Hours had passed since Ur and Thor had arrived, nighttime was only about a hour or two away.
"So let me get this straight. You guys came to this island, saw the moon glowing purple, went and investigated a temple, then found Deliora in the bottom of said temple. You then found out Lyon, my old student took said demon here for some reason, then you fought Lyon. Gray was nearly killed and then Lyon sent his minions to kill everyone in this village. You stopped said minions from killing everyone and then Thor and I came. Did I miss anything?" Ur asked.
"No, that's pretty much it." Tyson said.
Ur clapped her hands in front of her face and closed her eyes, apparently deep in thought.
Tyson placed a hand on Ur's left shoulder and said, "Ur, you couldn't have known this would happen."
"Lyon is still my old student and he tried to kill Gray, the person he has known since childhood. Gray and Lyon played together, fought together, lived together and trained together. Where did I go wrong Tyson?" Ur asked.
"Lyon is an adult now, he made his own choices and he chose to betray everything you taught him. It's not your fault." Erza said.
"Still, I helped create who Lyon is. I need to fix the mess I created." Ur said.
"I am coming too." A familiar voice said.
The assembled mages all turned to see Gray standing at the front of the hut, bandages all over his chest.
"Gray?! Why are you up?!" Ur asked, worry in her voice.
"I am all better now. Remember, I am a Devil Slayer, so I heal faster than regular people and on top of that, they have pretty good healers in the village." Gray said, showing that all his wounds were no longer there, as if they had never been present in the first place.
"Are you sure you're all good?" Tyson asked.
"I am positive." Gray answered.
He was silent for a few seconds before he said, "Alright then."
Just then Lucy came into the hut and said, "What's up?"
Lucy's clothes had been damaged from her fight with Sherry to the point they were irreparable, so the villagers had been kind enough to give her a new outfit.
Lucy now wore a brown leather vest over a short sleeved black t-shirt. Lucy also wore a brown belt to hold up her green jeans, brown boots, a pair of spiked black knee guards, similar elbow guards and finally, she had black finger-less gloves on. Her hair was currently up in a ponytail.
"Hey Lucy. How are you feeling?" Gray asked.
"I am all better. Feels like I never got into such an intense fight." Lucy answered, a happy tone in her voice.
"Good to see you are up and about Lucy." Happy said, having once again appeared out of nowhere, just to scare Lucy.
Lucy nearly jumped into the air when she heard Happy's voice and said, "Stop doing that to me cat!"
Happy smiled impishly up to Lucy and said, "Never, it is too much fun."
Lucy looked ready to kill the cat, fortunately Tyson managed to distract Lucy's anger by saying, "So, who's up for going to stop Lyon's plans?"
Erza, Mizu, Happy, Gray, Lucy and Ur looked at each and then looked at Tyson and said, "What's the plan?"
He said, "I'll go underneath the temple and destroy the pillars that are supporting it. This will cause the temple to tilt and prevent moon light from hitting Deliora, still keeping it trapped in the ice."
"Not a bad plan. It will render all of their plans null and void. What are your plans about Lyon and his followers?" Erza asked.
"Gray, I know you're going after Lyon, nothing I say will stop you from fighting him again, so the only thing I have to say is be careful. Lucy, Erza, Ur, can you three take down Toby, Yuka, Sherry and the rest of Lyon's minions?" Tyson asked.
"I'm going with Gray, cause I want a rematch with Lyon as well." Mizu declared.
The three women looked at each other then nodded and Ur said, "I'll help, but I'm going to have a chat with Lyon. A very firm chat."
"I don't doubt it. Happy, you're going with me to destroy the pillars. Once they are destroyed, you and I are going to help the others take down their targets. Once Lyon and his followers are no longer a threat, we're going to contact the Council to get Deliora out of here. Hopefully they'll send him somewhere where he can't be found." Tyson said.
"Agreed. Let's go do this." Gray said.
The others all nodded then left the hut and went to the front gate.
"Where are you going?" The guard asked.
"We're going to stop Lyon. We'll be back later this evening." Tyson answered.
"Okay, be careful." The guard said as he went to open the gate.
Once they were open, the group quickly set off for the temple, trying to get there before Lyon knew what was going on.
When they were at the temple, the group split up from each other to get to their targets.
Tyson and Happy went underneath the temple and once there, they began to destroy the pillars, causing the temple to start to tilt and thus making Moon Drip impossible.
Meanwhile, with Gray and Mizu...
Gray ran through the halls intent on stopping Lyon, Mizu not far behind him.
They came to a open room and saw Lyon, standing in the middle, his entire demeanor screaming that he was not afraid of them.
"So, you are still alive. I thought that wound I inflicted to your stomach would have been enough for you to kick the bucket." Lyon said, an arrogant smirk on his face.
"I'm only telling you this once, stop what you're doing on Galuna Island or we'll make you stop!" Mizu shouted.
"And how do you two plan on stopping me? You are not back to full power yet Gray and as I recall, I destroyed you with almost no effort." Lyon said.
"I am prepared this time." Gray said, getting into his combat stance.
"Round two, Lyon." Mizu added.
Lyon got into his combat stance as well, his arrogant smile still on his face.
The three stared at each other for a few seconds before Lyon shouted out, "Holy Ice Make: Eagles!"
A group of eight light blue eagles made of ice with a slight golden glow came flying out of Lyon's left palm and flew directly towards Gray and Mizu.
Gray smashed his hands into the ground and shouted out, "Ice Make: Shield!"
"Water Dragon Shield!" Mizu barricaded himself within a barrier of swirling water.
A large purple dome made of ice surrounded Gray just as the ice eagles came down.
The ice eagles smashed into the dome and smashed the dome to dust, but the dust caused all the eagles to be destroyed as well, canceling both spells.
Lyon wasted no time and yelled out, "Holy Ice Make: Rhino!"
Lyon pointed his right palm towards Gray, a large light blue ice rhino with a slight golden glow around it emerging.
The rhino pawed at the ground and then charged at Gray, it's horn lowered down, ready to impale Gray.
Gray however simply created a purple ice long bow and yelled out, "Ice Devil Zeroth Destruction Bow!"
Gray pulled the string back as a purple glow erupted from the arrow he had strung.
Gray then released the string, sending the arrow flying towards the rhino.
When the arrow struck the rhino, it caused a large explosion as the two spells cancelled each other out.
Lyon was seething, how was Gray able to match him blow for blow? When they first fought, Lyon had wiped the floor with Gray so what had changed?
Lyon then noticed that Gray had an intricate flame tattoo reaching all the way to his elbow on his right arm.
'Could that be it?' Lyon thought.
Lyon was so deep in his thoughts that he didn't notice Gray creating another arrow and firing it until it struck him in the chest.
Lyon was blasted backwards from the force of the blow and smashed into the wall behind him, creating a small crater from the force of his impact.
Lyon then slid back down onto the floor, managing to keep himself up using his arms and legs as he panted a little from being hit by such a hard blow.
Lyon then looked up to see Gray's right fist just about to hit him, his fist covered in jagged and spiky purple ice.
Gray struck Lyon in the face with a devastating right uppercut, sending him flying back upwards and back into the wall.
Lyon shook off his distortion in time to see Gray plant his right leg into his gut.
Lyon let out a wordless scream as the leg went deep into his gut, causing all the air to be knocked out of his lungs, as well as propelling several strands of blood and spit from his mouth.
Lyon was in too much pain to do anything as Gray then drove his left fist back and gave Lyon a devastating left hook to the face, causing Lyon's head to be driven into the stone of the wall.
