Somewhere at a barren wasteland, Erza can be seen flying in the sky as she soars through the air before flying down to a canyon where she received info that it is where Face is located.
"it must be inside." Said Erza as she hovers above the canyon and looks down to the large hole within then proceeds to fly down.
Now flying within the cowbane canyon, Erza flies pass rocks, boulders, stalactites, and stalagmites. Maneuvering through her obstacles as she searches for Face.
"Face should be located somewhere inside…" Erza looks around the cave as she tries to spot the magic pulse bomb but couldn't see it. "where could it…?"
Erza soon sensed something as she stops flying and lands on the ground. She looks side to side as she sensed a presence near her.
"who is there?" said Erza with a hardened expression while her sight glance to the side because a shadow is looming around at the ceiling above and behind her.
"Ho~? you sensed me much earlier than I expected." A voice spoke out with a cackle as Erza turns and sees Ezel who is sticking to the ceiling while having his arms crossed and having a grin. "not bad for a human."
"I am supposed to assume that you are with Tartaros?" said Erza as she hardens her sight on the demon. "and you are here to safeguard Face's activation?"
"that's right." Said Ezel as he cackles a bit before he jumps off the ceiling and landed on the ground with a big crash. "the name is Dojigiri Ezel! Remember that name because it's the name of the demon who will kill you!"
Erza hardens her gaze as she wields a pair of swords that appeared in a flash, she then got into a flying stance.
'I have to take him down quickly and deactivate Face.' Erza grips hold of her sword as she stares at Ezel who is smirking while cracking the fingers of his four appendages.
The two foes looked at one another before they jump and clashed.
Erza swings her swords furiously at her opponent who blocks her attacks with his bare hands.
"haaa!" Erza swings her swords down on Ezel who defended with one of his multi arms. the scarlet knight grunted as she tried to push against the demon's arm but found it difficult.
"you're a good one!" Ezel grins before he pushes Erza away and then crosses his arms in front of him.
"Tenga Goken!" Ezel chanted before he swings his arms open, and an x shaped air slash came flying towards Erza. "Onimaru!"
"what!?" Erza looks wide eyes as she quickly dodged the incoming attack that flew pass her and instantly caused a large x shaped cut on the wall a few feet behind her. the scarlet knight looks at the attack in surprise before she notices that she has a bleeding cut on her right cheek. "this is?"
"surprised?!" said Ezel while grinning. "since you're a strong one, I should let ya know about my curse!" the multi armed demon flexed his muscled body around before he waves his hands around and then got into a stance. "my Curse; Tenga Goken allows me to cut through anything with these hands of mine!" he then smirks. "like this!" the demon instantly started to swing his arms around very rapidly and just unleash dozens of air slashes everywhere.
Erza's eyes widen as she begins to defend against the countless flying slashes with her swords, but it was her mistake to defend instead of dodging.
The blade of her swords begins to get chipped in defending against the slashes, her armor getting cracks, and parts of her body that isn't completely covered in her armor begins to have bleeding cuts.
"gahahahahaha! Just how long can you do this!?" Ezel exclaimed as he keeps on firing his relentless attacks upon Erza who keeps on deflecting them, but her swords soon breaks and shatters before she was hit with an air slash that gave a long yet large bloody cut on her stomach.
"aaahhhh!" Erza screams in pain as she fell to one knee while placing a hand to her stomach. The scarlet knight's weapons and armor have been chipped into pieces as not much remains of her Heaven Wheel armor.
'such fearsome power! With his bare hands, he could injure me so much..' Erza grunted as she pressed a hand against her wound before glancing at Ezel who is looking down at her with a smug smirk. 'I don't have time to fight against him. there are only some time left before Face activates.' She then gets up while her body glows and flashes for her to don her Clear Heart Clothing. 'I have to find a way to lose him and focus on finding Face's whereabouts.'
"ho? you're letting off your armor that could've protected your weak wimpy body?" said Ezel with a chuckling smirk. "you really wanna die?"
