Chapter 31:The Virgin Sacrifice

(A/N: Yep this chapter is going to be exclusively an Anna Heartfilla Chapter, time for her to shine or fall, whichever comes first think you all know where this is going.)


A few minutes ago.

Meanwhile at Fiore Skies

Outside the cube, Igneel and Metalicana are about to fly in when they see the Cube transforming into a massive demon.

"The cube is changing!" Igneel said to Metalicana.

"What's going on? Lady Irene is in trouble" Metalicana replied as he dashed towards the cube with Igneel.

The Cube is vastly changed in both appearance and size. The outside of the floating island expands dramatically, with the guild building's earthy islands moving to create almost decorative patterns on the surface of the mass, whilst scaly protrusions also begin to appear. On the lower face of Cube, these protrusions take on the form of long, plated tentacles and dark spines, which hang down and appear as legs. On the top of Cube, the new protuberances look more like the fins of a fish and flare out on either side of the island almost like hair. Also, crag-like formations rise from the top of Cube, creating large cliffs that jut from the top of the structure. However, most notably, a section of the lower face of Cube breaks away completely, opening up one of the side faces to resemble a humongous mouth with over-large teeth and fangs.

"UUWW AAARGH!" The monster roared as it produced a deafening roar that created a shockwave that shook the surrounding area

" What's going on here? What's with the creature?" Igneel said to himself.

"This isn't good, The Queen and Pope are in there." Metalicana shouted.

"O Dragonv dragons, I am Mard Geer Tartaros, leader of the Tataros Army of Demons created by Lord Zeref. Do not attempt to use your dragon magic against Plutogrim, you will risk killing your Queen of Dragons trapped within the bowels of the dragon along with the Pope of Zentopia."

"YOU BASTARD!" Igneel shouted"Hiding behind a monster like that, how cowardly."

"We can't have Dragonv interfere with our plans any further, hence why I created Plutogrim to fight off you annoying Dragon pests.

"You can't possibly hope to take us all on, your cube can only take so much damage." Metalicana shouted.

"I'm aware but we only need 30 minutes before we end your world and I intend to hold you all off until then. " Mard Geer replied as Plutogrim opened its mouth and out flew 50 smaller versions of itself and thousands of much smaller flying demons that surround the 20 Dragons "I have plenty of ways of delaying your progress towards us ." Mard Geer said to the dragons as he arrived within Magnolia Town '' Including using this town as my human shield " Mard Geer chanted as he grew massive thorns to summon giant man-eating Priahahna like plants to attack the town. The town folks panic as the plants destroy buildings and eat people.

"Damn it!" Ingeel shouted."You fucking coward!"

"Your choice is simple: Igneel and the dragons of Dragonv, you try to stop us and you might save your King and Queen but lose an entire town or you save the entire town but fail to stop us in time and we activate END. '' Mard Geer smirked as he went flying to the cube past Magnolia.

The dragons fight against an army of aerial Hencedemons along with miniature versions of Plutogrim which are the size of dragons. Metalicana and Igneel manage to thin down the numbers while losing several comrades at the same time. Metalicana and Igneel are backed up by Skiadrum and Wesslogia who used their team attacks to blow away some of the hencedemons and Mini Plutogrims. "Go we got this'' Wesslogia and Skiadrum tell the two to go fight the plant monsters within Fiore while they fight against the demons in the air.


Meanwhile at Zen Bay

Grandeenedy finished healing up all the patients brought to her. Of the patients,

"You finished healing everyone?" Belserion asked her.

"Yeah all of them stabilized, some are ready to resume battle immediately." Grandeeney stated as she finished healing Lexiel as she walked out of the tent. "I'm done healing, it's time I enter the battlefield. We're needed within Fiore. How are you doing? You think you can still fight with your injuries?" Grandeeney asked him.

"I've dealt with worse injuries before, I just have to live with this disfigurement. After all, my time in this world is coming to an end soon. '' Belserion replied as the two walked out of the medical tent and saw a small battalion of hundreds of dragons. Amongst those being assembled were the human mages who defeated Tartarus.


Meanwhile at Fiore

Igneel and Metalicana are fighting against Plant monsters who are attacking the townsfolk. The plants tear through the households with the vines ripping through the walls and threatening to devour anyone inside however Igneel and Metalicana go to attack the giant plant monsters. Both of them mow through the plant monsters, easily decimating the creatures however one of them launches a deadly spore ball towards Igneel which unleashes a deadly cloud of poison spores

"Crap !"Ingeel shouted as the poison was about to hit him only to see Venomisky fly over and stop the poison cloud by absorbing it.

"You gotta be less careless Igneel." Venomisky said to Igneel.

"Glad to see you too!" Igneel replied.

"Get the queen of Dragons, me and Metalicana will handle these vermin."Venomisky said to Igneel.

"Right!" Igneel replied as he flies to follow Plutogrim.


Meanwhile at Corcus

The Cube arrives over the city and releases demons that attack the city. People were fleeing as the monster moved demolished buildings as the people fled. The army arrived and attempted to destroy the cube only for the attacks to have zero effect, even the cannons do nothing against the cube."

"Retreat, we can't do a scratch on this thing." The army retreated as their attacks failed.


Meanwhile inside The Cube

Anna was running from Mard Geer who was slowly gaining on her walking casually.

"I don't stand a chance against him in a direct fight, I have to find a weakness and capitalize. I know i can't hope to beat him but if i can get him to somehow dispel the spell Irene and Victor, we can have a fighting chance." Anna said to herself as she ran coming to a corridor and took out several talismans to throw them onto the walls.

Mard Geer walks into the talisman set up and she sees Mard Geer briefly paralyzed but Mard Geer remains calm as Anna pulls out a key and tries to summon Sagittarius.

"A sealing Talisman circle? You're quite skilled to set this on the fly, however that would hardly be enough!" Mard Geer said to Anna only to see Sagittarius summoned by Anna.

I know but it slowed you down enough for this, Sagittarius,take him down." Anna commanded Sagittarius.

"As you command Madam" he replies as he aims his bow and fires a barrage of arrows at Mard Geer at rapid speeds but the arrows are destroyed as thorns erupt from the ground Damn it."

"Not a bad strategy, had i been a lesser demon, you would've done a bit of damage but i'm in a completely different league from all the other Tartaros Demons combined." Mard Geer said to Anna.

"Aim for, his back !" Anna commanded Sagittarius.

"Right madam!" Sagittarius replies as he shoots a barrage of arrows at Mard Geer that bounce off the walls aiming for his back face but the arrows are effortlessly destroyed as a wall of Thorns appear behind Mard Geer.

"Open Gate of the Maiden Virgo" Anna chanted as she summoned Virgo who then comes out of the ground and attempts to hit Mard Geer with a surprise uppercut but Mard Geer effortlessly moves out of the way without moving a step.

"Maiden's Fisting!" Virgo chanted as she threw rapid punches while her arms were coated in gauntlets made of rocks towards Mard Geer but the Demon Lord effortlessly blocked the punches with his finger.

"Is this truly the best you got?" Mard Geer smirked as he was not being fazed by a barrage of arrows while blocking Virgo's punches.

"Hardly, Open Gate of the Crab, Cancer" Anna shouted as she goes to summon Cancer who dashes at Mard Geer at high speeds and goes to slash at the demon but he also evades the attack while blocking Virgo's punches with his finger and tanking Sagittarius rapid-fire arrows. Anna then goes to charge up her attack ready to hit Mard Geer.