Lyon was now starting to see stars, unable to understand how Gray was beating the ever living daylights out of him.
Gray grabbed Lyon's shirt collar and then moved the nearly unconscious Holy Ice Make mage close enough to deliver a monstrous headbutt to the face.
Lyon's nose broke, causing blood to go all over his face as he fought to stay conscious.
Lyon fell down onto the cold hard floor, his consciousness barely holding on.
"How? How did you manage to beat me?" Lyon asked Gray.
"Simple. I wasn't arrogant this time, I knew what the feeling of apprehension was the first time we fought, and this time I didn't allow my anger to blind me." Gray said, looking down at the beaten form of Lyon with pity in his eyes.
"How pathetic. Beaten by Gray of all people. I guess I wasn't ready to kill Deliora after all." Lyon said.
"Tell us something. Why are you so determined to release Deliora?" Mizu and Gray asked.
"Because Gray, I wanted to prove that I was better than Ur. Ur is a Wizard Saint, and yet she failed to kill Deliora. So, I thought if I could kill Deliora, then it would prove without a doubt that I had grown beyond both you and Ur." Lyon explained.
"That's stupid Lyon. Even if you did manage to kill Deliora, Ur would still be able to destroy you without any trouble at all. She is called the Greatest Master of Ice that ever lived for a reason. She earned that title through her own strength." Gray said to Lyon, disbelief at Lyon's idiocy clear in his voice.
"Maybe." Lyon conceded, his voice filled with indifference as he stared up at the ceiling.
Just then, a massive tremor shook the temple as a massive roar was heard throughout the island.
"No." Gray said, fear clearly written in his voice as he looked down at the ground, towards Deliora.
"So, it seems your friends were too slow to stop my allies. They freed Deliora. Now, what shall you do in response?" Lyon asked Gray, curious what his former fellow student would do now.
"I am going to stand with my friends and we are going to kill Deliora." Gray said, just before he and Mizu ran out of the room. He was desperately trying to get to the cavern where the massive demon was last seen, hoping to get there before the demon gets out.
Lyon laid on the ground and thought, 'What shall you do Gray, when you see that monster active and alive once more?'
Meanwhile, with Tyson...
He smashed a pillar to pieces with a fiery right hook, while Happy simply used his wrist blade to slash one in half.
The two had almost completely destroyed half of the pillars by now, soon the temple would be tilted and the ritual would be unable to be completed.
While they were destroying the pillars, a familiar purple beam came down from the heavens and struck Deliora's prison, melting the ice once more.
The two Fairy Tail mages didn't know that the ritual had already begun and now they had scant moments to tilt the temple before the demon got free.
Just as they finished breaking the pillars, the ice melted away from around Deliora's head, freeing the demon for the first time in almost a decade.
Deliora would have died within seconds after leaving the ice shell if events were allowed to take their usual course.
However, the black mist that the mysterious stranger had given Deliora when he was here on the island restored Deliora to his normal state and power, allowing the monstrous demon to survive.
Deliora lifted his right leg and took his first step in years and then let loose a monstrous roar that shook the island, announcing the demon was free once more.
Tyson and Happy both looked down the hall, at where the roar came from.
The two then looked towards each and then they ran towards the chamber, preparing themselves for whatever they might find on the other side.
The two came into the chamber and to their dismay, Deliora was indeed free now and as powerful as ever.
Tyson instantly activated his Crimson Fire mode, knowing his base mode wouldn't cut it here.
The crimson flames surrounded the black haired Dragon Slayer, the intense heat causing several of the stones floating around him to start sizzling.
The massive demon turns towards Tyson and roared at him, the sheer volume of the roar causing him to be pushed back a step, as well as shatter stones.
Suddenly, two voices shouted out, "Ice Devil Rage!"
"Water Dragon Roar!"
A large blast of purple ice and a burst of water struck Deliora in his back, causing massive portions of the demon's back to be destroyed in a instant.
Gray jumped above the demon, twisted his body in mid air to face Deliora's chest and shouted out, "Ice Devil Zeroth Destruction Bow!"
Gray created a light purple bow of ice, notched an arrow and then fired it directly into Deliora's chest, causing a large purple ice arrow to be lodged into Deliora's chest, which then exploded, causing large amounts of damage to the massive demon.
Gray landed right beside Tyson and said, "What's the plan?"
He stared at Deliora and said, "Hit it hard and fast. Don't give it a chance to regenerate. Aim for limbs, eyes or other vulnerable areas and strike there. We're going to kill this demon, here and now."
"Aye sir!" Happy said as he got ready to attack Deliora.
"Let's do it." Mizu steeled himself up for battle.
Gray nodded and was about to cast another spell when five golden spheres struck Deliora in the right side of his body, causing the large demon to stumble a few steps as he let out a pained roar.
Lucy, Ur and Erza appeared from the right side of the cavern and ran over to where Tyson, Happy, Mizu and Gray were. Then Thor broke through the ceiling and joined them.
"We are here." Erza said, still facing the demon, never taking her eyes off of it.
"Good. Attack the limbs or any other spot where the hide is weaker. We need to kill this thing before it manages to escape." Tyson told the rest of the group with a serious tone.
They nodded and then got into their combat stances, each one of them bringing their power levels up to their maximum. Against a foe like Deliora, anything less than your absolute maximum was suicide.
Deliora turned towards the group of mages and let out a earth shattering roar that rattled the bones of everyone who heard it.
Tyson actually had to place his hands on his ears to keep himself from getting hearing loss due to the absurd volume being emitted.
Deliora then began to charge up a ball of purple energy in his mouth. Once the ball was completely finished charging up, a massive purple beam of raw energy shot forth.
"Separate!" Tyson yelled as he jumped to the right.
The entire group jumped and flew out of the way as the beam struck the wall behind them, causing a large explosion that destroyed part of the wall behind them.
"Crimson Fire Dragon Eternal Flames!" Tyson yelled out, pointing his palms at Deliora as two beams of fire came rushing forth.
The fire struck Deliora, causing the massive demon to roar out in agony as the fire ate through his hide.
Devil Slayer magic would have done more damage, but the eternal flames will continue to destroy Deliora's hide, not allowing him to regenerate those areas.
"Ice Make: Lances!"
"Ice Make: Rose Garden!"
"Requip! Heaven's Wheel Armor!"
"Water Dragon Grand Splash!"
"Celestial Star Blast!"
As one, the other members of Fairy Tail launched their attacks at the massive demon. When the attacks struck Deliora, who raised his right arm in defense, there was an explosion that completely shielded Deliora from view.
When the smoke finally died down, Deliora was shown to have a large section of his right forearm destroyed.
However, the wounds quickly healed, showing that this battle had only started.
Deliora reared his left fist back, which was soon covered by a black and dark purple mesh of energy.
Deliora threw the fist forward, causing all the members of Fairy Tail to jump out of the way.
"Crimson Fire Dragon Cataclysm Fist!" Tyson roared out as he smashed his right fist directly into Deliora's face, a large explosion erupting when his fist connected with the demon's face.
Gray jumped onto a ledge above Deliora, created a familiar purple bow of ice and yelled out, "Ice Devil Zeroth Super Destruction Bow!"
The arrow he had notched had grown three times the size it was supposed to and then Gray let the arrow fly.
The arrow flew off and struck Deliora in the middle of his back, and when it punctured through his skin, the arrow exploded, creating a large hole in his back, causing the demon to roar out in agony.
Lucy was running along the right side of the cavern's wall, shooting Celestial Star Blasts directly into Deliora's side, creating several more explosions that rocked the demon.
