rogue spirits are terrorizing the town. You two are to join the Exorcism task force to fight the evil spirits." Victor said to the two.
"Can't believe we're being given opportunities to prove ourselves." Jeaane said to me as she hugged me.
"Women like us are never given such positions."Sera replied.
We fought in the great battle of Rosa Town, a town being attacked by ghostly spirits. This was the day my corp was formed. The Group I formed were 12 elites of my own under my training. Sera Bloomfield, a powerful master of the Zentopian Arts, Jeannie Luz, a powerful Lighting mage user. Gread Neekis, a powerful Earth Mage know for his mighty power who was part of the Zentopian Church of Eiggoto, Ken Straight of the Straight Lower Noble house, a family of well-rounded Knights, Roy Sugarboy of the lower Sugarboy household, another group of renowned knights, Mark Hughes, from the Hughes Lower household, Coca Angelle of the Angelle Household, John Cray, a man being groomed to take the mantle of Grand General of the Zentopian Legion Corp, Riddick Kubrick, a rare member of the Geloffrian race known for their Immense magical prowess, Org Dulcie of the Duelcie noble family, Doma Campbell, the son of a powerful Rune Knight General and finally Sippy who would become Minister of the Grand Zentopian church. He was the first of the Frogmen race to be appointed in the role of priest, a move that angered many in the church as the frogmen have fought the Fioran government for 2 millennia over their claims of the marshlands of Southern Fiore. They all were trained by me to use magic and they were to be the new generation of mages who would challenge the status quo of the church.
Present-day
"And what happened to them?" Irene asked him.
"They're all dead. When Tartarus bombed the Grand Zentopian Church in Zentopia City, they all died protecting the people from the explosion, a whole generation of my students vanished in the flames, including minister Slippy. Jeannie and Sera died long before them and were the ones who killed my students almost single-handedly. Each of my students was able in the past to kill each of the Zentopian rebels on their own, now the threat of Tartarus was so great, in one attack, they were all anhailaited." Victor explained to the queen of dragons.
"It's a shame what happened, they went down as heroes at the very least." Irene stated.
"I know, they saved many of the people there at the cost of their own lives. I raised each of them like my family members." Victor replied explaining the close bond he formed with his brothers and sisters.
"You were a great man. I'm not very religious and Dragnov never really took that much favor with religion however I respect your dedication to the faith All people should represent god's glory regardless of gender. " Irene said to the Pope.
"I'm not that great I regret a lot of my decisions, overtime I let them get the better of me. I became more distant from my family. I spent so much time taking their nonsense, I almost lost what was dear to me. I had to balance family with my job, thank your mother showed me the way."' Victor said to her.
"Yeah, I remember that speech mother gave you." Irene replied.
10 Years ago
Irene's POV
June 30, X380
"You have utterly disgraced the Heartfilia Family name by playing with commoners, what were you thinking?" Victor said to Anna scolding her in a very harsh tone.
"Hey let it slide, she's just a child." My mother said to Victor.
"And you, what kind of queen allows her child to play with commoners?" Victor angrily shouted.
"One who loves her child and cares for her child and her people, perhaps Fiore should take notes on that and their society would be better off." My mother replied, starting to lose her cool.
"Honey calm down…"My father started trying to calm mom down.
"I knew Dragnov was a moral cesspit but to have a queen who lets commoners near their child is a low even for.." Victor ranted only for Mom to slap him in the face. She then turns into her revealing dress.
"What kind of insane perversion are you showing me?" Victor said, shocked to see my mother dress in such a revealing dress.
"My true self, listen here I don't care what you think of me but don't you ever insult my child, my children's friends, and my people when you're barely around to hang out with your daughter. Unlike your puritanical society, Dragnov is a society that loves all people of all creeds and it's that love that makes us the greatest country in the world. I'll admit I committed a lot of sins but you know what, I'm fucking damn proud of it. If selling my soul is what is needed to create peace in the world, then I'll use every fiber of my being to maintain that…After all, isn't that what your Messiah would've done for the world?" My mother explained to Victor within her speech about his views. Victor looks at his child and notices that she's miserable because he put faith over the family.
"You claim to be open-minded and progressive but you still cling to the views of the Puritanical Masses. Either you're a fool or a hypocrite…It matters not to me anyway, you have two choices. Either spend the rest of your life devoted to a god that might not even exist and risk your daughter going through even more dangerous habits isolating her from people who care for her or you start being a better father to your children and find time in their lives before they run away at age 16." Mom explained to Victor shocking him and everyone around him, this was the first time any ruler had spoken down to the leader of any religious organization, let alone Zentopia.
"I appreciate you speaking your mind honey but you realize what you did. By angering Fiore, you've risked the stake of war, something we're trying to avoid." My father said to his wife worried about the path to a new holy war she might've caused.
"I don't care, I'm not going to be lectured on parenting from someone who wears a stuffed shirt who's barely there for her child. If Fiore wants a war because I hurt their feelings with my different cultural views, let them try." My mother replied defiant to the point and not caring about the fact she might've nearly caused her peace alliance to fall apart.
"Queen Écarlate, I…Concede," Victor replied, bowing his head down shocking everyone.
"Husband, this isn't like you," Jade said to her husband.
"She's right. Fiore has been stagnant in its ways because it refuses to evolve and take risks and I've not been a good father to my Anna, I've been too busy trying to appease the elders and Grand Cardinals that I've lost sight on what's important. From this point forward, I'm going to raise my daughter much better." Victor explained to my mother vowing to watch out for his daughter more.
"That's the spirit. I deeply apologize for slapping you, Pope." my mother stated.
