Ankhselam's war continues to progress. He was able to find Natsu and planned to take his power. Erza, Gray, Laxus, and Gajeel are joining in the fight as well. Fairy Tail's strongest team made are standing against the posing god of life and death. This could be where Ankhselam's terror ends. As for Storm, he continued his fight against Terran.
"Take this!" Storm shouted as he launched shards of ice at Terran that were powered by his demon slayer magic. Terran flew around and avoided the shards. He fired an energy blast near Storm. The explosion blew Storm back as he hit against a wall. With Storm down, Terran grabbed a piece of ice and was examining it.
"What a strange piece of ice." Terran said. He wasn't too familiar with ice made from demon slayer magic. That means it's Storm's only chance of beating this guy.
"Hey, Butterfly Man!" Storm called as he formed a bow from his magic. "Eat this! Ice Demon Zero Destruction Bow!" He fired the arrow, but Terran was able to move out of the way in time. Terran launched another energy attack at Storm, but he was able to form a shield of ice to try and block the attack.
"Give up. Even with this strange ice magic, you can't beat me." Terran said as he added more power to his attack to try and break through his ice. Storm was trying his best to hold it back.
'He's got a point.' Storm thought. 'My demon slayer magic seems to give me a slight advantage over him, but it's not enough. There's got to be some way to beat him.' Storm jumped out from hiding behind his shield and formed as many shards as he could. He launched them all at Terran, but Terran flew around and avoided each one of them. "You're not escaping that easily!" Storm climbed up buildings and got in the air. He formed more shards of ice over Terran and had them rain down at Terran.
"I don't think so." Terran said as he exerted some energy and deflected the shards. Storm landed down on a building and kept thinking of some sort of plan. "It looks like you really are out of tricks."
"Don't think so." Storm said. "A wizard who uses maker magic has a variety of weapons and such. I'm never without weapons or ideas."
"Little nuisance." Terran said as he was beginning to find all this annoying. Storm better think of something or else Terran is going to eliminate him just for this fight being bothersome.
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Drake
Drake was dealing with a strong opponent himself. Serena didn't go so much of a scratch against him. She's the strongest out of The Ten for a reason, and Drake with Crime Sorciere is seeing it.
"Poison Dragon Scales!" Drake unleashed his attack, but Serena moved around each scale like it was nothing. Serena held out her hand and it glowed with magic. Drake heard another attack coming, but there was no time to dodge. The spot he was standing on exploded without warning and blew him back. Luckily, Erik acted fast and was able to catch his son.
"You okay?" Erik said.
"I think so." Drake said as he glared right at Serena.
"Her magic is unbelievable." Meldy said. "I can't even tell what she's doing."
"That's because she's playing with us." Drake said. "She's not even using her full power. As for how she hasn't taken a single hit, it's because her magic is blocking ours out."
"Does that mean you figured out what kind of magic she uses?" Jellal asked.
"Yeah." Drake said.
"Have you?" Serena taunted.
"I did. I know what you are. You're an enchantress." Drake said.
"Thank you. Men do marvel at my beauty back home, but flattery isn't going to get you anywhere." Serena said.
"That's not what I meant!" Drake shouted with annoyance. "I mean you use enchantments just like Wendy. You're enchanting the area around yourself to be used like a shield while also enchanting things to explode around us."
"Enchantments? Yes. That does make sense as to what's been going on." Jellal said.
"Congrats, you got it right." Serena said. "Not only am I the most powerful woman in the whole Duat Kingdom, as well as the strongest member of The Ten, but I'm also a powerful enchantress. Enchantments allow me to bestow my magic on to others, living or inanimate objects. I've only been using some of my more basic enchantments up until now."
'I see. She's quite similar to Erza's mother.' Jellal thought. 'Erza told me all about Irene. She was a powerful enchantress as well. This woman could be on the same level as her.'
"Enchantments might not sound powerful, but the high enchantments can be." Serena said. "Perhaps you like a demonstration." She tapped her staff against the ground and the area around them began to glow.
"What's she doing now?" Macbeth questioned.
"Even the weather itself can be under my power. Even a small area like this." Serena said. She held up her staff as it used her magic power and created a rain shower around all of them.
"A rainstorm?" Sawyer said.
"Oh no. Lightning is going to come next." Meldy said.
"Not quite." Serena said as she generated a small tornado. It carried all of them as the debris of the area and the rain did some damage to all of them. She had it all disappear with a snap of her fingers with all of them dropping to the ground. "Now do you see how outmatched you are. This is the power that the Duat Kingdom possesses." She holds the power to create unexpected explosions and can control the very weather itself over a small area. She truly is a force to be weary of.
"Damn." Drake said as he felt that one as he got back up. "This chick knows her stuff. Still, there's no way I'm backing down." Erik watched as his son got back up.
"You still intend to fight me? Your magic might allow you to hear my thoughts, but that isn't enough for you to defeat me." Serena said.
"Shut it, lady!" Drake said. "Not a single member of the guild really cares how strong you or your buddies are. We'll fight until we can't fight anymore."
"But why fight a hopeless battle?" Serena asked.
"You don't know that it is hopeless." Drake said. "You guys started this by attacking our guild, our friends. That's why we're going to fight back. One of the things I learned in Fairy Tail is that no matter how powerful the enemy is, we won't back down. As long as we all stand together, we can overcome anything."
"That means you really will risk your life if it means you can fight for your fellow guildmates?" Serena asked.
"Duh. It's only natural you would want to help the people you consider family." Drake said. Erik was a little impressed with what his own son was saying.
'Drake, you've really grown a lot thanks to this guild.' Erik thought.