Happy had deployed both of his wrist blades and charged forwards, hacking an "X" shape into Deliora's lower leg.
"Pentagram Sword!" Erza shouted out as she flew directly towards Deliora's face.
With blinding speed, Erza's sword had carved a large pentagram symbol into Deliora's face, causing the massive demon to howl out in pain and take a few steps backwards.
Tyson, seeing his chance, then disappeared in a flash of thunder and reappeared right behind Deliora's head and yelled out, "Crimson Fire Dragon Hammer Strike!"
He landed a massive right hook to the back of Deliora's neck that was so powerful it caused a shock wave to go blasting outwards.
Deliora's world exploded into pain from the monstrous punch to the back of his neck, as his back was greatly damaged from the punch and now the demon was falling forwards.
Gray jumped into the air and then slammed his right fist into his open left fist and yelled out, "Ice Make: Freeze Lances!"
A large number of massive purple ice javelins went flying into Deliora's back, where they exploded once they made contact, causing horrific damage to the demon.
Lucy, seeing the open holes, took this opportunity and yelled out, "Celestial Star Blast!"
Aiming her palms towards the holes, she shot seven smaller Celestial Star Blasts into the open holes, but they did not explode once they were inside Deliora.
The holes sealed over as Deliora healed his wounds and got back up.
Deliora roared out in a rage and then started shooting a thin purple beam of energy towards Erza.
Erza gracefully dodged and then yelled out, "Blumenblatt!"
Thirty golden portals appeared around Erza as thirty golden swords appeared around her.
She then pointed the swords towards Deliora's right eye and the swords flew off towards their target.
With deadly precision and accuracy, the swords struck Deliora's right eye, carving into the delicate flesh that composed Deliora's eye.
Deliora screamed out in agony as he clutched the mess that was once his right eye.
Seeing this as the perfect opportunity, the group launched their attacks at the massive demon.
"Crimson Fire Dragon Cannon Blaster!"
"Ice Make: Saucer!"
"Ice Make: War God's Lances!"
"Celestial Star Blast!"
"Water Dragon Double Star!"
"Circle Sword!"
Tyson reared his right fist back as a bright red magic symbol appeared in front of his fist as he threw the fist forwards, causing a massive serpentine dragon to come roaring forth from the circle.
Gray got down on one knee and then slammed his right hand onto his left palm, causing a familiar light purple magic symbol to appear as a three foot tall spinning circular buzz saw went flying towards Deliora's open back.
Ur did the same motion as Gray, but her spell's magic circle was light blue and from it came at least 50 man sized lances that were intricately designed, with ribbons that fluttered in the air and they all went flying into Deliora's chest.
Lucy gathered enough energy for 3 Celestial Star Blasts and threw the massive golden ball of energy into Deliora's chest.
Mizu created two shurikens made of water and flung them at Deliora's left leg.
Happy grabbed a massive broken piece of the ceiling and threw it directly at Deliora's head, since he didn't have any long range attacks.
Erza gathered ten swords around her and had them spinning around in a circular manner, creating a slight gust of wind and then Erza threw them all at Deliora's throat.
The attacks connected one right after the other, creating massive explosions that rocked the battlefield from the force of the explosions.
When the dust cleared, Deliora was shown with his entire back having gaping holes in it, his chest had several massive gashes and his throat was now home to ten shiny new blades.
Deliora's wounds swiftly healed and then Deliora roared out.
Deliora started leaking a dark purple aura that was darker and more malevolent than Lullaby's had ever been.
Deliora charged up another dark purple beam of energy and shot it out towards the Fairy Tail mages.
They all swiftly dodged out of the way, but the blast destroyed the entire remaining rock that separated Deliora from the outside of the temple.
Tyson knew that if Deliora was allowed to get to the village, he would kill everyone there.
"Guys! We have to stop him here and now! Don't hold back!" Tyson yelled as he tapped into the power of Dragon Force.
Immediately, the temperature of the surrounding area skyrocketed.
Tyson's flames changed from their crimson red into the more powerful golden flames.
Gray tapped into his maximum power, his purple aura surrounding him.
Lucy too went as far as she could, a golden aura surrounding her.
Ur unleashed all of her magic, causing fifty feet around her to immediately freeze over as her own snow white aura emerged.
Happy's azure aura was starting to shake loose a few stones, showing that he was behind the others in terms of raw strength.
The blood red aura of Erza was swirling around like a tornado as she powered up to her peak.
Finally Mizu was the last person to power up to their absolute limit as water covered his fist.
"Deliora's not going anywhere. I'll make sure of it." He declared.
"Water Dragon Encircling Deluge." A massive burst of water exploded from the ground and generated a giant tsunami that covered Deliora's legs keeping it immobile.
Lucy was the first to move after this, pointing her hand towards Deliora and then closing it as if she was crushing something.
Without warning, there were seven massive explosions coming from Deliora's back, causing the large demon to scream in agony each time an explosion erupted from his back.
Tyson turned towards Lucy, intrigued by what his pupil had learned to do and said, "What did you just do?"
Lucy smiled and said, "I saw that there were several large holes in Deliora's back, so I sent seven small Celestial Star Blasts into Deliora's back and then slowly had them grow larger and larger by feeding off of Deliora's magic supply. Once I sensed they were as large as they were going to get, I had all seven detonate at once, increasing the damage."
The assembled mages looked impressed by the blonde haired mage. Erza nodded at Lucy and said, "Brilliant idea. You will be S-Class in no time. But, back to the fight at hand."
They all looked back at Deliora, who was currently hunched over in pain from having nearly all of his back destroyed and breathing heavily.
"It looks like we are taxing his ability to repair damage. We have to strike now." Gray said, determination clearly written into his face as he glared up at the massive demon.
"Agreed. Aim your attacks at the back, more specifically the spot where Lucy's bombs detonated. We are going to do the most amount of damage that way." Ur added.
"We are going to have to turn Deliora around for that." Happy said, adding his own two cents.
"One of us could stay and focus Deliora's attention on them while the rest of us run around to Deliora's back." Lucy proposed.
"I will. I'm the strongest mage here and stand the best chance of being able to take on Deliora by myself until the rest of you get behind him." Tyson volunteered.
"I don't like this, but this is what we must do." Erza begrudgingly stated, not wanting her boyfriend to possibly be here clear in her voice.
"Okay, let's move guys." Gray said as he took off, Lucy, Mizu, Ur and Happy all right behind him.
Erza hesitated for a few seconds before Tyson said, "Go. I can handle this."
Erza still hesitated, but ran off to join the others.
Tyson turned back towards Deliora, who had risen back to his full height and was really angry now.
"Alright you horror movie reject. Show me what you got." Tyson said as he powered up to his maximum, his golden aura expanding around him.
(Cue Song: Rise by State of Mind)
Tyson and Deliora stared at each other for a few minutes, their eyes meeting.
Neither man nor monster moved, the world was quiet and still.
Deliora made the first move by gathering a large beam of deadly energy in his mouth and then firing it towards Tyson.
He disappeared into thin air, his trademark blue electricity flowing around him as he moved towards Deliora.
Tyson pushed a large amount of power into the soles of his feet as his entire form was now covered in golden flames.
"Fire Dragon Meteor Impact!" He roared out as his golden flame covered form hit Deliora directly in the chest.
Deliora skidded back a few steps from the sheer force of the attack, the golden flames eating through his chest armor was not helping the massive demon in the least.
Deliora then hit Tyson with his left arm, sending the black haired man crashing into a wall.