"Just call me Victor, and I need it. I can see why you became Queen of this country, I can't make any promises that the elders and Cardinals would change the laws ..I just need to ask you a question away from the kids." Victor said to my mother.
"Sure ask away." My mother replied as Victor and her walked away from us. I didn't catch what they were talking about but all I know for sure, my mother slapped him out of anger again, probably has something to do with the Bareback rumors.
Present Day
3rd person POV
"So what were those Bareback rumors Victor? What did you ask her?" Irene asked him.
"Best you never know for the respect of your mother's rumors are defamation to the Late Queen." Victor answered with his blunt, serious tone.
"you're an incredible man, you raised Anna very well." Irene stated, however, the pope expresses regret.
"I'm not a good man, I was a coward." Victor replied.
"How so ?" I asked him.
"Because I failed to protect my most important students."Victor replied.
9 Years ago
Victor Heartfilla's POV
July 12, X381
One night I caught the two in the act of their sin coming in too early to the nunnery in their private quarters.
"How could you two of all people sin this badly? I asked them disappointed with their sinful behavior.
"We apologize, we didn't..i mean…"Jeeaane said to me with tears in her eyes.
"I heard enough of you two...I thought you two being lovers was bad enough but to collude with that monster Brad Manson of all people, this is disgusting. I let you two be caretakers of my daughter when I'm gone." I yelled at them.
"He was going to out us if we didn't comply." Jeannie stated.
"Besides it's not like you don't know what's going on Pope." Sera replied.
"I like to forget what's going on, the point of making this new generation of Pious warriors is to make sure they're not corruptable, yet you two do a vile sin as sodomy." I explained to them not approving of their sinful behavior.
"He offered us work to make sure we kept this country safe, he was the only one who was willing to give us any work provided we did as he said. I put my skills to good use as an interrogator and Seliah put her use of skills in Espionage. We get good pay, can do anything we want, and keep us safe.
'He's using you to get to me… Listen, you two need to get out of the Zentopian Legion Corp." I tried to warn them about the threat.
"Why should we? We might be sinners but aren't we all?" Jeaanie stated.
"You would never sell us outright, Pope.?"Sera asked me.
"I…. Damn it, just go and stay out of my sight. You two need to lay low. You're right I look the other way on too many worse things than this however that matters little, if any knowledge of this gets out, you two would be dead so make sure you end this relationship of yours. The Zentopian Elders have spies everywhere and would use anything to oust me." I replied to them warning them about the threat of my enemies.
"Fine, however, promise us you would keep us safeguarded and sheltered."Janneie said to me.
"As long as you never try to corrupt my daughter with your sin or degeneracy" I replied to her, I know how homosexuals were around kids."I also want you to tell me whatever Keith is planning as well and look into him deeply." I asked the two.
"Don't worry, we will ."Jeannie replied as she hugged me.
Present Day
"So you managed to keep your word?" Irene asked him.
"I tired and I failed, soon it became public knowledge of the affair thanks to Keith and Brad Manson who threw their two best mages under the bus. They came close to exposing a major scandal with him, all the more reason Keith got to them." Victor explained to the Queen of Dragons.
9 years ago
Victor Heartfilla's POV
August 14, X381
An angry mob arises within Kalard Cathedral demanding their blood as armed soldiers come into the building with Keith there with his smug arrogant smile. I was attending mass with my wife, my daughter, and the two suspects in question.
"We come today to give the prayer this Sunday to our God the almighty.
The door barges there within Keith walking with the Zentopian Legion Corp and several dozen soldiers with spears
"What's the meaning of this?" I demanded of the Archbishop.
"You lose again Victor. Arrest those two women." Keith said to the guards.
"Why are you arresting our caretakers?"Jade shouted at them.
"For the crime of lying in bed with another."Keith chuckled.
"This has to be a mistake!" Jeannie shouted.
"We would never do that kind of crime." Sera shouted, denying their crime.
"Come on, why arrest these two for that? They're our finest members of the Zentopian Church" My wife shouted at them holding Anna's hand.
"VICTOR YOU BASTARD, YOU SOLD US OUT!"Jeannie shouted at me.
"YOU BETRAYED US!"Sera shouted at me as well.
"I DIDN'T !" I replied trying to plead with them.
"So you knowingly harbored Homosexuals in your holy church?" Keith said to me, mocking me.
"I didn't know they were homosexuals…" I stated trying to deny them
"Don't lie, you are the Pope, after all, you know all!" Keith smirked with his slick smile, he got me.
"I...ARGH!" I replied hopelessly and helplessly unable to do anything to protect Sera and Jeannie.
I was forced to go along, that bastard Keith outwitted me again. The two were taken away in handcuffs and I was beyond furious.
Hours later, using the fastest horse i had, i reached Crocus and went into Mericules I demanded that Jeannie and Sera were to be pardoned for their crimes of homosexuality.
"It's a false allegation, you can't just kill these two. They've done a service to the country." I said trying to defend the name of these two.
"I have no choice Victor, our church has pressure on me to do this execution. In a week, they would be brought to Mereiclcius and burned on a stake. After the chaos caused by losing the Queen of Dragons, we need something to appease the people." King George explained to me, he cared more about appeasing people for his reputation than doing what's right.
"These two people you're about to burn did far worse crimes than merely sleep with each other yet you let them slide for that, why can't you let them slide on this?" I begged the queen.
"Because their so-called crimes are for the security and strength of this nation. Kyouka's expertise on torture and Seilah expertise in seduction and sabotage and espionage are some of the best in the country however I'm under a lot of pressure to have them killed, i don't want another war with the Zentopian Cardinals who threaten to back the other noble houses who can displace the Fiore Family or worse, unite with the Serenity Church within Serenity and turn our allies against us, besides who cares about some degenerate homosexuals who.." King George explained to me covering for the vast hypocrisy of the church; however, in my blind rage, I grabbed him by the neck.
