Back at Magnolia in their famous guild, the Natsu team had just returned from a mission. Lucy, when entering the guild building, went straight to the bar to talk to Mirajane who was working, as usual.
"Hey, Mira-san!" Lucy called happily.
"Lucy-chan. Glad you came back. And the mission? " she asked smiling happily.
Lucy sighed and looked annoyed at her friends scattered around the guild. "The usual. Natsu and Erza broke everything, Gray was arrested for walking around town naked and we had to use almost all the reward to repair the damage and pay Gray's bail, "she leaned her head on her arms crossed on the counter, whimpering.
"Nothing new, then," Mira commented with her peculiar sweet face. Lucy just shook her head and murmured.
After a while the celestial magician lifted her head and looked around the room. "Ryker hasn't come back yet?" she commented.
Mira looked at her with concern and then turned to the guild door. "Not yet".
"Are you worried, Mira-san?" .
The whitehaired woman turned to her friend, looking a little concerned. "Something about that job was not right."
"What do you mean?"
"It was supposed to be just a capture of a fugitive, but in the mission brochure there was no photo or description of who the fugitive was. This is not common. It's been 10 days."
Lucy gave her friend a smile and a reassuring look, which calmed the bartender. "Do not worry. Ryker is strong, I'm sure he can take care of himself and deal with whatever comes up. "
Mira waved and smiled at her friend.
"What are you talking about?" , a firm and authoritative voice came to them, and belonged to Erza Scarlet, who joined them both at the bar, sitting next to the blonde magician. She asked Mira for a piece of strawberry cake, which promptly served her, handing over her addiction.
"We were talking about Ryker. It's been 10 days since he left for a mission, "Lucy replied.
"Ah ... already do all that!?", the redhaired magician said thoughtfully, delighting with her sweet.
"Yes, but he should be back soon," Mira interjected.
"Yes, yes. He proved to be capable, "Erza said confidently. "And what was the job he took?" .
"The capture of a fugitive," the whitehaired woman said.
The Requip magician stopped and thought for a moment, with her hand on her chin. "Usually this kind of work is for S-Class wizards", when saying that, Lucy was surprised and started to worry. Ryker was strong, but he was not S-Class.
"Unless the fugitive was just anybody. But in this case the mission would not last as long, especially for someone like him ", Erza said serious and thoughtful, there was a deep concern in his eyes.
"I'm sure he can," Lucy said confidently. "You said yourself that he was capable. It is only taking longer because he must be having trouble finding it. There are very smart people out there ".
Titania looked at the blonde magician and smiled at her. "I think you're right. There is nothing to worry about ".
"HAHAHAHA! You are all concerned about him. It's funny. " A familiar voice shouted at them, an ethyl voice.
The three magicians turned to her. " Cana!" they said.
The card magician was sitting a few chairs away, but was listening to the whole conversation, while drowning in a barrel of alcohol. She got up and went over to the chair next to the redheaded magician and settled into it.
"What do you mean, Cana?" Erza asked firmly.
"That you are worried about him," she looked at the magicians maliciously, while holding her barrel of whiskey.
" Yes ... it is because he is one of our friends". Lucy intervened nervously.
"Is that so?" the drunken magician gave him a malicious smile.
The blonde magician blushed. "Of course, what else could it be?"
Cana turned to the bartender with a dirty face. "How about you, Mira? Is it just friendship, or ... something else? " .
Mira looked away, but the flush could be seen on her cheeks. "He's just a friend," she said.
"Course is! All my friends live in my house, too. ISN'T GRAY? " Cana said sarcastically, laughing heartily.
"What do you want, Cana !?" shouted Gray from the other side of the Guild.
"Nothing! Continue what you're doing ... ", she shouted back.
"Caaannnaaaa!" the ice magician shouted in warning.
"He had nowhere to live and we had a spare room. It was just kind, Cana" Mira said, her face charming and flushed.
"Come on Cana! We are only talking about a companion, just as we would talk about anyone else in this guild ", Erza scolded her.