He groaned a little from being hit that hard and then saw Deliora's right fist coming directly towards him.
Thinking fast, Tyson yelled out, "Fire Dragon Inferno Overload!"
His flames intensified for a few seconds before they exploded, creating a expanding ball of flames that hit Deliora.
Deliora moved back a few steps due to the attack, allowing Tyson the time he needed to get out of the rock he had been sent into.
He cloaked himself in electricity once more and flew off towards Deliora, this time aiming to strike the demon in his mouth, hoping to blow the demon's head off.
Tyson reappeared a few feet away from Deliora and yelled out, "Fire Dragon Magma Core Implosion!"
He gathered the energy required for the spell in a second and then sent the giant ball of golden flames right into Deliora's face.
The ball exploded, sending a massive shock wave outwards as the flames tore into Deliora.
Deliora screamed out as he stumbled back a few steps, his hands clutching his face, trying to alleviate the horrible pain tearing across his face.
Tyson crossed his arms and began to funnel a bit of power into this spell.
Deliora removed his hands from his face and saw something.
The cavern was heating up rapidly as the golden flame covered form of Tyson continued to charge up his spell.
He opened his eyes and yelled out, "Fire Dragon Solar Blitz Assault!"
A massive number of golden fire balls all went flying towards Deliora, who could only look at the incoming attack in horror.
The golden balls all struck Deliora with the ferocity of a rampaging tornado, massive pieces of his armor were melted or just simply obliterated due to the sheer intensity of the flames.
When the attack died down, Deliora's form was shown, massive burn marks all over the demon's body, while the demon itself was in no condition to fight anymore.
Not that Gray, Lucy, Mizu, Erza, Happy or Ur cared, the demon must die for everyone else's safety.
"Ice Devil Zeroth Glacier Cannon!"
"Celestial Star Blast!"
"Water Dragon Bullet!"
"Blumenblatt!"
"Ice Make: Nature's Arrow!"
One by one, Tyson's friends launched their own attacks to end the massive demon once and for all.
Gray had his trusty five foot long light purple ice bazooka on his right shoulder and just sent a gigantic blast of purple ice towards Deliora's back.
Lucy had sent three Celestial Star Blasts at the same place she planted her charges, hoping that the hide was thinner there.
Mizu's hands had mimicked a gun and fired a powerful piercing bullet of water at the spot where his shurikens had struck Deliora's left leg.
Ur had created a large light blue ice longbow and notched an intricately made arrow that seemed to have river streams, mountain ranges and valleys carved delicately into the arrow. Which had been sent into Deliora's back as well.
Erza had once again summoned a massive amount of swords that were currently flying and impaling themselves into Deliora's back.
Happy grabbed the biggest pillar he could find, sharpened one of the ends of the pillar into a deadly point and threw it with all of his might.
The attacks all hit and once again, a cloud of dust obscured Deliora.
When it settled down, Deliora was shown to have horrific injuries all over his body, along with Happy's pillar going through his back and out the other side.
Deliora was not moving and seemed dead now.
The mages all cheered and started celebrating, when a familiar black mist made through the cracks underneath the cavern and entered into Deliora's body.
Erza saw this and yelled out, "Look out! It's the black mist!"
The mages all turned and saw she was correct, the black mist was back and currently entering Deliora's body.
Deliora started shaking violently as his armor and hide were repaired and he began to transform.
A massive dark purple and black glow enveloped Deliora so much that the demon couldn't be seen anymore.
When the glow died down, the terrifying second form of Deliora was revealed.
Deliora was now 250 feet tall and his hide was a mixture of light purple and silver. His muscles had bulged and enlarged, while he had also grown a massive tail that ended in three massive blades shaped like a deadly trident and covered in a mix of black and silver armor. Deliora now had two spikes on his shoulders that curved upwards and were colored black at the base, but blood red at the ends. Deliora now had thick dark purple armor on his chest, forearms, lower legs, along the tail and up his back, where a series of small stubby spikes came out. His head now had four massive silver/purple colored horns coming from his forehead, along with two large spikes coming from his chin. Now Deliora had two glowing purple demon marks on his cheeks, while his eyes glowed ominously purple now. His mane of hair went down to the base of his tail and was colored silver with the fringes being black. Finally, in the middle of his forehead was a strange mark glowed in a ominous mixture of blood red, dark purple, silver and black.
All of the mages felt terrified seeing the improved and definitely more powerful version of Deliora now in their midst. They had beaten Deliora with only a little bit of difficulty, but this new form seemed to radiate a power the old Deliora couldn't possibly have reached.
Deliora turned towards the mages and unleashed his loudest roar yet, one that was so loud it caused several stones to break apart.
Deliora then raised his right hand up and smashed it into the ground, causing a large purple energy wave to go racing towards the group of mages.
"Scatter!" Tyson yelled as the group had to jump to get out of the way as the energy wave destroyed anything in it's path.
"Ice Devil Zeroth Destruction Bow!" Gray yelled out as he fired a purple ice arrow directly into Deliora's chest, where the arrow pierced the skin and then exploded.
But, when the smoke cleared, there was no damage to the mighty demon, he healed so fast there was almost no time for the mages to capitalize on the sudden weakness in the demon.
With stunning swiftness, Deliora had already reared back it's left fist and smashed it into Gray, sending the Ice Devil Slayer flying backwards into a wall with tremendous force.
"Gray!" Lucy called out, worried for her friend.
"Lucy look out!" Happy yelled out.
Lucy looked up and saw Deliora was about to smash his other fist into her.
Lucy braced herself for the pain, but it never came.
Opening her eyes, she turned and saw Thor had caught the fist, after setting Mjolnir on the ground.
"Lucy, go check on Gray to see if he is alright." Tyson said as he helped Thor hold the fist back.
Lucy nodded and then took for where Gray had been sent flying by Deliora's punch.
Tyson ignited his golden flames around his body as he yelled out, "FIRE DRAGON ROAR!"
A giant tornado of golden flames came out of his mouth, striking Deliora clean in the face and causing a small smokescreen that kept the beast's face from being seen, as well as causing Deliora to stop pushing his fist against him and Thor, allowing the black haired Dragon Slayer and the God of Thunder to get away.
As expected, Deliora was completely unharmed when he reappeared from the smoke.
"Requip! Mother Gaia Armor!" Erza shouted out as her entire form was covered in golden energy.
Within seconds, Erza was in one of her most powerful armors.
She twirled her spear in a circle and then stabbed the bottom of the spear into the flooring of the cavern.
Suddenly, two giant orange glowing spikes of rock erupted in front of Deliora.
However, the spikes broke apart as they struck Deliora, not being able to pierce the demon's hide.
The orange glowing parts of the spikes exploded, causing the entire cavern to be covered in a large cloud of dust.
With their target no longer in their sight, Tyson, Erza, Mizu, Ur and Happy were now taking extra care, Deliora had shown the ability to move with incredible speed for something of it's size.
Happy suddenly screamed out in pain as a large tail blindsided him, sending the blue furred exceed into the cavern's left side, where he lay, unconscious and buried under a pile of rubble he created with his body.
Tyson, not wanting this to continue any longer, gathered his power and yelled out, "Fire Dragon Inferno Overload!"
With his entire form now covered in golden flames, he sent a powerful blast of fire in a large circle that got rid of the dust and made it possible to see in the cavern.
Only to see Deliora literally about to bring his left foot down onto Tyson.
He quickly got out of the way with his Thunder Dragon Slayer magic, safely away from the massive demon.
