Fairy Tail Minus One Chapter 27: The Battle of 6 countries
(A/N: As the title suggests, the hunt begins for the Infinity Clock Pieces)
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail.
Mount Atlantia
1:00 P.M.
Lullaby goes to attack the two with his bulky massive frame, despite his large size, he's moving fast. Lullaby swings his fist, creating a shockwave that the two dodge.
"Avidya Shadow Slash" Rick chanted as he channels shadows into his sword and releases this with a slash that hits Lullaby in the neck with the attack but it only lightly grazed his neck.
"You cut me a bit, not bad insects!"Lullaby laughed as he goes ensare Rick with his root tendrils.
"Crap!"Rick shouted as the roots threaten to squeeze the life out of him.
"Now die human !" Lullaby laughed as he has the tendril grow branches through Rick, mutilating his body, leaving him a bloody corpse. However, Lullaby realizes it was an Afterimage.
"Light Seeker!" Eric chanted as he shoots a massive arrow that hits through Lullalbly's chin and goes out of his left cheek.
"UARRRAGH!" Lullaby shouted as he struggled to scream as blood shoots out of the wound.
"Thank god we used that afterimage you created to set up Ira Dei, Deus bulls and Pedes Noctis Lucis to boost our power." Eric said to his partner.
'Right, let's take this fiend out!" Rick replied as they both dash at high speed, moving faster than Deloria.
"YOU STUPID HUMANS!" Lullaby shouted angrily as he used his remaining right arm to punch at Rick but Rick blocks his attack with his sword.
"Deus Corona!" Rick countered as he boosted his already high defense higher and then swings his sword"Darkness Wave!" Rick countered as he slashed the brute down with his dark sword slicing off its fingers.
"MY FINGERS!"Lullaby shouted as he struggled to withstand the pain of his finger missing. "I'm getting real pissed humans! TAKE THIS MY CURSE POWER!" Lullaby roared as it prepared to play it charging up to the power within its body to fire its death magic."Mass Murder Medley!" Lullaby roared as he shot a massive blast of soundwaves coated with a black aura towards the two but they managed to dodge it ablet barely.
The blast passes through Crocus, however, the blast generates a medley within a 1 km radius, killing all life in the path of the sound beam. Trees die around the beam of power within a 10-meter radius near the beam, people drop dead to the ground, animals also die instantly as the beam hits mountain range 20km west of Margaret Town completely blowing to the entire mountain range to ashes and exposing the town of Margaret town to the soundwaves making people fall at a state of near-death.
"Damn...Such a strong attack!" Eric shouted as he saw the devastation of the attack.
"MARGARET TOWN! THEY'VE BEEN HIT!" Rick shouted as he screamed as people were caught in the explosion."ERIC, YOUR ARM"
"Damn he got me good!" Eric said to him as he held onto his broken, badly injured arm covered in burns.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA, I killed at least 5,000 people with that blast and i didn't even hit the town directly. Now time to torch this entire country along with you fools ." Lullaby laughs he charged up another blast"This time there would be no were for you guys to run." Lullaby roared he charged up another attack, this time it seems like his whole body.
"We gotta do something!"Eric said to Rick.
"First your arm, stand still!" Rick said to his partner as he gathered power."Heavenly Prison: Faint Omen." Rick chanted as he placed his hands on Eric's arm and temporarily seals away their bodily damage creating a seal on his left arm."It's no healing magic, but it should allow us to fight a bit longer."
"Thanks, we gotta stop him." Eric said to Rick.
"Best we go all out with our attacks, it's made of wood, meaning it's weak against fire." Rick stated.
"And against Holy Magic, fortunately, i got just the thing for this beast, Rick hit him with a Fire enchantment. I'll set up my secret weapon." Eric stated as he charged up magic in his hand while Rick dashes towards Lullaby.
"Way ahead of you! Rebellion Swords of Darkness" Rick chanted as he materializes seven black swords, each with a distinct form. One resembling a Dagger, one resembling a Scimitar, one resembling a Claymore, one resembling a Katana, one resembling a Longsword, one resembling a Viking style sword and one resembling a broadsword. They all tekelenictally hover over Rick as he charges with his sword."Enchantment: Hellblazer" he chanted as he imbues his weapon with black fire and flies the blades into Lullaby, hitting him 7 times with each blade preciing his torso.
"UARRAGH!" Lullaby shouted as he was hit with burning flame damage.
"Fouet étoile du matin lumineux(Bright Morning Star Whip in Boscan)" Eric chanted as he summons with light power, which extends from his hand. He dashes at Lullaby, hitting Lulllaby multiple times with Light imbued smacks with the whip
"UARRAGH!" Lullaby grunted as his body was burning from the flames as well as the Holy magic.
Lullaby struggles to catch up with the two as the both of them move so fast, the lumbering giant struggles to catch them, He gets slashed across by 7 different swords and whipped from behind.
"Let's finish this Rick." Eric said to his partner.
"Shadow Flash Bomb" Rick chanted as he creates a sphere-like bomb made from shadow energy in his hands and throws it at Lullaby with his Hellfire enchantment still active. The attack hits Lullaby head-on, hurting it some more.
"Fool, flames or not, it's still dark magic, it can't hurt me nearly as much!" Lullaby laughed only to see Eric charging up his attack having leaped above the wood Demon." Oh no!" Lullaby shouted as Eric had three arrows in his bow.
"Arrows of Salvation" Eric chanted as he fired 3 arrows from his bow which turn into concentrated beams of light that directly pierces through Lullaby's torso, the laser beams being as wide as the arrows themselves.
"URRRGH!" Lullaby grunted as he coughed up blood all over the ground as he started to burn, hos body was covered in smoke as his body was starting to break down."NO I'M DYING,...I CAN'T BE. NOT TO FUCKING HUMANS, I WON'T GO DOWN LIKE THIS!" Lullaby roared as he then goes to transformed himself " TRUE DEMON FORM: MASS MURDERING DEATH TREE!" Lullaby roared as he began to transform into a 50-foot monster that that has three eyes, two legs, two arms, and one head. There are many cutouts in its body. His Left-arm regrows and his chin fully heals up.
"He became so huge !" Eric said to his partner.
"No kidding, it was just on the brink of death."Rick replied only to see the demon swing his large claw, creating a shockwave sending the two flying off the caldera mountain however Eric uses his whip to grab onto a tree down below and grabs Rick so they can swing down the tree, saving them from a potentially fatal fall.
"That was close!"Rick said to his partner.
Lullaby jumps from the caldera mountain and onto the ground heading straight towards Crocus.
"That monster is heading to Crocus!" Eric said to his friend as the beast walked towards Crocus."We must stop it at all cost."
"Right ahead of you!" Rick replied as he goes to attack Lullaby with his swords"Rebellion Swords of Darkness" Rick chanted as he throws swords against Lullalby targeting the torso.
"Light Sword of Judgement" Eric chanted as he shoots multiple shards of light from his bow which turn into four swords that target the torso of Lullaby.
Both attacks hit the creature however the creature wasn't even fazed.
"Not a single scratch, how is that possible?"Eric said to his partner notably exhausted.
"I don't know, he much stronger did he get." Rick answered as he was worn out using up too much magic as well.
Island of Torjia,Gaceria
1:30 P.M.
Erenjack Redfox fought against the blade demon Zekiel who proved to be one of his toughest fights ever. He dodged the strikes of the four-armed creature.
"So you're the prodigy of that pathetic Viking King?" Zekiel laughed as he slashed at the young Knight but the knight blocked his attack and goes to try to slash him in anger with one of his swords.
"WHAT DID YOU CALL MY MASTER?!"Erenjack shouted as he goes to try to strike him down only for his attack to be easily blocked.
"His kind, i never liked his kind either when i was alive or dead. I do agree with the Viking Lifestyle, pillaging, butchering, back when i existed as Sir Ezekiel, i was the best killer hired by Zentopia, it was fun chopping up the body into many pieces"Zekiel laughed as he swung his other arm creating a slashing wave but the knight dodged the slash wave with a sidestep.
"No wonder you became a demon, you're as twisted as one before demonfication."Erenjack said to the demon as he dodged a punch from the demon.