"This might not be enough but if I can catch him by surprise, I can weaken the spell enough to save dad." Anna said to herself as she charged up her attack. Mard Greer was getting bored of fighting the three as he yawned.

"Time to end this pathetic game of resistance!" Mard Geer smirked as he used a thorn whip to smack back Virgo, Sagittarius, and Cancer however his guard was dropped.

"Holy Light Ray!" Anna chants as she shoots a massive blast of Holy Magic at Mard Geer but he uses his vine to absorb the attack.

"Not a bad attack, however nowhere near powerful enough to even come close to beating me." Mard Geer said to the Celestial Spirit Mage.

"You guys okay?"Anna asked her spirits.

"Hardly, he's toying with us, if he wanted to, he could've easily killed us and sent us back to the Celestial Spirit World. We never fought anything this powerful within the last 500 years, not since the ancestor Lisa Heartfilla, the last Celestial Spirit Mage to wield 12 of our keys." Virgo explained to them.

"We can't win against him, he's too powerful!"Sagittarius stated.

"Even if all of us fought him, we wouldn't stand a chance." Cancer replied.

"We have no choice, we have to do something against him. Irene and Dad are trapped in his spell, I know we have no chance of victory but if we can do something to free the two, we can at least have a fighting chance." Anna stated as she was already starting to pant and show signs of fatigue.

"Princess, you already summoned 3 spirits and used your Holy Magic, your body is taxing out on magic reserves, you will be putting too much strain on your body." Virgo said to Anna.

"We have no choice, we need to hit him with everything we got!" Anna said back to her spirit as she took out three more gates. "Open Gate of the Lion, Open Gate of the Bull, Open Gate of the Goat" Anna chanted as she summoned Loki,Taurus, and Capricorn who all come to attack, "Open Gate of the Twins Gemini" Anna chanted as she summoned Gemini who she touches as it transformed into her and both of them charge up their strongest attack.

"You're pushing yourself too much Anna, you're going to end up dead at this point"Loki said to her.

. We must stop this clock at all cost." Anna said to her spirits as she was prepared to die fighting Tartarus.

"As you wish Madan!"Capricorn replied as he went to attack Mard Geer with Loki and Tarus.

"Let's hope" it doesn't come to that Madam" Loki replied as he dashed towards Mard Geer with his light sword "Regulus Impact!"Loki chants as he shoots a massive blast of light which forms into a massive Lion's head towards Mard Geer only for Mard Geer to casually smack it away with his right hand into a wall however Taurus goes to attack Mard Geer with a jumping slash.

"Rampage Slash!" Tatarus chants as he goes to hit Mard Geer with immense force but the Demon easily catches the ax with one finger and then goes to flick him towards Loki knocking the two together.

"It's rather hard to hold back my power against an opponent I can't kill." Mard Geer said to them.

"Loki, Taraurs, use your strongest attacks and combine them together with my attack" Anna said to the two of them as she takes out Fleuve d'étoiles and goes to use her magical grip to go to grab Mard Geer's right forearm but Mard Geer wasn't bothered as Anna struggled to pull him.

"You really think this is going to restrain me?" Mard Geer asked her only to see Loki and Tararus go to attack.

"Rampaging Wave" Taurus chanted as he swings his massive ax and generates an air pressure wave that uplifts rocks from the ground and launches them horizontally

"Regulus Shooting Stars" Loki chanted as he swung his sword and shot multiple blasts of light which they combined with Taurus attacks.

"Unison Raid: Rampaging Shooting Stars" Both of them chanted as their attacks combined into one and blasted Mard Geer with Light imbued rocks with a large vacuum wave hitting him in the process, creating a large cluster of explosions. Anna and Gemini then go to charge up their attacks "The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers, Thy lord cast forth his angels to punish the wicked. Divine Punishment" both Annas chanted as they fired a blast from a prayer position, shooting a powerful ray of light within a wide arc towards Mard Geer, creating a large light explosion.

"We did it!" Taurus bragged.

"Don't get cocky, that attack isn't enough to beat him!" Loki said to Taurus.

"I have a bad feeling that the attack didn't do anything to him." Anna said to her spirits as they saw the smoke clear and Mard Geer hardly had a scratch on him.

"To be able to execute a Holy Spell and a Unison Raid, not bad. But not good enough!" Mard Geer said to them as he dusted off the attack.

"Incredible, not even a scratch on him despite everything we hit him with." Loki said to Anna.

"Surely the attack should've even burned him, to withstand that many attacks." Taurus replied.

"Playtime is over !"Mard Geer smirks as he creates a barrage of Tendrils that knockdown Loki and Taurus, and knockdown Anna and Gemini sending them back to the spirit world. "Now to capture you!" Mard Geer said to Anna as his vines were about to ensnare her but a water barrier protects her from the vines and sends a water bubble over Mard Geer.

"Aquarius, you summoned yourself?"Anna asked her shocked to see her summon herself.

"And not a moment sooner, you're a fool trying to exert yourself again shortly after using your own spirits." Aqaurius said to Anna.

"I have no choice, he's too powerful for anything we can do on our own. I need a few more minutes, can you buy me some time Aquarius?" Anna asked Aqaurius.

"I can try but this demon, he's powerful, I doubt even with our current abilities we can take him…" Aquarius answered.

"We have no choice, i'm the only one left standing if i can weaken him enough so his spell can be released." Anna said to her spirit as she was exhausted.

"Again i'm not sure if we can. At least not with our current power… I'll try my best!"Aqaurius replied as she was ready to face off.

"They're all still alive, just petrified, they came all the way to save me, it's my turn to save them back. I have to go all out. Anna said to Aqaurius as she went to take out her keys again.

"You fool, you already used too many spirits, do you want to die an early death?" Aqaurius shouted as Anna.

"I have no choice, I have to go all out, this isn't the opponent we can hold anything back...I hope my body can take it. I have to do what I did before." Anna said to Aquarius as she was preparing to use it.

"You almost died the last time you used it…" Aquarius shouted as she grabbed Anna but Anna pushed her off.

"I also came close to killing several members of Tartarus, right about now, we have no other choice."OPEN ALL GOLDEN GATES!" Anna shouted as her aura glow golden as all 10 of her gates opened up.

"Not again master!"Loki shouted.

"Sorry, Loki but we got no other choice!" Anna replied back.

"You have a plan? " Cancer asked her.

"Yeah, we must hit him with everything we got, I'm going to be charging up my strongest attack. Aquarius can you do the same?" Anna asked her.

"Just give us the orders...Hopefully, you can make it" Cancer said to her.

"Just the fact you're able to summon all of us makes you an incredible Celestial Spirit Mage." Aquarius said to her as Anna struggled to stand.

"Let's do this" Anna replied, shrugging off her wounds.

"Huh, what does she think summoning those small fries would do? They barely did shit before!"Jackal laughed only to see a powered up Virgo dash to him and kick him in the stomach, causing him to cough up saliva and knock him through a wall.


Meanwhile at the old Grand Cathedral within Crocus

Brandman set up an altar within the middle of the church where he sets up the clock pieces and completely forms the Infinity Clock. Within the Church hovered a golden pyramid within the church

"Soon the clock will be completed and we will use the Real Nightmare and the sacrifice of the Bei Tribe Princess to resurrect the Phoenix which we will then merge its spirit into the Book of Zeref i hold, creating the ultimate Etherious END. With the time acceleration of Real Nightmare, the process that would usually take a whole year to create the demon will take merely an hour." Brandman said to himself as the clock gleamed as well as the church as it's bathed in Holy Light.