Cana looked at her with disdain. "I don't believe you! I think you are all rivals of love. HAHAHAHA! "
"WHAT!?", the three shouted at the same time.
"HAHAHA! Ah, how good it is to see that face in you ", Cana was enjoying the blush and growing astonishment in her friends.
The magicians' conversation was interrupted when the guild door was opened. A beautiful, tall, blonde, blue-eyed woman with a voluptuous body was standing there, but she had a tired look.
When she opened the guild door she caught the attention of everyone, especially the perverts, who immediately looked at her with hearts in their eyes.
"Is she a magician?" said one.
"Is she going to join our guild?" other.
"I hope so!" said one more.
" Ah ... this is F ... Fary Tail?" she said in a sweet voice, but shy and ashamed, with a touch of fear and suspicion. It didn't help when many perverts surrounded her in greeting.
Fortunately for her, Erza put order in the house, expelling those rude from her.
"Yes, you are on Fairy Tail. My name is Erza Scarlet, "he said, greeting her cordially. "Sorry about that. They are just a bunch of idiots, but they do no harm ".
Tears began to flow from the woman's eyes, tears of relief and happiness. " M ... my name is Kátia. I'm so happy to be able to be here ".
"Is everything okay, Kátia?" Erza said worried about the girl.
"Now it is," she said, wiping away tears with the back of her hands. "I came here because I need help. That's what you do, isn't it? They help people ... ".
Erza looked at her with a sweet, smiling look. "Yes, that's what we do".
"Shit! Four days and nothing! " Ryker thought, deeply irritated, walking through the dirty streets of Yorke. "I have been walking through the alleys, talking to the worst kind of people, going through bars and everything that is place and nothing. Nothing about this Prince, or any clue from Porla ".
He wandered the city thoughtfully. Which path should he take, where to go, which approach to take from now on? He had heard one thing or another, but nothing very substantial that was worthwhile, but should he start from there, from those little pieces of information. It was almost certain to get him nowhere. But not standing there, either, and following these little clues could take you somewhere. Risky, however.
Dilemma, he was in a dilemma, and that mission was proving to be more complicated than he anticipated. If those imbeciles had warned them on the day of the escape, things would surely be easier. But no, they had to wait five damn days to send the mission. Idiots!
The wizard kept walking, until a guy, who looked like a beggar, bumped into him.
"Hey! Watch out man! " said turning to the guy who walks away without caring about his complaints. However, he noticed a paper in his hand. Had that beggar left this with him? And he didn't even notice? What was it about? Ryker opened it only to find a message written on it.
Meet me at 18th Street, 70 midnight today.
Come alone!
P.
"'P'!?", the soldier magician thought. " Prince!" in one punch came to mind.
"He wants to meet with me. Finally, something is starting to work. But what will you want in return? " Ryker left these thoughts for later and went back to his hotel to prepare for the meeting, and he still had to find out where that address was.
Leaving where he was staying, he made his way to the meeting place. He didn't know what to expect, so he remained alert all the time. Along the way he made countless plans in case something went wrong or he was attacked. As he was exhaustively trained, he would always keep his guard and always be alert to everything. It was exhausting, but that was how it was. His brain and muscles were always ready, never relaxed, it was unthinkable for him.
"Anyway, 18th Street, 70," he said to himself looking at an abandoned building. "Let's see what awaits us", he thought and entered the building. It was a building with a few floors, but the stairs were destroyed, which did not allow access to the upper floors, the ground floor was wide and deep, with some windows at the front, which provided poor lighting.
The soldier wizard walked inside a little, but stood in the brightest part waiting. The light was dim and came from the poor street lighting. He waited for a few minutes there, but he felt there were eyes in him, someone had been watching him for some time. For a few more minutes he waited until he heard footsteps coming towards him and then he positioned himself defensively, even though it was not noticeable to the eyes of others, but his energy was already in combat mode.
"Ryker I suppose!" a soft and firm voice said in the approaching dark.
"Prince, I suppose," he said to the man who was heading for his direction. He was tall and thin, his features were well-defined and he had long brown, unruly hair, his clothes were in bad shape and he did not appear to be a clean man, but his possession and presence showed great dominance and presence. He was a respectable man.
