Lily looks in shock to Jellal's revelation as the man wants to become the villain of Edolas who wants to take all the magic for himself.
"you will have to go out among the panicking people…and administer my punishment" Said Jellal to Lily "as both the leader of the royal forces and as an Exceed. "show the people the way out of this panic….and become the king of this world…a world without magic"
Lily stares at Jellal before he scrunched his face
"do you seriously believe in that drivel, Prince?!" Lily shouted out to the man
"I wouldn't have done what I did unless I was prepared for the consequences" Jellal replied
"I refuse! It's utter idiocy! why must you be the villain?!" Lily exclaimed
"only you can!" Said Jellal to him
"what makes you think you know me at all!" Lily exclaimed
"you are an Exceed and you saved me as a child..you recognize life's inherent nobility without being swayed by race" Jellal replied with a solemn look.
"so I'm going to have to pick up the cross and bear it?! Is that what you are saying?!" Lily shouted out to the man
"you're the only one who has the strength to rise above past sins" Said Jellal as he clenched his fists "please understand! This world needs you to be the new king!"
"then you do it yourself! You are the rightful king by birth!" Lily shouted out
"I put this world on the path of destruction" Jellal spoke to him
"with its best interest in mind!" Lily grabbed Jellal's shoulder and yanked him "what we need right now is the one who is willing to put his own life on the line for Edolas! "if you are the one who destroyed it! You must be the one to set it right! And that doesn't mean dying! It means leading the world down to its right path!"
Lily huffs his breathing as he had run out of breath
"that wouldn't stop the chaos" Said Jellal
"I'll become your villain" Lily said as he clenched his fists hard
Extallia crumbles down as the homeland of the Exceeds fell
"Extalia!" Marl exclaimed as their home was gone
"our house…" Lucky gritted his teeth as he clenched his fists in anger "damnit! Our home! Our home of our family! Damnit all!"
"I was banished from Extalia and I have walked with the humans" Lily said "but this time I betrayed the kingdom so I have no place left"
"never!" Jellal shouted as he knew Lily wanted to sacrifice himself for the world "you saved my life! I will not allow you to die! You must live, Lily!"
"I would say the same words to you, your majesty" Lily said as Jellal looks in shock "to force someone to take responsibility…will only lead to unhappiness"
"then how can we calm the panic outside?!" Said Jellal before a soldier came running in
"Panther Lily-sama! Trouble!" the soldier exclaimed
"I know. If this is about Anima, then as you can see" Lily said
"trying to stop it, right?" the soldier asked
"no.." Lily said but the soldier cuts him off
"more importantly, there are people rampaging through the town! The city is getting wrecked!" the soldier reported to them
"the chaos outside must be worse than I have expected" Said Jellal "we have to do something quick"
"we must handle the chaos outside first" said Lily
"true, but we have to do something to stop it from spreading any further" Said Jellal as he and Lily walks out of the Anima chamber.
The town is in utter chaos as everything was getting destroyed
"how many are rioting?" asked Lily as he and Jellal stood upon the castle's balcony and watch explosions occurring everywhere
"just one!" the soldier reported
"only one!? Why didn't you handle it?!" Lily exclaimed
"we couldn't! we don't know what we are facing! It's like a demon!" The soldier exclaimed as Jellal and Lily looks in shock as they see a black demonic beast rampaging through the town.
"that form…" said Mystogan as his eyes widen in shock "Natsu!?"
Natsu let out a demonic roar in his demonic form as he charges up magic at the tip of his horns before he fired a red magic blast that spreads upon the buildings before causing chain explosions that destroyed nearly half the town's block.
"hear me, citizens of Edolas!" shouted Gajeel as he stood on top of a roof with Wendy as both wear cloaks. "I am the great demon king, Redfox! And this here is my loyal henchmen, Marvel! We have taken away your magic and we will destroy your world! Go! My pet! Destroy this kingdom!"
Natsu glares at Gajeel as he hates being called a pet but he just roars at the nearby citizens before firing streams of flames from his left hand that burns a building down to the ground. The demonic man swung Chitetsu to the side as an air slash went flying straight at a group of soldiers who were sent flying in the air.
The citizens went in a big panic as they were all screaming and running around everywhere
"hahahaha! You have no king nor queen! No one is going to save you all!" laughed Gajeel with a sinister grin that fits him so well while making Wendy awkwardly smile to see how fitting the villain's act is to the man.
"your majesty!" "help us!" "somebody! Please help us!"
Natsu roars before he charges up more energy to the tip of his horns and fires another powerful beam blast that sets fire to the street while scaring nearby citizens.
"Natsu! Wendy! Gajeel! Stop! What are you doing!?" Jellal shouted out to Gajeel who heard him and smirks.
"ho? So you came back, the first borne prince of Edolas?!" exclaimed Gajeel as this was heard by all the citizens
"the first prince?" "the prince who disappeared?" "he's back?"
"why is he doing this?" Lily asked when Nadi came into view
"because I told him to" said Nadi as Lily looks surprised.
"if you dare to stop me, then try and die!" laughs Gajeel before he swung a hand forward "go, Daimou! Destroy everything in your sight!"