"Yeah but think about this, I was hired by your so-called holy reilgion of Zentopoia to do, i was hired to aid Vikings to commit atrocities within their rivaling countries such as the Serenity Kingdom so we can collapse their government, i was also deployed in Middle Earthland within Jerchio and Cabria to crush growing insurrections there where I butchered countless innocent people." Zekiel laughed as he slashed at Erenjack only for the Four-Armed demon slash at him with another arm but Erenjack blocks the attack with his shield.
"So the Vikings were doing things behind the treaty after all? Damn it" Erenjack shouted.
"Stupid human, you think you can contain savagery and brutality? Savagery and brutality are how life exists, the world thrives from violence, in this world only the strong survive and the weak die. I'm so glad i'm a vessel to my demon Dôjigiri, a vicious sword demon that ravaged the countryside having killed countless samurai and innocent people for hundreds of years, combined with my former life as Sir Ezekiel, the 4 sword Knight of pillage and destruction. Combined i have the power to cut anything as Zekiel and you would be a fun prey to cut apart."Zekiel laughed as he clashed his four arms together, making blade clasping swords.
"Not going to happen, today you're the one who would be slain, for killing my master and destroying his country." Erenjack replied as he goes to summon his armor."Requip: The Knight" In that instant, Erenjack changed the magic world. He transforms himself into a fully armored Knight wearing a giant full suit of armor more than twice his size and power with a magical Lachrima attached to the back of it. He then summoned a large broadsword as large as his body. "I'm ready demon!"Erenjack said to him only to see the ground buckle under the weight of the armor and fall to the basement level "CRAP!" Erenjack shouted as he keeps falling down multiple levels.
"HAHAHAHA, STUPID HUMANS! Your stupid armor weighed you down jackass. Now time to get an easy kill!" Zekiel laughed as he leaped down to slash at him only to be surprised by his surprise of speed as he's slashed at the shoulder by Erenjack while he was in midair before he react."My shoulder!"
"Don't underestimate this human demon!" Erenjack said to him as the demon falls to the ground clutching his shoulder, then forms metal around him and goes to attack. Metal Make: Hammer Storm" Erenjack chanted as he summons multiple hammers from his dimensional space to hit Zekiel but the hammers break on his body.
"Muda Muda Muda( Useless, Useless, Useless in Gapppionese)"Zekiel laughed as he shrugged off the attacks. He then goes to slash at Erenjack but the mage evades the slash aimed at his neck."Rosary Circle"Zekiel chanted as he creates a slashing shockwave.
"Metal Make Iron Wall!" Erenjack countered as he tries to summon an Iron wall protecting himself however the defensive wall was easily shattered and he's knocked back."UARRGH my Iron Wall didn't work." Zekiel pins down Erenjack with his tentacles restraining his arms "URRAGH"
"I told you human, there's nothing my Tenga Goken can't cut, my body is as strong as a blade. Next to Torfauzar and Franmalth, i have the strongest defenses of Tararus as my body itself can dispel magic like that of dragon scales, i can use this body to also generate powerful slash waves that slice through even the hardest of defenses."Zekiel bragged as he goes to slash Erenjack but Erenjack uses a shield to hold back his right hand that is trying to strike him like a claw and he gets back up with a flip-up, with his shield getting shattered.
"Then i would just have to get serious then!" Erenjack replied as he goes to do his attack."Metal Make Sword Rain" Erenjack chanted as he summons hundreds of blades to come at the demon but the demon goes to slash at them.
"Rosary Circle" Zekiel countered as he slashed down the swords with his shockwaves but several of them Pierce through his body going past his attack"Urrgh!" Zekiel grunted as he had a blade sticking out of both shoulders and his torso."How!"
"My Redfox Armor makes me 10 times stronger, I'm not making the same mistakes as before and going all out to make sure you kill no more innocent people."Erenjack said to the demon as he leaped into the air.
"Metal Make: Ball and Chain" Erenjack chanted as he formed a massive ball and chain with Metal make and swung it at Zekiel, hitting him in the stomach, knocking him into a wall, which causes water to shoot out from the wall." Erenjack sees the demon get back up as the basement level around them begins to fill with seawater.
"That hurt a bit human, not bad!" Zekiel said to him only to see Metal Tendrils entrap him.
"Think i'm going to stop here? You're going to pay for killing my master!"Erenjack shouted as he uses the tendrils to bind him."Metal Make: Iron Ore Forest!" Erenjack chanted as he generates liquid metal around his body, that then formed metal tree branch tendrils to bind his legs, arms, and neck entrapping the demon as he goes for his next attack."Metal Make: Iron Maiden" Erenjack chanted as he turns the tendril binds into a metal coffin, trapping the demon, he then grew spikes into the coffin.
"You think this puny attack is enough to kill me?" Zekiel laughed as he bursts out of the metal coffin with ease only to see Erenjack above him.
"Take this Metal Make Moljnir" Erenjack shouted as he swings down the massive hammer with both hands on the grip as he hits Zeikel dead on with his massive hammer. The force of the hammer was so great that it smashed Zekiel straight through the temple bottom and into the ocean floor and punched through a hole as wide as Zekiel himself. Erenjack sees the place stating to flood.
"I gotta get out of here fast before this temple comes down."Erenjack said to himself as he starts to climb up the flooding temple to the first floor where Linda and Franmlath were fighting against each other.
Meanwhile, Franmalth was struggling against Linda being physically inferior to her and unable to hit her with 1,000 punches per minute Linda's Water Body magic makes her immune to blunt force attack as the attacks fail to hit her.
"Why can't i hit you?" Franmalth shouted frustrated as the attacks pass through her.
"I told you, physical attacks don't work on me."Linda explained to him as she swipes her hand towards him"Water Claw!" Linda chanted as she shoots a water slash wave towards him but he tanks it holding his hand out, absorbing the magic.
"And i told you that magic can't hurt me." Franmalth replied as he extends his arm like a tentacle towards Linda to attempt to absorb her magic" Link" Franmalth chanted as he attempts to grab her from behind however she does her counter attack.
"Water Lock!" Linda chanted as she creates an orb of water around Franmalth, trapping the demon within the sphere however the demon shrugs it off and absorbs the water.
"I told you Magic can't work on me!"Franmalth smirked as he swipes his hands"Water Claw!" Franmalth chanted as he swings his hand like a claw creating water slashing wave surprising Linda.
"You can copy my techniques?" Linda asked him.
"Not just yours!"Franmalth then charged up Fairy Magic in his hands"But anyone I've absorbed as well! Great Fairy Shooting Star!" Franmlath chanted as he fired a powerful Fairy Magic blast from his hands in the shape of a star beam towards Linda but she dodged it.
"He can use Fairy Magic!" Linda said to herself only to notice Franmalthth's hands burned.
"CRAP! I FORGOT FAIRY MAGIC ISN'T COMPATIBLE WITH US ETHERIOUS, GRRACK!" Franmalth shouted as he screamed from his hands burning."Damn, probably not the best move to copy in hindsight. How did i shoot it back at that Fairy without burning myself?" Franmalth wondered only to see Linda punch him in the face, knocking the creature into a wall."ARGH!That hurt."
"It seems like Linda found your weak point, while you can resist magic attacks, you're still weak to physical attacks."Linda said to him as she gets into fighting stance"Fortunately for the Lockser Clan, we also excel at hand to hand combat." Linda said only for Franmalth to get up with only a comical lump.
"Fortunately for us Etherious, we're far more resilient than we appear to be. You can't keep up your Water Body magic forever. I know that the Lockser Clan needs a supply of Fresh Water to keep their Water Body Magic active, once you run out magic, you run out of that precious water and you have to fight me physically. I can fight for days on, let's see how resilient you are human."Franmalth explained to Linda about her weaknesses.
"Linda is more than ready to take you on!" Linda replied as she got serious.
"Then allow me to start getting even more serious. Etherious Form: The Armored Demon" Franmlath chanted as he powered up, he grows larger and gets a bit more muscle massive with his lanky arms. His hands become webbed, his entire torso, and gain a turtle-like carapace covered with spikes. He grows horns on his head and his teeth become razor-sharp.
"He's gotten stronger!" Linda said to herself only to see him come at him with his fast punches however his punches fail to hit her." I told you, it's useless to hit me, as long as i have my water body."Linda said to Franmalth only to notice him setting up his attacks.