"You look nothing like what I imagined," Ryker said, surprised to see the guy in front of him.
He just laughed. "There are many stories about, Mr Ryker, and I can assure you that they are not true."
"I was told that you had contacts with high officials and influential people."
"As I said, stories. But I can say that many people come to me looking for information. And in this world, my friend, information is power, "Prince said, staring at the magician with complete confidence. It was almost as if he were analyzing the man in front of him.
"Right. Well I want some information too. And I hope you help me ".
"I know what you want," Prince said emphatically.
"So enough with the rodeos. Tell me what I want to know, "the magician said without patience.
"I will say, but everything has a price. And I want you to do something for me, "he said darkly.
Ryker was uneasy about that. What would he ask for? Taking into account the history of those cities, a good thing could not. He was a member of Fairy Tail, even though he was not the best of all he could not do anything illegal. And that man's request made him nervous.
"What do you want me to do?" .
Prince walked closer to the wizard looking directly into his cold eyes, with his cold eyes. Then he smiled and took a few steps away, turning to the soldier.
" Kátia!" .
"Huh!? What about her? " the magician said in astonishment. "Does he want me to kill her?" thought.
"You already did something to pay for your information. Saved a soul. It's more than I could ask for, "he said, smiling. That heavy aura that was in the environment is gone.
"What are you talking about, man?" the magician said confused.
"You saved her. Saved a soul. You made that poor girl quit your life and gave her some hope. You know, in this shitty world, a light, even a small one, can spark a wave of hope ".
Ryker didn't seem to understand what he was saying and he looked astonished. "Guy! All I did was tell her to get out and change her life, that's all ".
Prince smiles. "Not my dear. You said that she was better than that and that she could do more ".
The soldier turned his face a little. "Well, whatever. And I don't even know where she is, if she ... ".
"She's fine, don't worry."
"Great so. And how do you know all of this? " he asked incredulously.
The man in front of him was laughing. "As you can see, I'm not really the type of guy who walks in the upper reaches of society. But I command, we can say, an infinite network of eyes and ears. And they tell me. I know everything".
The magician gave him a singing smile. "I understood. If so, you must know what I want. Spit it out!" .
Prince looked into his eyes with a serious face. "Jose Porla. He is not in this city, he is hiding in Encanto, in an old industrial area. I am not sure where. "
"Encanto? The city is next to this one, right? " .
"Yea. It was an old industrial area, but it was abandoned a long time ago. There are many abandoned buildings and factories, your target is in one of them. I don't think it will be difficult for you to find him ".
"Thank you," said Ryker, turning to leave. He was about to open the door to leave when he was called, turning to see Prince giving him a warning.
"Be careful, Fairy Tail wizard. Jose has henchmen and they are powerful ".
"Do not worry. I can handle what he sends me, " he said impassively and left the building.
Finally the game was over, he would go to Encanto and finish the job. Jose Porla, a former master of a failed guild, had his days, at liberty, numbered. Nothing he sent against Ryker would be strong enough to subdue him.
So the soldier wizard returned to his hotel and prepared to leave for the next city. At dawn he would set out to finish this mission and return the fugitive to his rightful place, once and for all. He waited for the day to clear by sitting on his bed and looking out the window, his excitement growing by the minute.
The magician walked the dirt floor for hours until he arrived in Encanto in the middle of the afternoon. It was like the other cities, poorly cared for, abandoned, full of people badly faced. Poor people of wealth in those cities are at the mercy of the bandits. He looked for a hotel to stay in and then went after something to eat.
From what Prince had told him, Jose Porla was in that city in some abandoned factory. This time the soldier was not prey, he preferred to wait. So I wouldn't make a move that day or the next. He just stayed in his room and rested, as he can. He studied his opponent further, through the files he took with him and prepared himself for the risk he could offer. From what he calculated it wouldn't be a big deal. I would finish him off quickly, take the reward and leave. That simple!