Deliora turned directly towards Tyson and opened his mouth, where a sphere of dark purple and black energy was gathered in seconds.
Deliora then sent a 50 foot wide beam of dark purple and black energy towards him, who had no time to respond to the attack.
Seeing that he couldn't dodge the attack, Tyson crossed his left and right arms across his chest and boosted a massive portion of power into a shield of flames in front of him.
When the beam hit the golden shield, it caused a massive gust of air to be sent all over the cavern as the shield struggled to keep the beam of energy back from striking him.
After about 35 seconds, the beam finally started to die down, allowing Tyson to uncross his arms and see where the massive demon was.
To his horror, the demon was now within striking distance with his massive arms, one of which had been reared back and was ready to smash him into paste.
"Ice Make: Floor!" Ur called out as she covered the entire cavern in a thin layer of ice.
With the sudden and completely unexpected change in flooring, Deliora slipped onto his back and slammed down onto the ground.
Seeing an opportunity, Tyson gathered magic power around his body that was enveloped in a aura of light and gravity then yelled out, "Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Sacred Cosmos Dying Star Assault!"
He propelled himself towards Deliora, leaving a trail of starry light as he hit Deliora with a devastating punch.
Erza, seeing a chance, ran as fast as she could towards Deliora and as the demon screamed in pain and flailed it's limbs around, Erza roared out as she reared her arm back and then threw her spear as hard as she could towards Deliora's eye.
The spear had no problem piercing and destroying Deliora's right eye, causing the demon to flail around even more as the pain increased.
Tyson saw the spear and had a brilliant idea.
(Cue Song: Fairy Tail: Scarlet Warrioress)
Gathering a massive amount of his power, Tyson yelled out, "Gateway to Heaven: Zeus's Assault!"
He reared his fist back and punched Deliora really hard.
After striking the demon, blue electricity surged across the cavern.
It continued for several minutes.
With the speed and ferocity of a avenging god, the electricity struck Erza's spear and then traveled downwards into Deliora's body.
Deliora screamed out in pain, the power of the electricity destroying his body and cooking his insides. In all his years of existence, Deliora had never felt such pain as this, it was by far the most painful attack he had ever taken.
After what seemed like an eternity, the electricity finally died down, revealing Deliora's smoking body.
Every single pore and orifice was leaking out smoke and in a few cases, blood.
Deliora wasn't moving anymore and finally seemed to be dead for real this time.
Tyson was sagging a little, those last spells took a toll on him, having to use two different Dragon Slayer Secret Arts at the same time was not something he could do on a regular basis and it cost him some stamina to pull off.
He jumped off Deliora's body, his legs swaying a little underneath his weight.
"Tyson!" Erza yelled out as she ran over to her boyfriend.
"I'm fine. Just need to recharge." He said as he opened a pouch on his belt and took out a small bright red and orange fire crystal.
Tyson popped the crystal into his mouth, chewed it up and instantly felt his power return and all of his tiredness leave him like it was never there.
Ur came over, a battered, bleeding and small Happy in her arms.
"Happy!" Tyson shouted as he saw the condition of his little buddy.
He gently took Happy from Ur and then sent healing magic into Happy.
The cuts slowly healed themselves while the bruises started to disappear, and the larger wounds began to mend themselves.
After a few minutes of pumping magic into Happy, the little exceed opened his eyes and groaned a little.
"Hey buddy. How are you feeling right now?" He asked, a little worried about his surrogate son.
"I feel like a train ran over me." Happy said, wincing a little as he moved his body slightly.
"Rest little buddy." Tyson said as he turned to Ur and Erza. "Let's go find Lucy and Gray."
The two women nodded and then left the cavern with him, Mizu and Thor, searching for Gray and Lucy.
None of them saw the black mist that appeared.
The mist moved over to Deliora and like the patch of black mist that appeared earlier, this cloud was absorbed into Deliora's heart.
The demon suddenly jerked upwards, as if struck by electricity and then started shaking once more as the black mist began to work it's dark and terrible magic.
Meanwhile, with Tyson and co...
Tyson sighed as he sat down on a rock.
Right now, he was currently looking over Gray, who was actually not hurt that badly by Deliora's punch, but he had hit his head and fallen unconscious.
Ur had generated a large amount of ice and then had Gray eat it and his head wounds had healed up and he should be awake in a few minutes.
Ur herself was presently deep in thought as she stared towards the heavens above.
Lucy was fine and was currently regathering her magic to try and relieve her sore muscles after the hard battle they had just fought.
Happy was asleep on Tyson's lap, the little exceed had been tuckered out after he had been healed.
Mizu was using the magic mapping technique to restore his lost Water Dragon Slayer magic.
Erza was currently sitting next to Tyson, tending to the small little fire they had built.
"So, how long are we waiting until we return to the village?" Erza asked.
"Just until Gray wakes up. I want to end this job and get off the island as quick as possible. This was supposed to be a simple job, not one where we take on one of the strongest demons ever created, who then receives a major power boost by some unknown black mist. How come we never get a simple job?" Tyson asked Erza with exasperation in his voice.
"Well, you can never say our jobs aren't interesting." Erza replied with a smile as she laid her head on his right shoulder.
"That's true." Tyson agreed as he laid his head against Erza's.
The two mages laid there, perfectly quiet, just enjoying the sounds of the campfire and the peacefulness that was so welcomed after such a crazy few days.
Gray's groaning as he started to wake up shattered that sense of peace and tranquility that had just settled in.
Gray opened his eyes and said, "What the hell hit me?"
"Deliora struck you and you were sent flying through a wall. You weren't that badly hurt, but you did hit your head. How are you feeling?" Tyson asked.
"Well, I have had better days, but I am good to fight if we need to." Gray said as he started rotating his arms.
"Let's hope we don't have to. There's been enough fighting lately." Tyson replied.
The group fell silent at that, each one thinking of what had occurred since they arrived on the island.
Tyson then smelled something, a familiar smell that was coming from behind a group of trees.
"Come out. I know you're there." He said.
For a few minutes, nothing happened and then finally four figures came out of the tree line.
It was Lyon, Sherry, Yuka and Toby and they slowly approached the Fairy Tail mages.
Neither group said anything to each other, all of them staring at each other, as if they were daring the other side to make the first move. However, both sides knew that if it came down to a fight, Fairy Tail would win with almost no problems, as they had shown earlier, the Fairy Tail mages were much stronger than Lyon's little group.
"What are you doing here?" Mizu asked, not happy to see the four.
Ur then got up and approached Lyon.
She walked within two feet of Lyon and then with blinding speed slapped him so hard even Tyson winced a little at the sheer sound of it.
Lyon looked back at Ur and said, "I guess I deserved that one."
"You bet you did. What in the name of Mavis were you fucking thinking Lyon? Waking up a demon of Deliora's caliber is not only foolish, it is suicidal. Tell me, what were you thinking?" Ur said, the woman trying not to give into the impulse to choke Lyon until he passed out.
Lyon was silent for a few seconds before he said, "I wanted to prove that I had surpassed you."
Ur grit her teeth and said very slowly, "So you risked not only getting yourself killed, but also everyone else on this island and possibly beyond it, all just so you could prove a point."
Lyon nodded his head and waited for Ur to react.
Said woman's hands were starting to shake as the rage and fury towards her former student was building up until she could no longer control it.
She reared her right fist back and then sent a truly impressive right haymaker into Lyon's face, a satisfying thwack heard all over the clearing.
Ur then gave Lyon an even harder left hook and then a right knee to the gut.
