Fairy Tail Minus One

by Evan deivant

Irene Berlesion has died in her battle against Erza Scarlet however before she dies, she watches her entire life past her by from her good deeds as the Queen of Dragons to her evil sins as the Scarlet Despair. This is a retelling of the Fairy Tail series trying to improve on the flaws of the original series.

29. The battle of 6 countries Part 2

Fairy Tail Minus One Chapter 28: The battle of 6 countries Part 2 Iron Will

(A/N: As the title suggests, the hunt begins for the Infinity Clock Pieces)

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail.

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Meanwhile in Exodus, Zen

Grandeeney is with her squad of Sky Dragons all mobilized to go. 12 Sky dragons have mobilized within Exodus, all of them resembling Grandeeney but with different looks to them such as large horns, scars, and other distinct looks.

"We got countless wounded and likely a lot of casualties. I need you all to find the Fairy 12 members and prepare to treat their wounds, make sure they are okay and alive. The fate of the world rests on your ability to heal them"Grandeeney said to her squad.

"Right!"The sky dragons replied as they each flew into different locations. Irene and Victor arrive at the campground where Altas Flames and Venomisky are also at.

"Queen you're back!"Grandeeney said to her.

"How's Igneel and Metalicana?" Irene asked her.

"They're almost fully recovered," Grandeeney answered.

"Already?" Irene asked her.

"Yeah, us dragons heal faster than you humans, combine that with my work as the chief doctor of Dragonv and those two are almost raring to go." Grandeeney explained to the Queen of dragons about Dragon Biology.

"We would probably need those two at the moment. Jericho is amassing forces at the border, it's likely they want to take the opportunity to strike Zen like Serenity is doing with Dragonv. " Irene explained to the Sky Dragon Queen.

"I see we're going to need to increase our defense here. I sent out Dragons to help with the people impacted by the Tatarus demons and for your friends." Venomisky replied she walked over to her.

"Thanks, Vemonsiky, I'm going to need the Ghost Dragon King Hamlet's help" Irene said to the Poison Dragon King.

"You mean the second-best member of the stealth unit? Sure we can find him, he's currently doing recon within the Alakitasia Continent."Venomisky explained to the queen of dragons.

"What's he doing all the way across that continent?" Irene asked him.

"We're always observing the progress of the Dark Dragon Tribe, so far they're not ready to start the war and we've seen no advances in mobilization at the moment, still you never know if they are planning something." Venomiksy explained to her.

"I see how fast you think you can get him here, we have a cloth that has Anna Heartfilla's scent, it should help us find the location she's at. Assuming they have thousands of demons and have her hostage, it's best we get a surprise attack against them, the element of surprise works best for me and Victor." Irene explained to the dragon.

"I concur! The Etherious are very powerful, if we can get the jump on them it would help us greatly."' Victor concurred, agreeing with Irene's plan.

"If I fly as fast as possible without being detected in Alakisitka, it should take less than a few hours, I'll fly to him as fast as possible. He's within the East coast of that country where the Kingdom's capital is at." Vemonisky replied to the two of them as he prepared for take-off.

"Thank you!" Irene replied as Venomski replied as he took off and flew eastward"Now to see how Igneel and Metalicana are doing."

"We have a few hours until we can infiltrate Tartarus, we can get Igneel, Metalicana, and Grandeenedy to the border to show them we're not weak."Victor said to the Queen of Dragons.

"I thought you said avoid direct battle with them." Irene stated.

"I said that we won't battle them, doesn't mean the Dragon Protection Squad can't, all they need to do is show up and show them that Dragonv they are far from weak and hold off the Middle Earthland Armies from attacking. They're nowhere near as powerful as the Serenity Empire even with their combined forces. After all, you nearly single-handedly stopped their invasion into Gabe less than a few months prior." Victor responded to outline the plan to use the overwhelming might of Dragonv to stop the border incursions.

"When you put it that way, that's not a bad idea. Once Hamlet comes here, Igneel, Metalicanaand Grandeeny would join Wesslogia and Skiadrum with Belserion at the Dragunov-serenity border, have Zeusei get out from defending Dragonv and send Altas Flames there at the front lines, this would force Serenity to retreat for the most part and once they're done, they would assist in neutralizing what's left of Tartarus, we can't let END be created at any cost." Irene explained the plan to the others about her plan to stop these border wars.

"Meanwhile I'll talk with your Uncle and Aunt about preparing for actions around the borders."Victor replied to the Queen of Dragons.

Irene walks into their tent as Igneel is sitting with Metalicana, both having made a full recovery. She also sees Minue Jr as well.

"What brings you here Minue Jr?" Irene asked, shocked to see her.

"I overexerted myself saving the country of Caleum from a Tsunami generated by Tartarus, doctors said pushed myself too hard at this stage of pregnancy.

"So those people were spared destruction?" Irene asked her.

"Sadly there were still casualties, I sensed at least 10,000 souls perished in the last hour within the shorelines. Something happened within that country." Minue Jr said somberly sensing the deaths of many.

"Tatartus!They attacked again. Erenjack, Linda, they were there just now. I hope they're okay." Irene replied.

"I sensed their power from all the way over there, they're barely alive but the two vile auras are both confirmed dead"Minue Jr explained to the queen of Dragons.

"How can you sense that power from so far away?" Irene asked her.

"As a Water dragon princess, I have the ability to sense anything near the oceans and seas." Minue Jr answered.

"You're kidding me, you can basically sense anything across the planet?' Irene questioned the dragon.

"Not quite, I've yet to master such sensory powers. So far I can only sense Magic from within the Mermaidia country region and the Ishgal Sea and Fiore, I'm merely limited to one continent right now. Your cousins Eric and Rick also hanging on by a thread, they defeated another member of Tartarus as well. That demon claimed at least 4,500 lives in his attacks against Fiore but your cousins saved the kingdom." Minue Jr explained to the Queen about her cousin's success in stopping Lullaby.

"Man, these demons are far more powerful than i was expecting. Is there a way you can detect where these demons are coming from?"Irene asked the Water Dragon Princess.

"Sadly i can't sense their origin points, they keep appearing and disappearing at different parts of the either have mupilte hidden bases across the world or are using portal magic, not helping is my pregnancy affecting my senses that well as well."Minue Jr replied.

"It's been so long since I've seen you, I forgot you were pregnant. You're still naming the child Ignia?" Irene asked them.

"Yep! Ignia is merely a year away." Minue Jr replied.

"How are you two doing?"Irene asked him.

"Had better, I feel so weird though." Igneel answered.

"It's because Minue Jr is carrying a little Igneel." Metalicana stated.

"Pretty late into the pregnancy, I estimate the baby is going to be born in the next year."Igneel replied, looking at Minue's bloated stomach.

"That's wonderful news." Irene said to the Fire Dragon king.

"I agreed, I finally get to raise a child of my own much like how dad raised me, may Bahamut rest his soul." Igneel said to the Queen of Dragons thinking about raising a child on his own.

"Pfft, my father never really cared to raise me."Metalicana grunted.

"Sadly a lot of dragon men don't stick around to raise their kids, they're only there during the Breeding seasons of Dragons and rarely stick around for their kids, it's why we have a lot of problems within our societies much like you humans, my family strived to break that cycle along with a lot of families aligned with Dragonv." Igneel explained to the queen about his upbringing.

"Someone forgot to tell my father that memo." Metalicana replied grunting.

"So how intense is a Dragon Pregnancy Igneel? Minue Jr" Irene asked her.

"No worse than you humans have it, just increased intensity, increased sensitivity to pain, vomiting and morning sickness for 3 straight years."Minue Jr answered.

"3 straight years? You're telling me a female dragon can experience at least 3 years of mood swings, vomiting, and morning sickness? Man guess it's not easy being a Dragon, is it?" Irene said to Minue Jr baffled at the length of Dragon pregnancy.

"You forgot to tell her that Dragons can have long periods of insomnia, inability to taste the food, itches, and cold sweats. Unlike human men who don't experience what women go through while pregnant, male dragons via their magical bound to a child can also feel the same symptoms Fortunately for male dragons, these symptoms only appear in the last year of a pregnant and i'm feeling them really badly even so it's nowhere near as bad as how the mother feels." Igneel explained to the dragon queen.

"Would it affect your combat ability that much?" Irene asked him.

"For the most part no, it does cause my power to fluctuate depending on the state of my being. It wasn't enough to affect my combat ability against General Pikem, the Ice Dragon General, in fact, it gave me the edge to beat him, however, i was fighting much sloppier than i did back then against that Tartarus leader, not helped was the Curses bypassing my Scales, weakening me further." Ingeel explained to Irene about his fuliciating power level.