"Nullification!" Franmlath countered as he puts out one palm and hits Linda with an attack pushing her back, hurting her.
"Impossible, you bypassed my Waterbody." Linda said to Franmalth.
"I forgot to mention, i'm the only one in the Tartarus Army who can use Curse and Magic at the same time. When i turn into my Etherious form, i can use the magic i once had as a human along with the Curses i was granted by Lord Zeref. Also, i can absorb magic and curses and get stronger infinitely." Franmalth laughed as he comes at Linda forcing her on the defensive.
"He's going to be tough to deal with! The ability to absorb magic, his curse power, and his ability to use his old magic, he's going to be tougher than i thought." Linda said to herself.
Meanwhile, Erenjack leaped out of the hole he created accidentally with the weight of his Redfox Power Armor and stands over the hole.
"Now to help Linda out." Erenjack said to himself only to see Zekiel leap out the hole.
"Not so fast human, i'm far from done. This is where you would regret hurting me so badly!" Zekiel laughed as he clasped his hands together.
"All that and barely a scratch? Just how tough are these creatures?" Erenjack said to himself.
"Etherious Form:Dôjigiri Yasutsuna" Zekiel chanted as he transformed himself creating a shockwave of slashes around him forcing Erenjack to dodge as he transformed. His outfit seems to be the one subjected to the most notable changes: the top part of his previously exposed torso becomes covered by a dark garment, sporting light edges and a series of wing-shaped protrusions pointing upwards at his head's sides and on the right part of his back, with his ornamental chain going above it; he also gains added layers of cloth around his waist, worn over his torn garment, with a central dark section, topped by a light one going up the sides of Ezel's torso, which has four light, rectangular clothes hanging from it over the Etherious' tentacles. Ezel also sports a kabuto, a Japanese helmet, with a dark hachi (the dome-like top section) adorned by a light, curved front crest with blade-like arms, complete with a shikoro (a lighter, wide segmented neck guard) and a dark, rounded hanbō (chin guard); there is also wavy light hair (or decorative plumage) appearing from below it on the Etherious' nape. Also, he dons a dark mask, covering the top part of his face, yet again reminiscent of halved Japanese facial armor, with light jagged sections circling his eyes. The only physical traits which seemingly change during the transformation are Ezel's teeth, which become larger and sharper, and, most notably, his arms: all four of them are now replaced from the elbow down by actual blades, extending his upper limbs' effective length considerably; these have dark central sections flanked by light edges, each jutting outwards in two spiked protrusions close to the elbows, and sharp tips.
"His power skyrocketed, i just have to ..." Erenjack said to himself only to notice the demon behind him. He then notices his armor falls apart from invisible slashes as he's cut through by the blade arm"URRAGGH" Erenijack grunted as he struggled to stand.
"I told you human, there's nothing my Tenga Goken can't cut, now how about you do me a favor and stand still while i chop you to bits and devour your tasty human body." Zekiel shouted as he laughed at the Kinght.
Scared Desert, Zen
2:00 P.M.
Irene and Victor rush on their camels back to the city of Exodus when they notice something off across the border.
"Looks like the Jerchoian Army is amassing." Irene said, Victor.
"They must be readying for an assault on Zen again." Victor answered.
"Don't they ever learn? It's quite a large army. We should intervene." Irene stated.
"Don't waste time on them, we have more urgent matters. Stopping Tartarus is a bigger priority at the moment, especially when it comes to saving my daughter and saving the Princess of the Bei Tribe. Those forces are nothing Altas Flames or your relatives can't handle, besides if we waste time-fighting them, we won't have enough power to deal with Tartarus and as we've seen previously, we would need everything just to handle one of them.
"You have a point, we can't this army and Tartarus itself, let's keep moving." Irene replied as she rode her camel with him.
Meanwhile within Mount Atlantia
The duo struggle to fight against the monster Lullaby as it turns to an almost mindless monster stomping around the forests heading straight to Crocus. They try their best to slow down the creature.
"Afterimage Magic!" Rick chanted as he creates 12 afterimages around the monster all dashing at high speed ."RRRAWH, ANNOYING HUMANS!" Lullaby shouted as he swipes his claw, creating a slashing wave that dispels the afterimages and knocks Rick back.
"He's gaining back his thoughts slowly but surely, we got to do something. If that monster has half the brain it had previously with all that power, we're goners." Eric said to his partner only to see Lullaby set up his other attacks.
"DIE!" Lullaby roared as its fingertips shot out hundreds of needle-like wooden spears at the two of them but they evade the attack.
"Enchantment: Ark" Eric chanted as he enhances his arrows with Light Magic, his arrows already being made of Light. He then goes to shoot his arrow"Light Drilling Arrow" Eric chanted as he shoots a drilling Light arrow sat the giant among for the head but the arrow only flinches the monster"It barely flinched him and i enhanced it with twice as much power, just what are we up against."
"Take this!"Lullaby shouted as he fired another powerful blast of curses towards Eric however the latter blocks in with his barrier.
"Enchantment: Hard Protection" Eric countered as he blocks the attack with his protective barrier however the blast was so powerful, it destroys the barrier and sends Eric flying.
"ERIC!"Rick shouted as Lullaby then turned to his direction and shot fireballs towards him.
"Enchantment: Resist Fire" Rick countered as he summoned flames around him to protect him from the blunt of the explosive force of flames however despite the protection, he's still pretty badly injured. Both rick and Eric were on the ground, badly injured. Eric was covered in blood from his wounds with rocks hitting him like shrapnel and is barely able to stand and Ricks arms were badly burned along with his legs, also barely able to stand.
"His power has increased so much that in one attack he has us winded."Eric asked his partner as he struggled to stand.
"Can anything stop him?"Rick asked his partner in exhaustion and desperation.
"If we can't kill him, we have to seal him away."Eric said to his partner.
"You don't mean that Technique? If we do even a simple mistake with that technique, we will both die." Rick shouted.
"We don't have a choice, if this monster continues to Rampage, Millions might die!" Eric repulsed.
Lullaby begins to get sentient and begins to set up energy charging up as he gets prepared to play his curse song of death.
"I got a plan if we hit him in the mouth while he's charging his attack" Erc stated.
"Okay let's do this fast. I got the right attack for the monster."Rick said to his partner as he got back up.
"Heavenly Prison: Faint Omen." Both of them chanted as they put their hands together and begin to surround themselves with a green aura which puts a green aura covering their wounds and making them invisible for now.
"We can fight the pain, for now, we only got a few minutes before our wounds reopen." Eric said to Rick.
"Cover for me while i charge my attack" Rick replied as he goes to charge up his attack.
Eric rushes to Lullaby and uses his Fouet étoile du matin lumineux to hit Lullaby, while the attack didn't hurt Lullaby, it distracted him enough to turn his attention to Lullaby.
"Pesky Human, DIE!" Lullaby roared as he tries to stomp on Eric but the kinght dodges the attack, avoiding getting crushed.
"Heaven Splitting Flash" Eric chanted as he summons multiple orbs of light and fires beams of light at Lullaby, hitting its face annoying the creature. The monster is stunned long enough for Eric to begin prayer incarnation converting light into his hands until it becomes a large sphere "Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence submit ourselves to Your holy will, which is Love and Mercy itself. Light Shaft of Divine Retribution"Eric chanted as he fired a massive blast of light that expands out in a wide arc of light that completely covers Lullaby.
"URRGH!" Lullaby grunted as even the attack was enough to do light burn damage to his wooden body. Eric is struggling to stand after carrying out the attack having used up his magic.
"Damn, such an attack, and he still stands as almost nothing happened." Eric said to himself only to be grabbed by Lullaby."URRAAAHGH"
"I'll just devour you but not without showing you my death Lullaby!" Lullaby laughed as he charged up a blast within his mouth of sound energy
"Time to put this spell i learned from Dama to good use. It goes against Zentopia to use the magic of different religions but it's better than nothing." Rick said to himself as he formed dark energy swirling in his hands was converting Etherrano into an immeasurably small point to the point it looked like a condensed Hurricane of black magic in his hands. "Forbidden Spell of Askerhman: Devils Void" Rick chanted as he shoots a massive ball of dark magic that flies into the mouth of Lullaby, the attack works and weighs down Lullaby. Lullaby can't move as it struggled to move its body under the immense gravity.