Ezel began to laugh at Erza who is bandaging up her injury with a part of her sarashi before she got into a stance and the Demon Blade Benizakura appears in her grasp.
Erza grips hold of her weapon before she dashes in while drawing the sword out.
Ezel sees her attempt and merely smirks before he swings two of his right arms at Erza and parried her attack.
Both foes pushed against each other before they jump back and then dash in for a close quarter combat with their weapons of choice.
"not bad, human! Not bad!" Ezel laughs with a grin as he begin to swing his arms faster and more stronger. The demon then crossed his upper arms and readied another attack, refusing to give a breathing space for Erza. "Tenga Goken!" He swung his arms open again, unleashing a cross wave slash. "Juzumaru!"
Erza raise her sword in defense as she defends against the attack that pushes against her strength.
"uughh! Guuuhh!" Erza grunted heavily as her feet pushed against the dirt before she flew and came crashed against a rock wall. "ugh!?" she grunted in pain and looks at where Ezel is who she sees jumping towards her with two of his arms pulled back that caused her to look alarmed. "damnit!"
"hahaha!" Ezel laughs before he swung his fists at Erza who quickly requip her Adamantite armor's shields which she slammed together to the front.
The demon's fist rams against the shield that cracks before shattering into pieces.
"w-wha!?" Erza looks shocked while Ezel smirks and keeps pushing forward his punch straight onto the scarlet knight.
"aggh!" Erza screams in pain as she was punched through the rock wall that shatters into pieces.
The scarlet knight crashed into another part of the cave area that has an opened hole above. Erza grunted as she turns to the side and coughs out some blood. She tried getting up, but Ezel came and slammed down his tentacle legs on top of her to pin her down.
"ugh!" Erza grunted in pain while Ezel merely grins evilly.
The scarlet knight struggled against the hold, but her struggle proved to be a failure as she couldn't push the demon off from her.
"look" Ezel stated as he is looking at somewhere.
Curious, Erza tilted her head back and soon made a surprised noise when she sees a large glowing stone head sticking up from the ground and facing the sky outside the hole.
"This is Face." Ezel explained. "Only five minutes until it goes off." He sniffed the air, his face twisting in disgust at its potency. "Since we're so close the air here is loaded with ethernanos. It stinks! But when you think about it, in just a little while this baby will wipe out all magic on the continent! And curse power will rule over all! So I guess a little stench isn't so bad."
Ezel began to laugh while Erza continues to struggle to get free.
'I'm so close to Face and yet!' the Scarlet Knight groaned in pain as the wound on her stomach is bleeding badly to the point her sarashi is turning red slowly. Erza looks in pain at Ezel who laughs while smirking. 'again…will I lose when everyone is dependent on me!?' she began to frustratedly think about the time she couldn't defeat Gojin, and Orochi Ikaruga back at Lingyue. 'they didn't use magic just like this one..why can't I defeat those who don't even use magic!?'
'you tend to think otherwise on them'
Natsu's voice soon echoes into Erza's mind as the scarlet knight made a noise while her eyes widened.
Flashback
At a time in the past, Erza sat at the backyard porch of the Daimou's Home with Natsu who is in the middle of tapping a powder ball against Chitetsu's blade.
"What do you mean 'think otherwise'?" Erza asked Natsu who continues to tap the powder ball against his Cursed katana before he raise it up to check the weapon's sharpness.
"you tend to think of your enemies who don't use magic as unequal opponents" Natsu stated as he leans and twist Chitetsu in checking the katana's blade from all side. "you think of them as people who have no magic, meaning that they are much weaker to you." He then raise the katana and swing it down once before glancing at Erza. "that is a fatal way of thinking when in battle."
"I don't actually…" Erza spoke before she tilts back with a shocked face when Natsu leans the tip of Chitetsu's blade near her neck.