"All i need you to do is to scare the Jerichoens, Damanians, Carbians, and Gorhains from attacking Zen and then going to join Belserion at the Eastern front to scare off Franir's forces, just to make sure they don't use our battle of Tartarus to take lands from Dragonv and its allies. Can you manage that?" Irene asked the dragon if he can still fight.

"Sure, that's more than enough."Igneel replied as he was determined to protect the kingdoms allied with Dragonv along with Dragonv.

"We can handle a few small armies." Metalicana replied as he was ready to help out. Minue Jr tries to get up but Igneel stops her.

"What are you doing?" Igneel asked her.

"I'm coming with you!"Minue Jr said to them.

"Remember what the doctors said, you're in no condition to try battling again." Ingeel scolded her.

"You sound just like mother." Minue Jr replied as she stood at her bedside.

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Meanwhile around Altair City

Neileil and Jackal fight each other as people flee the city from their fight. Jackal uses his speed to try to punch at Neliel but since she's flying, he's unable to reach her with a punch.

"STAND STILL YOU BITCH!" Jackal shouted as he up the air, attempting to hit her with chain explosions but she dodged out of the way.

"You can't hope to get me to fight you hand to hand Demon" Neliel taunted"I told you I only need one hand to beat you.

"WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT!" Jackal shouted as he dashed at her, and threw a punch, blowing up nearby buildings.

"All i have to do is dodge your attacks until you run out of power and then blast you with Fairy Magic until your ashes, i got all day!" Neliel smirked trying to ignore the pain in her arm only to see Jackal leap towards her to attack her.

"Bomb Spiral!" as jackal creates a large spiral of explosions however Nel evades them and goes to blast Jackal with her own counter-attack.

"Fairy Arrow" as she fires an arrow-shaped blast of magic at him and shoots through Jackal, injuring him in that shot, causing the demon to cough up blood.

"Shit!" Jackal shouted as he coughs up blood." DAMN HUMAN!" Jackal shouted as he punched the ground, creating a large explosion blowing back Neliel.

"Crap!" Neliel said to herself as she then sees Jackal come at her with a powerful punch as she blocks the blow only to realize he's smirking.

"Got ya!" Jackal laughed as he caused an explosion blasting back at Neliel.

"URGH!" Neliel shouted as both her arms were injured.

"HA! Finally got you, now you have no hands to cast your magic Fairy!" Jackal laughed only to see her go to kick him. "Stupid Fairy, you can't kick me, you risk blowing yourself up." Jackal laughed only to see a blast come out of her feet.

"Fairy Feet!" Neliel chanted as she fired a massive blast of Fairy Magic from her foot, blasting back Jackal damaging him even more.

"ARRRRGH!" Jackal shouted as he was burned by the attacks.

"Fairy Star Storm!" Neliel chanted as she put up one of her better-working arms, raining down hundreds of blasts on Jackal blasting him with even more Light Magic.

"URRRAGCH" Jackal screamed in agony as he was blasted by more attacks, He then sees Neliel charge up her strongest attack with one hand.

"Great Fairy Shooting Star" as she blasts a large beam of Fairy magic at Jackal with Jackal seeing the attack coming.

"If she hits me with that i'm a goner." Jackal said to himself as he puts his hands out to block the beams attack as he's being pushed back by the beam, the beam keeps pushing him back as his hands burn from the energy however he manages to get his Curse to activate and create an explosion, negating the beam from hitting him but the explosion sends him flying to the town center, going through several buildings. He then lands on the ground and his hands and body touch the ground.

"And I win, one demon down!" Neliel gloated as she went flying where Jackal crashed. Jackal was pretty badly burned by Fairy Magic and coughing up blood." You're still alive? That should've killed you" Neliel shouted as she saw Jackal stand back up.

"I must admit, I almost died there. Had it not for my Bomb Curse exploding the blast before hitting me, I would've died there. Now thanks to you, I'm surrounded by bystanders." Jackal grinned as he saw scared bystanders.

"Damn it !" Neliel shouted as she realized she was in a very bad situation."Runaway everyone!" Neliel shouted as the bystanders tried to flee only for one of them to be exploded by an explosion on the ground, being blown into bits, several more people were killed by the explosion. Neliel sees that there are White Glyphs surrounding the entire town.

"I planted 10 glyphs that would explode with the force of a Volcanic explosion around the outskirts of the whole town as well as many smaller Glyphs hidden on the ground that can blow apart limbs of anyone who steps in it like that family I just blew up. These people are going nowhere, not when i'm just starting to have fun."Jackal explained to Neliel as he brags about his plan.

"When did you set all this up?" Neliel asked him.

"Fool, anything that touches my body becomes a bomb. My body touched the ground of this town center, hence all i had to do is think up about the number of explosives i planted at the ground. Now you're in a town that would explode if you try to spam your flying ability. If you fly around and I miss you, you risk all these people being killed. Now come down here and fight me or i will blow them all away just to get to you." Jackal laughed as Neliel is forced to fly down.

"Damn it!" Neliel replied as she went to land down on her feet."You fiend don't drag people into this." Neliel shouted.

"I must admit, I wasn't expecting faires to be so powerful, however as you can see, it takes more than just power to win a fight, it takes some quick thinking too. Now that i have you limited in space, i can go all out while you're forced to hold back" Jackal laughed as he goes to transform himself."Etherious Form: Mufasa" Jackal roared as he grows fur over most of his body and gains a canine snout and face, complete with pointed fangs and a long tongue, mostly shown dangling down from the sides of his mouth. He grows massive dark claws on both his black hands, with his forearms having had their spots enlarged to accommodate their new size and his now animal-like legs; his tail becomes longer and bushier. The disappearance of his hair exposes his left eye, crossed diagonally by a small scar; in this form, both of the Etherious' eyes are shown as blank and pupil-less, with more spots surrounding them. Jackal's sudden increase in mass causes his tank top to be torn and his boots to disappear, while the rest of his outfit is left intact.

"That form again?" Neliel stated.

"This form you see here is my combined power with that of the Great Eastern Pangaraian Demon Mufasa, a ruthless demon that causes panic, fear, and disorder for his own amusement and is said to have driven many men into wars by burning down villages. A natural fit for the Demon." Jackal explains to the Fairy as he leaps at the Fairy with his claws and attacks, creating a massive explosion, destroying a whole city block and killing several hundred people. Neliel barely blocked the blast.

"He destroyed a whole part of the town that easily? This isn't good."Neliel said to herself as she then sees the Jackal pounce again." At this rate he's going to destroy the entire town, i have to think fast otherwise we're all dead."Neliel said to herself as she evaded the attacks of the demon.

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Meanwhile at Starry Hills Temple

Meanwhile, Lena and Toafruzar fought within the ruins of the temple.

"Sand Rebellion" Lena chanted as she sent a wave of sand towards Torafuzar but the Fish Demon tanks the attack with ease.

"Such a pathetic attack, I hardly need to break a sweat fighting you."Torafuzar mocked as he shrugs off the attack.

"Sand Wave"Lena chanted as she launches another large wave of sand launches a massive wave but the Fish Demon swims through the sand and goes to slash her with his bladed forearm.

"Not nearly enough, but better than last time!" Torfauzar said to himself as he then sees a sandpit begin to suck him in.

"Sand Pit" causes a large quicksand pile to form around the Etherious however he uses his strength to resist being pulled into the sandpit. He then sees Lena go to summon a massive sand tendril.

"Sand Slash '' as she swipes her left hand and directs it down, creating a slashing wave of sand. which hits against Torafuzar but he barely takes any damage from the slash.

"Pathetic! Not nearly enough, My turn! Tenchi Kaimei, Black Water Arrows!" as he spits out water shaped like arrows towards Lena but she blocks with Sand around her. She then surrounds him with a Sand Tornado.

"Sand Tornado!" as she summons a massive tornado of Sand to engulf Torafuzar."I got him this time!" Lena said to herself only to see Torafuzar unharmed however his body was covered in black water which negated the sand.

"Not bad, you forced me to use my Tenchi Kaimei twice, you're not half bad for a runt. Normally Assassins like myself kill anyone they want in 1-2 hits but you're proving to be the rare one to last this long against me. Had I been a different opponent, your sand would have crushed me but as you can clearly see, you're a major elemental disadvantage as I have the power of water. "Torafuzar explained to Lena.

"I see, so i can't win with the sand i'm using currently, time to step it up." Lena chanted as she turned everything around her to sand as she summoned a massive wave of Sand around herself that came towards Torafuzar.

"Big deal, I'll just blast this away!Tenchi Kaimei: Black Water Stream" as he shoots a beam of black water from his mouth but it's absorbed by the sand"What?"

"It's useless, Sands of Death can absorb even the Water of a Water Dragon, it's more like you had the wrong opponent with your power."Lena replied as she chases him with the wave with the Fish demon evading the wave however he's caught into the wave and thrown out of the collapsed temple and buried below the ground."Good, I managed to blast him without damaging the town, time to finish this. AntLion Pit" as she uses her magical power to sink down the Fish demon.