The day after his arrival he walked around the city, familiarizing himself with the environment and the locals. The city was not large and there was only one place with abandoned factories. That was where his target was hiding. So he went back to the hotel and rested the rest of the day and the next day too. You could say that that would be stupid. Why not attack at once? But everything has a logic. And what he wanted to do was confuse his opponent, make him uneasy and insecure and, therefore, make him make a mistake. Ryker knew that Porla probably knew that he was being followed and that his executioner was close. The magician wanted to frighten the ex-master.
Another day it dawned and the soldier magician, again, just wandered around the city, with no specific direction, without objective and with no intention of anything. He wanted to be seen, he wanted to get the message across; 'I'm going to get you, but when?' .
If Jose Porla took a first step, it would be good and if he took the first step, it would also be good. And, in fact, the wizard Fairy Tail already had a plan. Tomorrow, in the dusky dusk he would attack.
Another day passed and the time had come. It was raining and the atmosphere was humid and muggy, it was like that all day. Ryker went to the factory site, he was not sure which Jose would be hiding in, but he did not believe it would be difficult to find him. Most likely he would not attack by surprise, it was very likely that there was a trap set for him, because he would do that.
When arriving at the place the tension was in the air. Our magician had his eyes open and ready for any attack, looking from side to side for any suspicious movements. That's when he saw him. A well-known figure, large and blindfolded. Aria entered one of the buildings. He clearly wanted to be seen.
Ryker smiled from the corner of his mouth. "Calling me into a trap huh! I think I will accept it, "he said to himself. So he followed him and entered the building, he was soaked, dripping everywhere due to the rain outside. However, he was duly in uniform for the war. The magician wore his usual military clothing with gloves and the sleeves of his jacket were folded up to the elbow. His eyes were steady and focused, showing an absurd coldness.
The magician looked around and noticed a man in front of him, a figure he recognized right away. A weird figure, by your standards.
"I think you were looking for me," said Jose with his smile.
"Our! You are more ugly live than in photos, "he replied. This infuriated the former guild master.
"Didn't you really think I wouldn't notice that you were looking for me, worm? I know you are a fairy, your filthy scent gave you away. But do not worry. You die here! " Jose said with a look and with a satanic smile and laughing madly.
"Yeah, who knows. In fact it is better to warn your doormat hidden in the ceiling so as not to attack me by surprise that it will not work ", Ryker said smiling from the corner.
Jose Porla looked at him with murderous eyes and his macabre smile. "But it is not him that I would worry about ...".
"What!?"
Out of nowhere a sword made only of energy was thrown in his direction, which was narrowly avoided by the magician. After avoiding certain death, a man of medium height, short orange hair and red eyes suddenly appeared in front of him holding two magic swords in his hands. He maneuvered them trying to hit the soldier wizard at any cost, which dodges the blows. With a swivel, between blows, Ryker was able to repel him away.
"What the fuck!?".
Porla laughed maniacally. "He's Scgther. User of magic blades. They cut everything. Did you think I would leave that place without an ally? You are a poor guy ".
"Bastard! You don't really think that he and Aria can stop me, you were already Porla ", our magician said running towards them with blood in his eyes.
"Airspace," Aria shouted causing Ryker to be thrown across the factory, hitting the wall hard and falling to the floor. When he was getting up, the fairy tail magician felt a powerful punch in the face, which knocked him back to the ground with pain and blood running through his mouth. When looking up he saw a gigantic and muscular figure, bald without eyebrows and murderous eyes and with a macabre smile.
This man caught Ryker by the neck and punched his stomach. "My name is Gaucher," he said in a thick voice, and punched the magician again, sending him flying through the building and falling to the ground.
A wave of fire hit him as soon as he landed. He could feel the heat of the fire, it was burning his skin, it was a very intense fire. As soon as the fire has dissipated he can see another figure, one with one foot on top of him.
"It is a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Fairy Tail. My name is Piro. At your service, "he said, placing a hand on his chest and bowing in awe. He was slightly above average in stature, straight black hair, almost bluish, his eyes were green.
"Creative," Ryker said sarcastically under him.