"I'm sick and tired of being pushed around by my clergy, I'm sick and tired of you ignoring their atrocities while punishing souls who can be given second chances and I'm sick and tired of forcing to compromise my values, give these two at least a fair trial or you would have me to deal with." I shouted at the King as I snapped, I wasn't thinking rationally in the slightest.
"GUARDS!" he shouted as his guards restrained me and put chains on my hands. "You're a very stupid man Victor, you lucky i don't throw you in jail for treason for speaking out of tone, you might be the Pope of Zentopia but your power comes from the people who believe in you, you are no god, if you act against what the people here believe is right, you would lose everything." the king warned me.
"You changed George, you used to be for the people, now you are siding with them." I said to the king.
"It's called falling in line Victor, you can't change the course of history" The king replied to me.
I spent the whole night in the castle's jail for my outburst. I had to wait until my wife came to Mercicilius Mid Afternoon to bail me out. Unfortunately, while I was gone, that bastard Keith decided to take justice into his own hands.
Around the dead of night, an angry mob barged into the holding cell of Jeannie and Serah and dragged them out to the town sqaure, powerless due to magical chains, they were beaten and brutally tortured in the worse ways possible by the angry mob under the orders of that twisted fuck Keith. As required within Old Zentopian Law to punish Lesbians, you need to attempt to convert them to heterosexuality by exposing them to as many men as possible, the women suffered brutal gangrapes as they were violated by hundreds of men but it didn't end there, they were then beaten down and stoned nearly to death.
By the time I got out of jail and went to Mongolia town with my family to rush to stop the execution, we came across a horrific scene, it was gruesome. The women, two of my colleagues were half dead, covered with the stains of blood and semen the two women were yet the twisted wrapped people were still raping them. I was beyond enraged.
"YOU BASTARDS!"I shouted at them as I shot Holy Light Beams at the disgusting monsters violating my students. vaporizing the people who committed the crimes. The people commended me and started booing me, throwing trash at me. Me, the Pope was being condemned by the people.
Keith walked in smiling at me, he caused all this, I lunged at him and grabbed the old man.
"YOU BASTARD, YOU HAD THEM PUNISHED WITHOUT TRIAL? HOW COULD YOU?" I shouted at the monster.
"What trial is needed? You're soft Victor, this is what happens when you let women in your religion, Thanks to you, degeneracy and corruption have filled our church, what I did was speed up the trial." that slimy douchebag smirked with his toothy grin, i wanted to punch him so badly.
"You're not the Pope of this religion, i make the final say."I shouted at the fucking bastard.
"And that's precisely the problem, you are unfit to be a Pope, you allowed this to occur under you watch as well as countless other acts of degeneracy, you're so naive, young and inexperienced, thinking you can go against the grain, this is the human world, not the kingdom of Heaven, you can't turn this world into Heaven no matter how hard you try." Keith explained to me laughing at my sorrow.
"You bastards, I did everything you asked me to. I had to walk back to my reforms. I spent more time appeasing you beruacarts than even my own family, I missed my daughter's birthdays, I spent a whole decade raising a new generation of mages, all for you to turn against me."I shouted at the old man." You're the worst degenerate of them all, all those boys you abused, you dare condemn these two yet you lead these rings molesting children."
"Keep spreading lies from the devil Victor, you have no proof of my wrongdoing, meanwhile we have proof you secretly harbored homosexual degenerates within the church How about you prove you're still loyal to the church and finish them off." Keith laughed as he walked away with his goons within the Zentopian Legion corp.
My daughter bore witness to the site of her babysitter's corpses and broke down crying.
"Mommy, Daddy, why are my babysitters dead?" Anna shouted as she had tears in her eyes but I grabbed her and covered her eyes.
"Jade, get Anna out of here."I shouted at my wife.
"Okay!"Jade replied as she took my child away from here while I had to do this.
Their bodies were beyond repair, bruises, cuts, and blood covered their naked bodies. Their necks were lined with marks fro, the men choking them. Their Teeth were barely intact with most of their teeth knocked out. Kyouka herself nearly lost her left eye from a stone hiring her head, breasts were covered in bite marks with their nipples nearly torn off the body, the damage to their lower regions was far worse and beyond description, the two women were worse off mentally as they were curled up in a fetal position, how could any God permit such cruelty?
Seeing them in a broken state, they would never be able to live, i had to put them out of their misery.
" Why...Why did you let them do this to us…..?" Jeannie shouted at Victor as I struggled to move.
"I thought we were like your sisters….."Sera said, weakling as she struggled to move.
I had tears in his eyes. These two were like my other daughters, did they sin? Yes but this was beyond cruel what occurred to them, all because that sadist Keith found out I was on to him and the vast corruption in the church.
"There was nothing I could do….." those were the last words I said to them before in an act of mercy. I swiped my sword and cleanly decapitated them a bit before they cursed me, blaming me for their faith. They were wicked souls who tortured people, murdered people and committed the sin of homosexual sex but the punishment was far too cruel and disgusting for me to stand. They're mistake was ever singing to the Zentopian Leigon corps while Homosexuality is a dangerous lifestyle that leads to disease and corruption, they were still human beings and they didn't deserve such a fate like that.
Present Day
"Why would something so horrible happen to them? Why such a violent and cruel death?" Irene asked him.