"Damn it, i underestimated her!" Torafuzar said to himself as he was sunken into the pit.

"I sunk him to the depth of the mountain, roughly 5km down the earth, strong or not, that should be enough to seal him there forever. The pressure below the earth combines with no air to breathe and the mass of a mountain on his body, he isn't going anywhere. Now to search for the Clock piece and look to help Neliel.

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Meanwhile Zerbaian Badlands

Lexiel and Tempester were clashing fists within the Savanna. Lexiel, however, was overpowering him as Tempester was pushed back from the blows and was getting both overpowered and blitzed. Lexiel evades most of the Lion Demon's punches by bobbing and weaving and countering with several punches to the face.

"Come on, that's all you got Demon!" Lexiel laughed as he punched Tempester down to the ground with his punch creating a sizable carter around Tempester however the demon gets back up.

"Stampede!" Tempester chanted as he used his Curse to control nearby Wild Beasts and Hippos to stampede towards Lexiel by the thousands along with Hyenas.

"A Stampede?" Lexiel asked, shocked to see so many animals stampeding towards him.

"My Curse power Calamity revolves around the use of natural calamities and disasters. meaning any natural disaster that exists, i can generate" Tempester explained to his curse as all the animals came towards Lexiel however Lexiel doesn't look scared.

"Partial Titan Arms!"Lexiel chanted as he gained muscles on his arms and doubled the size of his arms, he then slams both of his forearms down on the ground with enclosed fists "Titan's Hamers!" Lexiel chanted as he created a shockwave, knocking away thousands of animals and knocking them all out cold.

"He repelled all those animals with a single shockwave? What is this man?" Tempester said to himself, shocked at Lexiel's power.

"Really that's the best you got? Next time control some Feral dragons so i can get a real challenge. Those puny animals don't compare to a C Class Dragon much less any Dragon i can kill."Lexiel mocked the demon as he came towards him.

"Firestorm!" Tempester chanted as he shot 20 fireballs towards him only for Lexiel to block the attacks with his enlarged right arm.

"Giant's Fist of Fury" Lexiel countered as he charges up light energy within his fist as he punches the monster several dozen miles until the monster hits some trees in the forest. lexiel then chases down the demon who was within the forests as the tho were now fighting within the rainforests not too far from the Savannah across a river.

"Cyclone" Tempester countered back as he shot a massive Cyclone blast from both hands which completely destroyed a large section of a whole forest but Lexiel blocked the attack.

"My turn!" Lexiel smirked as he leaped into the air to attack the demon, he then enlarged his foot as he landed down to about 3 times the size of his whole body."Titan's Foot!" Lexiel chanted as he stomped into the ground, directly hitting the Lion Demon and crushing him under his feet literally, splattering blood everywhere around him. Lexiel turns his foot back to normal as he sees the crushed corpse of Tempester.

"Pfftt, too easy, hardly a challenge."Lexiel laughed only to see the demon stand back up and regenerate "What the hell?"

"You almost had me there human. To think a single human could stomp on me this hard when i was alive, it required 6 powerful Holy Wizards to kill me, for you to almost kill me despite me fusing with a demon shows of your strength." Tempester explained to Lexiel.

"How did you survive that?" Lexiel asked him.

"You would need stronger attacks than that to beat me but i'm not giving you that chance. Etherious Form: Ala."Tempester chanted as the monster then grew to a staggering 15 feet, His hair became much longer and wilder, jutting out in various directions, and he gained a beard, dark snout, and larger and sharper teeth. His body becomes much more muscular and his arms and lower body are covered in a dark mist of Magical Barrier Particles. His wounds fully regenerate.

"Looks like you decided to fight seriously."Lexiel said to the demon as the demon is ready to fight seriously.

"Impact!" Tempester chanted as he punches Lexiel in the stomach, sending him flying into a boulder, destroying the boulder.

"His power increased so much!" Lexiel said to himself as he struggled to get back up.

"My power is merged with the Great Storm demon known as Ala, a demon that haunted the Serenity Kingdom Bordering Dragonv that created storms and natural disasters. Allow me to show you, my true power, human." Tempester said to the Titan Prince as he came at him.

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Meanwhile at Zwage Church,Zebra

Within the abandoned church, both Seliah and Veronica were clashing with each other. Veronica was struggling to land any hits on Seilah as She evades each of her strikes with sidesteps and dodges as she was moving much faster than the Deputy Archbishop.

"Dream Knock!" as she uses a powerful sleep spell on Seilah but she handwaves it away.

"Not nearly enough"! Seliah said to Veronica as she looked bored as she pulled out a book.

"Holy Divine Stream" as she fires a massive wave of Light towards Seliah but she effortlessly dodges it who's reading her book"Holy Trinity!" as she fires 3 large blasts of Light magic shaped like Arrows but Seilah deflects the attacks away from her.

"Not bad, however nowhere near enough."Seilah said to the mage as she read her book.

"Holy Light Beam!" as she goes into a prayer pose and shoots a beam of light towards Seliah who dodges the attack.

"My turn!"Seliah said in her monotone voice as she levaites debris around her and launched 10 bricks towards Veronica but she dodged the attack and went for a dropkick pushing Seliah back slightly."Her power increased?" Seliah said to herself as she was staggered slightly.

"Spiritus Dei(Latin for God's Breath)"Vercoina chanted as she goes into a prayer stance and breathes. She's surrounded by a golden aura around herself and goes to dash towards Seilah creating Afterimages around her.

"Hmmm Zentopian Martial Arts? I used to be very skilled in that, now my power has far surpassed such pitiful forms of fighting." Seilah says to Veronica as the Afterimages come towards her.

"Sword of God!" as she comes at Seilah an aura of a sword from her left hand but Seilah evades the slashing chop only to see it was an afterimage and another Veronica comes at her."Deus Pugnus ( Latin for God's Fist) as she tries to punch Seilah with an aura of a giant golden fist but Seliah blocks the punch smiling.

"I must admit you're not too bad at Zentopian Martial Arts, what's your rank Zentopian?" Seilah asked her.

"Lieutenant Deputy Archbishop of Zentopia Veronica Strauss,!" Veronica answered.

"You're from the Strauss Noble Family. I see I was right to suspect you were a Deputy Archbishop given your background. So that scumbag Victor Heartfilla hired you didn't he? "Seliah asked her about her family's history of exorcists.

"Don't insult the Pope that way."Veronica shouted at the demon.

"You try being left for dead and then butchered by a man you looked up to as a father." Seilah shouted back.

"You two were convicted of Heresy, Treason and sexual deviancy of the highest order, you also were behind countless murders and rapes." Veronica explained to the demon she was fighting.

"And you think the crooks within your Zentopian Establishment is any better? If I had a Jewel for every crime that the church commits, I would have 3 castles with pools filled with gold. Did me and Kyouka sin? Yes but that's part of the job in your so-called Holy Church."Seilah explained back about the corruption within Zentopia.

"Don't insult Zentopia's teachings that way you vile demons? I HAD ENOUGH OF YOUR LIES!" Veronica got angered as she went to set up one of her attacks.

"Such an ignorant sheep, you're either entirely naive of the nature of Zentopia or you're willfully ignorant of the atrocities it commits, they care nothing about being charitable or good, they care only about obtaining power at any cost, morality be damned." Seilah stated ranting on Zentopia as Veronica charged up Magic.

"They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not show mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon." Veronica chanted as the spell was near completion and not a moment too Lance" as she formed a massive Lance of Light as her body strained heavily from the attack and threw it towards Seliah but she effortlessly caught it with her hand."Impossible!" Veronica shouted.

"You almost had me going but it's a shame you're too pitifully weak to damage an Etherious. I will say that your Spiritus Dei(Latin for God's Breath) is powerful however such power has a toll on your body. As you hold your breath, your body becomes weaker due to the lack of oxygen which would eventually offset your explosive increase of power, you can only maintain such an explosive amount of power as you hold your breath. The strain on your body is too great for your small body to handle." Seliah explained to Veronica her power's major weakness as Vercoina struggled to catch her breath.

"Damn it!" Veronica shouted as she was struggling to breathe.

"Don't worry, i would spare you a slow painful death by ending you right now!" Seliah said to Veronica as she tries to make her choke herself with Marco having Vercoina's hands grab her neck." I'm sadly bored with you. Unlike Kyouka i don't have the desire to torture my opponents to death for hours, however the sooner i kill you and bring the clock peice, the quicker I can be with Kyouka " Seilah said to Veronica as she used her Marco however she noticed Veronica was overpowering her Marco"IMPOSSIBLE, NO HUMAN SHOULD BE ABLE TO BREAK MY CURSE!"