A cold, thin hand was placed over his mouth. He can feel that his life was draining away, as well as part of his energy and magic. The magician can see a thin, ghostly figure sucking up everything he had.
"This is Vampyr. It absorbs the magic and life force of its prey. HAHAHA!" Jose laughed like never seeing the magician's suffering on the floor. It was delicious for him to see it, so much hatred for Fairy Tail. "There is no escape, when he catches someone he never lets go!" he shouted with a crazy expression.
Ryker felt his life draining, he needed to get rid of those guys, before it was too late. He concentrated his energy, which made his body glow a deep, brilliant blue, surprising the others, until it expanded and expelled Vampyr and Piro from him.
The soldier magician stood up, panting, he realized that a good part of his magic and energy was gone. That would be problematic, facing six in those conditions would not be easy.
"You bastards. I will end each one of you without mercy, "he had a deadly gleam in his eyes and an angry expression, his face covered with pulsating veins of pure anger.
"I don't think it will be that easy, will it?" Porla said smiling. "Finish him!" ordered his subordinates.
Scgther started throwing a shower of blades at him, which dodged each one. In another direction, fireballs were thrown at him. Dodging an attack he could handle, even in that situation, but two would be impossible. And it was proven when it started to be hit by blades, cutting its meat in several parts and fire burning its skin and clothes.
The second the attacks stopped, a powerful punch was delivered to Ryker's face, sending him flying meters through the air until he fell. When he got up he saw a kick coming towards him, but this time he blocked it by crossing his arms, causing the magician to slide across the floor for a few meters. As soon as he stopped he was grabbed from behind by Vampyr. More of his life was draining away, he could feel he was dying, his strength going, his vision blurred.
He violently expelled more energy, which caused the leech to loosen. In a quick movement our magician turned and hit him in the stomach with a knee, making him vomit blood and fly through the air. This was a serious problem. Now he was weaker and more vulnerable than before, and those guys were powerful, there was no doubt.
Ryker didn't even have time to move a muscle when his arms were held by Scgther and Piro. He was trapped and saw big Gaucher approaching. In his fists there was a purple light, now he would use magic in his strokes. The wizard's eyes widened at that. He wasn't even using power before and his punches were already heavy.
Gaucher came throwing punches and more punches at the soldier, who could do nothing but scream in pain. He could feel his bones giving in to the pressure of the attacks. They were starting to break and the pain was distressing. Gaucher did not stop with his heavy blows, one stronger than the other, on his stomach, ribs, face. That monster throws knees all over the place and kicks, it didn't stop and its smile and eyes were manic, thirsty for blood and pain. With each new stroke, more blood came out of Ryker, who was already bleeding from his cuts and was now vomiting liters of it.
Jose Porla was impassive in his corner watching what looked like a massacre. His desire for blood was being satisfied with the brutal scene unfolding in front of him. More, he wanted more.
Aria approached the soldier magician and put her hand on Gaucher's shoulder, who looked at him and stopped his attacks on a ragged Ryker. He was bleeding from his mouth, nose, forehead, eyebrows, cuts on his body and bruises all over his torso and face.
"Mine instead. And that is so sad, "he said, crying, tears streaming down his sale. "But you have to die. Zetsu! " With that, our magician was thrown against the wall in the background, breaking some pillars along the way.
Even badly wounded, the soldier magician still managed to get up, leaning against the wall, out of breath, staring at his opponents. But he was in the last, he knew. He would have to finish them off at once, or he would die. But he did not know how, with his strength so weak and his body so wounded. There was certainly internal bleeding, ruptured organs and broken bones, but none of that would stop him.
Before he could do anything, a powerful explosion strikes him, coming from the arching movement of Jose's hand. Ryker just screamed in pain.
"THAT'S IT. THAT'S WHAT I WANT FOR THE DAMNED FAIRIES ! PAIN AND MORE PAIN! ", Porla screamed madly. "What are you waiting for !? Kill him, he won't fall for that! I want more blood, "he ordered his henchmen, who went after the wizard Fairy Tail.
