Back with the continuation

"speaking"

""thinking""

On with the story

With Kyoka

She was running in the castle's hallway as she reached to the gates that will lead her to END

""for this one to seek help from Master, what a disgrace this one has become of"" Kyoka thought before she reached the door and knocks on it for permission

"enter" a reply was heard from within as Kyoka came in

Her eyes widen in shock and surprise as she sees Mard Geer chained down by roots and vines that were his curse

"is there something of a matter, Kyôka-chan?" END asked her while sitting on the throne as he holds the book with the initials END in his hands

Kyôka looks nervously as she kneels down in front of him

"lose the helmet, Kyôka-chan. I can't see your beautiful face because of it" END whined like a child as Kyôka did as she was told and took off her helmet and expose her face

"better, back to my question" END said as he spins the book on top of a finger

"the enemy is much stronger than we originally foresaw." She reported to him while her gaze on the ground.

"The Face operation has failed. Franmalth and Ezel have also fallen in battle."

"and so, did Sayla-chan and Hell's Core." END added in to Kyôka's surprise as the man catches the book

END sighs as he had a sad look on him

"what a waste for Sayla-chan to fall" END said before he snaps his fingers and time stopped

He stands up and walks passed Kyôka who was frozen in time as he walks out of the throne room where everything and everyone froze on spot.

""so, Fairy Tail managed to defeat 3 members of the Nine Demon Gates, huh?"" he thought as he reached the ruins of Hell's core where Mira, Elfman and Lisanna were frozen there in time

""oh well, at least I get something out of it"" END said as he walks towards Sayla's fallen figure and carries her up in his arms

END gaze on her figure as he smirks ""both you and Kyôka will bear my children"" he thought as he walks back to his throne where he sat back on and snaps his fingers as time flows back again

Kyôka looks in surprise as she sees Sayla appearing in END's arms as the Demon Master caresses her hair

"was that all, Kyôka-chan?" END asked as he gives a peck to Sayla's forehead as the Demoness was unconscious in his arms

Kyôka snaps out of her trance and quickly shook her head

"n-no, Master! The humans are overpowering us, this one seeks for your assistance" Kyôka told him as she looks down

"hmmm" END hummed in amusement before he caresses Sayla's cheek

"your shortsightedness is your detriment, Kyôka-chan. You still don't see the big picture. Face's plan has one point." END said as he lifts up one finger

"One point?" Kyôka said in confusion

END chuckles as he looks in amusement to her confusion

"a game is only fun to play when you know you will win in the end" END said to her as he snaps his fingers and all the vines that bind down Mard Geer were gone

"rise" END said as Mard Geer stands up to his orders

"see through the guests, Mard Geer" END said as Mard Geer bowed to him

"as you wish, Master" Mard Geer told him

"do not make me punish you a second time" END said with a menacing gaze that was replied with Mard Geer's nod

"Mard Geer will bestow upon the Fairies Allegria as a gift from Mard Geer" he said as he walks away and leaves the room

After he leaves, END sighs as he caresses Sayla's dirtied complexion

"such beauty dirtied, what a waste" END said as he snaps his fingers and all of Sayla's injuries as well as Kyoka's were gone

"the end of the fairies is in the middle of the story." END said with a grin

"who will survive the slaughtering?"

the whole Cube suddenly started rumbling as END's grin got wider

"it has begun. Allegria"

With Natsu and Lucy

The two were heading to where Mira was held as they run in the hallway before they stop when they hear Warren's voice in their heads

"Hey, can anyone hear me?!" Warren asked in the mind telepathy

"Warren?" Gray called, temporarily halting his battle with Keyes.

"I can hear you." Erza answered. Her body focused on her battle with Minerva. "What's happening?"

"We've caught up with Mira. She's alright!" Warren was currently broadcasting from Hell's Core along with the reunited Strauss siblings, Jet, and Droy.

"I'm sorry I worried you all." Mirajane apologized."Lisanna and Elfman are here too."

"Awesome." Natsu said.

"Thank goodness." Lucy sighed with relief. "Hey, Warren, can you patch me so everyone can hear me?"

"Yeah hold on." There was a brief pause before Warren spoke again. "Ok, good to go."

"Thanks. Wendy and Carla stopped Face! We successfully ruined Tartaros' plan." Lucy announced to everyone.