"ARRRGH!"Veronica breaks free of Marco and removes her hands from her own neck.

"HOW? THAT SHOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE? NO HUMAN CAN JUST CANCEL OUT A CURSE SO EASILY, ESPECIALLY NOT ONE AS WEAK AS YOU!" Seliah shouted as she was losing her calm cool demeanor.

"That's because I'm no mere being. As you said Us Zneotpians have our own secrets to hide, I have my own to hide from the very Church I serve. Now that we're alone, i can fight you with the power granted to you by true demons." Veronica said to Seliah as she transformed into her demon form.

"True Demons?What are you talking about?"Seilah asked her.

"Satan Soul:Kane" Veronica chanted as she went to transform in front of Seliah, shocking her.

Veronica's eyes became darker and her eyelashes grew larger, with a dark, thin marking in a light zig zag-style crossing her right eye vertically; similar markings are present above her right breast and on both of her bare thighs. Her hair became wilder, jutting upwards and getting curlier, with the front ponytail growing longer, and her ears enlarging, extending backward, and gaining pointed edges, bearing resemblance to those of the fictional elves. She also gained sharp canine teeth, and her lips became covered in dark lipstick. Her forearms and hands became covered in scales and each sprouting a fin-like protrusion on its outer side. She also grows a large, stocky tail seemingly made of metal plates or scales, getting smaller and smaller near its end, in the place of her nun clothing was a purple, skimpy one-piece suit baring her midriff and navel and long purple leather stocking boots.

"How, how did you become a Demon?" Seilah asked her.

"You have more than one Satan Soul form?" I asked her.

"This is why I didn't want to use my full power... This accursed power is shunned by the Zentopian Church and i hate this form." Veronica explained to me, I can see why such a form was emitting a dark aura in contrast to her pure heart.

"When did you get this power?" Seliah asked her shocked to see her transform into her soul form.

"It's a long story, I won't waste time on details. I nearly died from an exorcist mission gone wrong which killed my two siblings and my entire crew, this vile demon known as Kane killed my younger brother Alfred Strauss and my sister Eizlbeath Strauss within the town of Clover. I was the sole survivor of the incident. In a fit of rage, I tried to use a forbidden Holy Spell to kill the demon, however it nearly killed the Gremory Demon Clan who were amongst the good demons who wanted harmony and peace between humans and demons. When I was at the brink of death, I saw a woman on camelback with crimson hair appear wearing a face covered by an under face veil. She was the Demon of Middle Earthland riding a flaming camel came to her seeing hope that one can bridge the gap between humans and friendly demons by fighting against corrupt gods and Demons and gave me a second chance to do so. You Entherious give Demons a bad name, hence it's my quest to destroy you and add you to my collection of Evil Demons i control." Veronica explained to Etherious, revealing her plans to capture her soul.

"I see, so that's the true secret of your power huh? How did you become such a powerful Exorcist, you steal demon powers to power yourself? Clever front, no one would notice your increasing power. I Sense Baal within you, it seems like you had this thought up."

"I've several powerful Royal Demons within my body, the first one being Kane, an evil spirit that was said to be an angel who killed his brother Abel and was banished as a fallen angel, the Second one being Halphas, a warmongering Earl of Hell who was attempting to start a war between Seven and Fiore that i killed before he can destroy Londra and the third and most powerful Demon i process is Sirti, the Prince of Hell who came to avenge his fallen comrade and attempted to destroy Crocus itself, and lastly the Demon Baal, a demon who almost destroyed Mongolia Town. this is why I'm the most powerful Exorcist in the country at a young age." Veronica explained her powers to Seilah.

"That explains why my Marco didn't work, how reckless, merging yourself into a demon, You would be banished by your very church as a result. I thought me and Kyouka had the worst punishment, that would pale in comparison to the punishment you would receive when they find out you're one of us." Seliah explained to Seilah.

"I don't intend to because I won't let you live."Veronica replied with a smirk."Normally I hold back my power to avoid being outed as a Half demon,half-human, which contradicts everything I stand for since I'm alone... That's when I can release my full power and you're the perfect opponent to fight you with everything I got." Veronica explained to Seilah with Seilah getting more serious.

"And here I was getting bored. Don't worry Vercoina Strauss, By the time i'm finished, i will put you in front of everyone you know and have your comrades kill you the same way they betrayed me and Kyouka. It would make for an amazing story shall it not, the fall of Veronica Strauss. A woman renowned for demon hunting is revealed as a Demon and then all her comrades watch her get brutally raped, stoned to death and then beheaded. You Would suffer the same fate as me and Kyouka were cursed with, don't worry though, you would make a perfect member of Tartarus once we break you from the inside out so you can help us usher in a new era of Demons." Selaih said to Veronica.

"Not going to happen, you will be part of me when this is all said and done." Veronica replied as she was ready to throw down with Seliah.

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Meanwhile around Altair City

Jackal and Nel continue their battle throughout the town which has become a warzone, innocent people are hiding inside basements and within buildings. Nel was at a disadvantage as she was being battled by the onslaught of Jackal attacks as she was sent into another building that exploded.

"HAHAHAHA" Jackal laughed as he threw another punch at her, smashing her not the ground with another explosion occurring but Nel dodges the blast only to step on a Glyph that appears Visible. which explodes, damaging her.

"ARGH!"Nel shouted as her leg was damaged from the explosion.

"HAHAHAHA! Between the explosive glyphs on the ground and my close-range attacks, you have nowhere to run Fairy."Jackal laughed as he goes to punch her but she dodges the punch as it destroys several buildings, killing even more people.

"This is beyond cowardly using the town as a hostage."Nel shouted at the demon.

"It's a price you pay for your carelessness Fairy, you should've avoided hitting me to the town if you didn't want me to use them as hostages, this is a war. There's no such thing as a fair fight in a war." Jackal explained to the Fairy as he attacked her more with a slew of rapid punches, hitting the fairy and knocking her to the ground with her burned by the explosions with most of her body getting degree burns.

"I gotta do something, if this keeps up, i'm going to die but if i try to fly, he will blow up the entire town and everyone would die. I gotta transform but he won't give me the chance, he's relentless in his attacks."Nel said to herself only to see Jackal charging up a blast in his mouth."Now's my chance" Nel said to herself as she begins to transform.

"Feel free to dodge this attack but if you do, this entire town is destroyed. Which will it be, your life, or this entire town!" Jackal mocked her as he then shoots a light yellow flash of energy from his mouth towards her which creates a large explosion, destroying several abandoned buildings around him and her. It's revealed she transformed into her Great Fairy Mode to withstand the explosion.

"Great Fairy Mode" she powered up with a golden aura that protected her from the explosion.

"You blocked that, not bad but let's see how well you do against me up close, remember no flying."Jackal smirked as he dashed towards her and tried to swipe here with his claws but she dodge the attack and went counter-attack.

"Fairy Wave!" as she shoots an arcing wave of Fairy Magic from her right hand, slashing Jackal across the chest.

"DARRAGH!" DAMN FAIRY!" Jackal grunted as he screamed in pain as he clutched to his chest.

"Damn bitch! You still have some power in you!I"Jackal grunted as he held onto the chest which was burning and dripping with blood.

"I intend to reduce your body to ashes!" Nel replied as she dashes at him with blasts charging in her hands.

"Great Fairy Shooting Star" as she blasts a large beam of Fairy magic at Jackal which pushes back the Etherious beast, creating a massive shockwave that sends him flying a mile away from the town, however, the Etherious recovers his step and charges up Curses in his mouth.

"Clever move bitch but not good enough, you're not going to push me out of town. Exploding Souls"as he shoots out 10 small orbs of Curse power to attack Nel as if they were homing missiles.

" Damn it! " Nel said to herself as she dodged one of the orbs as the blast levels everything within a city block radius. Neliel is chased by 9 other Soul orbs that home onto her. Neliel charges up a blast and shoots it at the orb following her and sends it to the sky blowing up, the other orbs follow the explosion and explode upwards miles above the town. 3 more however still follow her.

"You think you can run from me? "Jackal said to the Fairy as he dashes at Nel with his claws which the Fairy dodge the blasts coming towards her which she narrowly evades.

"Damn, i can't shake them! "Nel shouted as she dashed away from the explosive orbs following her.

Nel goes into the abandoned Ale House and goes through the bare and into the dancing stage where the blast goes to hit the floor, taking out the entire building which Neliel narrowly avoids the explosion Shes sees two more of them head towards her, she leaps around and jumps into the river in the town which one orb explodes at with only one left.

"Now time to take care of this! Fairy Blast!" as she blasts the orb with all her might, destroying the orb completely however she sees Jackal right behind her.

"GOT YA!"Jackal shouted as he punched Nel upwards with an uppercut which launched her in the air with explosive force, he then did a claw strike, knocking her down to the crater town square, creating a large explosion.