Fairy Tail was as excited as ever, it had been a normal day by her standards. Now, at the end of the day, everyone was quieter and more relaxed, drinking, talking and having fun.
Mira, as usual, was at the bar looking after her business and with her brothers Lisanna and Elfman. Erza was eating strawberry cake, Lucy was talking to Lisanna and Gray was talking to Cana and Juvia. Everything was going well, until Mirajane dropped a glass cup on the floor, out of nowhere. Everyone turned to her.
"Mira-san !?", Lucy exclaimed. "Are you okay?" Mira was astonished.
"Mira! You never broke anything. What happened? " Erza said worriedly.
"Sister, answer!" Elfman was looking at her, but his older sister did not respond.
" Mira!" shouted Erza.
"What the hell is going on?" Gray intervened in the conversation.
"We do not know. Mira-san dropped a glass and now she looks like this ", Lucy said worried about her friend who looked terrified.
"She never dropped anything. How did that happen? " Gray asked. "She looks pale," he noted.
"That's what we want to know," Erza replied to the ice wizard.
Suddenly Mirajane looked at the guild door and stood there looking at it for a while, everyone turned to see what she was looking at, but there was only the door, nothing more.
"Mira, are you okay, what are you feeling?" Erza insisted with her.
She didn't say anything, just put her hand on her chest, as if she were feeling a squeeze. The magician could feel his heart racing, in anguish and fear, he skipped a few beats. She never felt that way before. What did that mean?
"I don't know what's going on. But I am ... afraid of something " the whitehaired magician said at last.
Everyone looked at each other without understanding what was going on. Mira scared? This was almost absurd.
"Afraid of what, Mira?" the ice mage asked curiously.
The magician stayed there for some time, her eyes did not lie, she was afraid, worried, anxious. She looked at the counter in front of her and the chairs, then realized.
"Ryker ..." she whispered to herself, and her heart squeezed even more.
All five were surrounding the magician, and with a blast aimed at the ground he was launched into the air and fell behind them at a good distance. He was reeling, panting, hurt, but he still had energy.
"Don't die in this joint. I will make you all pay, especially you Porla. You will suffer! " he said with defiant eyes.
"You can't even stand," Gauche said laughing.
"With all due respect, sir, I don't think you stand a chance against us. See your situation. You're almost dead. " Piro said, until politely, but sarcastically.
Scgther just laughed like a homicidal maniac and Vampyer licked his lips thirstily at Ryker.
"What a sadness!" Aria said crying.
"You are a bunch of crazy people. SHUT UP! " Ryker shouted, his expression started to change. His cold eyes came back, soulless eyes, murderous eyes. He started to concentrate energy, and they could feel it, a heavy and overwhelming energy, even intimidating.
"It's not possible! How can he still have that much power !? " Piro spoke with alarm.
"This is getting interesting now," Gaucher said, snapping his fingers and neck on both sides.
Porla on the other hand was even more surprised. Did that guy have an energy like that? It didn't go well with Fairy Tail and its nice way of being. Someone with such a black aura was almost ... nice to him. And you can't help but smile.
As Ryker concentrated more energy, his eyes began to glow red, his face covered with veins which made him look almost demonic.
"Kill him!" Jose shouted. "Kill him now!" .
Everyone concentrated their energy too, it was causing tremors and small stones floated around them. Each with its specific aura. It was a beautiful sight, despite the terrible feeling of death and blood that hovered around the place, something that could be felt at a distance.
Piro launched a column of fire in the direction of the magician, who barred with his hands, surprising the fire magician. Still, the heat was intense enough to melt everything around him and it was burning the soldier's fur. On the right Gaucher came out of nowhere, hitting the magician with brutal force, but this time he was more prepared and didn't feel as much as the other times, even though he was thrown to the side by meters.
When he stopped he noticed numerous blades flying towards him, moving his left arm in an arc Ryker launched a blast of energy that destroyed the blades of energy and still hit Scgther and Piro at the same time, making them fly backwards and injuring both.
"How can he still have so much power?" , Piro said alarmed and injured.