"It was to humiliate me yet again, the coup of X369 was the first straw, this was the second straw, the vile monsters then launched an investigation into me using those two to blame me for tolerating homosexuality and even slandering me as a closeted homosexual simply for not wanting those two to die the way they did." Victor explained to me about the Zentopian establishment coming after him.
"Why not try to protect people like them?"Irene asked him regarding Seilah and Kyouka.
"Something can't be done with power alone, I couldn't stand their abuses anymore. The death of Sera and Jeannie motivated me to push back against them. I pushed the King to drop the investigations against me, proving that i wasn't a homosexual but to do so i had to kill 100 homosexuals to appease the public opinion. I wasn't proud of having to do this, especially when there was no trial on these people confirming whether they were or not." Victor explained to the Queen of Dragons.
"Isn't that within your religion?"Irene questioned the Pope.
"Yes however I'm from the Born Again Crocus Zentopians, we believe in giving people second chances and I strongly believe the cure to the degeneracy and corruption of Homosexuals is them being taught by God and put onto the right path. Personally I think homosexuals should be jailed and turned to the hand of God rather than killed, despite Jeannie and Serah's abominable sins, they still seemed like people who could've been reformed, hence i hated killing them and killing people like them." Victor explained to Irene about his stances and how he would've handled things.
"I see, i have the same belief for the most part but i don't think jailing them is good either, i think they just need to be straightened out, that's about it. After all, if God's love is all-knowing and all caring, he can forgive them for that sin right?" Irene asked the Pope.
"You know the Zentopian Creed pretty well for someone not part of our faith." Victor said to Irene.
"I'm of partial Zenith Ancestry, despite the differences of the two religions, they share a common background. Besides, it was your church that helped them reclaim their homeland in Middle Earthland after they lost it a Millenia ago. The Zeniths have a similar creed, I'll admit I'm more into the Dragon Occult and see the Five Dragons more of my gods than Deus, Asekrhamn, but I won't lie that Zentopia Basic teachings do appeal to me." Irene explained to the Pope.
"The whole motto of Zentopia is " Ad agnitionem peccatorum, et hæreditate possedit pergentibus inimica uis est in homine per peccatum originale, uncia dat omnis amor ex aliis. Nec occultare peccata sua quisque cognoscat, sed ab auxilio nituntur obstruere populum egenum sine mutuo acceperit. Dictum est autem ab his qui non possunt intrare in regnum caelorum(Acknowledging the sins and malevolence inherited within humanity via the original sin, give every ounce of love to others. Everybody should recognize their own sins and not hide them, but rather try to atone for them by helping needy people without receiving anything in return. Only by those who embrace this motto can they pass into the kingdom of heaven... This has become lost within our church for centuries. So much so, those Serenity Znetopians formed out of hatred of our greedy, corrupt elders we've become no different from the rival religions we criticized such as the Church of Asekrhman. I became Pope so I can fix the Crocus Zentopian Church and make it great again, go back to doing what the founders wanted it to do, to what the Messiah himself wanted it to be, to what the Heartfilla family wanted it to be. Instead of the church remains hard to reform even with as much power as i have over it currently." Victor explained the code of Zentopia to the Queen of Dragons.
"At least you have enough or the time being to try to turn the ship around." Irene stated.
"Not at a devastating cost. What came next, I'm sure Lena told you about, the Fiore Civil War and the mess that left behind."Victor asked her.
"Yeah Prince Martin Geer and his coup against you, how his forces were so powerful and numerous you were forced to use Nirvana early to crush the Coup D Deat against the kingdom and the eventual destruction of the Nirvit tribe." Irene explained to the Pope.
"The worst years of my life, I'm haunted by the nightmares of the deaths of Serah Bloomfield and Jeannie Luiz, the death of King George and his family, and the destruction of the Nirvit Tribe. The attempts by Keith and Brad to take their land was the final straw for me. I was within the castle on the day of the great Coup. Having failed to force me to resign to scandal as the scandal failed without evidence, they abandoned the Soft Coup and went Straight for the Hard Coup. However I will explain the details of that story another time, we have to get our rest. At this time we must stop Tartarus from unleashing the Infinity Clock. As much as i loathe the corruption of the church, this new demon threat is far worse than anything i ever fought even considering the Dragons. What's even scarier is this END they're trying to create."
"Yeah, I'll ask you more about the war later. I honestly wish there was something Dragonv could've done to help you guys out. We would've crushed their attempt against you in no time." Irene stated.
"Do not blame yourself, this was an affair amongst Zentopia. Besides with your mother's passing, it was inevitable that rival nations or trivial groups would emerge to challenge the current hierarchy of power. Now that you have become the warrior your mother was at your age, you have managed to restore that hierarchy of power, hopefully between you and Anna, you can guide our world to the future." Victor said to her as he went to rest within the tent.
"Don't worry, we would never let you down." Irene replied as she rested in her tent.
Meanwhile at the Cube
Seliah is using her Macro to try to get information out of an unconscious Anna.
"Any luck ?"Kyouka asked Seliah as she seemed tired.
"Almost, her metal defenses are ungodly strong, i never had this trouble with anyone before." Seliah answered as she had her hand over an unconscious Anna.
"We spent the whole day torturing her, I give her credit for lasting this long."Kyouka stated.
"And done. I got everything we need, now to report to Mard Geer." Seilah replied as she seemed exhausted.
"You seem worn out!" Kyouka said to Seliah.
"I never saw a mind so pure, so holy! This bitch was determined to protect the secrets to the end but I finally got them." Seilah explained to Kyouka breaking her usual stoic tone with frustration and anger.
"Calm down Seilah, we won!" Kyouka explained to her as she hugged her.
"Sorry, i lost my cool!" Seliah replied, calming down.