"It's like the weight of an entire mountain on me, WHAT YOU HUMANS DONE?" Lullaby shouted as he struggled to move.
"My attack can only hold this monster for so long, we need to do the sealing spell now." Eric said to Rick.
"Okay, let's do this right, remember the incarnation, or we're the ones sealed away." Rick reminded him.
"Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence, earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.." Both of them chanted as they held out their hands only to see Lullaby disperse the Devils Void spell crunching it down its teeth, the damage to his mouth is bad but it only enraged him
"YOU DAMN HUMANS, YOU ALMOST KILLED ME WITH THAT! THIS TIME YOU WILL ALL SUFFER MY MASS MURDERING CURSE!"Lullaby shouted.
"Incredible, that spell can topple entire mountains and he destroyed it with its mouth." Eric shouted.
"We got to cast this spell fast !" Rick shouted as they see Lullaby cast the spell around his body. All the trees around him start to die out well as all the pants, grass, and animals.
"HAHAHA, I FINALLY GOT THE HANG OF THIS BODY! I DON'T KNOW WHY MASTER MARD GEER BARRED THIS POWER SO MUCH, I FEEL EVEN STRONGER THAN ALL OF TATARUS COMBINED!"MASS MURDER MEDLEY!" Lullaby roared as a massive blast of darkness imbued soundwave come from every part of his body "SAY GOODBYE TO THIS PUNY COUNTRY HUMANS, MY DEATH CURSE WOULD DESTROY THE LANDS!" Lullaby laughed onto to notice a red cube around him."WHAT?"
"Eternal Imprisonment!" both mages countered revealing they created a large clear cube around Lullaby.
"WHAT?!" Lullaby shouted as he tried to break free of the barrier but found himself getting weaker.
"CAST THY DEMON TO ENTERAL IMPRISONMENT!" Both of them shouted as the demon lullaby begins to shrink.
"NO, NOOO! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? DAMN YOU !" Lullaby shouted as he then shrunk until he became a flute."DAMN YOU, HUMANS!" Lullaby shouted as he uttered its last words as it then became unable to speak, move or do anything as it became a 50 cm long flute with a skull with three eyes on one end, and an oval-like cutout in the skull's brow. On the other end, there are root-like cutouts.
"We did it... we stopped the monster!" Eric said to Rick.
"Indeed brother, indeed." Rick replied as he falls to the ground as well. Both near fatalities exhausted from their injures and using the spell.
Meanwhile at the Cube
Brandman notices a seal breaks from his hand looking at it.
"Lullaby has fallen, while he's not dead, he's permanently out of commission. Much like Deloria, he is beyond our reach. Using the true demon power grants us even greater power than our Etherious forms however it comes at a price, you can never get out of that form and that form drains alot of Curse power from you to the point that your power would slowly dimmish overtime. Eventually, you would lose so much power being unable to conceal it back to conserve your Curse power, you would become too weak to be part of the Tartarus guild. It also has the drawback of reducing your intelligence and perception. It's a fatal mistake that would cost them both of them dearly, even if we try to receive them, by the time it passed, they would be lucky to even be able to defeat a Colonel Knight. There's a reason Mard Geer forbade us from using such a risky transformation" Brandman said to himself as he was just standing as he talked with his mind with Mard Geer.
"That's unfortunate, Deloria, and Lullaby were brutes who lacked intelligence even when they were humans and the demons that inhabited them weren't the most intelligent, to begin can easily create Etherious of our own and replace those two fools with stronger, smarter demons who know the rules, Thankfully the rest of the demons are not stupid enough to break their seals and risk more power at the cost of speed, stamina, and their intelligence." Mard Geer explained to Brandman.
"How's progress with the other Etherious?"Brandman asked him.
"Not sure at the moment, don't worry though we still have our Plan B." Mard Geer replied.
Meanwhile within the Island of Torjia,Gaceria
Erenjack was forced onto the defensive as his body was covered in blood as he tries to seek higher ground as the waters rise.
"Shit! The water is rising here."Erenjack said to himself as he sees Zekiel leap to attack him.
"Flame Emperor Armor!" Erenjack chanted as he goes to summon his Flame Emperor Armor and goes to attack the demon."Flame Emperors' Soaring Fire Blade" as erenjack swings his sword up and the user utilizes their equipped sword's flaming blade and quickly rises in an uppercut spiral fashion however the demon tanks the attacks completely unfazed by the attack.
"Water Emperor Armor!"As Erenjack summoned his armor to fight. The Armor he summoned is the smallest but most compact. Having an early prototype breathing mask like that of a scuba diver with its armor having fin-like blades to move underwater and swim underwater. It's around 7 feet tall and painted blue.
The water level raised around them as he and Zeikel face each other in combat, he dashes at the Four-armed demon within his Etherious form with his Neptune Sword he summoned to go to slash down the demon but the slashes are tanked with ease.
"Pathetic!" Zekiel laughed as he sweeps down his claws at point-blank range "Onimaru (鬼丸 Onimaru)" as zekiel swipes down his arms, generating an X shapes shockwave that cuts and shreds through Erenjacks armor like tissue paper and injuring him further.
"GRRACK!" Erenjack grunted as he struggled to stand from the slash. Erenjack however then goes to slash with his Neptune Sword" Water Emperor Slash" as he swings his sword down ignoring his wounds to slash at Zekiel but the four-armed demons blocked with his bladed arms. Erenjack then clutches his chest as he was bleeding and starting to drown.
"Now to finish you off human!" Zekiel laughed as he dashed into the water after the Knight.
"He's in the water, I have to use that armor, I hope i can handle it." Erenjack said to himself as he went to use his armor "Lightning Emperor Armor!" as he summons his latest new armor to his master. An Armor that is covered in a white rubbery substance over the massive steel armor with a Lightning Kanji in the middle resembling a battle armor from Thor of Norse Mythology.
"Big deal, your armor is useless against me!" Zekiel laughed as he swam down to attack only to notice the hammer.
"Hammer of Thor!" Erenjack countered as he summoned a hammer that was conducting Lightning smirking.
"You fool, you would only kill yourself!"Zekiel shouted panicking.
"More like it would kill both of us as your body is covered in metal!" Erenjack smirked as he unleashed a massive blast of Lightning, that causes the entire temple to shake. Meanwhile, at ground level, Linda was fighting against Franmlath dodging his Nullification attacks and his tendrils he spawns form his back attempting to drain her magical power.
"Erenjack!" Linda said to herself as she was facing her opponent, she was determined to beat her opponent.
"1,000 Souls + Nullification Magic !" as he combined his Nullification magic with his curse power, hitting Linda multiple times with punches, bypassing her waterbody and hitting her real body.
"URRGH! He can bypass my water body."Linda said to herself as she struggled to withstand the punches, she staggers to one knee as she coughed up blood.
"I must admit this is the first time i used this in combination with my Etherious form but it seems it's a perfect counter to your water body."Franmalth bragged as he was laughing.
Meanwhile back below the basement level, Erenjack was revealed to be protected by his armor as he tries to swim up but his armor is too heavy.
"Damn armors, they're too heavy to move in !" Erenjack said to himself only to see Zekiel standing barely fazed with only light burns on his body. Erenjack was shocked and horrified and exhausted as he starts to pass due to the blood loss and the lack of oxygen.
"Not bad human, using the power of the ocean to enhance your attacks, however as i said, there's nothing i can't cut, i cut the magic power of that attack in half, hence i was able to withstand your blast."Zekiel smirked as he was mocking him" My curse power cuts anything in half, i can even cut magic in half. Your weapons and armor might be powerful but they're so slow and heavy it's weighing you down, you also can't breathe underwater, us Ehterious don't need to breathe oxygen, we can breathe in any kind of gas and still be fine, you humans, on the other hand, need your air, don't worry though, i intend to make your death quick and painful." Zekiel explained to the Knight as he starts to despair as he was out of tricks.
"I gotta get up, i gotta use that quick!" Erenjack said to himself as he goes to summon his blade only to see the demon rapidly swings his four arms around individually, targeting different directions, to generate many crescent-shaped slashes.