Meanwhile across Fiore

The ground shatters as A massive fish-like creature rises out of the ground near Crocus nearly the size of the entire city which causes destruction to the entire district where the church is located, the mere release of the monster causes the ground to tear apart, and the sky to darken across the entire continent. It then shoots hundreds of long chains out of its body which covers the country, aiming at its population centers.


Meanwhile at Fiore

Metalicana and his forces managed to destroy the plant creatures created by Mard Geer only to see the massive Fish like a creature from a distance and see several chains hit Magnolia Town, one of the chains hitting South Gate Park, One chain hitting the Sirona Lake area and one hitting the Karlard Cathedral as the chains begin to absorb Etherneranto from its surrounding sides.

"What's going on? "one of the dragons said to Metalicana.

"I don't know, it has to do with Tartarus. We have a big problem with the chains, those chains are absorbing the magic within the town, no the entire country, if we don't stop them, there will be nothing left of this country." Metalicana said to the dragons as he commands them to attack the chains.

"If my memory serves correctly, this is what Beslerion told us about. 500 years ago, the Monarch of Dragons fell in battle to a Demon Dragon King, in desperation to prevent the destruction of the world and enslavement of humanity, the humans constructed an ultimate weapon that can even slay Dragons known as the Infinity Clock but the weapon was too powerful and almost destroyed the entire world, such a weapon was impossible to be destroyed even by the strongest dragons as it's power rivaled that of a Dragon God, instead, a handful of noble mages sacrificed their lives to stop the destruction of the clock and sealed its power within 6 pieces of the clock however its power is still in a dominant state, while it can't be destroyed, we can still stop it before it achieves a higher form."Venomisky said to Metalicana as they feel the power of the clock.

"What are we waiting for, the destruction of the clock should be the top priority."Metalicana said to Venomisky as he was determined to stop the clock. Iron dragon roar As he fires a blast filled with metal shaving at the ship not even scratching it, "damn it can't even damage the thing.

"Be careful, the entire body of the Clock Monster is made of Pure Maginium, a metal that even dragons can't easily break through. Even an Iron dragon slayer like you can't break the Maginium. "Then How do we stop it?'' yells the iron dragon" . We can destroy the chains and slow down its absorption of magic to prevent it from becoming its true power." Venomisky explained to Metalicana as they both fly around to destroy the chains of the Infinity Clock monster which spans the entire country.


Meanwhile at Fiore

Metalicana and his forces managed to destroy the plant creatures created by Mard Geer only to see the massive Fish like a creature from a distance and see several chains hit Magnolia Town, one of the chains hitting South Gate Park, One chain hitting the Sirona Lake area and one hitting the Karlard Cathedral as the chains begin to absorb Etherneranto from its surrounding sides.

"What's going on? "one of the dragons said to Metalicana.

"I don't know, it has to do with Tartarus. We have a big problem with the chains, those chains are absorbing the magic within the town, no the entire country, if we don't stop them, there will be nothing left of this country." Metalicana said to the dragons as he commands them to attack the chains.

"If my memory serves correctly, this is what Beslerion told us about. 500 years ago, the Monarch of Dragons fell in battle to a Demon Dragon King, in desperation to prevent the destruction of the world and enslavement of humanity, the humans constructed an ultimate weapon that can even slay Dragons known as the Infinity Clock but the weapon was too powerful and almost destroyed the entire world, such a weapon was impossible to be destroyed even by the strongest dragons as it's power rivaled that of a Dragon God, instead, a handful of noble mages sacrificed their lives to stop the destruction of the clock and sealed its power within 6 pieces of the clock however its power is still in a dominant state, while it can't be destroyed, we can still stop it before it achieves a higher form."Venomisky said to Metalicana as they feel the power of the clock.

"What are we waiting for, the destruction of the clock should be the top priority."Metalicana said to Venomisky as he was determined to stop the clock. Iron dragon roar As he fires a blast filled with metal shaving at the ship not even scratching it, "damn it can't even damage the thing.

"Be careful, the entire body of the Clock Monster is made of Pure Maginium, a metal that even dragons can't easily break through. Even an Iron dragon slayer like you can't break the Maginium. "Then How do we stop it?'' yells the iron dragon" . We can destroy the chains and slow down its absorption of magic to prevent it from becoming its true power." Venomisky explained to Metalicana as they both fly around to destroy the chains of the Infinity Clock monster which spans the entire country.


Back at the cube

Anna hears the clock's sound, the infernal sound of the clock causes her to break into a cold sweat as she is overwhelmed in fear.

"No, the clock, it's already been activated" Anna said to herself as she hears the infernal clock as she feels the shaking from the cube and the gong.

"Thankfully us demons are immortal hence we're not fazed by the Infinity Clocks' aging ability, don't worry, as long as you're inside here, you will thankfully not be aged out of existence within the Tartarus Cube. Now continue your futile resistance as we fly closer to the sacrificial altar." Mard Geer explained to Anna as the clock's sound causes the cube to rumble.

"Over my dead body! Loki, Scorpio Use Sandstrom Axe Quake"! Anna commanded the two as Taurus smashes the ground with immense force and uses Scorpio to create a large sand tornado around Mard Geer however Mard Geer withstands both attacks blocking the blast and then uses two thorns on both of them to take them out, piercing through their midsections.

"UARRAGH!" Taurus grunted as he was forced back into the spirit world.

"GARRACH" Scorpio grunted as he was being forced back into the spirit world.

"TAURUS, SCORPIO" Anna shouted.

"Now time to end this resistance!" Mard Geer said to Anna as he aimed a tendril at her from the tornado.

"Sagittarius uses Sonic Arrow!" Anna commanded him.

"Right!" He replied as he shoots an arrow so fast, it catches on fire moving at Supersonic to hypersonic speeds which hits the Tornado and sets the Tornado around Mard Geer on fire, creating a flaming tornado.

"Quite the intense heat you generated!" Mard Geer says as he blocked that attack as well only to see that he can't move as his feet are covered in rocks.

"I got him bound Princess," Virgo said to Anna as Mard Geer struggled to move.

"Regulus Cross Slash!" Loki chants as he slashes Mard Geer with four powerful slashes which lightly cuts into Mard Geer's Chest.

"Garah, He actually landed a hit on me!" as he then breaks free and grabs Loki's sword with his hand before he can get another slash and breaks Loki's sword.

"Damn it!" Loki shouted only to get punched into the ground.

"Now to finish you!" Mard Geer smirked only to see Capricorn appear and slash at him.

"Regulus Wave" Capricorn chanted as he shot a massive blast towards Mard Geer knocking him off his feet. Mard Geer smirked as he was impressed with the attack.

"Not bad Goat spirit, that slightly hurt!" Mard Geer said to himself as he goes to unleash vines towards him but the goat spirit cuts through the Vines. Mard Geer then goes to attack Capricorn with his throne explosion only for Aries to block the attacks with her wool wall.

"Thanks for saving Aires, "Capricorn said to Aires.

"No problem!" Aires replied.

"He's too strong, we gotta do something, Loki stated.

"We almost got him, we need to all buy a bit more time for me to unleash my strongest spell with Gemini, if we can weaken him, we can break the spell this cube has on Irene and her dad." Anna said to the rest of them as they all plan their attack.

"I got my own attack planned out against him, I'm gathering as much water vapor as I can around this place to launch at him." Aquarius said to Anna as she charged up magical power within her large bucket.