"do not deny it." Natsu stated. "accepting the fact that you tend to underestimate your opponents is the first step in becoming stronger for others." He pulls the katana away before he sheaths its blade away. "I threw away my pride and self esteem that allowed me to view my enemies as equal so that I can defeat them and strive to be more powerful." He then gets off his seat and then glance at Erza. "I become more powerful so that I can protect those who are dear to me. you must do the same if you wish for the same thing, Erza. Understand?"
Erza looks at Natsu for a moment before she nods with a firm face.
flashback
Erza has her teeth gritted hard before her lips formed a smile to which was noticed by Ezel.
"the hell you smiling for, human?" said Ezel. "you think of something funny?"
"nothing of the sort." Erza stated as she closed her eyes for a moment with a calm expression and opens them to form a very serious and stern looking face. "I just thought of how I will defeat you and every one of your comrades with no mercy."
"huh?" Ezel looks at Erza with a weirded out expression on his face before he looks surprised when he notices that the Scarlet Haired Knight's eyes are glowing red and her body is radiating in a crimson scarlet aura. "what the heck?"
The aura around Erza's body glows and begins to flare like fire as it unleashed a shockwave so powerful that it blew Ezel away.
"what the heck?!" Ezel exclaimed in shock as he crashed to the ceiling where he remains attached upon. The four armed demon looks at Erza who stands up while the wounds on her body slowly heals. "is she…a healer mage?"
Erza looks at where Ezel is before she looks down in front of her as the Golden Celestial Gem appears floating before her.
"seems that you have come to terms and completely conquered your inner weaknesses, young one." Genbu's voice spoke out from within the gem as Erza merely nods in response. The gem soon begins to glow in a golden aura that just grew. "well then, I believe it is time for you to use the strength within your heart to its full potential."
"indeed" said Erza with a nod as she looks back at where Ezel is. "it is time for me to use my strength for my friends, my guild, and my family." She then looks back at the floating gem. "lend me your strength once again."
"as you wish." Genbu spoke out as the golden gem glows and radiates sparkles that create a red and white katana that appears floating in front of Erza.
The weapon floats towards Erza whose body glows and flares in the crimson aura once again.
"The heck is going on with this human?" said Ezel as he never seen anyone glow in such a powerful aura before.
"Speak its name and you shall wield the power within you, Erza Scarlet." Genbu spoke out from the Golden Celestial Gem that just glows in its golden aura and floats towards the scarlet knight. "speak its name"
Erza looks at the katana as her eyes glows scarlet and the weapon glows in the same red aura.
"heed my call and my will; Sereiken: Zangetsu!" Erza exclaimed loudly before she grabs the katana with her right hand and the Golden Celestial Gem with her left hand. "let's go!" she attached the gem to the katana's butt-cap before swinging the weapon to the side and then swing it upwards before her body flares in a golden scarlet aura that shines so brightly. "Unite!"
Ezel raise a hand to his face as he squinted his eyes from the bright golden light that just blinds his sight.
"w-what the heck!?" Ezel exclaimed as the light flashes bright like a star in the night sky.
The light continues to shine for a minute before it dies down. The four armed demon soon opens his eyes and looks at his foe who now has a new appearance that surprised him.
Erza now dons a brownish red chinese hanfu battle dress with many armor plating upon her arms and legs along with two turtle shell designed shoulder pads on her shoulders, her hair is tied to a pony tail, a turtle designed crown on top of her head, a black and red tattoo of a turtle upon her right thigh and she wields the katana that has been transformed into long scarlet red halberd that has a long white scarf wrapped around its middle handle and its blade has a crown in the shape of a turtle and a snake together.
"Gyakuten!" Erza exclaimed before she spins her halberd and then swings it to the side. "Genbu no Koromo!"
"another change of dress, huh?" said Ezel all mockingly before he smirks and then grips his fists hard. "well then, it's time for me to keep up the gig and end you once and for all!" he then jumps off the ceiling and straight down towards Erza. "it's time to die! Tenga Goken!" he crosses his arms tight in front of his chest before he swings them apart. "Onimaru!"