"I see." Serena said. "Lord Ankhselam did tell us not to underestimate this guild. However, you can hear it, can't you?" She looked off to the distant and Drake followed her line of sight. "We'll see if you're still talking tough after Lord Ankhselam takes what we came here for. Rest assure, it will mean the end of this Natsu Dragneel." Drake didn't like the sound of that at all. He knows Nashi's father is powerful, but Ankhselam is not someone to look down on either.
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Kardia Cathedral
The fight started as Natsu charged right at Ankhselam. He tried striking Ankhselam with a flaming fist, but Ankhselam was ablt to catch it and block the flames. He drove his leg right under Natsu's chin and pushed him back. Erza tried attacking him as she moved around and pulled out a set of twin blades. She tried striking him, but he kept moving away from each of her attacks.
"Ice-Make: Battle Axe!" Gray tried attacking Ankhselam from behind, but he jumped in the air and Gray's attack nearly hit Erza. Erza was able to block the attack, but was blown back. "Sorry, Erza."
"Never mind me. Focus on him." Erza said.
"She's right." Ankhselam said. "One little mistake against me will end up costing you."
"Is that right?!" Gajeel said as he jumped Ankhselam from behind. "How's this?! Iron Dragon Sword!" Gajeel tried slicing him right down the middle, but Ankhselam moved back and avoided his attack. He grabbed Gajeel by the leg and tossed him against Gray.
"Next?" Ankhselam said. Laxus took his turn as he surrounded himself in lightning. He tried to attack him and caused an explosion to go off.
"Laxus!" Natsu called.
"Did he get him?" Erza questioned. Laxus actually got kicked out of the dust cloud. Ankhselam stepped out and he appeared perfectly fine.
"Come on. Nashi was brave enough to go at this guy alone and she came back." Gray said. He just couldn't believe all five of them aren't making much progress against him.
"Don't tell me we got soft over the years." Gajeel said.
"No way. We're just getting warmed up." Natsu said. "We'll have this guy begging for mercy in almost no time. His power has got nothing on us."
"You're kidding yourself if you think I've been using my full power before now." Ankhselam said. "I suppose it has been a while since I was given a real challenge, but I don't really need to defeat all of you. I just need you, Natsu."
"That won't happen." Erza said.
"We'll see." Ankhselam said. "I'm not just aiming to defeat you, Fairy Tail. I'm aiming to crush your very spirits that you actually will give up the fight. Just have a look around." Ankhselam said as he gestured to all of Magnolia and how it's breaking apart. "My soldiers have the whole place under siege, not to mention there's still my elite. Magnolia will be nothing but ruins by the time this is done."
"You think that will stop us?" Natsu said. "Smash the buildings all you want. We'll just rebuild them all. We might not like seeing it, but as long as the memories in our hearts stay intact, we won't break."
"You always were more sentimental than you show, Natsu." Ankhselam said. "However, everyone has their limits. I'll soon find yours." He's determined to break Fairy Tail's soul. Just how long can they truly hold on?
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Storm
Storm has done his best to hold off against Terran, but it looks like his limit is near. Terran launched another attack that knocked Storm all the way to the ground. He went down and it looked like he wasn't getting back up. Terran stayed in the air and it looked like this was the end.
"It's finally over." Terran said. He thought it was, but he saw Storm still trying to get up. "How is it you're still have any strength to get back up?"
"It's the same reason I don't lose my sanity to my demon slayer magic." Storm said. "It's because I'm thinking of my friends."
"This demon slayer magic of yours sounds like it takes a toll." Terran said.
"It would, but I've learned to control it." Storm said. "It's all I've got that will work against you. That's why I'm not going to lose here."
"Face it. You cant' defeat me. Just surrender now or my next attack will kill you." Terran said.
"Not a chance. It's all or nothing!" Storm said as he exerted as much magic as he could. "This is it! I'm ending this right here!"
"What's he doing? He's going to drain away all the magic he has left?" Terran said. Storm wasn't going to hold on much longer. He needs to end this now if he's aiming to win.
"Here goes!" Storm shouted as he pounded the ground. It shot a ray of ice into the sky and it was directly under Terran.
"Nice try!" Terran said as he unleashed some of his own magic against it. He tried to push it back, but there was too much magic. "What?!" Terran wasn't expecting that. The beam shot straight through and surrounded Terran with it.
"Freeze!" Storm shouted. The beam turned into ice instantly, Terran still inside it. It became a tower of ice spikes. Storm exerted so much of his magic that the black markings around him vanished. He dropped to the ground and took deep breaths. He exerted too much of his magic. Still, he looked up at what he did. His demon slayer magic was a different kind of ice and that ice is what helped him against such a powerful enemy. This has to be one of his best accomplishments with his demon slayer magic. "Eat your hearts out, fellow demon slayers." He was real proud of what he did. That was when he heard footsteps coming closer to him. "Oh man. Not more enemies."
"Nope. Just a girl that likes to poke fun." Storm got a better look and saw that Nashi was able to find him.
"Nashi?" Storm said.
"Who else?" Nashi said as she helped him up. "What the heck did you do? I thought my dad liked going overboard."
"It was all I could really do." Storm said. "That should take care of another big bad guy."
"What? Are you saying you defeated another one of those ten gate guys?" Nashi asked.
"Not beat. Just trapped." Storm said. "Hopefully that will hold him until this is all over. My demon slayer magic gave him a hard time. I had to exert a whole lot more than usual against him to do this."
"Well, at least another one is out of the way." Nashi said. "Come on." Nashi helped Storm moved away from the ice tower. It has trapped another one of The Ten. That means Serena and Ankhselam are the only true threats left...or are they?