"Let's report this to our boss, the sooner we get this done the better."Kyouka said to her lover
They go to Mard Geer to report the results of what they got from Anna.
"So what did you retrieve from Victor's child?"Mard Geer asked as he drank his wine.
"The locations of the Clock Pieces, they're hidden in 6 areas around the world." Seilah answered.
"Tell me about the locations." Mard Geer asked her.
"Here are the locations. One is in Fiore itself within the Mountain Temple within Mount Atlantia said to be a church built 2,000 years ago when Crocus Zentopias were under Crocus Empire persecution and built a hidden church within the mountains which has a Labyrinth within the tunnels only the most devout follower knows the path, the church has been abandoned for over 300 years with a large golden door sealing the entrance. The clock engine is hidden there. The other is within the underground ancient Zentopia city deep under the deserts of Zen between the Cities of Bethlehem and Exodus known as Terrahem, a city that was built during the Crocus Empire occupation of the Holy Lands, the ancient city is where the lost tomb of the Messiah of Zentopia was buried who was killed 2,000 years prior. The city was abandoned as Crocus Zentopian eventually found the city and further buried it, it was chosen as a place to hide the Infinity Clock circle piece. The third Clock Piece was buried within a hidden temple within the lush subtropical mountains of Jungia. the Jungians long before Serenity occupied their lands worshiped a regional god which was a Blue easter headlining creature, the temple hidden in Mount Tropic would become an abandoned temple where the clock piece is hidden. The clock face is hidden there. Another location is a temple within the Island of Torjia in Gaceria which is a former temple submerged deep underwater due to the change in climate, a major Tsunami sunk this holy temple deep in the sea and could only be accessed by those who can breathe underwater and withstand intense water pressure. The church was used to hide the Piece due to it's hard to access entrance. The clock bell is in this temple. Now comes to the fifth piece, which is the clock hand which is hidden within the abandoned part of the Starry Hills Temple deep below Altair City, a hidden church deep below was said to be an early church under Zentopia however due to the age of the ruined temple, it was abandoned and the clock hand was hidden there. And lastly, the clock's Legs are within the Kingdom of Zerba deep within Eastern Pangea where the Pangerian Orthodox Zentopia is popular within the region and have been clashing with Asekrhmani religious zealots to defend their land. The hidden temple of the Church of Zawge which is a hidden rock-carved church buried beneath the savannahs of the country said to have been an early church but an intense Monsoon caused the church to be buried in a mudslide over 800 years ago and only the church knows it's entrance hence buried the Stone the area it's buried consists of very dangerous and predatory animals." Seilah explained to Mard Geer of the intel she collected from Anna.
"Very impressive Seilah, you were able to give us such vivid detail." Mard Geer said to the she-demon.
"Wasn't easy, it's very fortunate that Victor Heartfilia wanted to make her the first Female Pope eventually and told her this intel. We got very Lucky." Seliah replied.
"Very then, time to call the rest of Tartarus over here."Mard Geer replied as he used his telepathy to call forth all the demons, after a few minutes, they all gathered.
"So did we get the places yet?" Torafuzer asked him.
"Yes we did, Jackal, you and Torafuzar are going to head to the Starry Hills Temple in Stella" Mard Geer said to the two demons.
"Wait, me with this boring stick in the mud?" Jackal said to Mard Geer.
"Stick in the mud, at least I didn't get myself killed being a reckless fool." Torafuzar stated.
"Want to throw down because I will be willing to throw down." Jackal shouted.
"Zeikel, you and Franmalth would head to Toijra to the hidden temple in the ocean to get the piece there,." Mard Geer said to the two of them.
"Shouldn't i be at that temple, I'm a fish demon?" Torafuzar asked the leader.
"Point however Franmalth can absorb anything and we Ehterious don't need to worry about drowning. You and Jackal are paired together due to the fact there are more dragons within Bosco/Stella and your high defense and Jackal's high offense is a perfect combo"Mard Geer explained to Torafuzar.
"I guess, still do i have to be with him?" Torafzuar asked him rolling his eyes about Jackal as Jackal teaches himself for fleas like a dog.
"Lullaby, go to the Mountain Temple within Mount Atlantia. I'm confident you got this alone. I would pair you with Deiloria but he's frozen in an unbreakable iceberg thanks to the King of Isvan so you're going alone." Mard Geer explained to the Tree demon.
"Very well then!"Lullaby replied.
"Keyes, go and find the clock people within the Mountains of Jugina, if you encounter any dragons, use Necromancy ." Mard Geer said to the skeleton Archbishop.
"Leave it to me!" Keyes replied as he got ready to go.
"Seilah, you're to come to the Kingdom of Zebra with Tempester. With Seliah's ability to control minds, she should be able to easily tame the animals and if worse comes to worst, Tempester using his calamity curse in the region can protect the mission." Mard Geer said to the calm mind-reading mage.
"Very well then." Seilah replied stoically.
"I'm going to miss you Seilah." Kyouka said to her lover as she hugged her.
"Same here." Seilah replied as they kissed each other.
"And Kyouka, you're coming with me to Terrahem. Going into one of Dragnov Ally nations, i would be needing your curse power to help me against Dragons." Mard Geer explained to Kyouka.
"What about me?"Brandman asked the prince.
"Watch after the prisoner until you're given orders to intervene, the Heartfillas are a crafty bunch, we can't risk the sacrifices escaping. You're also to intervene in case all of Tartarus by any chance are defeated to take the clock pieces back here to base. Once we do everything, we head to Old Zentopia City and set up the ritual, once we're done, the Phoenix should combine and fuse with the empty book and fuse the power of the Infinity clock with it, only then can END truly be born." Mard Geer explained his plan to the rest of Tartaros.