"URGH!" Nel shouted as she coughed up blood as Jackal went to leap down on her. Nel gets back up and goes to attack, charging a blast in her hand.

Nel evades a slash from Jackal's right arm and goes for a double Energy blast but the Etherious dodges the strike and aims a kick to Nel's stomach but she evades the strike and shoots a blast at Jackal's face knocking the Etherious back. Jackal goes for a dashing slash but the fairy blocks with her arms and is pushed back by the explosion. Nel dodges his attacks, as his claws generate explosive slash waves, taking out buildings and anything in the way. She, however, steps on a Glyph and gets blown up by a Curse glyph.

"URGH!" Nel shouted as she struggled to stand.

"Looks like your leg is injured, Now try dodging this attack. Exploding Vortex!" Jackal laughed as he charged up a large amount of yellowish light energy in his mouth and fired it that generated swirling flames around the beam which hit Nel.

"SHIT!"Nel shouted as she is hit directly by the explosion that destroys a large portion of the entire town, Nel is launched outside to the city limits as she falls down from the sky.

The explosion engulfs everything within a mile radius and creates a massive mushroom cloud rising higher than the mountains. 1/4th of the town was completely destroyed by the attack with at least `1000 people killed in the explosion with over 5000 people injured from flying debris. Debris rained down on the rest of the town as there's a large crater around the center of the town. Neliel was that the outskirts of the town badly injured, her right-wing was damaged very badly from the explosion, her body was covered in blood and second-degree burns with her left arm and right-wing covered in third-degree burns. Jackal using his strong legs leaps from the center of Altar to the outskirts and lands where Neliel is at.

"I can't move...I failed to beat him."Nel said herself only for Jackal to step on her chest.

"I must admit, you almost had me at first but thanks to your stupidity and arrogance you gave me the upper hand. Oh well, time to end this battle." Jackal smiled as he went to punch down at Nel's head but Nel smirked and went to counter-attack.

"Star Punch ''she goes to dash at him with a charged up punch which hits the Etherious in the Torso as she then flies up in the air with her fist.

"Ha, stupid human, you touched me directly, you're going to get blown to bits!" Jackal laughed only to see his torso pierced into the punch as she fled upward to the air."What?" Jackal shouted as his stomach was priced through by her fist.

"In that case, how about I explode right inside of you?" Nel shouted as she flew into a boulder and both are engulfed in a large explosion which takes out the hill outside the city limits next to the temple Jackal was hurt by his own explosion as well as Nel's attack while Neliel's right arm was severely broken only the sinew keeping it attached to her."GRRAH!"

"I told you to avoid flying bitch, now you're going to pay, time to kill everyone in town…"Jackal shouted as he tries to explode the glyphs around the town but can't, he realizes he's outside the range of the glyphs. Nel smiled as they were outside the town.

"You fool...I purposely waited for you to hit more with an attack powerful enough to blast me out of town, you were so excited by the explosions, you didn't even notice we left town didn't you. Your Curse magic can explode anything you touch into contact but for your more powerful Glyph explosives, you need to be within the range of the spell. Now I have you far enough from the town, I don't have to hold back." Nel explained to Jackal how she outwitted him while holding onto her injured right arm.

"Big deal, you're too heavily injured to do anything to me." Jackal laughed only to see her regenerate from her injuries. She's able to heal up from most of the superficial injuries and heal up her injuries, she wasn't fully healed but she was able to fix both hands and only have first degree burns on her body as opposed to second-degree burns."Impossible, how did you heal yourself?"

"Fool you know nothing about Fairies. Our bodies feed on Ethernano, the more Ethernano present, the better and we can regenerate our wounds from that, granted we can't regenerate damaged organs or severe injuries but in our Great Fairy Mode, we can heal most of our wounds." Nel smirked while Jackal clutched to his torso wound.

"YOU FUCKING BITCH, I CAN STILL WIPE OUT THIS TOWN IN ONE ATTACK, FUCK IT I'M BLOWING THIS ENTIRE COUNTRY UP, FUCK YOU!" Jackal shouted as he created an explosive shockwave around his entire body, blowing back Nel and then began charging up Curses in his mouth in his Etherious form.

"I gotta do something before he blows all of us to kingdom come."Nel said to herself as she looked at him gathering power around him with both his hands charging up energy everywhere."I have that one attack, it's time to use it but i wonder if i have enough power to cast it. Damn regeneration cost me alot of magic to do."

"I'm going to blow this entire country into bits, there would be nothing remaining within a 300km radius of this attack, anything that hits my blast would all explode to bits. I hope you're ready to die with everyone with you." Jackal laughed as he charged up power around him.

"I must cast this!" Nel said to herself as she puts both of her hands out in the air and begins to form a ball of her magic energy that absorbs the Sunlight and expand the ball until it grows larger than her body, the whitish-yellow ball of light is then tossed at the Demon "Fairy Starlight!" as she threw the attack Jackal was about to unleash his attack at the country.

"Exploding Ultra Bomb!" Jackal laughed as he was about to explode however his attack was canceled out by the incoming Starlight attack that negates his attack." WHAT?NO, NO, NO, NO! NO!" Jackal screamed as he was completely engulfed in the light of the attack and the attack exploded with the intensity of 1,000 suns, creating a bright light engulfing the entire country.

However, the only thing damaged by the light was Jackal who was so badly damaged, he reverted to his base state and was smoking badly, his body was burned by the attack. He struggled to stand but he coughed up a massive amount of blood.

"I finally got you!"Nel said to the demon as she collapsed to the ground.

"I lost...FUCK!" Jackal shouted as his body turns into smoke and begins to be vaporized into ashes, as his body breaks down, he flashes back to his life.

17 years ago

I went by the name of Jack Langston before i died, I became part of the Siege division under Zentopia's Legion corp when i turned 20, I missed out on the Dragon War as i was too young to join but i did manage to kill my fair share of people. One of the things that got me recognized into the until was the Siege of Rutio during the dispute in Dama. I came into those geezers Council building at the capital and killed every last one of them. I blew their entire headquarters to oblivion with my Rupture magic. Brad Manson was impressed with my skills.

"To take the head council out so easily, your skills are very valuable, how about you like to join the elites?" Brand Manson asked me.

"Sure thing, i don't mind doing whatever it takes to get ahead." I answered as I joined them.

It was a fun life I had. I got the ability to kill indiscriminately and effectively. However, that would end in my death.

7 years ago

I fought against the dreaded Roy Sugarboy in a battle, We fought in a major battle where I was standing over him after using my Rupture Magic. I had the man on the ropes when I fell for his trap.

"Any last words?" I barged at him as I charged up Rupture Magic within my hands only to notice there was acidic some behind me.

"Yes, my final words are, dissolve you fiend."Roy replied as his attack engulfs my body.

"ARRRGH!" I screamed in pain as I couldn't move, the acidic slime dissolved the skin off my bones.

Present Day

"Damn it, now i die being dissolved again...FUCK!" Jackal shouted as he vaporized into ash. Nel collapses on the ground severely exhausted and struggling to hang on.

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Meanwhile at the Cube

Brandman notices a seal breaks from his hand looking at it.

"Looks like Zekiel Jackal has fallen too, Mard Geer,we have a problem" Brandman said to himself.

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Meanwhile in the skies of the Ishgal Sea

Mard Geer and Kyouka fly on their one eye demon bird when Bradman contacts him.

"We have a huge problem, I think Dragonv is counter-attacking with dragons, 4 of our demons were just killed."Mard Geer said to his associate.

"Seems we're running out of time, begin moving the Cube to Fiore." Kyouka suggested.

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Back at Altair City

Lena sees Nel lying down on the ground.

"Looks like they're all defeated. Nel's exhausted her power too much, she might be exhausted fatally of her Magic. I gotta get her to a doctor fast." Lena said to herself as she then felt the ground rumbling as Torafuzar broke out of the Sand surrounding the temple side, he revealed that he escaped the Sand Pit using his Etherious and revealing his body was made of solid steel with not a single scratch on him.

"That was a close one kid!" Tortafuzar said to the Nirvirt Survivor, shocking her as he was alive and standing.

"Impossible, how did you escape my Sand Lion Pit? It should have drained any power of you." Lena shouted.

"Pathetic human, I'm the Etherious who's fused with a powerful demon Fishman known as Synanceia terrorized the Seven Seas, my body is made of steel, a metal harder than even an Iron Dragons Scales. This body withstood the strongest spell from the Vakryle Queen which can destroy a whole country."Tortafuzar explained to Lena.

"You killed Hilda?" Lena asked.

"Yes, one of my notable kills, to be frank, one of the biggest fish I've killed. Why do you ask?" Torafuzar asked the Nirvit Survivor.

"So you killed my master? I'll avenge her by killing you." Lena replied.