Lyon was bent over as pain racked all over his body and then he felt a massive jolt of pain as Ur brought down the massive light blue ice hammer she had created down onto his skull.
Ur then roughly grabbed Lyon by the collar of his jacket and pulled him up to her eye level.
"If you ever do something this impossibly stupid again, I will break both of your arms. Are we clear?" Ur said, the rage and fury clearly able to be heard in her voice.
Lyon gave a weak nod and was then roughly thrown to the ground by Ur.
Ur walked over to the campfire and sat down on the ground, an aura of anger clearly able to be felt by everyone.
Sherry, Yuka and Toby then picked Lyon up and took him to the other side of the campfire.
The four new mages sat quietly, they knew that they were on thin ice with the mages present.
"What you did was wrong Lyon, for a number of reasons. The most prominent among them was trying to use the magic I taught you in a way that would have gotten innocent people around you killed for your selfish wants and desires. You broke one of the most important rules I taught you. Never use your magic in a way that will get others killed. Your selfishness, pride and need for a childish sense of satisfaction put many people's lives at risk." Ur lectured her former student.
Lyon said nothing in his defense, his eyes showed that he was ready for whatever punishment Ur would give him.
"I am truly disappointed in you Lyon. I thought I taught you to do better, to be better. I guess I thought wrong." Ur said.
These words were like a knife to the heart for Lyon, all he ever wanted was for Ur to see him as an equal, to be respected by his master as much as he respected her. Thinking back, Lyon saw what an arrogant and prideful fool he had been. There had been dozens of different ways and methods he could have used to prove to his master that he was just as good of a mage as she was.
Just as Ur was about to continue her rant, the temple that was a good 300 feet away exploded.
The force of the blast knocked all of the mages off their feet and sent them flying backwards.
"Oh not again. How many times are we going to deal with you today." Mizu grumbled in frustration after getting to his feet.
Once the other mages got their bearings and looked to see what had caused the blast, their blood froze.
Standing in the destroyed remains of the temple was Deliora, but he was once again different from what the mages saw last time.
He was now 350 feet tall, had a much larger build to him now, with muscles rippling all over his body and now his hide was colored a mixture of black and silver this time. He now had a more hunched over posture, most likely due to the massive set of spines coming from his back. Going down his back were two lines of massive spines that started off small, then grew much larger and then grew smaller as they reached down to the tip of Deliora's tail. Along both sides of his back was a purple glowing jagged tattoo and going up the very middle of his back was a massive arrow shaped dark purple and blood red glowing tattoo. Deliora's arms had grown a massive bony protrusion from his elbow, his knuckles now had thick bony black armor on each joint, his hands had five large fingers each one tipped with a large silver claw and on top of the hands was a round clear pod that held a large amount of dark red and black glowing liquid that swirled around like a hurricane. His hind legs, kneecap and thigh were covered with thick spiny bony armor, as well as his shoulders. Deliora's mane of hair was still silver, but now the fringes of the hair were dark purple and there were several jagged streaks of black mixed in as well. Deliora now had a total of four massive horns that curved upwards on either side of his forehead and in the middle of his forehead was the familiar glowing demon tattoo, but now the tattoo was only glowing silver this time. On either side of his face were three small black spikes and on the tip of his chin were three black spikes as well and finally, his eyes were changed. Now there was a pupil and a sclera. The sclera being bright blood red and the pupil being a sinister dark purple.
The mages were rooted to the place where they stood in pure fear, this was by far the most sinister and powerful demon the group had ever faced, his power was like a massive ocean of evil, the killing intent and darkness leaking off of the terrible demon was suffocating and terrifying.
Deliora turned towards the mages and narrowed his eyes at them.
His eyes then glowed and shot two beams of energy towards them.
"Move!" Ur yelled out as all the mages scrambled to get out of the way of the energy beams.
Tyson was the first one to get back to his feet, his flames ignited and covered his fists.
He looked over the new form of Deliora and knew that although Deliora's power was now much greater, all that extra armor and muscle mass would slow him down considerably.
Tyson disappeared in a flash of electricity and reappeared right above Deliora's back.
He cocked his fist backwards and yelled out, "Fire Dragon Cannon Blaster!"
Punching his right fist forwards, a massive golden serpentine dragon came forth and struck Deliora in the back, causing a large explosion.
However, Deliora gave no cry of pain as the spell struck him and when the smoke cleared, there wasn't even a single scratch on his hide.
Suddenly, one of Deliora's numerous tail spikes on his back shot off towards Tyson.
Using his thunderous speed he avoided the attack, but it was still a massive shock.
Deliora now not only seemed to possess seemingly indestructible skin, but he most likely had his incredible healing ability. This meant that killing him would be nearly impossible. He also appeared to have advanced energy projection abilities and also the ability to shoot his spines like missiles at will. All of this together means that Deliora was now quite possibly the most dangerous foe anyone in the group had ever faced.
Gray and Lyon had both gotten up and were casting their own spells now.
"Ice Devil Zeroth Super Destruction Bow!"
"Holy Ice Make: Eagles!"
Gray created his trusty purple ice bow and Lyon created a flock of light blue eagles.
Gray notched his arrow and shot the massive projectile into Deliora's chest, just as Lyon's eagles struck Deliora's upper chest.
When the smoke cleared from their assault, there weren't any signs that the attacks had even struck Deliora.
"Damn, that healing ability is making it so none of our attacks leave any openings we can capitalize on." Gray cursed.
Deliora then turned towards the two mages and with a loud roar shot two eye beams at them.
The two mages ran to get out of the way as quickly as they could, but they were still too close to the blast and they were sent flying by the power of the blasts.
Lucy had regained a little of her magic, she only had enough to fire a total of three Celestial Star Blasts and then she will be completely out of magic, so she is waiting for the right time to act, the time where she can maximize the amount of damage she could do.
"Requip! Blackwing Armor!" Erza shouted out as her current armor was swapped out for a new armor.
Within seconds, Erza was now clothed in the familiar Blackwing armor.
Without wasting any time, Erza quickly took off into the skies and headed for the back of Deliora's neck, hoping to cause enough damage to paralyze the demon.
However, as she flew around to get to the back of the neck, Deliora's spikes fired off, causing a thick blanket of explosions that kept Erza from getting any closer.
"Dammit, those spikes are making it too difficult to get at the base of the neck. Maybe if I approach from the ground." Erza said to herself.
Erza quickly flew towards the ground, but just as she was about to hit the ground, she bent upwards and flew three inches above the ground, allowing her to bypass the defenses.
She flew underneath Deliora and then flew directly towards the monster's throat, her sword drawn and ready.
Before the monster could even react, Erza had already slashed the demon five separate times before she flew away, too fast for Deliora to react.
However, the attack proved to be completely useless, as the demon's tough hide and super healing abilities made sure that any damage done was healed so quickly there wasn't any time to attack.
Deliora turned towards Erza and fired his two eye beams, forcing Erza to dodge and move away from the demon, lest she be hit by those powerful weapons.
Ur shouted out, "Ice Make: Ice Volcano!"
She slammed her hand into the ground and underneath Deliora a massive light blue magic circle appeared and a Goliath explosion of ice erupted from the ground and struck Deliora.
Deliora roared in anger as the attack struck him and caused him to fall onto his back, exposing the monster's stomach.
"Everyone, he can't get up! Give it everything you got!" Tyson yelled as he powered up.
"Fire Dragon Solar Blitz Assault!"
"Ice Devil Zeroth Glacier Cannon!"
"Holy Ice Make: Dragon!"
"Raging Sea: Leviathan's Rampage!"
"Ice Make: War Lances!"