All the Fairy Tail wizards cheered at the news.

"There's something else…" Natsu said. "Can you put me in, Warren?"

"Ok. Alright, you're good."

"We met Master Hades' soul." Natsu reported to everyone as some of them tensed up to the news

"His soul?" Laki frightfully questioned.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Nab asked.

"gramps, you there?" Natsu asked in the mind link before hearing a reply

"yes, what is it, Natsu?" he asked the fire Dragon Slayer

"is Milo with you yet?" Natsu asked as Makarov heard a meow and sees Milo running to him

"yes, he has just arrived as we spoke" Makarov replied to Natsu

"there's a message on his collar, I think it's important for you to know" Natsu said as Makarov takes the piece of paper attached to Milo's collar and opens it

"release the light"

Makarov froze up at the news. ""Release the light? He can't mean…Lumen Histoire?!""

"What did he mean by this!" Makarov shouted in a panic voice

Warren's ear rang. "Hey! Don't shout!"

"don't know, we thought you might" Natsu replied

All of the sudden Warren's body twitched violently surprising everyone near him

"Warren?" Lisanna called out to him

"gah! Ahhh!" Warren screams in pain as he clutch his head while continuing to scream in pain.

"Warren, what's wrong!?" Jet asked.

"hang in there!" Droy exclaimed

"What's happening to him?" Mirajane inquired worriedly.

Everyone else on the receiving end of Warren's telepathy heard nothing but static.

"What is this?" Gray asked.

"Warren?!" Erza called out as she only hears static before another voice spoke in reply.

"So you're the wizard guild, Fairy Tail, are you?" Mard Geer asked in the telepathy with a smile as He had hijacked Warren's telepathy

"Who is this?' Lucy asked.

"Who the hell is this jerk?!" Elfman shouted.

"I am the Underworld King, Mard Geer." The demon answered.

"Though you needn't bother with remembering my name. For none of you vermin will exist tomorrow." Mard Geer moved his extended fingers from his head and pointed them outward.

"ALEGRIA"

There was a rumbling before the Cube began to break apart and reform.

"We're falling!" Yukino shouted.

"The damn gravity is gone!" Cana hollered.

"Hurry! Take care of the wounded!" Makarov ordered.

"Everybody grab onto something!" Cana yelled out to everyone.

"What the hell is going on?!" Gray shouted, trying to keep his footing. He felt himself being pulled into the walls by tentacles made of stone.

"Something's…pulling me in?!"

"The Underworld King is making his move." Keyes said.

Slowly the halls around Natsu and Lucy began to twist and melt.

"What is this?" Lucy shakily asked.

""the hell are you planning!?"" Natsu shouted out in the mind link with END

""don't worry, your guild is only fusing with the Cube"" END told to Natsu with a smirk as he sits on his throne unfazed by the rumbling

"Something is sucking us in!" Lucy yelled.

""sorry Natsu, but you have to take a nap for a while"" END said with a grin

Natsu reached out his hand. "Lucy!"

"Natsu!"

Their fingertips barely touched before the pair were forcibly ripped away from each other. They weren't the only ones however. All of Fairy Tail were feeling the effects of this shift.

"damnit!" Gray yelled as he sunk into the floor, desperately reaching for something to grab on to.

"I can't get out!" Rose exclaimed as she and Mary sinks into the ground while Ikaruga tried to pull them out

"help!" Mary screamed

"it is no use!" she exclaimed as she was sinking as well

"Juvia-san!" Yukino screamed as she was fusing into the rocks behind her.

"Yukino! Hold on!" Juvia ran to her friend, but was being sucked into the floor herself. She reached out but sunk below before she could reach the Celestial spirit

"What is this?!" Erza exclaimed as she was being pulled down into the ground.

"You won't get away from me, Erza!" Neo Minerva exclaimed as she dashed towards her

"Dammit!" Erza exclaimed as she was sucked into the wall

All over Cube, every single Fairy Tail members were being sucked into the structure, each of them shouting to be freed, Even Tartaros' soldiers were not exempt from the horror.

Minerva watched in anger as Erza was sucked into the ground. "Damn you, Tartaros! Return Erza to me now!" she demanded. "She is my prey!"

"Dammit! Come on~!" Natsu struggled against the force as he tried to reach for Lucy but failed.