"That's cute. With what, that kiddy wave you used on me? Now it's my turn to make a huge splash." Torafuzar said to Lena as he went to set up for his next attack."Tenchi Kaimei Tsunami" as he raised his hands and raised a massive Tsunami high into the air kilometers from the tidal wave.

The water was the same color as the vile gas within. The people see the massive wave as they try to flee the massive wave of water as the entire city of Aitar is engulfed by the water. Many thousands of people were saved by Lena making hundreds of large sand pillars for them to stand on however over 6,640 people perished instantly within the Tsunami wave as many buildings in the town not destroyed by Jackal was obliterated by the Tsunami.

Lena is trapped underwater with black carbon poisoning her body.

"Shit, such dense water, i can't breathe!" Lena said to herself as she struggled to breathe. Worse she was starting to feel sick. She uses sand to try to cover her mouth and her body forming a sand armor around her."Sand Armor!" as she creates Sand Armor on her body but her sand was barely sticking and starting to crumble"This water is so dense it's destroying my sand armor already."

"This water is much denser than normal water, being pure Carbon and made of my curse powers, your puny sand stands no chance. This water has 5 times the pressure of water within the deepest part of the ocean. Let' see what gives away faster, the poisonous Water that would kill you, the lack of Oxygen or me choking the life out of you with my Steel Grip." Torafuzar explained to her as he was determined to bring her down.

Meanwhile, people were starting to panic as the sand platform was starting to crumble slowly.

"Shit, I have to beat him, those sand pillars I created are only going to last for a bit before they crumble. Worse I only have a few minutes before I can hold my breath, this Sand Armor also slows me down considerably, worse I'm not sure how long I can hold off against the poison." Lena said to herself as she saw Torafuzar come at her.

"This water contains acidic carbonized water, the more this battle drags on, the more life-force would be drained from you until you die. No human can last more than five minutes in this carbon water, even with the ability to breathe underwater. Even better, I move even faster underwater while you're limited by your movements, human."Torafuzar explained his powers to her.

"Shit!" Lena said to herself as she tries to use her sand tendrils underwater but they keep breaking down"I can't attack him at all!" Lena said to herself as the sand crumbled within the water.

She then Sees Torafuzar right above her!

"Your sand is useless here human!Deep Impact!" he easily smashes through the Sand Armor on her body and punches her to the depth of the Tsunami wave, crashing to the ground, causing serious damage. Lena coughs up blood and ingested some of the toxic water, already beginning to suffer

"URRAGGH!"Lena gargled as she struggled to breathe. She struggled to survive that one.

"You survived my Deep Impact and ingested the Toxic Black Water of Hades. I admire your spirit human but it's already over. In 5 minutes, you're going to die a horrible death, however, I will send you far before then."Torafuzar explained to her as he swam towards her at high speed to attack her.

"Sand Rebellion" she sends a wave of sand towards Torafuzar but the attack disperses within the water and falls to the bottom of the water and Lena is punched right in the face by Torafuzar, knocking her around again.

"You're puny sand has no effect on my Water."Toraufzar laughed as he went to punch her again but she went to attack again.

"Sand Wave"as she launches another large wave of sand to it Disperses in the water again and sinks to the bottom.

"HAHAHA!Stupid human! Sand is the worst element to fight my Black Water!" Torafuzar laughed as he went to attack her.

Torfauzar pummels the crap out of Lena, hitting her a series of fast punches, dashing around her, punching her many times in the torso, and then smashes her into the ground with a double hammer fist. Lena is unable to move as her body was covered in large purple bruises. The Poison was going through her veins.

"Damn it, i gotta fight him. If i don't i will die! I need to fight this poison but he's too fast and strong for me to overcome. I need to remember the Master's training." Lena said to herself as she goes to move her hands "Gills of Fish " as she creates an Oxygen Bubble around herself"I only have enough for a few more minutes" Lena said to herself as she then goes for another enchantment"Anomaly Resistance Enchant: Re-Raise" Lena chanted as she makes herself able to resist the toxic water around her"This should help me withstand the poison" Lena said to herself as she goes for one last Enchantment" Deus Corona+ Sand Armor!" Lena chanted as she enhanced her Sand Armor to be stronger and more effective underwater.

"Time to end this!" Torafuzar goes to attack again dashing at her Deep Impact!" as he punches her in the torso but the combined enhancement with the Sand Armor withstands the impact"What?"Torafuzar said, shocked to see her actually stop his attack. She then forms a Sand Axe at close range towards him.

"Raml Fa'as( فأس الرمل Arabic for Sand Axe)" as she creates a double-bladed ax made of sand which she swings down with both hands, creating a large slashing wave at point-blank range, however, the Axe breaks on his steel body.

"Not bad, you actually managed to hit me, just a shame it's useless. The immense pressure of this water along with the Carbon-rich water makes my body into hardened Steel that surpasses all metal on the planet. Even the scales of the Iron Dragons don't compare to this metal body." Torafuzar laughed bragging about his body as Lena saw her hope of beating him disappearing"This is your limit human, time to end this!" Torafuzar said to her as he summons his bladed fins again he goes to attack with his bladed fin "Deep Impact:Davy Jones Hook"as he swipes his bladed fin at high speeds, creating a slash across Lena's chest, bypassing her strongest defenses.

"URRAGACK!" Lena screamed as blood gushed out of her torso, she then got grabbed by the massive hand by Torfauzar.

"Time to end your tiny existence and do away with the Nirvit race. I'm going to add your body to the list of bodies I've buried in the seas." Torafuzar smirked as he squeezed her torso, forcing her to scream as her lungs filled with the corrosive, toxic water.

"Torafuzar precedes to lift her up and beat with his fist. The first punch knocks the wind out of Nirvirt Survivor as she gritted her teeth, the second nearly break her jaw, the third shatters her nose, the fourth makes her cry out as she feels my ribs start cracking from the force of the punch, the fifth almost makes her puke and take in more toxic water.

"UARRAGGH!" Lena painfully cried as she struggled to breathe, choking from her own vomit and the toxic water.

"Where's the bravado I thought you're going to avenge your master. " Torafuzar laughed as he then grabs her by the neck and goes to strangle her "I'm going to enjoy doing this!" the fish demon laughed as he strangled her with his one large hand on her small neck.

"URRAGH!"Lena struggled as her body became imp.

After a while, the demon grows tired of choking the mage, and throws her half-dead body into the bottom.

"This bores me there's no point if you don't fight back, Looks like i overdid it within my Etherious form. Now, where is that clock piece?" Torfauzar said to himself as he swims away.

Lena's whole body was racked in pain as she struggled to move, she was losing her consciousness.

" Irene was always like an older sister to me. I can't thank her enough for finding Me and giving me a reason to live on. Anna while I could never agree with her religious views she was always a nice person and tried to do the right thing, she was always so nice to me. Erenjack while we butted heads a few times I was always amazed by the effort you put into your training you try so hard to better yourself. I respected you more than anyone else. I don't want to die. I feel my tears start to fall, I hate myself for being so small, I hate being so weak, I can't avenge my master, I can't help my friends, I can't stand it!. I 'm the last of my people, if I die, the hope, the culture, and the heart of the Nirvit would be lost forever." Lena said to herself gripping the handle of her broken sand ax is still in her hands"I thought it would've dispelled right now.!" Lena thought to herself. "Wait what's that,?" Lena asked herself as she noticed the handle is covered in a thin layer of crystal. "I must have been gripping while he was Beating me but what caused it to change?" Lena said to herself as she remembered her master's training.

Two months ago

December 2,x389

Meanwhile, Lena is training to master her powers within a massive waterfall within the Foss Mountain Range in Valkyria known as Foss Falls, the massive waterfall was 300 meters high and over 900 meters long With the intense water rushing down, Lena's go is to use all her power to prevent the waterfall from consuming her, the sand goes from being roughly the size of a large building around her to barely able to cover her body.

"How much more can I take!" Lena shouted as she struggled to hold up the water from her body as her sand got drenched. She's then washed away like the sand around her breaks and she is hit with enough water to sink her 2 meters below the lake. Hilda goes to pick her up from the waterfall.

"You're still too weak, you need to concentrate more, you have to adapt and change your form during battle " Hilda said to Lena.

Present Day

Change my form. .."That's what I need to do,"Lena said to herself as she closed her eyes and focused on a pile of sand in front of her, changing the form. I open my eyes and smile. This will work.

"Where did they put this clock piece? " Torafuzar asked himself only to feel an impact on his skull which bounced off his steel body.

"Sand Arrow!" Lena chanted as she shot an arrow-shaped sand projectile at him.

"You're still alive, I gotta say not bad, you're able to fire underwater your sand but it's pointless, my body is made of steel, your puny sand stands no chance."Torafuzar laughed at her not taking her seriously.