An x-shaped air slash flew towards Erza who raise her halberd and swung it to the side, causing the attack to be deflected elsewhere.
"what the!?" Ezel looks in surprise. "she deflected my Onimaru!?"
Erza raise her halberd and slams the bottom down to the ground before she swings it forward while pointing its blade at Ezel.
"it's my turn now." Said Erza as she grips hold of her halberd's handle before she went and swing the weapon multiple times and creates six air slashes that flew towards Ezel.
"like your attack will..!?" Ezel laughs all mockingly before he notices how fast the air slashes were coming. "f-fast!?"
Erza's attack flew and instantly cause a big dust explosion to where Ezel is.
"guuahh!" Ezel cried out in pain as he was flying in the air before he came crashing to the ground while having cut marks that bleed out purplish blood. The four armed demon gets up and looks at his wounded body before he growls angrily and annoyingly at Erza who swings her halberd to the side while having a stern gaze at the demon. "this bitch!"
Erza swings her halberd around before she got into a stance with a hand raise towards Ezel who she taunted.
"you little bitch!" Ezel shouted as he began to charge straight at Erza. "I'll teach you to mess with a demon of Zeref!"
The two opponents got close to one another before they began to clash once again.
Echoes of metal clashing against metal were heard as so did rocks getting destroyed into pieces.
Erza's halberd clash against Ezel's arms as both just had sparks of fire flying around each time both made contact with one another.
"Juzumaru!" Ezel shouted as he unleashed a circular slash attack at Erza who swings her Halberd to the side and then to the front in hitting the incoming attack that was soon deflected right back at the demon who looks surprised. "again!?"
Ezel quickly unleash another circular slash attack as it flew and hits his first attack that was dispersed before causing a dust explosion which Erza uses to go for a sneak attack.
"aahh!" Erza let out a battle cry as she jumps through the dust and right at Ezel who tilted back with a surprised look.
SLASH!
Erza went pass Ezel who roars in pain as purplish blood came spraying out from a large slash mark that runs from his right shoulder down to his left waist.
Ezel grunts in pain as he had a hand to the large slash mark, the demon scrunched his face in frustration and anger before he turns to look at Erza who stands up on her feet and then glance back at the demon with a hard stare.
'a human made me bleed? A stinking human did this to me!?' Ezel turns around and growls angrily towards Erza to the point that vein marks were pulsing around his face. 'don't fuck with me…' the four armed demon gripped his fists hard while his body begins to glow. "DON'T FUCK WITH ME!"
Erza watches Ezel and sees that the four armed demon has changed his entire appearance. He now dons a kabuto helmet, chest and shoulder plated guards, and his arms had changed into pure black blades.
"ZANGEKI MODE!"
'Be wary.' Genbu's voice spoke out in Erza's mind, the scarlet knight looking right at Ezel who is growling angrily at her. 'This demon's new form is not to be taken lightly.'
"understood." Said Erza as she gets ready against her foe while taking a glance at Face and saw the countdown clock on the large white pillar. '5 more minutes..i need to hurry.'
"now that I am in Zangeki Mode, my curse will be more powerful!" Ezel shouted before he jumps straight at Erza. "it's time for you to die, human!"
The two begins to clash their blades once again, but this time Ezel is having the upper advantage in both power and speed.
"Onimaru!" Ezel shouted as he unleashed another x shaped air slash at Erza who deflected it, but the demon followed his attack with another. "Juzumaru!"
Erza grunted as she keeps on deflecting the demon's attack that were getting relentless.
"Tenga Goken!" Ezel exclaimed as he lowers his blades downwards before swinging them up to unleash a powerful crescent shaped Air slash. "Mikazuki!"
Erza sees the attack coming as she spins her halberd around before she held it over her head and then swung it down when the air slash came.
Her weapon clashed against the attack as Erza grunted while getting pushed on her feet that is dragged against the dirt.