"Me and Capciron are going to hold off the demon physically, Virgo, you use attacks from the ground, Aires protect Anna from the vines, Sagittarius, provide covering fire for us, Cancer tries to divert Mard Geer's attention.

Cancer goes to slash at Mard Geer but the demon blocks his attacks with ease only to see Sagittarius shoot another Sonic Arrow at him which Mard Geer dodges moving his head out of the way. Loki and Capricorn go to slash at Mard Geer which he takes as a considerable threat as he goes to block their attacks with the vines, using Vine tendrils with thrones to try to ensure the two only for Virgo to go to throw large slabs of rock at him which he smashes with his vines however he then sees Aquarius smirked as she charged up her attack.

"Take this! Hydro Cannon!" Aquarius chanted as she shot a massive blast of a concentrated water blast which forms into a large swirling ball of water that hits Mard Geer directly. The blast was so strong, it proceeded through plutogrim causing the monster to roar in pain as a 6-foot diameter hole was through it.

"URRAGGH!" Plutogrim roared in pain but it regenerated easily from the damage.

Mard Geer was still standing but covering himself, he was soaked by the blast and had light bruises and damage to his outfit.

"Not bad, but looks like you used up all your power." Mard Geer said to Aquarius as Aquarius collapsed on the ground, Mard Geer then goes to attempt to finish her off only to see Anna and Gemini charge up their attack.

"Uno Materia '' and Gemini both chanted as they fired 88 orbs of light towards Mard Geer as he went to evade only to see Virgo again bind him.

"Gotcha, Princes, get him!" Virgo said to him

"Crap!" Mard Geer grunted as he was hit by all 176 multicolor Light Orbs which blasted his body with intense force as the cube was engulfed in a bright light that mildly irritated Plutogrim.

"We did it!" Anna said to the spirits as she fell to one knee. All the spirits except Loki and Aquarius instantly dispel. It looked like the cube was going to revert back with the fleshy walls burning but it stopped and started to regenerate."Impossible, that should've been enough to dispel the entire thing... '' Anna said to herself as she saw Mard Geer emerging severely damaged with several cuts despite the injuries. Mard Geer's demeanor barely changed and he shrugged off the attacks while Anna was severely worn out, however not to the point of collapse.

"I must admit for a celestial spirit mage, you're quite powerful, probably the most powerful I've seen in a while. To think each of your spirits are at least comparable to some of the members of Tartarus can't afford to delay my plans playing with you, you are my sacrifice after all, and the sooner we commence the ceremony, the fewer issues we need to deal with that meddlesome country Dragonv. The Infinity Clock Castle has awakened, we shall delay no further on the ceremony. To Obtain its true power, it would require a Celestial Spirit Mage of considerably high power such as yourself, hence why we targeted you of all people. You are the key for us controlling the power of the Infinity Clock and casting Real Nightmare." Mard Geer explained to her.

"As if I'll let you!" Anna shouted as she went to ensnare him with Fleuve d'étoiles wrapping it around his neck "I won't let you transform into your Etherious form, not while I got you, I need to drain you of enough power so I can break the spell. " Anna said to Mard Geer as he transformed into his Etherious form while the whip was on his neck "Impossible, you can turn into it without incantation or hand movements?"

"Precisely, good effort on your part but time to show you how meaningless your efforts are human." Mard Geer replies as he breaks the whip with ease and goes to grab Anna but Loki goes to block his forearm with his sword.

"I won't let you pass!" Loki shouted only to see his sword crack and then shatter again "He's too strong!" Loki shouted as Mard Geer grabbed him and smashed his head into the wall sending him back to the Celestial spirit world.

"Shit!" Aquarius shouted as she uses a large wave of water towards Mard Geer to hold him off but Mard Geer effortlessly tanks it swimming through the blast and slashes Aqauriius across the chest and shoulder with his hand. Anna seeing her strongest spirits defeated was filled with overwhelming despair.

" Looks like I showed you how futile your efforts are. You used too much magical power at once, how reckless. I Need you alive after all, you are needed to complete the Infinity Clock Heartfilia" Mard Geer said to Anna as he slowly walked towards her.

"I can't let it end like this…..he's too powerful…...daddy….dad… he's the only one who can beat him… not even Irene can...but they're not here…. I got to save them… i got to save everyone….if i don't...then the whole world is doomed...I have one attack left, i have no choice." Anna said to herself as she goes to form an attack that even Mard Geer fears.``Thy soldiers of God, my god ordain you with the spear that slew his son to seek vengeance on the demons who corrupted humanity with sin that turned against the Messiah, God's chosen soldier, ordained with the spear at his side will spew the blood of satan with the same spear that pierced the messiah, filled with his blood and water, the spear of the Holy One." Anna chanted as she was forming an incancinaiton.

"That dreadful attack...the one your father killed me with?... How did you learn that?... It takes years to master an attack on that level, how does a little shit like you know that attack." Mard Geer shouted as he saw her charging up her attack.

"Because...I'm the heir to the Heartfilia Clan,Framea Lux De Exito Sanctus(Latin for Saint Destroying Spear of Light)" Anna chanted as he throws a spear made of pure light which causes Mard Geer to panic as he sees the spear of light come towards him.

Mard Geer grabs the spear and struggles to hold it back as the spear pushes him back and back, the spear was so strong, his arms started to burn and catch fire as the spear overwhelmed him….. However, just when Anna got hope, he managed to break the spear in half.

"No… my last-ditch attack, it wasn't enough…" Ana said to herself as she fell to the ground face-first unable to move "I can't move my body".

Mard Geer's hands were burned by the attack.

"You cease to amaze me the daughter of the Pope, however, it matters not, you would be a sacrifice to bring back END along with the Bei Tribe princess. To master such an incredibly powerful spell. The Spear contains Holy Magic that was used by the Messiah to save the world from is a perfect weapon to use against demons like us, shame you didn't use it when your spirits were fighting, but it doesn't matter, you will come with me." Mard Geer explained to her as he goes to grab her.

"Is This how it ends...I'm sorry dad... Zentopia, and especially you Irene." Anna said to herself as she was unable to move as he went to grab her but before he could, he was stopped by a wave from Aquarius.

"WHAT, IMPOSSIBLE! You should've been summoned, there's no way she has any magic left ." Mard Geer said shocked to see Aqaurius appear despite her power.

"Aquaua...rius.." Anna asked, shocked to see her around.

"I'm running on the last of my own magical reserves right now…" Aquarius said to her as she pushed back Mard Geer using all of her power.

"We're beyond danger at this point, we have no other choice."Aquarius shouted.

"No other choice?" Anna asked her.

"There's only one other choice we gotta win, this demon is simply far too powerful for you to fight. Listen carefully, the only way we can win is if we summon the celestial spirit king." Aquarius explained to Anna.

"You mean the king of spirits, is such a thing possible?" Anna asked her.

"There's only one way, by compensating the summoning technique you can achieve it by breaking the golden key." Aquarius said to Anna.

"You gotta be joking? like i do something like this?" Anna asked.

"You can't just destroy any key, you must do it with the spirit your the closest too." Aquarius said to her, explaining the function.

"What… no way… THOSE KEYES, YOU ALL ARE LIKE MY FAMILY!"Anna shouted as she began to cry.