"f I don't stop you here this world will be destroyed so let's go round 2 you metal fuck." Lena shouted at the Fish Demon.

"Time for you to join your family." Torfauzar said to her as he charged at her with his right fist aiming for her Solar Plexus."Deep impact!" Torafuzar chanted as he punched her straight in the stomach but realized his punch was blocked by her right hand with her right arm covered in sand encrusted with crystals with the density of Diamonds."What?"

"My arms are covered in a layer of crystallized sand?"Lena said to herself, shocked by the revelation, she then goes to punch the Demon.

"Sand Magic Crystal Gauntlet "Lena chanted as she punched him straight in the face, pushing him back several feet from her but he recovered from the impact and noticed his Steel skin was cracked.

"Impossible, she cracked through my Steel Body, How?" Torfauzar said to himself only to notice her Cystrailzed sand.

When my sand absorbed the carbon water, it turned it to Crystals. I learned how to change the properties of my magic. Now I can break through your metal body. " Lena explained to the fish demon as he shrugged off her punch.

"Humph, It won't make a difference, nothing can break my steel body. You can only at most scratch me."Torafuzar said to her as he got ready to counter that.

"Let's test that shall we." Lena replied to the Demon.

"You little shit I'm going to break every bone in your body before killing you" Torfauzar replied as he swam towards her.

He swings his fists at her but the Nirvirt survivor blocked his mighty blows with her gauntlets. However, one of his punches managed to hit her and skid her back, forcing her to clutch her side.

"Damn, he broke another rib! I got to land a decisive attack. "Lena said to herself as she channels power around her.

"What's wrong? " Torfauzar laughed only for Lena to catch her breath.

"I'm just getting started! Sand Magic Crystal Armor" Lena chanted as sand envelopes her body before turning into the crystal. His face and mouth are protected allowing her to breathe underwater"Let's Go!"

They both swam at each other at high speeds and clashed their fists together. The differences of Size aside, they were charged at each other at high speeds, clashing evenly with each other with their blows bouncing off their hardened bodies, however, Due to Lena's much smaller body frame, she was able to dodge his attacks far easier, especially with a much lighter frame. Torafuzar goes to punch her swimming his fist as an uppercut coming towards her using his superior speed underwater.

"Shit I can't dodge at this range! Lena said to herself as she sees the massive fist near her head however she moved her neck dodging it as she felt the wind of his fist go pass my ear for the first time in my I've I'm thankful for this small body it makes me harder to hit " Lena said to herself as she was behind Torafuzar.

"Shit I missed! Where did she go?" Torafuzar asked as he turned around to see Lena.

"TAKE THIS!" Lena shouted as she threw a massive hook right into his exposed side hitting him near his liver. The Crystals shatter the steel plating on his midsection, punching a small gash into his metallic body.

'GGRAH!" Torfauzar shouted as he clutched onto his right side of the torso having been penetrated by the crystalized gauntlets.

"I can do this let's go." Lena said to herself as she struggled to maintain consciousness "My body has taken so much damage thanks to him and this poison. I can't maintain this for much longer. I must end this fast and here." Lena said to herself as she was ready to fight.

"TAKE THIS! Deep Impact Davy Jones Hook" Torafuzar chanted as he came at her with his bladed hook but the Nirvirt Survivor dodged the blade inches from touching her. "Damn"

"Sand Magic Crystal Gauntlet." Lena chanted as she hit a jumping uppercut that knocked his head back.

"GRRRACH!" Torfauzar grunted as he brought his head back his eyes widened "Oh Shit!"

"Sand Magic Cystral Gaulent Frenzy!" Lena chanted as she unleashed a flurry of punches hitting his head and upper body as more cracks form the last one slamming him to the floor, creating a large dent into Torfauzar's torso. The fish demon gets back up pisssed.

"HOW CAN YOU OVERPOWER ME?" Torafuzar shouted as he got enraged.

"My Master Hilda, the woman you murdered taught me how to better use my sand. your steel may be strong but I'm going To shatter it along with you."Lena explained to the Fishman as she gets ready to fight.

"I like to see you try, I'm still far faster underwater, you can never hope to catch me with your attack."Torafuzar laughed as he dashes at her with his strongest attack. yet again."Deep Impact: Davy Jones Hook" as he swipes his bladed fin at high speeds but the attack is deflected by a pillar of crystal coming up and hitting his forearm."GAH" Torfauzar screamed in pain as his arm was cracked with blood gushing from his arm as the steel skin was broken, the fish Demon groups his arms he grips his damaged arm "WHAT WAS THAT."

"My crystal is stronger than your steel, you can't break my crystals." Lena smirked however she noticed the water starting to boil.

"Smart move but let's see if you can block this attack"Torafuzar laughed as he boils the water around him.

"What?"Lenas said, shocked to see the water boil around her.

"I'm going to turn this entire lake of black water into a poison cloud that would destroy the entire country in a poison mist. It would be akin to a Volcanic eruption in the ocean, all who ingest the corrosive mist would melt on the inside, let's see you block that attack!" Torfauzar laughed as he was having the water boil more.

"I gotta stop him, It's now or never!" Lena said to herself as she charged up her magic while she was covered in crystal armor.

"Now time to do this!Tenchi Kaimei Keivu" Torafuzar chanted as he goes to explore the entire toxic lake he created only to see it not work"WHAT? "he then watches as all the water around them turns to sand and crystallizes turning the water lake into a crystal dome. "Impossible, my water was crystalized.

"Sand Magic Crystal Palace " she creates a massive dome around them containing all the water, preventing it from exploding around the town, she then has hundreds of tendrils that hit Torafuzar, scratching his Steel Body coming from all directions with Tendrils which penetrate through his steel body, spewing blood everywhere, badly wounding Torafuzar.

"DARRAGH!" Torfauzar grunted as his body was hit with hundreds of slashes from the Crystal Tendrils, the fish demon has hundreds of light slashes and dozens of mild gashes on his body with 6 deep wounds on his body, all going through his Steel Body."That the best you got human? "Torfurazar grunted as he shrugs off the wounds with blood coming out of him, "I'll end you, human." Torfauzar shouted as he charged up a large blast of water in his mouth only to see an arrow of crystal "SHIT!"

" This is for Master Hilda! Crystal Sand magic Khryselakatos" Lena Creates a bow from her sand easily ten feet long she pulls back the bow and unleashes the arrow which shoots at high speeds, which goes straight through the Fish Demons' Steel body and escapes out of his chest cavity as the arrow hits the dome and punches a hole through the crystal Dome as the arrow is dispelled and the dome begins to ai it Pierces his chest killing the demon.

"Damn, even my steel body failed me!" Torfurazar said to himself as he thinks back to the past.

37 years ago

Torafuzar's POV

I was born within the slums of Hargeon, within the rough Peasant life there. We had to struggle to survive within the dirty conditions of the city around us while the Nobles lived in the upper hills of the city and center of the city. I had lost my father within the Crusader wars at age 3 before i could even speak and my mother died of Illness of Age 10, i was forced to survive on my own.

I was part of a gang of bandits who stole food to survive who would eventually grow to steal money from people with them, all of the kids like myself were without families. I was a relatively large kid for my age, almost as tall as an adult with my black hair and fair skin. One day one of the rival gangs we stole from came at me with a knife and came for my life with his knife.

"Give me that cash!" the bandit said to me as he held the knife towards my neck.

"Fine, here it is!" i replied to the bandit as i handed him the bag, he owned it, it was my chance to defend myself. I jumped at the kid and then grabbed his neck, my large hand wrapped around his skinny neck, I squeezed his neck, squeezing it until his face turned blue. I felt a spark lit inside me, I was enjoying the feeling of strangling people. Before I knew it, his neck snapped and his body lay on the ground lifeless. It was the first time I killed someone and it felt very good.

20 years ago

From that point, I became a hitman for hire. Using my natural brute strength and force, I was a hired hand to kill rival gangs or bandits and had at least 100 bodies before being caught. I was known as the Hargeon Strangler, I also developed a knowledge of poisons and became increasingly resourceful in deadly poisons he used for later murders, I made as much as 50 million Jewels off the jobs I did over the years and moved away from the slums even having my own manor, however, i wasn't satisfied with merely that, I wanted to be a true elite.

I was given a mission by a nobleman who wanted a member of the Straight Family killed for foiling their secret smuggling rings. I went to the affluent. I came to the old noble, now a large muscular man as I went to grab him however I got tackled to the ground by none other than Brad Manson.

"Looks like i finally caught you, Hargeon Strangler!" he said to me as he held me down with one hand.

"Damn you. I shouted at him as I struggled to move.

"You killed quite a lot of people there, you killed at least 100 people and you even killed 10 Nobles, for this you would be definitely put to death." Brad Manson said to me as I was carried away from the noble house and brought for my crimes.