The scarlet knight continues to fight against Ezel's Mikazuki attack before she went and deflected the attack as it flew straight at Face and cuts a large piece of it.
"I'm not done yet!" Ezel exclaimed as he jumps in and continues to relentlessly attack Erza with his bladed arms. "you're not going to have some rest when I'm going to kill you! You're going to be killed by me!"
Erza keeps on deflecting Ezel's attack with her halberd as she is having trouble in keeping up with the demon's speed.
'he's getting more stronger than before!' Erza glance to the side as she sees that Face's time is nearly down to only 3 minutes that soon turns into 2. 'damnit! Face is!'
"raaah!" Ezel roared out as he swings his blades down on Erza who blocks it but gets pushed back a few feet away.
Erza grunted a bit as she felt the attack just shaking her bones when she blocked it with her halberd.
"I have to end this quickly…" Erza muttered out before she grunted a bit as she sees that her outfit is currently glowing a golden yet sparkling aura. "this is?"
'your body is not fully experienced in using Unity alike with that of Daimou, Erza Scarlet.' Genbu stated in Erza's mind. 'you have only have 1 minute left before the Unity becomes undone and your body receives the toll of using it. be advised to end this battle quickly.'
"I know!" said Erza as she readied her halberd at her side before she begins to spin it around her body, creating wind to flow around her.
"Whatever you're planning won't work!" Ezel shouted as he charge straight for Erza. "I told you my curse is unstoppable!"
Ezel came at Erza as he swings all four of his blades at her, intending to cut her into pieces but the result wasn't as he expected when his attack went near the scarlet knight.
CLANG!
"WHAT!?" Ezel looks in surprise as his attack was deflected right back by Erza who just continues spinning her halberd around her body, the speed increasing and so did the strength of the spin. "she deflected it so easily!?"
Erza continues to spin her halberd as gusts of air began to gather around her as she did.
"the heck you think of doing!?" Ezel shouted as he swings his swords down at Erza but the moment they made contact with the blade of her halberd, they were cut off. "ah!? My Curse Blades got!?"
"the strongest offense comes from the strongest defense!" Erza exclaimed as the blade of her halberd begins to glow red and the gust of air surrounding her body ignites in flames. "take this! The wrath of my rage! The anger that comes for those who dare harm my friend, and my home!"
"you little maggot!" Ezel shouted as he just swings down his arms, even with their blades cut off. "die!"
"Lingyue Ougi!" Erza exclaimed while spinning her flaming halberd even faster while she spins around and then prepares the blade of the weapon downwards while facing Ezel face on. "Entonryuha!" the scarlet knight swung the halberd's blade upwards and cause an explosion from which a flaming rock dragon came flying right towards the four armed demon.
"wha!?" Ezel looks at the incoming flaming rock dragon that roars and instantly bites down on him. "aaggghhh!"
The flaming rock dragon roars as it ascends out of the ground and flew straight at Face where it crashed and cause a powerful explosion that shattered the white pillar and made it crumble.
Erza swings her halberd to the side and then lowers it down while her body glows and flashes in golden light. Her battle uniform disappears into golden sparkles and left her with her Clear Heart Clothing.
"ugh…" Erza fell down to her knees as she place her hands on the ground while breathing heavily as she looks extremely fatigue.
"with this…Face is…" Erza muttered out as she believed that she defeated her enemy and also destroyed Face as well, but she was proven wrong one of her agenda when she hears a clock ticking that cause her eyes to widen. "that noise." She looks up and her eyes widen to see that the countdown for Face's activation was still going even with the white pillar losing most of its top half. "i-it's still…active!?"
upon the Cube. The floating island began to shake again causing everyone inside to be off balance.
"what's going on!?" Makarov exclaimed.
"are they planning something again?!" Cana stated while falling to one knee as she lost her balance.
Inside the Cube, Franmalth is laughing while having been beaten up to a pulp by Tengu who has him chained up. Keyes however is nowhere to be found.