"WE DON'T HAVE TIME, LOOK AROUND YOU, YOUR FATHER IS UNABLE TO HELP YOU, THE QUEEN OF DRAGONS IS ALSO UNABLE TO HELP, IF YOU DON'T DO IT, NOT ONLY WOULD YOU DIE BUT SO WOULD HUMANITY, WE WILL ALL PERISH!" Aquarius shouted as she was struggling to hold back Mard Geer.

"There has to be another way without sacrificing lives."Anna begged her.

"I don't like this anymore you do but if you don't do it, you die and so would all of humanity….Hurry and decide, i can only hold him off for so long."Aquarius shouted at Anna as she was at her limit while Mard Geer was walking through her water.

"Still… I don't know what this is…"Anna shouted.

"Neither do i… you're an incredible mage, a legendary wizard who's of a once in a lifetime. To think you were a mere brat naive to the world when i first met you… Now you're a true hero to us all, you have to do this,... For the greater good."Aquarius said to her as she hugs her with tears dripping down her face.

"Fine… I'll do it…. I love you Aquarius….. "Anna replied as she hugged Aquarius with tears dripping down her eyes."OPEN GATE OF THE CELESTIAL KING" Aqua shouted as she summoned a massive blast of energy around her which shattered the Water Bearer key with Aquarius disappearing.

"Looks like your last-ditch effort was in vain. Now time to bring you to our altar!" Mard Geer said to Anna as he grabbed her by the neck.


Meanwhile Outside the cube near the Castle.

The cube is about to land on top of the Infinity Clock Castle only to suddenly be bisected in half by an unknown figure which slashed through the cube with Plkutgrim then crashes towards the Infinity Castle where it then creates a large shockwave sending a cloud of dust over Crocus. The cube shatters into pieces from the impact onto the top of the Infinity Castle as Anna and Mard Geer are shaken from the impact.

"What the hell? Impossible, the Great Plutogrim was destroyed but how? " Mard Geer said, shocked to see the two of them on top of the Infinity Castle. Meanwhile, Anna was crying for the loss of Aquarius. Mard Geer then stared at the Celestial Spirit King and his face turned from a calm stoic tone into pure fright "IMPOSSIBLE, NO CELESTIAL SPIRIT MAGE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SUMMON YOU WITHOUT THE PLATINUM KEY...HOW? HOW THE HELL ARE YOU HERE?" Mard Geer shouted as he stared at the king.

"And who are you.. you have a dark presence to yourself. You are a demon it seems. One powerful enough to force my child to abandon her beloved spirit to summon my power." The Celestial Spirit King said to Mard Geer looking down on him.

"How can you be summoned without the Platinum key? No mage has been able to find it within the last 500 years. I desperately searched the world attempting to use that power to take over the kingdom and Isghar yet you appear without it." Mard Geer explained to the Celestial Spirit King.

"Humans like you are the very reason I made the key nigh impossible to obtain, humans like you who only care about self-interests and self-gain. The thing you humans fail to understand is that I create and will be the key to only those who value all their spirits with devotion and love as if they're family and only those with a pure heart, I would've never sullied my powers and risk humans destroying this world misusing my power. The woman you fought, Anna Heartfilla, had a heart so pure and love of her spirits so devoted, she's the reason I'm here." The Celestial Spirit King explained to Mard Geer why his power was unobtainable.

"Big deal, given your powers are tied to her power it seems you're limited in this state of yours. From what I heard about you, you can easily decimate an entire continent, even the mightiest of Tartarus can't manage that power yet you're merely at best equal to my own power at your current state. I'll send you back to your spirit world, take Anna to the sacrificial altar of the Infinity Castle, and then create END, and then return to Zeref." Mard Geer explained to the Celestial Spirit King.

"So that explains why my friend is in pain? All the suffering you put on her, more importantly, you threaten the balance of the entire magical world. Tell me, demon, what is your name and what you hope to gain by destroying the world with the Infinity Clock?." The Celestial Spirit King asked the demon his name before killing him.

"I'm Prince of the Underworld Mard Geer, King of the Tartarus Demon army and soon to be the ruler of this entire world. I was once a human-like your celestial spirit mage there but I was brought back by the Great Black Wizard Zeref so I can not only get revenge on the very people who killed me but also create the ultimate weapon END, a weapon that would transform this very world into the pits of hell itself so us demons will have the supremacy of all lives." Mard Geer explained to the Celestial Spirit King.

"You, vile demon, you threaten this world, it hasn't been my first time stopping a great evil such as yourself. You're right, at my current state, I'm limited in what I can do but I have fought Gods who far surpasses the threat you represent, as the king of the Celestial Spirit World, I'm here to end you."Celestial Spirit King said to Mard Geer as he drew his mighty sword, Anna was speechless and then powered up with a massive aura around his body.

"So this is the Celestial King's power? It's so overwhelming... my body is shaking just being near his power...Aquarius...I won't let your sacrifice be in vain." Anna said to herself as she had tears in her eyes while she watched the two about to fight.

Brandman meanwhile watches from a distance.

"The hell is going on? Is she really that powerful to summon the Celestial Spirit King? This can be bad for us...Doesn't matter, I can't lose focus, I must focus on getting the clock to its peak power for the ritual. The Spirit King is much weaker than I expected him to be, Mard Geer should be able to handle him."

Celestial Spirit King dashed towards Mard Geer aiming at him with his sword, slashing at the demon that easily cuts a mountain in half nearby. Mard Geer blocked the strike but was thrown by the pressure his forearms were cut from the slash.

"Quite the strike, just merely swinging your sword is enough to create a pressurized wave that destroys the mountain, time to get serious too. "Etherious Form" Mard Geer chanted as he transformed back into his Etherious form and both of them flew towards each other as they clashed attacks, creating shockwaves. Anna was blown back by them

"AWWAHA!"Anna shouted only to see a water barrier to protect her"Thanks!"

"Thorn Whip!" Mard Geer chanted as he summoned a large thorn whip to attack the king but he easily parried the strike.

"Gotcha!" Celestial Spirit King shouted as he swung his sword towards Mard Geer only for the demon to evade the slash from him.

"Rose Explosion" Mard Geer chanted with a simple swipe of his index and middle fingers, creating a rose composed of Curse Power directly at the Celestial Spirit King creating a large explosion in which it didn't even faze the king at all.

"Starlight Slash '' Celestial Spirit King chanted as he swung his sword, creating a large, arcing horizontal slash with immense power which Mard Geer blocked with his thorns but the thorns were easily broken.

"Prison Flower" Mard Geer chanted as he summoned a large, monstrous flower covered with spikes and chains around its dark bulb to attack the Celestial Spirit King but the Godly spirit blocks the attack

"Starlight Thrust!" Celestial Spirit King countered as he thrusts his sword forward which destroys the massive bulb with a single attack

"Take this!" Mard Geer chants as he sends 5 thorn tendrils at the Celestial Spirit King who easily slashes them down. "Dea Yggdrasil." Mard Geer chanted as he summoned a massive wooden beam that flew towards the Celestial Spirit King, hitting him directly in the face with the attack, knocking him back slightly, flinching from the hit. However, the Celestial Spirit King doesn't even have a scratch on him. "Take this !Curse Beam!" Mard Geer chanted as he shot a massive blast from his hands hitting the Celestial Spirit King directly, however, the king smirks from the blast "IMPOSSIBLE, NOT EVEN A SCRATCH!" Mard Geer said getting annoyed.

"My turn to attack!"Celestial Spirit King replied as he then moved so fast that Mard Geer could barely see him coming as he slashed Mard Geer across the chest and knocked him back.