"What about the Bei tribe woman?" Brandman asked him.
"You will also at the same time perform the burning ritual to bring the phoenix together, bombed with the orb itself, it should merge it with the power of the Infinity clock to produce END which is represented with this empty book." Mard Geer explained to Bradman as he showed a blank book with blank pages."All of us were brought to life fusing our very essence and our former bodies with that of fallen gods, fallen angels, and demons. Each of us was made by a book containing the code of our scene. Lord Zeref wants to make a demon that surpasses even his great power, the only way we can do so is by fusing one of the most powerful former gods into the book itself. "Mard Geer explained to the Demons.
"I see, so what if the dragons intervene and attack or by some off chance i'm the only one standing due to unforeseen circumstances?" Brandman asked the mage.
"Then your job is to summon Keyes assuming he died to complete the ritual, once all the pieces are in play, then END would be unleashed onto the world and not even the mightiest of dragons can stop it, not even the gods in the heavens can stop this demon. As for Dragons, Don't try to fight them directly, we must be clandestine now that we wounded their queen and two dragons from Dragonv. I barely survived that battle with that dragon, the last thing we need is to fight even two or more of those dragons much less an army, only kill a dragon if you need too and kill any witnesses to Tartarus, if we do that, we can delay the response Time from Dragonv."Mard Geer explained to everyone about the plan.
"That means we can blow up a town?" Jackal asked his boss.
"Probably for a diversion but make sure you get the clock pieces first before killing humans for sport, the more people you kill and the more towns you destroy, the faster Dragonv would respond."Mard Geer explained to everyone else.
"Sweet, once we get back, can we all have fun with Anna Heartfilla?" Kyouka asked her boss.
"You really wish to punish the Pope don't you?"Mard Geer asked Kyouka.
"Considering the way me and Seliah died, it's only fitting we make his daughter suffer
"I'll pass on that, not big on rape. Even if I don't do something like that." Torfauzar replied.
"Don't be such a prude, what's going to happen, You go to hell? Too late, we were literally all there and now we're back as demons, stop clutching onto whatever worthless human morals you have and embrace the demon within you. Besides you were killed by that bastard Victor Heartfilla, don't you want some payback" Jackal stated.
Not particularly Unlike you guys I'm doing this merely for revenge" Torafuzar replied.
"Even when i was alive, raping and pillaging was a past time of mine!" Ezekiel laughed as he licked his lips "Now that i have tentacles, it should be a lot more fun raping bitches."
"What about you Lullaby, want to fuck this bitch with us? That the branch cock of yours can scar that pussy well." Jackal asked the tree demon.
"Count me in, I want to defile her body. Unlike you guys I hold no history with them Heartfillas but sure, I would join in." Lullaby replied.
"I prefer them younger and more innocent, but to destroy the man we hate, count me in."Keyes said to them.
"I won't lie, the idea excites me."Franmlath stated.
"Before you boys have your way with them, I and Seliah get first dibs, you boys get to have fun after I break her in. Once we all have a turn, we would give them to the fence demons before we land in Zentopia city for the Sacrifice, but before then we will find Victor Heartfilla and show him how we broke his daughter before killing her in front of him and then he can bear witness to our ultimate superweapon, END." Kyouka explained her vile plan with a sinister laugh and smile.
"Very well, if you all do this in under 24 hours, we would celebrate by destroying Anna Heartfilla's will to live. Thanks to Dragnov fighting their Serenity rivals, we have at least s 24-hour window to collect the clock pieces. If you guys need a diversion for a getaway, summon the demons to help you escape while they're the decoys, if we do this right. nothing can stop us."
Meanwhile, Anna was awake again, she was tied up naked with tears in her eyes.
"They know the clock piece locations... I failed...Father forgive me...Irene..." Anna said to herself as tears poured down her eyes.
To be Continued.
(A/N: Yikes! Talk about a fucking countdown. If Irene and the others fail to stop Tartaros from collecting the Clock pieces in 24 hours, Anna Heartfilla would not only be killed but brutally tortured and raped in the process. Will Tarartus succeed with their sister plots or would Anna become Erza within the End Of Titanita Doujin? Yep, the stakes continue to be raised here, while we know Tartaros fails in their mission(Obviously) now comes the question, would Anna be the same again? Remember END does get made so one has to question, does the worst come to pass with Anaa. Considering what happened to Canon Irene at the end of the war, anything is possible and unlike canon, the fact you're asking this question is more proof enough I'm putting more suspense and drama than Fairy Tail ever did with this arc. The answer is no obviously, i wouldn't do Anna dirty like that, unlike Irene, she's safe from such a fate.
Yeah, this chapter went out much longer than i intended, over a week versus the average 2-3 day period I've been doing this. Sorry, i had to cut it off around the Kyouka/Seliah part because this chapter was already nearly 20,000 words as it was already, hell writing this A/N added at least 2,000 more to this collection. Adding the additional fights with Mard Geer in the past would've easily put around 5,000 more words alone, i will save the deaths of each Tartaros members and coverage of the fire Civil War during the battles with Tartaros and the Fairy 12, excluding Kyouka and Seilah which you all just saw in both the beginning of the chapter and towards the end in Victor Heartfilla's perspective. I will, however, cover the events with their lives leading to their death when I get to them again.