""Death and Rebirth. Despair and Hope."" END said while chuckling

"You humans are a race of fools! The entirety of Cube itself is one massive dungeon house inside the beast known as Plutogrim!"" Mard Geer announced as the Cube was transformed into a giant monster that was flying in the sky

While their foot soldiers were caught, the Nine Demon Gates were perfectly fine. Keyes looked on at the frozen Gray, Minerva knelt before the frozen Erza, angry that her revenge had been taken from her angry. Silver on the other hand was roaming the castle aimlessly.

"Why did you have to go and use that curse?" He groaned. "Now we'll never meet up."

"the game has ended, huh?" END said with a bored look before he squinted his eyes as he sensed a magic presence in Plutogrim and smirked in amusement

"who knew that the two of you would continue the game and make it for fun?"

Mard Geer's eyes widen in surprise as he sensed the magical presence in Plutogrim.

"Somehow two have escaped the effects of Alegria." He said before smirking

"The odds against this happening are one million to one, which drastically increase when two are involved. They must have an incredible amount of luck." He chuckled.

"No, all alone in the middle of the underworld is more of a stroke of bad luck, is it not?"

"Ow!" Lucy shouted, falling onto her face on the ground. She quickly sat up on her knees, taking a look at her new surroundings.

"What just happened? Where am I? It looks like everything is melted. Natsu!" she called. "Natsu, where are you?!"

"Lucy-sama?! Is that you?!" a voice answered.

Lucy turned her head to the voice. "Yukino?!"

"What's going on? Where are we?" Yukino asked, looking around the morphed structure.

The celestial pair heard a rumbling and looked out of a nearby window. A roar erupted from Plutogrim, echoing in the sky over Magnolia. The townspeople looked up at the monster in terror.

"What is that?!"

"It's a monster!"

"Did that thing blow up the Fairy Tail guild?!"

Plutogrim's roar cause a shockwave that destroyed building after building in the city.

The townspeople ran away as fast as they could as Plutogrim flies in Magnolia's sky

"It destroyed the Kardia Cathedral!"

"Run away!"

"That thing is destroying the whole town!"

Yukino and Lucy opened their eyes and uncovered their ears.

"The horrible sound, it's stopped." Yukino said.

"What was that?" Lucy asked. "It sounded like a monster."

"It may have something to do with what happened to the Cube." Yukino inferred.

"Well at any rate we have to find the others." Lucy stood up, offering her hand to Yukino. "We should hurry."

"Right." Yukino nodded and reached her hand to Lucy. That was when Mard Geer's in their head again.

"Attention all members of Tartaros." He announced. "Alegria has disposed of the invaders. We may now proceed with the Face operation as planned."

The remaining armored Tartaros members began to cheer.

"It's the Underworld King!"

"Yeah! He's come to help us!"

Yukino and Lucy looked at one another in bewilderment.

"What does he mean by disposed of the invaders?" Yukino asked

"I don't know." Lucy shook her head. "But I thought Wendy and Charla took care of Face."

"There is one last thing." Mard Geer continued. "It seems that two humans have escaped Alegria's hands and are still within these walls."

"I think he means us." Lucy said nervously.

Yukino hears water splashing as she turns around and sees a small stream of water leaking from cracked rocks within the walls.

"The soldiers who kill them will be granted a position among the Nine Demon Gates. In the event that members of the current Demon Gates dispose of them, then they will receive a reward from Master END. That is all." Mard Geer announced before he cut off his transmission

Once again the armored troops began to hoot and holler.

"Did he say what I think he said?!"

"Is he serious?!"

"Awesome! I'm gonna be a Demon Gate!"

"We need to hurry and find the others, Yukino!" Lucy said. "Those creeps will find us before we know it."

"Wait, Lucy-sama!" Yukino shouted.

Suddenly the rocks in the chamber burst open, the water quickly flooding into the cavernous room.

"water!?" Lucy exclaimed as she and Yukino got washed away from the water

"Yukino!" Lucy shouted

"Lucy (drowns a bit) -sama!" Yukino shouted out as she tried to reach for Lucy as she did the same to her

Lucy caught Yukino's hand as the two grabs planks of wood and grab to them as the two were sent drifted away to who knows where

That's a wrap!

Bye bye