"Mikazuki (三日月 Mikazuki)"Zekiel chanted as Zekiel creates a massive slashing wave, traveling away from him to slice everything they come into contact within the surrounding area, Zekiel creates various crescent moon shaped shockwaves in every direction that cut everything around him, starting to cause the entire temple to collapse.
Meanwhile, Linda sees the temple starting to collapse with rocks falling on the temple causing Linda to worry about Erenjack.
"ERENJACK!" Linda shouted as her body was covered in bruises.
"Shit! This temple is collapsing! I gotta grab that Clock Piece as soon as possible" Franmalth shouted as he panicked as he dodges the falling debris.
"He's worried about debris...Hmm, That's it, he can't counter non-magic.!"Linda thought to herself as she then begins to focus her magic. "Erenjack, hang in there!"Linda said to herself as she charges up her magic with rocks gazing through her body as she pours her magic into the ocean.
Back at the bottom of the temple, Zekiel swims up as debris was falling around him as the temple was beginning to collapse. Erenjack meanwhile was at the bottom of the temple floor with blood covering the bottom of the water. His body was covered with deep gashes on the torso, mild gashes on his arms and legs, and a gash on his forehead. He was losing air and losing consciousness.
"Is this it... is this how it ends?"Erenjack said to himself as he struggles to stay conscious."I have to stop him... i need to put all my power into this attack. It's all or nothing."Erenjack said to himself as he stands up and goes to summon his sword remembering his master's words to him while training.
"You still lack the control or precision to cut the wall, you need more work on your magical control. Only when you get it right you can use Everfrosts true potential" Rey explained to his student within his head.
"I've yet to fully master this blade but it's all or nothing." Erenjack said to himself.
Erenjack coming to the conclusion defense is useless against his curse as it can cut through anything states he only has one shot at this. His body was covered in gashes and was bleeding, he states, it's all or nothing. Sword of Everfrost!" Erenjack shouted as he summoned his forged sword. His blade was a long sliver claymore Along each edge of the sword was a rippling silvery white band which made it appear as if the edges burned with tongues of frozen fire. The presence of the sword was freezing the water around Erenjack. surprisingly Zekiel.
"What?" Zekiel said to himself as he noticed the water around his body was starting to freeze however he slashed the ice around him. Before he knew it, his left torso was slashed with a massive gash caused by Erenjack's sword before he can react"WHAT!" Zekiel growled in pain as he landed at the bottom.
"I was able to cut him, but ti's not enough!"Erenjack said to himself as his left arm was starting to freeze as well as his right hand"I gotta get another hit on him fast." Erenjack said to himself as he got into his sword stance. He then dashes in the water, with him creating an ice trail around him as he moves at high speed, moving too fast for Zekiel.
"Where he go?" Zekiel said to himself as he can barely see him as a blur only to see him behind the demon.
"Take this !" Erenjack shouted as he slashed his back, creating a large gash that began freezing his skin.
"You Filthy human!" Zekiel shouted as he swings his blade arms, creating a slashing shockwave at Erenjack but he easily dodges the attack and shoots a blast of ice magic from his sword slash angle which knocks Zekiel to the bottom.
"Still not enough, i need more power!" Erenjack said to himself as he charged up his power.
"Time to end this human!Mikazuki (三日月 Mikazuki)"Zekial chanted as he creates a massive slashing wave, traveling away from him to slice everything they come into contact within the surrounding area, Zekiel creates various crescent moon shaped shockwaves in every direction that cut everything around him only for his attack to freeze entirely "Impossible, my Curse was frozen."
"This is for master Fullbuster!" Erenjack chanted as he dashed at highspeed moving like a blur of light"Sword of Everfrost: Zero Degree Slash" Erenjack chanted as he slashed straight through Zekiel, spilling the demon cleanly in half vertically as the demon didn't even notice he was sliced in half until his body halves freeze.
"I lost... to a human...impossible, i'm supposed to be an Ehterious..." Zekiel said to himself as his eyes close as he said his final words while thinking back to his past life.
20 Years ago
Zekiel's POW
Back when I was alive, I was the fierce Sir Zekiel, the mighty knight who wielded four swords. I held a blade in each hand and had two floating behind me with telekinesis, I slaughtered countless people with my blades.
"HAAHAHAHAHA!" I laughed, it was a village within Dama, one of my favorite battles, the pillaging the butchering forcing the heretics who reject Zentopia to bow to us with sheer brutality. After the battle was over or rather the one-sided slaughter I got my praise from the Grand General himself. Back then i had long blonde hair, was very tall and had large muscles and wore the Zentopian Legion corps armored suits
"Excellent work Sir Zekiel, you vanquished the heretics and ensured they would never try to attack our allies."Brad Manson explained to me.
"Even better is that we have more whores for the nunnery." I replied as I captured a dozen local women. I had a fun night defiling. At that moment a squire appeared to deliver a letter for the general. He breaks the seal and read the contents.
"Damn new Pope is out to try to disband the Zentopian Legion corp."Brad Manson said to me.
"He's some reformist fool i question his loyalties to the Zentopian Church, he could be a heretic in disguise if the cloth, besides doesn't matter what I do. In Zentopia, all i have to do is pray for forgiveness and i would be sin-free." I stated as i was within the belief that as long as i fought for god, i would be forgiven, in reality, i just love slaughtering people and destroying lives.
"If he becomes too much of a problem, we need to remove him. I can trust you to do the job when that time comes right?"Brad Mason asked me.
"No problem, be fun killing that heretic Pope." I replied
I was deployed in secret wars against the Serenity Zentopian sects, often in disguise as Vikings to help Local groups allied with Zentopia to pillage and destroy villages and towns around the Serenity Kingdom border to cripple them greatly, I was also deployed in Middle Earth Land within Jerchio and Cabria to crush growing insurrections there where we butchered countless innocent people, I was the undefeated 4 sword knight who plundered, murdered, raped and pillaged with impunity thanks to the backing of Zentopia's Legion Corp. However my luck ran out around 7 years ago.
7 years ago
I found the daughter of the noble Straight family alone with guards on the manor, the job of mine was to capture her alive so we can lure out Victor Heartfilla and his rebel alliance. I killed the guards and arrived at her room.
"Who are you? What are you doing at my house?" The pathetic woman screamed as she tried to take out a dagger but i knocked it out of her hand and bend her down towards the bed, it was there i had the best night of my life, it was a colossal screw up on my part as i was having my way with her the bitch bite her tongue off before i can finish. The higher-ups weren't happy with me.
"You fool, you killed her!" Mard Geer scolded me with his calm attitude.
"Sorry boss, couldn't resist, you know how i am with women. I have to make them my pets." I tried to explain myself.
"It's not a big deal, the act of what you did should flush out the rebels wherever they were hiding."Mard Geer said to me.
And flush them out they did, in a few days they came storming with their ultimate city-sized weapon, I saw them decimate our forces one by one. It was there I fought against one of Victor's own chosen elites, the brother of the slain sister, Ken Straight.
"You're the bastard who killed my sister, you're going to pay you monster." Ken Straight shouted at me as he wielded his blade.
"You get to join her in her grave fool, i'm the undefeated 4 Swords Knight, no one can beat me!" I replied arrogantly.
We fought what felt to be days but it was mere minutes before we clashed together however, i deeply underestimated this man, i was then cut in half, each of my blades was cut in half, he sliced straight through my blades and me before i could react...
Present-day
"So this is how i die again, cut in half from a swordsman...shame i got to kill that Ken straight .. Sorry Master Mard Geer, i failed you." Zekiel said to himself as he falls to the bottom with the temple collapsing as his body freezes to death.
Meanwhile at the Cube
Brandman notices a seal breaks from his hand looking at it.
"Looks like Zekiel has fallen too, what's going on? It hasn't even been an hour since lullaby died what or who's killing our forces this fast?" Brandman said to himself.
Meanwhile at the top fo the temple.
Linda senses Erenjack's lifeforce fading while Franmlath is about to grab the clock piece."I have to do this now!~" Linda chanted as she used her magical power to control a large tidal wide heading towards the Island that she then shapes into an enlarged fist that then forms into a large tendril about half the size of the Island "Water Make:Neptune's Might" Linda chanted as the massive fist tendril hits the island dead-on with immensely explosive force, hitting the small mountain at the center of the Island causing it to collapse downwards.