Mard Geer nervously summons a leaf-like blade from his right arm and summons a thorn-like shield on his left arm also made of wood. He sees the Celestial Spirit King come towards him and clashes with the king using the sword and shield to parry and block the King's immense speed and powerful slashes. Mard Geer was being overwhelmed and struggling to fend off the attack. Eventually, Mard Geer backed away from the guy and charged up a blast from the Infinity Castle.

"Blooming Death Flower !" Mard Geer chanted as he fired a massive blast that hits the Celestial Spirit King in the face, which blinds the king while the demon quickly flies back to the Infinity castle several kilometers away

"Memento Mori'' Mard Geer chanted as his Thorn clone turns into a dark paralytic mist around the target that envelopes them, creating a massive beam of dark spirits that reaches towards the sky. The overwhelming power of the blast covers the entire mountain range in a wave of ghostly green energy aura as the explosion goes up into the sky dwarfing the height of mountains.

"CELESTIAL SPIRIT KING!" Anna shouted as Mard Geer flies towards her and grabs her.

"Looks like your last hope is gone Anna Heartfilla. He might've been powerful but nothing can survive the full power of Memento Mori. This Curse was created to destroy the immortal being Zeref as the victims of this Curse are no longer alive nor dead, but are simply erased, becoming nothing for eternity. Once END is completed, I planned to use this curse to destroy Zeref as he requested and I will rule the entire world. It's a good thing I lure him as far away from the castle, otherwise, you would've joined him and we still need you alive for..."

The Celestial Spirit King emerged from the decimated mountain completely unaffected having created a barrier around himself.``Even Memento Mori didn't work? This can't be...IMPOSSIBLE!" Mard Geer shouted in anger as he saw the king looming over him. He transforms back into his Etherious form. "IN THAT CASE, I'LL JUST HIT YOU WITH EVEN MORE POWER!" Mard Geer shouted as he lost his cool "YOU'RE STILL IN THE PERFECT RADIUS OF MY ATTACK, MOVE ANY CLOSER AND YOUR PRECIOUS MAGE DIES ALONG WITH ALL THE INNOCENT PEOPLE IN CROCUS, YOU HAVE TO COME CLOSE TO ACTUALLY HURT ME AND THE CLOSER YOU GET, THE MORE INNOCENT PEOPLE DIE.!" Mard Geer laughed as he was using the proximity of Crocus as a hostage along with Anna.

"YOU FIEND!" Anna shouted.

"Go ahead and charge Celestial Spirit King and risk thousands of human souls lost into a void worse than death or stand there and take the attack." Mard Geer smirked.

"Very well then" Celestial Spirit King replied as he puts his hands on his sword shocking Mard Geer but causing him to laugh.

"You gotta get close to hitting me, king, you can't do anything from that range." Mard Geer laughed only to see the King swing his sword launching a large blast of blue energy towards him.

"Meteor Blade" Celestial Spirit King chants as he swings his sword and generates a massive slash wave that fires out of his sword like a powerful beam that forms into a meteor shaped blast.

"Blooming Death Flower"Mard Geer countered however the blast was too much for him to Absorb and he was engulfed by the massive blast of light as the blast goes through like a large meteor-like Beam``RRUUARAGH!" Mard Geer grunted as he was engulfed in a large blast. The blast hits the ground around Magnolia and cuts through the landscape, then cuts through the country of Caelum.

Mard Geer emerges out of the massive blast having flown from countries back to the battlefield, his entire right arm was vaporized with a large chunk of his right torso and Abdomen missing and gushing out blood, and his face badly burned. His face was seething with rage as he struggled to maintain himself.

"Impossible, how he could've survived that attack? He was almost ripped in half." Anna shouted.

"I'M A DEMON, I WON'T FALL TO A FUCKING HUMAN AND THEIR PET! YOU ALMOST HAD ME BUT NOW ALL YOU DID WAS MAKE ME ANGRY. WE CAME TOO FAR TO FAIL NOW, TIME TO SHOW YOU MY TRUE MONSTER FORM. OH MIGHTY TIREK, AWAKEN AND CLAIM THIS VESSEL FULLY ON YOUR OWN!" Mard Geer roared as he began to transform into a completely different monster as his demon half was taking full control of himself.

Mard Geer's face began to change as he grew full canine sharp teeth. His head grew giant horns sticking out of them resembling goat horns, his bat wings grew to be much wider with each wing the size of his body, he then grew 2 more arms and gained a centaur body, his body becoming much more bulky and muscular. His body gets covered in sharp thorns with his tail having many thorns and spikes on it, on the back of his centaur body is a large rosebud that is blood red. His right arm fully regenerates as well.

"BEHOLD, THIS IS MY TRUE FORM, MY TRUE POWER, I AM TIREK, THE MIGHTY DEMON OF HADES! MARD GEER WAS MERELY A VESSEL FOR MY TRUE LATENT POWER"

"So this is the power of Tartarus? I wasn't aware there was even a form beyond Etherious!"Anna said to herself frightened at his power.

"I'm the only demon of Tartarus who has the ability to channel the true demon that dwells within me for my willpower and my mind is linked perfectly to that of Tirek. Other demons can try this form but they will lose balance and they will become mere mindless beasts much like what became of Deloria or Lullaby, demons who have premeantly been sealed away never to be revived again. You might've defeated me Celestial Spirit King but try defeating the core of my power, Tirek it's all up to you." Mard Geer said to the spirit king as his voice distorts as the voice becomes deeper and lower-pitched.

"I'll admit this vessel of mine has also weakened Celestial Spirit King however the difference between you and me is that my vessel has unlimited power and can never truly die whereas your puny human mage can run out of magic and drastically weaken your powers."Tirek laughed as he goes to clash against the Celestial spirit king.

Both the king and demon king clashed attacks with each other with the King being forced on the defensive as the sheer power of Tirek was. He shoots massive tendrils of thorns at the Spirit King, tangling and pricing through the king's body, he then charges up a blast between his horns and launches it at the king but the king moves his sword deflecting the blast into a nearby mountain. He's then rammed by the massive monster and through several mountains.

Tirek then goes to summon a massive leaf-like blade and swing it towards the Celestial Spirit King, the king barely evades the slashes as the demon swings his blade, pushing the spirit king back. The Celestial Spirit king was starting to weaken while his opponent was stronger than ever.

"I'm running out of time, at this rate, I won't have enough power to beat him. '' Celestial Spirit King said to himself as he then sees Tirek charging up up demonic energy, his tail also charges up an attack, his mouth and horns charge up an attack, tendrils come out of his back charging up energy, and his hands and mouth charge up an attack."Memento Mori+Soul Destruction!" Tirek chanted as he combined Mard Geer's strongest attack with his own Soul Destruction to fire a super large beam towards the Celestial Spirit King. The blast forms into a green ghostly blast of energy.

"Meteor Blade '' Celestial Spirit King countered as he swung his sword and generated a massive slash wave that fires out of his sword like a powerful beam that forms into a meteor shaped blast.

The attacks collide creating a massive explosion of light that engulfs all of Fiore however the attack explodes within the sky, saving millions and creates an earthquake felt across the continent. After firing the attack to counter Baal's, the king was worn down floating above the Infinity Castle meanwhile Tirek was unfazed from fatigue.

"Slowing down are we?" Tirek mocked the celestial spirit king as he taunted the king as he rams the king down with his horns. "My power can't decrease, I'm always in a state of true power. As a Royal Class Demon of the Baal clan, my power can't be matched at all."