"it's time! Face is going to go off soon!" Franmalth cackled with a grin. "soon! All magic on this continent will be gone forever!" he smirks. "It has begun. The end of magic!"
Erza stands near Face as she is trying to find a way to deactivate the magic pulse bomb.
"this thing!" Erza clicks her tongue in annoyance as she waves her hands around a screen that shows Face's activation and power. "I have to find a way to shut it down!" she waves a hand down upon a screen with a face that soon shows an error sign before a lock sign. "it's locked!? It is already set to blow no matter what I do!?"
Erza wields the sword; Zangetsu in her grasp as she tries to directly destroy what is left of Face to stop it from blowing.
"this thing! This thing!" Erza exclaimed as she keeps on swinging the sword against Face, barely making a scratch against it. "damnit!"
Erza swings the sword multiple times before a hand came from behind and stopped her. the scarlet knight instantly turns and sees Jellal standing behind her.
"Jellal?!" Erza exclaimed. "why are you here?!"
"to stop you from making things worse, Erza." Said Jellal as he gently pushes her away from Face and then went near the ticking time bomb which he begins to tinker with on its screen. "I was on my way to your guild when Enra came and told me that Natsu called on me to help." He waves and slides several images on the screen that made the lock sign disappear. "he got Enra to pick me up and get me to where you are so that I can disarm Face.
"you can disarm it?!" said Erza in surprise as Jellal nods in response.
"I was formerly of the Council, and I was one of the few who knows that Face actually exists." Said Jellal as he taps his fingers on a screen board before he waves it to the side and checks on another image near him. "Natsu knows about it and therefore he got me to come here so that I can disarm it before it can go off."
"Natsu did?" said Erza as Jellal nodded again while he waves and slides several images on the screen on Face to which he was given the result of a green screen.
"alright, it's done." Said Jellal as the broken white pillar begins to stop glowing. "I have disarmed it."
"you did?" Erza asks as she checks the timer and saw that it was nearing the dead countdown of zero because it read that only 1 second was left. "that was too close…"
"indeed." Said Jellal as he turns to look at Erza. "let's go. Face is going to self destruct soon."
"what!? I thought you said that you disarmed it!?" Erza exclaimed in surprise.
"I did disarm it, but I have rigged it to explode so that Tartaros won't be able to reactivate it." said Jellal as he looks back at Face that begins to glow once again, he then looks at Erza "let's go."
Upon the top side of the Cowbane Canyon, a flash of yellow light flies out of the hole where Face is located as it flew away from the area and landed on a cliff hundreds of feet away.
Jellal flew out of the light with Erza in his arms, both settled onto the cliff before they turn to look at the Cowbane Canyon that is glowing in the white light before it explodes.
"with this, Face is destroyed.." said Erza as she sighs a bit in relief to completely stop one of Tartaros' plan.
"no." said Jellal as Erza looks at the blue haired man who has a serious look on his face. "Face has not fully been destroyed."
"what do you mean?" Erza asks in confusion.
The rumbling stopped within the Cube as everyone upon or within it just looks around, confused or trying to assess what had happened.
Franmalth remains in the chamber from before as he continues to laugh all uproariously.
"yes! Yes! Face has finally been activated! The time of humans is over!" he laughs all proudly before his face turns into that of confusion and nervousness. "that is what it is supposed to be." He looks up and begins to sweat at Tengu who still has him chained up. "why don't you disappear when all of magic is gone!?"
"the answer to that.." said Tengu as he raise his right hand and a black blazing flame coated claw came out of his sleeves. The raven spirit's eyes soon glows red. "..can be found when you no longer exist."
"aaahhhh!" Franmalth screams.
At the Hell's Core, Lucy, Wendy, and Charla can be found in the area as the three were looking at the ceiling and then to the floor all confusingly.
"I wonder what caused that tremor…" said Lucy.
"who cares if its gone." Said Charla. "we got more important matters to think of, right?"