"I got it right now! "Franmalth said to himself" Zekiel, you're death won't be in vain." Franmalth said to himself as he grabs the clock piece only to feel the place starting to collapse a lot faster"Wait what...WHAT'S GOING ON!"
" I just brought an entire Mountain crashing down on you with my Water Magic!while you can't be hurt by magic, non-magic can still hurt you, try withstanding the might of an entire mountain combined with the velocity of my Water Magic" Linda said to Franmalth.
"NOOO!" Franmalth shouted as each of the falling debris are moving at such fast speeds even Franmalth can't dodge them as the rocks pelt him. Linda meanwhile dives into the bottom and goes to grab Erenjack and creates a water barrier around them as the entire temple collapses into the sea along with the whole mountain built under the mountain.
Linda emerges with Erenjack out of the water Buble having protected themselves from the destruction of the temple. The temple is buried in a deep water-filled crater in the middle of the island. The lake is over 50 meters deep and takes up half of the 1km wide island. Erenjack was in horrible condition. Having lost lot of his blood in the fight, he had a large gash shaped like an x on his chest that was so deep it exposed his sternum, his stomach which was barely intact, his arms are covered in gashes, scratches, and brushes as well his hands covered in frostbite, he was barely breathing as water filled his lungs.
"ERENJACK!" Linda shouted as she rushed to give him CRP, she desperately tries to give him mouth to mouth to save his life, he coughs out water in his lungs."He's still alive, but not for long, i gotta get him to shore to a doctor, he will die if he's not giving treatment."Linda said to herself as she looked at him. "I must give him some of my blood to stabilize him. Water-Make: Blood" as she creates a water tendril from herself to Erenjack"Our clan passed this spell done for generations to try to save lives in case we need too. I won't let you die Erenjack, even if it kills me. I'm already low on magic-using that spell on the ocean, i need a breather after this." Linda said to herself only to see Zekiel leap of the ocean, however, he looked very different, he only had one large eye and was very lanky looking and had a large horn sticking out."Impossible!" Linda shouted as Franmlath was still alive.
"Almost had me there human, i thought was going to die for sure however thanks to the very water you used against me, you flooded the temple at such speeds that Zekiel's useless corpse just happened to float by me, using the last of my Curse power, I devoured his body and soul and now i have his powers combined with my own. Too bad human. I shall be named Zekielmalth and with twice the curse power, you stand no chance in hell against me." Zekiel laughed as he clasped his four-blade hands together.
"Shit!" Linda said to herself as she summons a water barrier around him."I just have enough blood in him to stabilize him, If I don't give him more blood soon, he's going to die. I have to stop this demon at all costs but how? I hit him with everything I got, he should've been dead.
"I'll admit straight up, in terms of raw power i'm next to Keyes as the weakest member of Tatarus, however, my body is near to indestructible, even if i'm physically blown to pieces like you just did to me, i can reform my mass indefinitely by turning my body into a parasitical spore that leeches onto any magical power i come into contact with, ensuring i would be reformed. Combine that with the ability to steal the souls of anything, i can evolve indefinitely."Zekielmalth laughed as he then uses his four arms to attack"Rosary Circle" he creates a slashing wave towards Erenjackbut Linda goes to block it only to be cut by the spell.
"It bypassed my Water body!" Linda shouted as she was wounded as well.
"Did you forget, Zekiel's curse can cut anything, even those not tangible!" Zekielmalth laughed as he did a slashing wave that Linda dodges while carrying Erenjack.
"Water Vortex Blast."As she shoots a massive spiral beam of water towards Zekielmath but he puts out one hand and absorbs the water.
"Stupid human, you forget i'm able to absorb Magic!" Franmalth laughed as he then goes to attack again." 1,000 Souls, Mikazuki (三日月 Mikazuki)" Franmalth chanted as he slashes with his 4 arms even faster using his highspeed creating thousands of slashing waves, which cut through Linda's Water Body.
"URRRGH!" Linda screamed in pain as she was seriously injured from the attack., her body was covered in blood not as bad as Erenjack but pretty bad."I have to protect Erenjack, regardless of the cause." Linda said to herself only to see Zekielmalth approach Erenjack's body.
"What a nice body for me to collect!" Zekielmalth said to Linda.
"NO! YOU BASTARD!, STAY AWAY FROM MY ERENJACK!" Linda shouted as she shoots boiling water at the demon but the demon creates a water barrier around himself as he puts his tendrils around Erenjack
"PISS OFF!"Franmlath laughed as he creates a slashing shockwave, blowing Linda way as she's knocked into some rocks.
Erenjack is merged into Franmlath creating Ezeljackmath. His face and body resemble Erenjack however with the lanky body of Franmalth and the four arms of Zekiel.
"NO!"Linda said in horror as she sees the mutation.
"HAHAHAHAH!YOU LOVE IM SO MUCH, HOW ABOUT YOU FIGHT THE MAN YOU LOVE!" Ezkieljackmath laughed at Linda as she is forced to fight against the warped Erenjack with the arms of Zekiel and the armored shell with spikes of Franmalth as he was in his Etherious form.
"I can't fight him, damn monster, GIVE HIM BACK YOU COWARD!" Linda shouted as she tries to punch the monster but he blocks with his four arms.
"Metal Make spears." Ezkielmath chanted as he shoots 10 metal spears at Linda but she barely dodges the attack with the Curse of Zekiel, actually grazing her body,
"He's combing the Curses with Erenjack's magic!" Linda said to herself as she struggled to block the attack."YOU BASTARD! " Linda shouted as she shot boiling hot water at Franmalth"
"HOT! HOT! HOT! Crap you burned me!" Franmalth Shouted as he held onto his blistering hand from the intense heat."YOU BITCH!"
"Looks like you can't absorb all magic, can you!" Linda shouted at him as she heated her water even more. She then goes to punch him with a heated up fist of hot water towards him"Take this !" Linda shouted only to stop her punch midway" I can't do it!"
"HAH HAH!"Ezkielmath laughed as he punches Linda in the face, knocking her into a wall."Your love for this human is to my advantage, time to go all out. 1,000 Souls Metal Make: Hammer Time Mikazuki (三日月 Mikazuki)"as he swings two hammers he summons from Metal Make and does hundreds of hammer swings creating air slash waves, hitting Linda, repeatedly while she's in the wall, she takes a severe beating as she gets hit by hits that cause bruises , scratches and even small gashes on her body, after a minute, the attack ceases as Linda falls over, a bloody mess, horribly injuries with almost every bone in her body broken, she coughs up blood as her broken body lays on the ground.
"Linda can't move, is this how it ends?" Linda said to herself as she struggled to move as Ezikeljackmath appears over her. He summons the Sword of Everfrost.
"So this is the blade that killed Zekiel, such a powerful blade, how ironic the man you love is now going to kill you with your lover's sword. Don't worry, it would be over very soon. Now just lay down and die for me !" Zekielmalth laughed as he goes to stab her with the Everfrost sword however his arm won't move."What?WHAT?"
"You won't lay a hair on my Linda...Not in a million years!" Erenjack said to Linda as he struggled to hold the blade away from Linda.
"You silence soul, you don't have the right to defy me, I control all the souls, I've absorbed over 1,000 souls and I never had this problem." Ezeljackmath shouted panicking as he tries to control his arm but it won't allow him
"My darling..."Linda said to Erenjack as she struggled to get back up.
"I was a fool to not recognize your feelings, Linda, I'm sorry. If i was alive, i would love you no matter what, however, i can't let this monster win and destroy this world. I will give up my life to protect my comrades, protect my country, protect my queen, and to protect you!" Erenjack said to her as he took the left upper arm and stab Ezikeljackmath through the chest.
"URRGH! NO! Ezekieljackmalth grunted as he coughed up blood."SUICIDE! SHIT, I DIDN'T EXPECT THIS!" Ezikeljackmalth shouted as he forcibly ejects Erenjack out of him.
"ERENJACK!"Linda shouted as she watched him commit suicide.
"Linda...I'll always be alive, inside of you." Erenjack said to her as he lies on the ground. Linda is full of tears as she heads to him and struggles to hold onto his body.