"Celestial Star Blast!"
"Requip! Mother Gaia Armor!"
"For Midgard!"
Sherry, Toby and Yuka joined in and all fired their attacks at the same time, adding their own power to the fight.
The plethora of powerful attacks all struck Deliora in the same spot, creating a massive dust cloud that blocked the massive demon from view.
For a few seconds, nothing was heard or happened and then Toby said, "I think we got him."
Just then, a massive fist came out of the cloud and smashed into Toby, sending the dog man flying through the air and out of sight.
"Toby!" Yuka yelled in distress after seeing his friend hurt by the demon.
Before anyone could react, the fist swatted both Sherry and Yuka away, sending them flying away as well.
Deliora appeared from the cloud, more angry then hurt by those attacks.
With blinding speed, he swatted Happy into a boulder with his massive tail and then punched Lyon into the ground with his fist.
Gray saw red and roared out in anger, "Ice Devil Zeroth Long Swords!"
He then formed two light purple swords made of ice and charged for Deliora.
Deliora saw the attacking mage and quickly opened his mouth then charged up a purple and black magic beam.
Deliora shot the beam towards Gray, who barely had time to shout out, "Ice Make: Shield!"
The purple beam struck the shield and quickly destroyed it, but not before Gray got out of the beam's path and continued his charge for Deliora.
Gray jumped up onto Deliora's arm and quickly scaled the massive demon, intent on getting to the demon's throat.
Deliora turned towards Gray and was about to blast him, when a powerful golden ball of fire struck his face and caused a massive explosion.
Deliora turned towards Tyson, who was flying around and shooting small blasts of golden fire to keep Deliora's attention firmly on him so Gray would have time to get to the demon's throat.
Deliora charged up his eye beams and fired at him, but he simply dodged them and continued to fire at Deliora.
Deliora roared out as his eye beams continued to fire at Tyson, who was ducking and weaving around boulders and tree lines to keep the beams from hitting him.
Try as he might, Deliora was not able to even graze Tyson and his distraction allowed Gray to scale his body until he was at the back of Deliora's neck.
Gray took a deep breath and yelled out, "Ice Devil Zeroth Arctic Chill!"
Gray cupped his hands by his side and yelled out as he threw them forwards and a massive purple ice beam came out of his hands and struck Deliora at the base of his neck.
Deliora roared out in pain as the purple ice beam began to bore through his neck.
Deliora then began to emit a dark purple and black aura as he powered up even further.
Gray had no time to react as Deliora then pulsed his aura, flinging Gray off of him and sending Gray flying into the ground.
Erza saw Gray fall and flew off to see if he was okay.
Deliora turned towards Erza and powered up his biggest mouth beam yet.
Erza saw the demon powering up the blast and knew she had to change armors since Gray couldn't move and get out of the way, so she has to protect him.
"Adamantine Armor!" Erza shouted out as she changed armors.
When the glow died down, Erza was now in a bulky and heavy suit of armor made up of dark blue and light blue plating with silver edges. On her chest was a silver cross while on her metal skirt are several silver spikes. The knee guards have two backwards curving dark blue metal claws on their sides. On her gauntlets were two massive white shields and finally, on her head is a spiked headdress with a reflective "V" plate in the middle.
Erza slammed the two shields together, allowing a massive green magic circle to appear in front of her just as Deliora fired his mouth beam.
The beam struck Erza's shield, causing a large gust of wind to erupt as the beam continued hitting the shield.
Erza grit her teeth as the shield started cracking under the intense pressure of the beam, but she would not move.
Tyson was currently attacking Deliora with all he had to try and cut the beam, but Deliora was not giving up.
"Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Crimson Lotus Exploding Flame Blade!" Tyson roared out, twirling his arms in a circular manner, creating a massive golden fire tornado that struck the back of Deliora, each tendril of the golden vortex exploding when it struck Deliora's back.
However, when the smoke cleared, Deliora's back was only covered in a few meaningless scorch marks.
Erza's shield was dangerously close to breaking right now and her magic power was almost gone, so if the blast hit, it would do massive amounts of damage.
Tyson tried to turn into electricity to get over to Erza, but Deliora backhanded him away.
Finally, the shield broke and the purple beam hit Erza.
A massive explosion erupted from the site, causing Tyson to cry out in horror, "NO!"
The only sound was the silence.
He closed his eyes as tears rolled down his face.
Tyson opened his eyes and turned to Deliora, a expression of hatred all over his face.
(Cue Song: Skillet: Monster)
"You will pay." He quietly said as the golden flames of Dragon Force twisted around him like a massive dragon.
After ten seconds, something happened that no one was expecting.
Crimson flames began to appear on the outside of the golden flames, while blue electricity began to crackle all over the flames as well.
With a massive roar, a massive blast of fire that was too bright to be seen blasted outwards, obliterating everything in it's path.
When the smoke died down, Tyson was able to be seen once again, but he was different now.
His flames were still golden, but they were now crimson colored and his entire form had thunder crackling over it.
At long last, he had managed to merge both Dragon Force and the Crimson Electric-Fire Dragon modes together, creating a new and more powerful fusion.
Tyson turned his eyes towards Deliora and said, "I'm ending this here and now. No more holding back, no more fighting. Let's finish this once and for all."
With that battle cry, he rocketed forward with the speed of thunder and nailed Deliora with a massive right hook.
"What happened?" Lucy asked Ur. "Before Tyson's golden flames didn't do anything to Deliora and yet now he is doing lots of damage."
"He has somehow managed to merge both Dragon Force and his Crimson Electric-Fire Dragon modes together and also his rage is giving him a massive boost in raw strength. His rage is also enhancing his flames, allowing them to burn through Deliora's hide due to how hot they are now. Can't you feel the heat, even all the way over here?" Ur asked as she tended to Erza, who wasn't dead, but badly hurt.
Lucy stopped then nodded and said, "Yeah, it's incredibly hot all the way over here, I can't imagine how hot it must be right next to Tyson."
Lucy was right, the temperature had risen ten degrees and they were well over 700 feet away from the battle.
Lucy then started healing Erza once again, her Celestial Magic able to heal the minor wounds and start fixing up the worse ones, but Erza needs to see a doctor fast.
Gray had also gotten up and was currently going back to the battle, now that Tyson was melting off the demon's hide his Devil Slayer magic will be able to do maximum damage.
Meanwhile, with Tyson...
He roared out as he smashed his fist into Deliora's forehead, causing a massive explosion that sent the demon onto it's back.
Tyson then yelled out, "Crimson Thunder-Fire Dragon Wing Attack!"
He raised his hands behind his head then slashed them in an "X" form, causing two tendrils of golden fire coated with crimson flames that were enhanced by blue thunder to go flying downwards and then strike Deliora across the chest, causing a massive X to be burned through his hide, the fire now so intense and powerful that Deliora's healing abilities had a hard time countering all the damage the demon was taking.
He wouldn't let up and so charged forward shouting, "Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Thunder-Fire Dragon Fist!"
Once close enough, Tyson unleashed a blistering storm of punches that were too fast to be seen at Deliora's chest, causing massive holes to be blown through the demon's hide, causing massive holes to be blown through the demon's hide, and this was then followed up by the thunderbolt that would then strike the hole, increasing the overall damage the demon was taking.
Deliora tried to hit Tyson, but the enraged Dragon Slayer simply blew the demon's arm off and continued beating the life out of the massive demon.
"Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Crimson Lotus: Volcanic Purgatory Blade!" Tyson roared out as he back flipped off of Deliora and then punched the ground with his right fist.