"Don't whine and attack, your shit," shouted Gaucher, running over Fairy Tail. He started throwing several punches that were blocked by Ryker, despite the immense pain he felt when doing this. Kicking and kneeling was also not easy, but he was doing it. In a breach, our magician launched a powerful attack on the big guy's stomach, he flew backwards, falling on his ass on the floor, blood coming out of the corner of his mouth. He got scared. How could someone in that state block their attacks and return with such force?
A rain of fire came towards Ryker, hitting him hard, but in the blink of an eye he was out of sight and appeared in front of Piro, who looked at him in terror. The magician delivered a violent knee to his stomach, making him vomit a lot of blood, then an elbow from top to bottom hit the fire wizard's neck, which was soon hit by a powerful rotating kick in his face. He was thrown meters away.
Ryker felt Scgther's presence behind him, turned quickly in time to dodge a sword, although it did not reach any vital points, it pierced him in the left side of his body, causing immense pain and bleeding. With the adrenaline in his body, the Fairy Tail magician launched himself towards him, immobilizing one of his arms and knocking the magician down from the swords, sweeping. On the ground he saw the foot of the soldier hit his face, with a violent stomp, crushing his face, immediate knockout. The blade on his body disappeared after that.
Aria appeared in surprise behind him, but before he could do anything, an elbow hit him in the pit of the stomach, making him bend over, and another spinning elbow was hit in the face, making him fly away.
Jose Porla was terrified. His men were being defeated, by a dying man. Until minutes ago, the Fairy Tail wizard was almost dead and now he was getting the better of his subordinates, who were whole and completely full of energy. How was it possible?
"This can't be happening!", he thought, looking astonished at the situation, his hands beside his head. The former guild master threw everything he had towards the fairy wizard, but with a violent and hateful blast, he was able to neutralize the attack and still get it right, slightly injuring the dark wizard.
" Aaaahhhhhh!" he cried out in pain.
"Stay there Porla! Yours is still kept, "Ryker said, panting, looking up with bright red eyes, as if there was a light behind them.
"Don't let your guard down!" Gaucher shouted running towards him.
Ryker turned in his direction and prepared for the attack. The big guy punched, however, the wizard ducked away from the blow, and concentrated a huge amount of energy on his right arm. With an uppercut he hit Gaucher's chin, producing a shock wave that swept the entire complex, smashing the windows and causing parts of the building to collapse. With this blow the muscular man was thrown upwards, breaking through the factory roof, flying high. Ryker stretched out his hand and unleashed an energy attack on him causing a big explosion to hit him in the air. In turn, the big guy fell unconscious and badly injured somewhere in the vicinity.
The Fairy Tail mage was tired of losing energy quickly, he couldn't prolong that battle any longer. He was injured and bleeding, possibly with broken bones. That was when he heard a high-pitched scream. When he turned to see he looked with astonishment that Vampyr had jumped and was falling towards him with outstretched arms, long nails and sharp teeth, besides he had a crazy and sick face.
"Enough with that shit!" he thought. Accumulating energy in his left hand, he stretched his arm, fingers forward, forming as if he were a spear, as soon as Vampyr approached, unable to deviate, he was impaled by Ryker. His left arm crossing his opponent's chest, killing him instantly. Ryker withdrew his arm quickly and a gush of blood came out of the hole, Vampyr fell dead to the floor bleeding everywhere.
Jose, Aria and Piro, who was recovering consciousness, were astonished by what they saw. It was always an asset for enemies that Fairy Tail didn't kill, so how could that guy do that, in such a brutal and cold way? At that moment they realized that they were not dealing with an ordinary magician. He was different, and it scared them a lot. They would either kill him or die.
Piro, went ahead desperately. Gathering as much energy as he can, he launched a colossal amount of fire. The heat was like hell, no one managed to escape, hitting Aria, Porla and Rker. The heat was undoing the building, the iron on the ceiling dripped on the floor, the concrete was crumbling into lava.
"Beware idiot! You will kill us all! " Jose shouted.
"Shut up! Now it's up to you! I will not die for this demon! " Piro was beside himself, screaming like crazy. He only stopped when he ran out of magic to continue. This revealed a certain magician kneeling on the ground, very wounded and burned, but still alive and looking with hatred at him.