"but what if that tremor had something to do with Face, Charla?" Wendy asked as she looks worried. "Face was on its countdown and that tremor might have…"
"yeah, she's right.." said Lucy before she looks to her back while placing a hand to her Celestial Spirit Keys in her key pouch that glows once. "but still…I can still feel my magic."
"you're right." Said Wendy as she looks at her hands. "I can still feel my magic within me."
"this would mean that Erza managed to deactivate Face, right?" said Charla as this got everyone to smile.
"we couldn't expect less from her, right?!" said Lucy with a big smile on her face.
"aaahhh~!"
A scream soon echoes in the Hell's Core as this caused Lucy and the others to look in surprise.
"that noise!" said Wendy with a gasp.
"it came from there!" Lucy exclaimed while pointing at a direction from which they soon run straight towards to.
"aahh~! Stop~! Stop!" the scream continues as Lucy and the others checks its whereabout and sees something that made them gawk.
"aahhhh~!" Lamy is screaming as she is tied up in a bondage and is hanging on the ceiling, "please! Please stop, Mistress~!" the bunny earned demon continues to scream before she yelped when a whip came and hits her straight on the butt. "aguuhh~!"
"still haven't had enough?" said Mira as she is currently whipping Lamy's butt while wearing her usual clothes back on. "what are you supposed to say to me after what you did!?"
"i-I'm sorry~! I'm sorry~!" Lamy screams before she yelps in pain when Mira whips her butt once again. "auuughhh~!"
"w-what's going on here?" Lucy asked in confusion.
"I don't think we want to know." Charla replied with a sweatdrop while Wendy has her face covered with her hands.
"come on! Come on! Scream even more!" Mira exclaimed as she continues to whip Lamy's butt multiple times before she notices Lucy and the others neaby. "oh! Lucy! Wendy! Charla! You guys are here!"
"y-yeah…Mira-san.." Lucy muttered out while waving as she and the others got near the Majin a bit slowly. "g-glad to see you alright and all."
"yeah, I am." Said Mira before she whips Lamy right on the butt once again. "this demon here had me captive in one of these large glass tanks. They tried to make me into a demon by infusing me with demon particles but they failed as I already have them." She then smirks while grabbing hold of the bunny eared demon's head and grips it to the point the little demon begins to beg for mercy. "right now I'm in the middle of punishing this one for calling me ugly and stuff."
"i-is that so?" Wendy asked with a tense look. "a-are you f-finished?"
"just a second." Said Mira before she unleash thousands of whipping at Lamy who screams in pain.
"you had to ask, didn't you?" Charla stated with a sweatdrop.
As Lamy's torture by Mira continues, footsteps are heard nearby as the group turns and sees Jackal, and Tempester appearing from the shadows.
"so you lots are making the racket, huh?" said Jackal as his side stops and looks at Mira and the others.
"y-you are!" Lucy exclaimed in remembering Jackal. "but I thought Natsu finished you off!"
"yeah, that guy did finish me off." Said Jackal as he raise his right hand and cracks his fingers a few times while having a dark smirk on his face. "but I came back from the dead to even the score."
"you guys are Tartaros too, huh?" said Mira as she drops Lamy and faces the demons. "fine by me." she grasps her hands and begins to crack her knuckles. "you guys had me very welcomed with your treatment. Allow me to return the favor."
"Mira-san, be careful." Said Wendy. "the blonde demon uses a Curse that makes anything he touches explode!"
"we were at chaos when we first met him!" Charla added in.
"Seems that they remembered you well, Jackal." Said Tempester with a stoic look. "they know your abilities very well."
"hmph! So what?!" said Jackal while cackling. "I had a tough time only with that pink haired bastard! Without him, these lots are nothing!"
"hey, Lucy." Mira called out to the blonde girl who made a noise in return. "the other one besides the cat boy."
"what about him?" Lucy asked.
"you think he might be the one who poisoned Laxus and the others?" Mira asked.