"Baal clan? You mean like the demon Baal?" Anna asked her.

"Please, that worthless son of mine demon you fought in the church doesn't come close to my power, compared to me, he was a low-class servant. I was close to once conquering this world 500 years ago, with the God-Dragon wars having weakened the balance of power, I lead a whole demon army as King Tirek Baal and had even the mighty dragons on their knees to my power however that traitorous Gremory Clan and their fucking duchess set us up to fail and thanks to that bitch and the dreaded Dragonvian Monarch of Dragons, I was sealed away. I was then found by this Black Wizard Zeref who broke my seal, something no one could do and he gave me a vessel within this dark prince's body. Once I'm done with you and helping Zeref with his goals, the first thing I plan to do is return to hell and destroy the Gremory clan." Tirek laughed as he charged up his attack on the Celestial Spirit King as his rosebud blooms into a large flower and charges up demonic energy, his tail also charges up an attack, his mouth and horns charge up an attack, tendrils come out of his back charging up energy and his hands and mouth charge up an attack.

"I might be beaten... however, I have beaten you already!" Celestial Spirit King replied as he grips his sword and swings it, canceling out Mard Geer Tirek's attack.

"WHAT?" Mard Geer Tirek shouted as his limbs started to turn into stone.

"Here's a pure offering which erodes away the darkness Galaxia Blade" pointing his sword, held with both hands, towards the sky and then chanting out an incantation, causing the clouds to tear open to engulf the targeted area with a mastodontic, circular pillar of light, intense enough to have Mard Geer shield his face.

"What blinding light!" Mard Geer Tirek shouted as he tried to block the light.

The blinding light engulfs all of Plutogrim and the Infinity Castle. From the light emerged Irene and Victor who were freed from Plutogrim.

"What the hell?Were freed?" Irene said to Victor.

"But how? How did we break free of the spell?" Victor asked only to notice the giant Celestial Spirit King."She did it, she summoned the Celestial Spirit King." Victor said to Irene.

"Celestial Spirit King? How is she able to summon him?"Irene asked her father.

"DAMN YOU, DAMN YOU!" Mard Geer Tirek shouted as he struggled to break free from the prefrication as his body was being engulfed in the light.

"Looks like my job is done, the radiance of the stars is a pure offering that dispels all evil, drained most of your power, and saved the friends of Anna Heartfilla, I will leave you a parting gift."Celestial Spirit King smirked as he went back into the Celestial Spirit world while Mard Geer Triek is covered in stone. He then breaks out of the stone, having reverted back to his base Etherious form.

"Unbelievable, that damn Celestial Sprit King weakened me to the point I was forced back into my humanoid form...DAMN HIM! Doesn't matter!" Mard Geer said to himself as he transformed back into Etherious form "I still have more than enough power to kill the Queen of Dragons and that dreaded Pope once and for all, I must strike them down before they get back any of their remaining magical power or this plan goes to dust." Mard Geer said to himself as he charged up a blast within his hand.

"Oh no...They just recovered...If he gets them right now, they're going to die." Anna said to herself as Mard Geer goes to dash at them at high speed while their guard is down.

" Shit we got company!" Irene shouted.

"Damn it my power has yet to fully recover, that demon absorbed most of my power." Victor shouted as he was trying to summon something.

"I must admit Victor Heartfilla, hell of a daughter you raised, she almost did me in however I still win at the end of the day" Mard Geer shouted as he charged up his attack.

Anna then noticed she was given a new star dress.

"What's going on here?" Anna said to herself, shocked to have such a new dress.

"Consider it a parting gift Anna Heartfilla, this was given to you with the last of my remaining power. The Celestial Spirit King has done exactly as expected, the demon Mard Geer is severely weakened compared to before, if you can get him with one strong attack, you can finish the fight."

"But Aqauariius... when will I see you again?" Anna asked her.

"Eventually my dear, you just have to search the world for my key but for now, you must save the world and your friends and family." Aquarius replied to her.

"Understood!" Anna replied as she got back up determined.``I can't afford to cry now, I need to save my friends, my family, my country, this world."Thy soldiers of God, my god ordain you with the spear that slew his son to seek vengeance on the demons who corrupted humanity with sin that turned against the Messiah, God's chosen soldier, ordained with the spear at his side will spew the blood of satan with the same spear that pierced the messiah, filled with his blood and water, the spear of the Holy One." Anna chanted as she was forming an incancinaiton.

"DIE QUEEN OF DRAGONS, POPE OF ZENTOPIA!"Blooming Death Flower" Mard Geer shouted as he goes to fire his blast only for a spear of light to go through him.

"Framea Lux De Exito Sanctus(Latin for Saint Destroying Spear of Light)" Anna chanted as she throws a light spear right through Mard Geer's torso, pricing through his body and punching a large clean hole through his torso.

"UAAARRGH!" Mard Geer shouted as he grunted as the hole burns with intensity as he coughed up blood everywhere as blood gushed out of his mouth and his eyes as his flesh are engulfed in flames. "NO... IMPOSSIBLE, I WAS KILLED...I'M THE PRINCE OF THE UNDERWORLD...I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO DIE!" Mard Geer shouted as his body was engulfed in flames and his body turned into ash as he was vaporized. Anna then falls to the ground having used up all her remaining magic.

"ANNA!" Irene said to her as she hugged her.

"Looks like my daughter did well, she defeated the leader of the Demon Army." Victor said to her as he hugged her.

"Guys you're alive." Anna said to them, happy to see them.

"Thanks to you, I didn't know you could summon someone as powerful as the Celestial Spirit King."Irene asked Anna, surprised to see her achieve a major feat.

"At a cost...sadly I lost Aquarius in the process" Anna replied as she started to cry only for her father to hug her.

"Don't worry Anna, we will find her again." Victor replied.

"Man, i barely remember what happened inside that thing..Just glad we're out of there. Now then, where the hell are we?" Irene asked.

"We're on top of the Infinity Castle," Anna answered.

"Oh No, that means the clock has been awakened!" Victor shouted.

"There has to be a fail-safe to the Clock now right?" Irene asked him.

"We must reach the Altar and separate the pieces from the clock, that's the only way to end this " Victor said to the two only to see Brandman appear before them.

"Too bad I'm not going to let you do that!" Brandman replies as he goes to attack Irene and Victor with a darkness blast blasting the two back. He then takes Anna and carries her over his shoulder

"ANNA!" Victor shouted.

"To think Mard Geer of all people would fail, guess I'm going to have to do everything myself don't I? Zeref had a feeling that the Demon Gates weren't powerful enough to ensure the creation of END, hence why I was put as a last resort." Brandman explained to them as he revealed the Tenrou Orb.

"The Tenrou Orb?" Irene asked.

"All the pieces have come together as planned, now comes the method of disposing of you all." Brandman chanted as he used Keyes Necromancy to summon all the previous fallen Tartaros demons including Keyes himself. All of the Etherious revived have wounds from when they were killed and look pale and disheveled.

"The Demon Gates...They're revived!" Irene shouted" Impossible, we killed all of them...How are they standing."Irene shouted

"They must've been forcibly resurrected before they were ready to be revived. They're all in Ehterious forms but they've merely the shells of their former shelves."Victor explained to Irene.