"No... NO! NO!NO!NOOOOOOOOOOO!" Linda shouted as she cries in despair as she assumed Erenjack was dead.
Franmalth's body then goes to freeze, having no choice, he swipes his four arms to decapitate himself with his head regrowing his whole body back. He still maintains Zekiel's four arms, he struggles to breathe as he used alot of power "Fuck that was close. Damn human almost got me with that one." Ezkeilmath said to himself only to notice rain falling."It's raining already, i don't recall any storm clouds in the sky." Ezikielmalth stated only to see the downpour get even more serious" It's getting out of hand, where's all this rain coming from." Zekeizkelath then notices winds blowing around "A Typhoon?"
He then sees Linda appear towards him, she looked possessed like a demon, her eyes glow red with a dark purple aura around her, so much energy was emitting from her she was generating a thunderstorm around her.
Meanwhile at Jugina
Rena and Kinata were sneaking around the singles when they are hit with a massive downpour of rain and severe windstorms.
"A Hurricane this early?" Rena asked.
"It shouldn't be possible, it's February, it's nowhere near Hurricane season."Kinata replied.
"It's Linda's power, she's generating so much power that she's creating a Hurricane!"Rena said to her.
"We need shelter fast!" Kinata shouted as she sees trees blowing around with rocks and branches being launched from the ground like arrows, hitting through trees.
Meanwhile, Keyes senses the monstrous amount of power being generated.
"What the hell is going on? This power is immense"Keyes said to himself as he feels a torrential rain pour down on him.
Meanwhile, within the Island of Torjia,Gaceria
The sikes of Claume are being overwhelmed by immense rains and severe thunderstorms. Linda stood over Franmalth with a frightening amount of power, beyond enraged with her body burning with boiling water.
"What the hell? You were on the brink of death, how can you survive?" Ezekielmalth shouted as he looked frightened."It doesn't matter, you're too injured to do anything to me." Ezikielmalth laughed only to get punched in the face and into the ground.
"YOU WILL PAY FOR KILLING ERENJACK SAMA!" Linda shouted as she goes to attack him.
"RAAWR, TAKE THIS!1,000 Souls Metal Make: Hammer Time Mikazuki (三日月 Mikazuki)"as he swings two hammers he summons from Metal Make and does hundreds of hammer swings however Linda tanks the attacks effortlessly with her walking past the attacks, not taking a scratch from it ."Impossible!" Ezikielmalth shouted only to see Linda come towards him.
"THIS IS FOR ERENJACK!WATER JIGSAW!" Linda shouted as she puts up both hands and generates a face-like entity out of boiling water and shoots it as a massive blast towards Ezekielmalth only for him to open his mouth to eat it.
"HA! Stupid human! YOU CAN'T KILL ME WITH MAGIC!" Ezekielmalth laughed only to then feel his body in pain.
"Fool, Water Jigsaw generates hundreds of a swirling mass of water slicers that can slice their opponents like a saw, I knew you were going to absorb it, NOW DIE WITH ERENJACK!" Linda shouted as the water slices make him swell up like a balloon.
"GRRACK!" Ezekielmalth shouted as he's about to explode and then explodes into many pieces from the attack. Linda was worn out casting the spell notably worn out from the spell.
"You have been avenged" Linda said to herself only to see Franmalth still alive as he then emerged out to the water.
An enraged Franmalth comes out and has now become a massive whale-like creature form. He lost his Ezekiel form but he's massively bloated.
"That was too close, thankfully nothing I can't absorb. You can throw a whole sea of water at me, it would make no difference" Franmalth laughed as he can barely move his body."I can barely move, it doesn't matter, i can still do this!" Franmlath laughed as he charged up water in his mouth and fires a massive ball of water that hits an island several miles away
"He copied my spell?" Linda said to herself in horror as a large explosion occurs near the town of Hemera, killing at least several hundred people.
"Damn i missed the town!" Franmalth laughed as he charged up another blast. He was sucking up souls nearby, from the nearby villages and towns." I will consume all the souls within the country!"
"I have to stop them but I have no more magical power." Linda said to herself only to see Erenjacks Sword of Everfrost. "I only have one thing left, if i fail, the whole country would be destroyed." Linda said to herself as she grabs the sword and stabs herself in the torso. She then forms water in the shape of a sword in her right arm and the blood gets in the water and with the Everfrost sword, instantly freezes into Red Ice.
"My next attack would blow away not only this country but the surrounding countries on the Isghal sea coastline!" Franmalth laughed as he was forming a massive blast of water that shapes itself into a sphere that grows larger than his head in his mouth however Linda dashes using the last of her strength to run to the water and using her powers to walk on water and then leaped into the air as Franmalth is about to shoot it only for Linda to jump onto his arm.
"Water Make: Blood Ice Sword" Linda chanted as she uses her blood ice-covered right hand to stab through the eye of Franmalth.
"ARRRUAUVGGH!" Franmalth grunted as he screamed in pain as the eyeshot out a massive amount of blood "No big deal, i can just absorb It"Franmlath laughed as he tried to absorb her magic but he can't as red ice spreads around his body.
"I knew you would do that, you can absorb magic right? But you can't freeze non-magic, i cut myself with Erenjack's sword to freeze my blood so it can't be absorbed by you and now you die with us!" Linda explained to Franmalth as he screamed.
"This can't be how it ends!" Franmalth shouted as he struggled to avoid being frozen in red ice.
22 years ago
I was the captain of the Anti Magic Division during the Great Dragon War. I was a master of Nullification magic. I originally hailed from Midi and was a 10-year veteran at the time of the war. The country of Midi was under a civil war before the Dragon War where the Asekrhamnis who controlled the country for decades battled the Zentopian resistance I was part of the Zentopian resistance. I was a bit big-boned and had large hairy arms with barely any hair on the top of my head and was a bit short. However, I was also a known Magic Thief who stole someone's magical power to sell it to the Black Market, killing even my own comrades.
"Captain Fremiard, you came in time."Said a wounded soldier happy to see me, however, all I saw was money.
"Just stand still!" I said to the mage as I killed him and took his magical power and then sealed it in a jar.
It didn't matter what side of the war, all it mattered was to make sure they were dead so I could seal their magic in a jar to sell it. Magic in this world was so rare and short quantities less than 1% of humans have it, most concentrated within Royal families and the Elites, i sold countless stolen magic to countless criminals, Pirates, Asekrhamnis, Vikings, and rogue actors within governments across the Isghar Continent and made money from it.
21 years ago.
One day my operation was busted when Brad Mason and Archbishop Keith came to my secret lair in Mildlian City on the outskirts. The man known as Brad Mason towered over me by almost twice my height and Keith was a lanky, hunchback, tall elder man with long hair under his mirte, a large beard, and mustache.
"We found your operation Magic Thief." Brad Manson said to me.
"So it seems! Guess i'm done for." i replied as i was up against an Archbishop and a Grand General of the Zentopian Legion Corp.
"Not quite, we merely came to make a special deal with you. For everybody you kill and steal magic from, how about you sell it to me?" Archbishop Keith asked me.
"You mean so?" I asked him.
"In fact rather than waste your time in this pitiful country divided between Askerhamnis and Zentopains how about you come with us to the Holy Nation of Fiore. That way you don't need to worry about persecution." Keith explained to me as he handed me a sack that contained gold bars.
That was the day I sealed my best deal ever, a trade of selling stolen magic for cash and working as a member of the Zentopian Legion Corp.
7 years ago
I met my end when I fought against the Mighty Earth Mage of Victor's Rebel alliance, Gread Neekis, the Mightiest earth mage in Fiore. We had a hell of a battle and he lured me to the Necropolis, that's when I fell for the trap.
"You can cancel out magic right? However, try canceling this out!" Gread said to me as he clasped his hands together and went for the ultimate spell. Rumbling Mt. Fuji "Gread chanted as he causes a massive explosion of light from the earth. I was able to use my Nullification magic to stop it but it took all my power to stop that spell.
"Ha! Stupid monk, i can stop any spell!"I laughed at him as he was worn out and had next to no magic left."I charged up magic within my right hand and prepared for my final spell, unaware it would be my final spell.
"I wasn't intending to hit you with the spell!"Gread smirked as the ground buckled under me and I fell several dozen meters into the ground, I fell on my back, the fall broke my back.