"What are you !?" Piro said, terrified by what he saw. How did he stay alive with all that?
"Aria, now!" Jose shouted.
Ryker only had time to turn his head to see, but it was too late.
"Metsu!" Aria's blow was delivered and the magician felt a lot of magic being drained from his body and then being pushed away with force.
"W ... what was that now !?", Ryker was amazed, he got even weaker. However, he did not have time to assess the situation. Aria was already on top of him, without the blindfolds, and her eyes were shining.
"It's your end, Fairy! Zero!" his most powerful blow was applied at point blank range and a big explosion took place.
After the smoke subsided, nothing else could be seen. Ryker was completely gone.
Jose Porla, when he saw this, started to laugh. "He died! He died! Now nothing else can stop me! " An evil smile and a murderous look appeared on his face. "Fairy Tail will finally get what it deserves. HAHAHA!" .
Aria was crying, tears were streaming from her crazy eyes. "What a sadness this has to happen. He was powerful, but he had to leave ".
"It's getting late, you bastard" Piro smiled in relief.
So the last three stayed for some time. Bragging about killing the Fairy Tail wizard. They really didn't even care about Vampyr dead, Gaucher missing and, who knows, dead, and Scgther unconscious, with a broken neck, maybe bleeding all over his face.
They stayed there, enjoying their success, until ...
Out of nowhere, two hands landed in the middle of Aria's coast, one above and one below. A strong blue light appeared on his back and with a crash his whole body was enveloped in the light and suddenly he began to scream in pain and to shake violently, his eyes wide and mouth open. Lights began to come out of the air magician's mouth and eyes and ears, and more screams and pain and tremors. With that he was defeated. His body fell to the ground and smoke was coming out of his ears, mouth and eyes.
Porla looked at that, not believing his eyes. Piro trembling with fear. The figure in front of them was emanating an even more dense and more intimidating blue aura. His eyes shone even more in red.
"How did you survive? Shouldn't you even have magic? " Porla spoke with astonishment, fear started to run through her body.
"I don't know about that, but if I hadn't dodged the attack, quickly, I would be dead," Ryker said flatly. He turned to Piro, looking up and down, reached out and opened his hand in his direction. A blue light sphere formed in him and he fired at the fire wizard, who was caught by an explosion, enough to render him unconscious and brutally injured, but alive.
"You are a monster!" Porla said haunted. "You are a bloody monster!" .
Those words hit him hard, looking around he saw the bodies he left, he remembered what he used to do at home. If someone like him was calling him a monster, what would other people call him if they saw him that way. He had seen Lucy's look at him when they fought together, and there he was calm. However, this only served to irritate him more.
"Monster? ... Yes, I am a monster. But a monster that doesn't let his teammates get hurt ", he replied without emotion, turning to his last opponent. " Ready?" .
"I don't think it will be easy. It is almost dying and I am whole "
"That's what we're going to see," he said, forming a sphere of energy in his right hand, accumulating everything he had of magic and energy, staring and hating Porla.
"You can come!" Jose grunted. It extends u his right arm to the side and generates ing several of his ghosts around him, starting ram to circulate it into spirals and turns subsequently ing these ghosts in a destructive wave of dark magic.
Ryker ran towards Porla with his energy in his hand and when he got close he launched his attack, a massive and destructive blast.
"Dead Wave", Jose launched his attack at the same time, a wave of dark ghosts, destroying everything in his path.
The two spells clashed, fighting each other without any advantage. The shock was violent, rays of energy coming out and destroying walls, tremors could be felt on all sides. Neither of them wanted to give in, Porla was more whole in combat, but Ryker was not behind in terms of strength and power. The energies were getting more and more unstable, they could not continue with that for a long time. The building started to collapse on top of them, the floor was cracking. In a final scream Ryker unleashed a little more power, followed by Porla, when a huge explosion collided and engulfed them, knocking down the entire building and destroying several adjacent buildings. There was only debris and smoke, nothing more, no living souls.