"Yep, though they're merely mindless zombies, and my skills with necromancy were never the best,they have the same powers and abilities of what they were when they were with Real Nightmare which I control a fraction of its power with this orb" Braman explained to the two as he summoned Dragons around them to go to attack them" This is where you all die" Brandman smirked as the zombified Tararus demons surround the two along with summoned dragons that's when a blast of magic hits the dragon, destroying one of them. a barrage of dragon roars hit the dragons as Metalicana, Igneel, Vemonisky, Belserion, Grandeenney, Skiadrum, Wesislogia and Zeusei appear with Lena, Erenjack, Veronica, Nel, and Rena on Grandeeney's back.

"Guys you're back!"Irene said to the group.

"Where are the others?" Irene asked them.

"They're in recovery, we were lucky not to sustain serious injuries, looks like we have to deal with them again."Veronica said to the group.

"THAT'S MY ORB, GIVE IT BACK!" Nel shouted as she charged up an attack only for Brandman to teleport away.

"BASTARD!" Victor shouted as he tried to grab him but couldn't in time as he's blocked by the corpse of Mard Geer.

"Not him again... Damn it!" Irene shouted.

"I figure since you guys loved Tartarus so much, you get to fight an encore of them again. farewell humans." Brandman smirked.

"Great, more of these Demons" Erenjack complained.

"It took everything we had just to beat even one of them. "Nel stated.

"And now there's twice as many of them as before." Rena said to them as she was ready to fight.

Meanwhile, the dragons were fighting against an endless army of reanimated dragons which keep reforming despite being ripped apart by the dragon's power.

"We gotta help the humans, there are too many demons there." Igneel said to the rest as he dodged blasts from the dragons.

"Wish we can but these Dragons keep multiplying, there's no end to these Nightmare created dragons." Metalicana shouted as he slashed one dragon only to reform into another.

Suddenly one of the ally dragons fly into the Infinity Castle and drop a human who comes crashing down and creating a shockwave knocking back the demons. Then a massive wave of water shots through several nightmare dragons. It was revealed that Minue and Minue Jr were behind that water wave.

"Minue?What are you doing? You're risking the baby's health" Igneel said to her.

"I couldn't resist helping you out, besides my mother is here to help out too." Minue Jr replied as she and her mother were there" Besides I came to help transport a human warrior here, I'm mostly for assistance." Minue Jr said to him as she revealed she flew a human on her back It's revealed that the human who crashed into the ground was none other than Noah Clive, Leader, of the Cherry Blossom division.

"Noah you're back!" Victor said to the Knight.

"Leave these demons to me, go save your daughter, I'll do my best to hold off the demons here." Noah said to the team.

"Never thought I would be glad to see you again!" Irene said to Victor.

"What's the plan? We need to plan this out." Irene asked Victor.

"According to the scrolls, the Infinity Castle has 5 chambers where each of the clock piece powers that hold up the Castle along with the core where the Altar is at. Thankfully with 5 of us, we can get to the core and shut down the entire operation before it's able to gather enough magic to cast Reality Overdrive they need to create END." Victor explained to the group.

"Let's see if there's 7 of us, that means it's going to be up to me to get Anna and Eclair out of the clock.

"Exactly, you're coming with me to the main altar. While I fight Brandman, you're going to stop or at least stall the sacrificial process and save Anna and Eclair. I will deal with Brandman personally." Victor explained his plan to Irene.

"Thankfully the Celestial Spirit King gave us some magic back, I'm going to enhance everyone's power here in case Noah can't fully hold off all the Tartaros Demons." Irene said to her comrades as she then went to cast her spells "Arms+Armor+Veiner II '' Irene chanted as she enhanced Lena, Nel, Erenjack, Vercoina, and Rena with 4 times their power.

"Man thanks Irene!" Erenjack said to her"This should definitely come in handy, those demons were tough to fight, we could've used this when we first fought them, now with this and the fact they're just mindless zombies, we got this."

"Talk about a handy power boost, leave it to us " Veronica said to Irene.

"We're going to stop this before they destroy our world cousin." Rena said to her as she was ready to head out.

"I lost my people due to a destructive weapon, I won't lose this world to one either." Lena said to them as she was ready to fight again.

"I won't let them take my orb and use it to destroy humanity," Nel said to them.

"Now your turn Victor!" Irene said to him but he shook his head.

"Save your strength, you need to use your enchantments to free Eclair and Anna and it would be wasted powering me up. Besides, I wasn't to show Brandman what happens when you anger a loving father." Victor replied as his body emitted a golden aura and his eyes beamed with rage.

To Be Continued


( A/N: And like that, there was only one. Yep, we're now down to Brandman himself, one of the demons that would later become the Sprrgian 12, as you all know, he's leagues beyond even Mard Geer in power. Yep as promised, Anna gets to show all her capabilities within this chapter. Predictably she didn't stand a ghost of a chance against Mard Geer even with Mard Geer Holding back however despite this, was able to get a few scratches on Mard Geer despite being one of the Weakest of the Fairy 12, this is a testament of how much different she is from Lucy from canon.

The Celestial Spirit King is predictably what was going to be summoned here but even here, it's very different in terms of power compared to the one Lucy summoned in canon. in canon, Celestial Spirit King was only equal to base Mard Geer(Something that remains unchanged here when we get to that arc), here in this continuity, Anna's Celestial Spirit King almost one-shotted Etherious Mard Geer and forced him into his True Demon form(Which BTW is going to be in the Present Tartarus Arc, I got plans for that form as well)

As for Tirek, I will let you guess what I based Mard Geer's demon on, points to anyone who catches on to that. Anyways Tirek is basically the father of the demon Baai from many chapters back, the difference in power is overwhelming. Baal was considered a big deal back at the beginning of the Arc however Tirek is on a completely different level and this is his power heavily suppressed due to him being weakened. To put into context, if Tirek fought at his prime, it's doubtful even a full power Celestial Spirit King could even defeat him alone as it required the Mysterious Redhead demon duchess and the Monarch of Dragons to beat him at his prime. Speaking of which, I plan to have demons have some involvement within the upcoming Dragon King Festival Arc which I'm going to work out ideas with my Beta Reader Geralt D. Wolfwood.

And yep Noah is back to help out with the clean-up job by dealing with zombified Tararus Demon Gates. Despite being diminished heavily on intelligence and personality given they were brought back way too soon, they're still as powerful as they were alive which is all the more reason we need the powerhouse to deal with the remnants.

As for the others, yep think of this as Engine Core from Sonic Adventure 2, expect the 5 remaining Fairy 12 members to fight members of Tartarus within mini-boss battles, which should be over sooner thanks to Irene's enchantments while they try to disable the Infinity Castle before Reality Overdrive is cast.

Now comes the final battle, the battle between Brandman of the Sparrigan 12 and Victor Heartfilla, will he be able to take this monstrous powerhouse alone? Only one way to find out, you gotta tune in and read the next chapter.

Anna Heartfilia (Age 19)140 MPF physically, 21,667 MPF using Cancer, 22,000 MPF using Virgo, 22,000 MPF using Sagittarius, 23,333 MPF using Aires, 24,000 MPF using Spcorio, 26,666 MPF using Taurus, 28,333 MPF using Loki, 28,333 MPF to 30,666 MPF using Aquarius, Varies with Gemini which copies opponents up to 30,000 MPF, 30,666 MPF potentially using Uno Materia

Celestial Spirit King:63,332 MPF

Mard Geer: 33,332 MPF base, 54,000 MPF using Etherious Mode, 56,666 MPF casting Memento Mori, 63,332 MPF using True Demon form

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