I was brought to Crocus where I was to stand trial for my crimes.

"For the crimes of the murder of 10 nobles, we find you not guilty. You are free to go." The judge said to me, I was allowed to walk free. I didn't understand how I got away with the crime until I left the Fiore National Court. I then met my captor Brad Manson there.

"You were spared a fate worse than death which is hanging and quartering, wonder why?" Brad Manson asked me.

"Why spare a common criminal like me?"I asked him.

"To kill 10 nobles and nearly get away with it is proof of your skills, Archbishop Keith was impressed with your skills and not having Magic, you even managed to kill 5 colonel class mages without magic and killed those well-protected Nobles. Perhaps you can join the Kings Gauro Knights as well as the Zentopia Legion Corps."Brad Mason asked of me as he offered me a job, I was more than willing to take it.

From this point on, I was trained in using magic by them, before I knew it, I learned Anti Magic and can drain people's Magic with my Iron like grip. I get to strangle the life out of them, I also used poison magic in the form of poison water and poison mist which kills my target, I killed countless targets for the Legion and many criminals under the Guaro Knights. Eventually, I was entrusted to take out my most valued target, Victor Heartfilla.

7 years ago

During the civil war, I was sent with one mission in mind, to make sure Victor Heartfilla didn't reach the Zentopian Grand Church. He arrived within Zentopia City within Crocus and came down from the shadows and pounced on him.

"Arrgh!"Victor shouted as I caught him off-guard. In truth, he was far stronger than me and I was lucky to catch him off-guard. I had to use this surprise to my advantage as I began to drain him of his magic power while strangling the man. However, the old man pushed me off him before I could make any real progress.

"Almost had you, guess I have to kill you the hard way!" I said to him as I pulled out my dagger coated with strong poisons and charged at him.

We fought for a while, clashing with him, he enhanced his fists to block my blows with Holy Magic. Eventually, I was able to fend him off and almost had him, I then activated one of my strongest attacks.

"Poison Aroma"I chanted as I engulfed him in a massive cloud of poisonous gases, any other human would've succumbed immediately to the poison however Victor wasn't a normal human, he held his breath and was able to counter my spell so easily.

"Spiritus Dei(Latin for God's Breath)"Victor chanted as he went into a prayer stance and he's surrounded by a golden aura around himself when he moved, he created afterimages around me. I came at him with my poison knife but it hit an after image.

"What?" I shouted only to see my body hit.

"Sword of God!" Victor chanted as he did his dividing chop on me, dividing me in half.

Present Day

"And once again, i feel the sting of death." Torfauzar said to himself as his eyes slowly to close, "But at least I met a warrior worthy of defeating me" Torfauzar smirked as he has a small smile on his face as his eyes close for the last time as his own carbonized water dome collapses on top of him in the form of crystals.

"I defeated him!" Lena said to herself only for her to cough up blood as her skin starts to turn purple from the carbon poisoning and she collapses on the ground.

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Meanwhile at the Cube

Brandman notices a seal breaks from his hand looking at it.

"Looks like Torafuzar has fallen too. Looks like the Seven seals is close to activating for me." Brandman said to himself.

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Meanwhile in the skies of the Ishgal Sea

Mard Geer and Kyouka fly on their one eye demon bird crossing into the country of Caelum.

"Soon we will be back and our plans will begin." Mard Geer explained to Kyouka'

"Wish we can move faster." Kyouka replied.

"As long as dragons are nearby, we need to fly low and slow so they don't detect us. Even though they're battling each other, we can't risk them catching us, we already lost 5 members of Tartarus, 6 If you count Dielora, we lost half our members already. " Mard Geer stated.

"We need to hurry, the time to create END is running out." Kyouka replied.

"Don't worry, we're almost home." Mard Geer responded.

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Exodus, Zen

4:00 P.M.

Irene and Victor are waiting for the Ghost Dragon to appear only for him to fly down and land on the ground with Venomisky. The dragon was pale green like a ghost and looked ethereal, his body was almost completely transparent at some parts and he had blue flames at the end of his horns. His eyes were red, aside from that, he looked like a standard dragon.

"Queen of Dragons, what have you ordered me to do?" Hamlet asked the queen.

"I need you to find Anna Hearftilla based on this scent."Irene answered.

"And we need to take you to their base undetected so we can rescue my daughter as well as Princess Eclair from Tartarus." Victor stated.

"Not a problem, give me the scent"Hamlet replied as he was ready.

"Here it is !" Irene replied as she gave him the clothing victor had his rat-bite off Kyouka.

"Very well, allow me to fly you to their location." Hamlet replied as he had Irene and Victor hop on him, they then turned invisible."While you're on me, i can mask your presence. Now then time to go," Hamlet explained to them as they fly away from Zen and the dragon follows the direction of the scent.

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Jugina

4:00 P.M.

Rena and Kinata arrive at the end of the Jungle and into the mountainous countryside in the north. The sun was beginning to set within the winter climate earlier than usual.

"We've almost made it!"Rena said to Kinata.

"Went through the countryside undetected."Kinata replied only to see blasts of dark energy come at them, both of them dodge the blasts.

"Looks like I found two young bodies to be used for my purposes" Keyes said to the two young ladies in a creepy fashion as he swirls around the two turning his body into an intangible mist of Magical Particle Barriers. The two were ready to fight him.

To be Continued.

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(A/N: And now there were 6, Half of the Tatarus Demons have been defeated by the Fairy 12, Lena here is able to use Torafurzar's Carbon Water and absorb it so she can turn her sand into Crystal Sand to go through his Armored body. Yep is based on this battle on the Ultimate Weapons Filler Arc where Gaara had to fight against a powerful shinobi using water which is an ultimate counter to his Sand attacks and defense as well as Gajeel's own battle with Torafuzar with canon. Originally i was going to make Lena have a temporary boost in power and give her Diamond Sand Magic which was a temporary boost in her power much like Gajeel got with his Steel Dragon Slayer Mode in canon but my Beta reader Geralt D. Wolfwood had a better idea and we replaced Diamond with quartz to make this power up even more permeant for her to use as quartz is oxygen and silica atoms which she could use without an outside source to use like carbon.

I originally also intended to have Lena use a sword and shield much like Gaara within Naruto with his Spear of Shukaku and Sheild of Shukaku respectively, even planned to have a whole Native American based spirit summoning silmair to the Boss Battle Odalawa from Majora's Mask however we changed the ending last minute. Going by my friend Geralt D. Wolfwood, it would be better if she laments on her weakness while being brutally beaten down, and then she unconsciously changes the makeup of her sand to the crystal which is harder than steel in the Mohs scale and the rest is history. Her final attack, Khryselakatos is based on Artemis bow from Greek mythology, the final blow to finish off Torafuzar.

As for Nel, it's no surprise she had this bad in the bag considering she was a Fairy and had the ultimate magic against Ehterious however because Nelielta is arrogant and brash, she made several mistakes that almost cost her her life as well as the entire city of Altair which allowed Jackal to get the upper hand at first, after all, he was a surprisingly cunning and twisted antagonist when he fought Natsu so i made good use of that in this fight,ulimately though Nel was able to use his own Curse power against him by nearly losing her arm, punching him through the gut using Fiary Magic and exploding his power into him.

Her Great Fairy Mode basically makes her able to regenerate with Ethernano around her, Faires' bodies feed on Ethernano, the more Ethernano present, the better and they can regenerate our wounds from that but regenerate damaged organs or severe injuries. Her regeneration comes at the cost of her Magical power which dips lower the more she wastes energy regenerating her power however she can heal up her lost magical power too but her power dips the more she relies on this healing.

Jackal: 24,666 MPF base, 31,332 MPF Etherious Form

Lena Marvell(Age 19/Post Training)20,000 MPF base, 23,333 MPF full power base, 18,666 MPF using Enchantments, 28,996 MPF using Sands of Death. 36,995 MPF using her ultimate defense/offense

Tozafazur: 24,666 MPF base, 31,332 MPF Etherious Form with defense up to 37,332 MPF

Nel Vermilion(Age 19) 124,666 MPF base, 31,332 MPf using Great Fairy Mode, 37.998 MPF using Fairy Shooting Star

Seilah: 22,400 MPF base, 36,607 MPF Ehtertous Form, 44,880 MPF using Limiter release+Etherious mode

Veronica Strauss(Age 19) 17,000 MPf base, 18,666 MPF, 21,333 MPF Satan Soul, 29,040 MPF using Halphas,31,680 MPF using Satan Soul Strit,45,320 MPF Satan Soul Bal

Lexiel Deryar(Age 23) 25,166 MPF base 31,882 MPF powered up, 38,498 MPF Titan Mode, 45,164 MPF Super Titan Mode

Tempster: 24,420 MPF base, 36,432 MPF Etherious Form

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