Natsu roars as bone tentacles came spiking out of his back before they all pierce through nearby buildings and destroys them all.
Jellal gritted his teeth before he jumps down and run towards Natsu who is wrecking everything.
"stay where you are, Natsu!" Jellal shouted
Lily looks to the scene as this was all an act
"maybe he's putting on an act to make the prince look like hero, but the moment they realized its fake, that'll create damage nobody can fix…nobody is going to commit suicide, right?"
Jellal ran towards Natsu as he wields his staff
"the first Prince?" "him?" "is he going to fight the demon monster?" "he'll get himself killed!"
"stop! Natsu!" Jellal shouted out as he swings his staff forward "Sleep!"
Jellal tried to cast his magic staff but its magic was drained away by the Anima
"the magic….was sucked into the anima"
"you people have no magic anymore! I have taken it all!" laughed Gajeel as Natsu charges up flames in front of him before he fired a stream of flames around him, destroying and burning down buildings around him.
"kyaaa!" "such destructive power!" "is this magic!?" The citizens ran scared as the buildings were getting destroyed
"stop!" Jellal shouted "stop this right now! I'll never be the hero the people need! And if you pretend to get defeated, nobody will buy it!"
Natsu roars as he sends his bone tentacles right at Jellal, cutting through the man's cape while leaving his body un-scathed.
"wha?" muttered Jellal in surprise in seeing that Natsu's attack miss before he got a punch to the face by the demonic man.
"prince! "that monster is berserk!"
"Natsu…you.." said Jellal before Natsu swung Chitetsu at the man but his attack missed just by an inch that Jellal noticed. "you're just…"
"Fairy Tail's farewell Rules" Natsu's voice telepathically echoed in Jellal's mind as the man is surprised before he got a punch to the gut by the demonic man who soon grabs his collar and throws him away. "you can't pass along any info that hurts Fairy Tail for your entire life"
"two" Natsu lifted Chitetsu up and swung the sword down but Jellal caught his arm before punching the demonic man's gut hard.
"one must never contact former Fairy Tail clients without permission to make a profit for oneself!" Said Jellal as he grabs Natsu's neck and then headbutts him, causing both to stagger back.
"three" Natsu pulled back his fist and so did Jellal "no matter how you fail, you must live your life with all the strength that you have."
"you can't think of live as something small or anything..and you must never forget the friends you love" said Jellal before the two did a cross counter to each other's face as Jellal's punch cracked Natsu's demonic mask and breaks it into pieces.
"this is farewell….Mystogan" muttered Natsu as he had a small smile before the man fell back to the ground with a thud "as long as you have the guild's spirit, there is nothing you can't do"
"yeah" Said Jellal with a small smile "thank you….Natsu"
The crowd then cheered for Jellal's win against Natsu as they called out to him numerous time.
Natsu's body started to glow and so did the others as well as the Exceeds
"your body, it's…." Said Jellal
"what is happening!?" "the Demon's body is glowing!"
"what is this?" said Lily, seeing his body glowing.
"Anima's function was to suck away magic but in reverse all magic in this world is getting sent to Earthland. Meaning any being that has magic within them in the first place will be sent to Earthland" said Nadi as the Exceed's body is glowing too.
"what's going on!?" exclaimed Lucy, seeing her glowing body.
"we're glowing!" exclaimed Happy in surprise
"the anima is sucking us back!" Charla said while trying to hold onto the ground.
Erza and Knightwalker are at the remains of their battle before Erza suddenly glowed
"Scarlet!" Knightwalker looks at Erza as she is floating in mid-air
"take care…" Erza said with a soft smile as Knightwalker looks at her before nodding and smiling back
"Erza" both said to each other
Every single Exceed was getting sucked away into the Anima as they all were getting transported to Earthland
Natsu floated up with the others as the man looks down on the city of Edolas and its citizens
"the demon king is being blown away!" "the prince saved us all!" "long live the prince!"
The citizens cheered for Jellal as everyone was celebrating his victory
Jellal looks up and saw Lily floating up into the anima
"your highness….there's no need to adapt so quickly….you can take your time…even at a walking pace, people can take that first step forward…as they tread down the road to their future" Lily smiled to Jellal as the man nodded
"yes" Said Jellal with a smile
"goodbye everyone! Goodbye Edolas Fairy Tail!" Lucy waves her hand as in goodbye to Edo Lucy and her friends as it was time to leave the other world.
Nearby the caste, Edo Natsu watched Earthland Fairy Tail and the Exceed flying away as he sat on his Red Droma Anim's cockpit while having a smile. Edo Ikaruga is still in the mechanical beast grasp as she is sulking because she lost.
"gi hee, looks like this place is going to be alright after all" said Gajeel before he got a punch to the head by Natsu. "ow! What's your problem!?"
"you sure had fun being demon king" said Natsu with a pissed look while transforming back to his normal form.
"now now" said Wendy with an awkward smile.
"goodbye, your highness" Lily smiled as Jellal watch as his allies leave Edolas before he turns his attention to his people.
"I have defeated the Demon King and his henchmen! Without magic we humans can live on!" he shouted out as everyone cheered for him.
That was the end of Edolas' magic era, now they will tread to a new era without magic
That's a wrap!
Bye bye