As for the students training under Victor Hearftilla, most of them you would recognize would be the ancestors of the current Zentopian Legion Corp. I had then killed offscreen around the bombing of Zneotpian church several chapters back, it really wouldn't matter at that rate given Tarartos would curb stomp them either way in a fight but yeah they would be shown in the past killing member of the Tartaros guild when they were humans. Ken Straight is Dan Straight's ancestor, Coca the only other woman aside from Jeannie and Seilah is the ancestor of Coco from the Starry Sky arc, John cray being, Bryo Cray, Mark Huges being Mary Huges ancestor, Sugarboy coming from a line of knights and Kubrick being part of his rare race of beings
The only ones not based on the Key to Starry Sky Zentopian Legion Arc is Gread Neekis, who's Jura's Ancestor from Eiggto, Org Dulcie of the Duelcie noble family whose the ancestor of Org from the magic council, Doma Campbell who's the ancestor of Grand Doma and Sippy who's one of the many frogmen you see in the Magic Council, ironically enough their descendants minus Jura are all killed again by Tataros 400 years later. Expect each of them to be involved with the past of Tartaros.
And yeah the brutal scene early in the chapter was inspired by the ending of Casino regarding them being beaten with clubs until they could barely move or breathe mixed with the infamous rape scene from Future Diary alongside several bad doujins and of course Goblin Slayer. These two are just one of many regrets Victor Heartfilla you see with the sheer scale of corruption within the Zentopian Church. As you can guess here, Selah and Kyouka are gay here, in fact, they're pretty openly gay now that they're demons and few humans can hunt or kill them for being themselves. In Canon they were straight up homosexual, even sleeping in the same bed with each other, Kyouka's obsession with Seliah and her love of torturing Erza made them more flaming than a gay pride parade in San Francisco. and it certainly hasn't changed here. What they alluded to back in the previous chapter is that Victor Heartfilla let them die once it was found out they were gay and they were killed by a lynch mob, hence why Victor Heartfilla pardoned Rick and Eric, it was out of guilt of letting his two students die in the past, that and much like that situation, both were going to be killed without a trial just appease scared and frightened people.
I decided to make Keyes past life Victor's greatest antagonist representing the worst of the corruption as Archbishop Keith Oberson basing his character on the fact he looks like an Ex Archbishop. I made the guy play a major hand in controlling and shaping what would become of the Tartaros Guild after all Brad Manson has pardoned thanks to his influence. As you would learn, later on, Keith aka Keyes plays a major role in forming and recruiting all the demons minus Lullaby and Deloria and would play a role with Prince Martin aka Mard Geer's coup. He's the secondary antagonist within the arc, acting more of a Palatine eques character silmair to Danzo Orochimaru from Naruto.
Victor's character here is largely based on the series"The Young Pope" where the youngest pope ever put in the Vatican tries to make changes to the Vatican Establishment only to face a wave of opposition by Cardinals who refuse to give up their power via ill-gotten gains. The catalyst here, however, is his mother dying in a Jeanne D Arc style fashion, a legendary war heroine who was killed for impersonating a man, remember this is the middle ages so this was pretty common for the period it's Victor's ideals influenced by Dragonv and his mother that bans women in the army to an end which as you can see causes a conflict with the establishment which would lead to much of the darkest events of his life as well as his greatest trimputhants, it's also what lays in place the foundation that would eventually make Anna Heartfilla a legendary Celestial Spirit Mage which those events would shape history in her wake.
As for Jade Leona, she plays a much more minor role in the plot but as you see I've made her pretty powerful, she's at least comparable to current Anna Heartfilla at her prime and can use Silver Keys on par with Celestial Spirit Keys., As you see, fleshed out the Silver Keys a bit and gave her rare mythical Celestial Spirit Keys, expanding on the Silver Keys as the Eclipse Celestial Keys arc did. Dende and Poralris are obviously Yukino's keys and the 3 Golden keys would be passed down to Anna, Layla and eventually, Lucy so guess who inherits the Mythical Silver Keys? If you guessed Hisui E, Fiore, you're correct, in the future, Hisui F Fiore would be getting Leona's Mythical Silver Keyes in the future. This is the missing piece of the puzzle in canon given she's listed as a Celestial Spirit Mage yet we never see her use any Celestial Spirit Magic. Well, I fixed that. In the revamped and rewritten Eclipse Celestial Spirit Arc, Hisui would play a more major role with these Keys inherited from Jade Leona, now to tell you how she gets these keys is classified for now so no further spoilers. As for each of the keys themselves, I based them on rare mythical creatures from Greek Mythology, in keeping with the theme of the Celestial Spirits within the series.
As for Victor Heartfilia killing dragons, i know what you're thinking, how can he do so without Dragon Slayer powers? Simple, he was using Angel Magic which borrows some powers from Gods, ablet nowhere close to the power of the gods. In canon Fairy Tail, Gods are ranked above Dragons and by default can potentially kill Dragons, however in this story, since they're being spawned by the magic of humans. They're not nearly as powerful as their full potential can be and vary in strength depending on a human.
To give context, normal magic and physical attacks Dragons have a 100 to 1 resistance to, meaning you must be at least 100 times stronger than the dragon itself to even scratch the dragon. Example Erza in Grand Magic Games has magic around 15,000 MPF which is stronger than Zincorsis physically by at least however she would need to be at least 18,000 MPF to do anything close to a scratch to Zincrosis. Magic borrowing from Demons and God powers, on the other hand, has a 10 to 1 ratio to Dragons meaning you merely need to be 10 times stronger than a normal dragon to harm him, hence someone like Mirajane with Satan Soul could be much more effective than Erza despite both being at the same level of power and how she managed to slightly flinch Zincrosis in canon. By comparison, Dragon Slayer Magic and Curses have a 1 to 1 effect on Dragons, meaning a human as strong as a dragon using either power can do the same damage to the same tier of Dragon and using elemental counters to dragons via dragon slayer powers does 2 to 4 times more damage than the dragon in question.