"UARRRGH!" I screamed in pain as i couldn't move, exhausted of magic, i couldn't protect myself, worse was tons of rocks about to fall onto me. "NOOO!" I screamed my final words as i was crushed under millions of tons of rocks, my body was crushed.
Present Day
"Now i die a frozen iceberg of a being" Franmlath spoke his final words as he freezes over, turning into red ice. The ice begins to evaporate into the air from the tropical heat of the region, slowly, melting Franmlath's ice body and turning it into water vapor as Franmalth's book falls into the ocean along with Zekiel's book. Linda crawls to Erenjack, he's in a comatose state barely hanging to life. She then grabs his hand.
"If you're going to die, I'll die with you!" Linda said to Erenjack as they held hands as she falls into a comatose state.
At death's door
Irene's POV
So this was the time Erenjack almost died with his lover Linda Lockser, as i'm aware now, this was far from his journey. He and Linda Lockser would live for several years more, the gods decided that they were too important to let die so by some miracle, they were spared an early death. On December 25, X391, they would give birth to one of the 5 children of destiny, the future second student of Metalicana, Gajeel Redfox. Eric and Rick would also survive their own near-death experience against Lullaby and would eventually settle down their partying ways and get married and produce the other two children of the future on February 14, X392 Sting and Rouge.
Meanwhile at Starry Hills Temple
At the temple, two were navigating the temple only to see two people fall from the ground floor crashing to the ground. One of them makes a perfect landing while the latter crashes face-first to the ground. the one who landed on his feet was Torfauzar and the one who fell on his face was Jackal.
"Torafzuar, you fatass, you collapsed the floor with your weight." Jackal scolds the Fish demon as he pulls his head out of the ground.
"Don't blame me, blame this poorly put together, aging temple."Torafuzar replied.
"Tatarus!" Nel shouted.
"We meet again brats."Jackal laughed "This is the best those dipshit humans can produce?"
"I'm not a human, i'm a fairy and watch who you're calling brat, this "brat" almost handed your ass on a silver platter." Neliel laughed.
"I won't be beaten by your attacks a second time around Fairy Bitch!" Jackal shouted.
"Calm down Jackal, they're trying to get into your head. Let's get rid of these brats and get the Clock Piece." Torafuzar said to his partner calmly.
"You have some nerve calling us brats you stupid demons!" Nel shouted in anger.
"We're not kids, I'm the Last of the Nirvit tribe, I will show you why the Nirvit was a tribe no nation could conquer and why no nation can get us involved in wars for hundreds of years." Lena said to the Fish Demon.
"So you're the last of the Nirvirt Tribe? Shame what happened to your race...Oh well, i get the rare opportunity to kill the last of a whole race of people, it would go nicely as an accomplishment for all the people i killed."Torafzuar said to the Nirvirt Tribe survivor.
"I won't fall to you." Lena replied as she was determined to beat the Fish Demon.
"Why not? Don't you miss your family, your friends, your neighbors? I can bring you back to them, just allow me to snap your puny neck."
"Hey, i want to kill her!" Jackal shouted.
"Who cares who kills who, you get to kill them, i'm getting the clock piece, have fun with these runts." Torafuzar calmly replied as he walked to find the Clock Piece.
"Oh no, you don't." Lena shouted as she tries to bind him with sand tendrils.
"Bomb Spiral!" Jackal countered as he creates a massive explosion, blowing away the Sand Tendrils, Lena uses more sand to block herself and Nel from the explosion which causes the old temple to start collapsing.
" Looks like you overdid it again Jackal!" Torafuzar said to himself as he casually walks through the falling debris as rocks break on his head.
"Time to take a shot at the demon!" Neliel said to herself as she charged up her blast in her right hand however Jackal punches the air, creating an explosion that hits Neliel's arm.
"Urrgh!" Neliel grunted.
"Ha, thought you had me? You can't cast your strongest spells with only one arm, i just took out half your power."Jackal laughed.
"More than enough to stop you, Lena, take that brute trying to steal the Clock piece, i got this mut." Nel smirked.
"Right!" Lena replied as she pursued
Meanwhile at Zebra
Veronica and Lexiel defeated what appeared to be several different animals. One is 10 werelions, 5 Stone Hippos, and 6 massive Alligators. They then dig through the mud to find the temple hidden underneath here.
"We found the temple!"Veronica said to Lexiel.
"Indeed you did, for us!" Seilah replied as she appeared behind them.
"Tartarus!" Lexiel said to them as he cracked his knuckles.
"You're going to hand over that Clock Peice or die!" Tempester said to them.
"Think you can threaten us? Think again!" Veronica said glaring at her.
"Funny that we just dug right now, after we're done here. we would be burying you two there."Lexiel replied as the two of them were ready to fight.
"Tempester, hold them off, I will go to the temple and collect the Clock Piece." Seilah said to Tempester as she goes to hover to the Temple.
"Right!" Tempester replied as he goes to attack the two with the two prepared to fight.
To be Continued.
(A/N: Yep Lullaby is sealed away within its flute form which would widely be known within the canon, Yeah in my story Lullaby was part of the original Tartarus Guild but because he used True Demon Mode and was sealed away in the state, hence why when the time Team Natsu fought him, his power was heavily diminished due to the major drawbacks of remaining in that form for way too yeah Sting and Rouge's fathers sealed away the demon known as Lullaby at nearly the cost of their lives.
And yep, Linda Lockser and Erenjack Redfox are now officially a couple. Gajeel is the son of both of them, which makes Juvia a distant relative to Gajeel within this continuity which would explain why they have a sibling-like bond within the canon. Also, it's obvious Erenjack, Rick and Eric are going nowhere anytime soon, after all, we need them to produce the canon Dragon Slayers of the 400-year plan but boy did i promise you guys some brutal fights.
Now onto the real stars of the chapter, Zekiel, I didn't change much with him, originally planned to have Lena Marvell fight him but changed it because i didn't want it to be a rehash of the fight with her canonical daughter and Zekiel, i also thought Erenjack would be a better matchup for his character development and ability development. Erenjack's fighting style, in general, is about defense and power and lacks speed and fitness, something he needed against an opponent who can cut through defenses.
And lastly, Franmalth and boy what an improvement on him i made. He's still weak as fuck in terms of attack power and is mostly a joke in terms of character, however, it made him much tougher than canon. Making his absorption ability which had potential in canon even more broken to the point he's virtually Immune to all magic, kinda like a bootleg Acnologia, he's very weak to physical attacks and I had Linda use more creativity and brains over brawn to take out this.
I also made him much more competent than canon as he was not only able to steal the fallen remains of Zekiel but also hijack Erenjack's body and use it in the form of Psychological warfare against Linda, considering how much stronger a weakened Hades made Franmalth, him absorbing those two made his power skyrocket even further. Much like the 9th Espada Aaroniero Arruruerie from Bleach, Franmalth can theoretically evolve infinitely with the number of souls he eats, of course, he can't try to take too many big fish at once and his fatal mistake, in the end, was relying too much on his curse.
As for my pairing plans. I originally planned to have a sort of love triangle angle between Erenjack, Irene, and Anna but scrapped it pretty early as that would've gotten too confusing so I decided to only have Erenjack have some feelings for Irene but of course, never acted on them because of canon.
Now comes the next few fights, did i nail these fights well or should they be longer? Lemme know your thoughts.
Lullaby(Prime): 19,166 RYK base, 30,832 MPF using Etherious mode, 37,498 MPF Ture Demon mode
Eric Cheney and Rick Effilcue( Age 26): 19,166 RYK base, 30,832 MPF full power enchantments
Linda Lockser(Age 19) 24.666 MPF base, 31,332 MPF full power, 37,998 MPF water rage mode.
Zekel: 24,666 MPF base, 31,332 MPF Ehtertious form, Up to 37,998 MPF in defense preicing
Franmalth: 23,166 MPF base, up to 29,166 MPF using Absorption, 29,166 Using Eyherious, 32,499 MPF combing Absorption and Ehterious, 35,165 MPF as Ezkielmath,37,832 MPF as Ezikeljackmath
Erenjack(Age 19/Post Training): 24,666 MPF base, 31,332 MPF Redfox Armors, 37,998 MPF using the sword of Everfrost
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