Three massive golden lines with crimson edges and blue thunder flowing through them came out of Tyson's fist and went through the ground until they reached Deliora.
When they did, a truly horrific amount of golden flames with crimson edges and blue thunder came out and blasted Deliora all over his body.
The demon's roar of pain could not be heard as the roar of the explosion was so loud it drowned the roar out.
The gust of air from the explosion was so strong that it uprooted trees, sent rocks hurtling with the speed of missiles everywhere and caused a 100 foot tall plume of smoke to be sent into the air.
Tyson sent a pulse of magic out to clear up the air and see Deliora's condition.
It was, in a word, horrible.
One of Deliora's arms was blown off, the entire backside of Deliora was nearly melted away, the mane completely gone, and the hide all over the demon covered in horrific burns and open wounds.
Deliora was still alive, but he couldn't possibly recover from the amount of damage done to him.
Tyson was about to finish Deliora off when Gray said, "Wait."
He turned towards his friends as Gray said, "Please let me kill me."
Tyson then remembered what Deliora had done to Gray.
Deliora had killed his parents, taken his master from him for several years and nearly killed him twice. It was Gray's right to kill the beast that had taken everything from him.
Tyson nodded and said, "Make sure you kill him once and for all. Leave nothing behind. This is the second time he's come back. Wipe it out completely."
Gray nodded and powered up to his maximum when Tyson placed his hand on Gray's left shoulder and gave him a boost in strength.
Gray's strength increased five fold and he yelled out, "Ice Devil Zeroth ARCTIC CHILL!"
A purple beam that was bigger than any Gray had ever created shot forth and completely covered Deliora.
The purple beam didn't stop at Deliora and continued all the way to the ocean and then continued onward for about 1,000 feet away from the island.
After thirty seconds of firing, Gray stopped powering the beam and they saw the result.
A new 15 foot deep trench that went for more than a mile was now dug into the island and as for Deliora, not even a speck of the beast remained.
Gray nodded, feeling a weight he had never known about to be lifted off of his shoulders.
Gray then felt several tears fall from her eyes as he said, "Mom. Dad. I avenged you. I hope you can rest in peace."
Gray then noticed purple energy coming towards him, same as Lullaby.
Gray stretched out his right arm as the purple energy approached.
The purple energy swirled around his demon tattoo for a few seconds and then it entered into Gray, granting him a massive boost in power.
Tyson had left Gray to have a private moment alone when he noticed Lucy, Happy, Mizu and Ur all surrounding Erza, who now had a swath of bandages wrapped around her waist, left forearm, right leg and around her forehead. Thor was a few feet to the right, floating off the ground.
Tyson ran over and said, "Erza! How is she?"
"She is stable enough to move. We need to get her to the village, now." Ur said.
He nodded and then gently picked the red head up bridal style then as one, the group of Fairy Tail mages made their way back to the village.
Time skip...
Erza gently groaned as she regained consciousness and saw she was in the medical hut.
Tyson was sleeping by her side, soft and gentle breaths coming from him.
Erza took his hand and just laid there, the peace and quiet of the hut a soothing remedy for all that had happened to them since they came to the island.
Tyson's breathing suddenly increased as he came back to the land of the living.
He turned towards Erza and smiled when he saw she was awake.
"Hey." He said, gentle and quiet.
"Hey. What happened?" Erza asked, wanting to know.
"Well, after you were hurt, I become enraged and somehow managed to fuse Dragon Force and Crimson Thunder-Fire Dragon mode together and I managed to bring Deliora near death due to my flames being intense enough to melt through Deliora's hide. I let Gray land the final blow and then we took you to the village. Oh, and we also broke the curse. Ur created a massive ice javelin that Gray and Happy boosted so it would hit the dome of mist particles surrounding the island. The villagers then got their memories back and found out they were demons. Bobo returned shortly after that." Tyson said.
"Oh, so it seemed I missed a little. What was the Celestial Spirit Key for completing the quest?" Erza asked.
"Sagittarius the Archer. None of us wanted to touch the money unless you were there to get your share." Tyson told Erza.
"I see. How long until I can leave?" Erza asked.
"Since you're all healed up within a day's time you won't even know you had been injured. So, you could get up and leave right now if you want to." Tyson said.
"Really?" Erza asked, raising her eyebrows.
He nodded and so Erza tried it out.
Her legs were a bit unstable, but she quickly corrected that and so in about ten minutes, Erza was dressed and ready to go.
"Wait, there's something we need to discuss first." Tyson said.
"Okay?" Erza said, a little unsure of where this was going.
"After you were injured, I was afraid you had been killed. I've never felt that kind of fear before. I'm sorry for bringing us here. Why didn't I listen to you and Makarov." He said, unable to face Erza.
"Tyson, there was no way you could have known this would happen. Besides, we are mages, it's our job to put ourselves on the line everyday. Risk of death is all a part of the job." Erza said, trying to tell her boyfriend it was alright.
"I still should have listened to you two." He said.
"You're right. You should have. Now, what are you going to do to fix it?" Erza asked, waiting for his response.
"I will become strong enough so something like this never happens again. I should also listen to the advice people give me." Tyson said.
"Good. I would have been disappointed in you if you had just mopped around. Now come on, we have some reward money to collect." Erza said as she held out her left hand.
Tyson took it and Erza led him out the door and over to where Moka was.
"Thank you for breaking the curse and returning Bobo to us. As promised, 7 million jewels." Moka said as two demons came in with a massive treasure chest filled with golden jewels.
Tyson nodded and then touched the chest, sending it into his pocket dimension so when they return to Fairy Tail they can split the reward there.
"It was our pleasure Moka. I hope we can see you again sometime." Erza said, bowing to Moka.
"I hope so to. Bobo has agreed to let you use his boat to get back to the mainland. Pleasant journey." Moka said as he bowed to the two mages in return.
The two mages bowed to Moka and then left the hut.
They found the rest of their group in another hut eating some food.
Once they heard the reward money had been given to them, they cleaned up and prepared themselves to go back home.
"Where are Lyon, Sherry, Toby and Yuka?" Erza asked the group.
"They went back to the mainland in the boat Ur rented. Where they go after that, I have no idea." Gray answered as he got all of his stuff.
"Come on. If we leave the village now, we should be able to reach Hargeon by nightfall." Tyson said as he hauled two bags of food they had bought from the villagers.
The group quickly left the village then got on the boat and set sail for Hargeon, the end of their time on Galuna.
However, Tyson was thinking about what happened to Deliora.
'How did that black mist appear twice and power Deliora up? Another thing, how did Deliora even survive being freed from Iced Shell? Ur told me that spell drains the life of the occupant, it should have been nothing but a dead husk. It can't be a coincidence. Someone is behind this. But the question is, who?' Tyson thought.
He had no idea how right he was.
Elsewhere...
The mysterious figure was looking out towards the ocean, deep thoughts on his mind.
"So, Tyson was ultimately more powerful than even Deliora with two power boosts. He is certainly showing that he might be capable of killing me. However, I need more proof of his strength. I shall need to test Tyson more." The figure said.
The figure opened a dark portal and saw a man with hatred for Fairy Tail in his heart.
"I know just the kind of test I shall give. Prepare yourself Tyson, for this shall be an even greater challenge than Deliora." The figure said, making future plans.
Deliora may be dead, but it seems as if Deliora's death was merely a pawn in a much larger plan. What are the rest of the figure's plans and how shall they affect Fairy Tail? The future is unclear, but whatever the plans are, they are surely going to be bad for Fairy Tail.