As for Anti Magic given it's still using magic, it would still require higher levels of power to damage a dragon and depends on what type of anti-magic is being used. Spell based Nuffiflciaiton varies but can range from 50 to 1 to 10 to 1 depending on the caliber of the spell against dragons. Special Anti magic weapons on the other hand merely need a 10 to 1 ratio to be effective against dragons. As established with fights like fight, special hax that ignore defenses or can obscure breathing can kill dragons almost as easily as human opponents as even dragons need to breathe and while dragon scales can protect against external magic attacks, it would do nothing against attacks designed to damage internal organs. God Magic such as God Slayer Magic should be roughly the same tier of effectiveness as Dragon Slayer magic
Dragons also have strong points and weak points to them. The Upperbody, Forehead, back, and limbs of Dragons are where 100% of their magical defenses are at. The Lower Jaw and wings only have about 80% of its overall resistance, the neck, and tail about 60%, the nose about 50%, the soft underbelly roughly 25% of its defenses hence why dragons rarely stand, however, the weakest part of a dragon is their eyes which only have 2% of their magical defenses but that would require you to hit the eye with an attack twice as powerful as the dragon's physical power. The Internal Organs have no defense but you have to be pretty insane to go inside a dragon, good luck doing that when even the weakest of dragons can match or surpass the speed of Team Fairy Tail who are casual Lightning Timers.
Also should be noted that just because a human equals a Dragon's MPF, doesn't make them exactly equal to a Dragon's physical power, dragons are still much stronger in close quarters combat due to their immense size, a human would need 100 punches to equal the force of a dragon even if they're 1 to 1 in power, Dragons also have 100 times more stamina than a human, if a single dragon can kill a human of the same power in 1-3 punches, a human of equal power needs at least 100 of those same punches against a dragon. Only Dragon Slayers and maybe Ehterious have the power to completely match a dragon's power and durability.
As you can see with Victor Heartfilla's fighting style, I based him on several fighting styles. One would be Jura from Fairy Tail, his Zentopian Martial Arts is a more fleshed-out version of the Martial Arts Jura used against Laxus and Orga, the use of Angel Magic being much more fleshed out version of Sorano's Angel Magic with his Holy Magic spells being more advanced than Anna and Vercoina's combined; Fighting style-wise, he's more about brute force and power than speed and agility, kinda like a Tanker version of Kenshiro and Jotaro with his Zentopia Martial arts being similar to Kenshiro and his use of Angel Magic being like Stands from Jojo with his forbidden Archangel Magic is pretty much akin to forbidden Summonings. Also, no Anna would not ever become a mighty glacier-like her father, she's the opposite of his fighting style. While she learns Zentopian Martial Arts eventually, it would be nowhere close to his skill and fitness and as for Angel Magic, completely unnecessary for her to learn given she already has Celestial Spirit Magic, she would at best be a glass cannon when she does become the potential hyped in canon.
As for the language thing, yeah basically making Ancient Zentopian Latin given that Zentopia=Christanty in Fairy Tail down to their clergy having similar titles to Catholics and Cathedrals. Don't worry this fan fiction is still in English for the most part, the Universal language that even Space Mexico understands. I don't know another language aside from English and use Google Translate for the language. Fiorain would have words and phrases based on Iltitain given canon Fairy Tail has towns named after Italian plants so canonically Fairy Tail's Fiore is Earthland's Italy, Boscoan is French, the Seventies is English, Vercoinans/Beians speak Gaelic, Stellain is Swiss Language, Midian based on the country of Midi is Spanish based on Jellal's last name being Fernandes a common Spanish last name making Jellal the Fairy Tail version of a Spaniard, Calumeans and Minsterlains all speak a language based on Greek, Dessrtioan/Jungias is based on Hungarian/Romanian language, Pregrandains/Serenities are speaking German, Icebergians speak Danish, Ivsanians speak Sweedish, Oalfans speak Finnish, Vakrylans speak Cech, Ecncians speak Sovkian, Joyans speak Belgian/Dutch and Dragonvians speak Russian. There's an expansion of Isghals size later in the series where the Dragonvian Empire breaks up and becomes separate countries from the main country where you have the Eastern European block and all their languages but that's for another time. I did this to give a bit more depth into the world itself.
Now for the MPF for this chapter.
Cannar the Purgatory Dragon:92,162 MPF
Victor Heartfilla(Young): 37,332 MPF base, 48,000 MPF full power, casting
Victor Heartfilla summoning Nuriel: 101,666 MPF
Jade Lenoa(Yong): 27,500 MPF using Denbe, 34,000 MPF Ploarasis, 25,250 MPF using cancer, 30,500 MPF using Tatarus or Caelum Sword Form, 34,666 MPF using Aquarius,34,999 MPF using Uno Materia or Caelum Canon form, 27,500 MPF using Oedipus, 34,000 MPF using Helios, 34,666 MPF using Phoenix, 30,500 MPF using Erymanthian, 48,665 MPF using Gofieifled
Humberos: 45,343 MPF
Tukaman(Young):44,655 MPF
Attack/Defense points
1-Star = class(1,000-10.000 MPF)
2 star=10,000-15,000 MPF
3 Star=15,000 MPF-20,000 MPF
4 Star=20,000 MPF-40,000 MPF
5 Star=40,000-80,000 MPF.
6 Star=80,000- 140,000 MPF
7 Star=Over 140,000 MPF
A Class 34,000 MPF
B Class Dragon: 17,000 MPF
C class Dragon: 13,332 MPF
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