"possible." Said Lucy with a nod. "but I'm not so sure. Freed says that the guy looks bulkish and looks more like a beast than a man."
"in any matter, we got to be careful with that one in case he really does have what we need to cure Laxus and the others." Said Mira as her body glows and she transforms into her Satan Soul. "we can't make a mistake or they will die."
"got it." said Lucy with a nod while taking out Taurus and Leo's Celestial Spirit Key.
"it's time for you guys to go with a bang!" said Jackal while cackling as he and Tempester looks at the group while looking ready to kill.
Mira and the others get ready themselves, but everyone's attention was soon taken away from one another when a glass tank began to have lots of bubbles inside as Ezel appears within.
"damnit! Damnit! That red haired bitch!" Ezel shouted angrily within the glass tank.
"that's….Ezel?" said Tempester in seeing the four armed demon appearing within the glass tank all the sudden.
"he got beaten?" Jackal stated with a rather surprised look. "I thought he was supposed to be safeguarding the humans' weapon? Why the heck is he back here?"
"damnit! That red haired bitch! I'll kill her! I'll kill her!" Ezel shouted all angrily. "hey! Jackal! Tempester! Lamy! Get me back! hurry and revive me! I want to kill that red haired bitch!"
"who is this guy?" said Lucy in surprise.
"who cares on that part?" Charla stated. "I'm more concerned on what does he mean by reviving him!"
"hey! Bunny head!" Mira exclaimed as she grabs Lamy and picks her up. "what did that big guy mean by reviving him!? answer me!"
"a-ah! T-that's!" Lamy cried out. "this is Hell's Core! This is where we demons come back to life if we get killed!"
"come back to life after getting killed?" Wendy asked in confusion and surprise.
"to put it simply…" said Lamy before her face becomes serious and stern. "we demons are immortal because we can respawn whenever we get killed! This Hell's Core is a gift from the Underworld King upon the day we first made contract with them! This is the reason why we are immortal!"
"tch! I told you that brat had a big mouth." Said Jackal with an annoyed voice after hearing what Lamy blabbered out.
"it doesn't matter." Said Tempester. "we don't need to be revived because they will die before they got a chance to do anything to the Hell's Core."
"so this place is that special for you guys, huh?" said Mira as she drops Lamy and smirks at Jackal and the others. "looks like it's our lucky day, girls."
"huh? What do you mean, Mira-san?" Wendy asked in confusion towards Mira.
"you see, I just didn't absorb demon particles while I was in one of these glass tanks." Said Mira as she raise a hand and did a loud finger snap that echoed before explosions occurred in the Hell's Core.
"w-what the heck!?" Jackal exclaimed as he and Tempester looks wide eyes from seeing the many glass tanks just exploding for no reason.
Each one exploded, even the one that had Ezel inside. The four armed demon screaming as he explodes.
One glass tanks bubbles as Franmalth appears.
"damnit! That raven bastard killed me!" the cyclops demon exclaimed in frustration before he grins. "but not to worry! By taking some time off in the Hell's Core, I'll be back in a jiffy!" he then screams when his glass tank exploded for no reason. "ugyaaahh!"
"m-my lab…" Lamy muttered out before she screams as all the glass tanks are now shattered into pieces. "MY PRECIOUS LAB!"
"Mira-san…" Lucy looks around the area and then to Mira who she showed a surprised and shocked face to. "did you…do this?"
"when I was inside absorbing demon particles, I used my Take Over Magic to take control of this entire place so that I can recharge faster." Said Mira with a grin. "and it was a good thing I used it, right?" She then cracks her knuckles a few more times. "now, you guys can't be revived, right?"
"you little maggot!" Jackal exclaimed in anger while Tempester looks very displeased in the background.
At another part of Tartaros, Kyoka can be found limping as the green haired avian demoness is leaning against the wall for support while placing a claw to her bleeding side.
"to think that this one is nearly defeated by the humans and their allies…" Kyoka muttered out as she ventures within the hallway while continuing to advance towards a place. "there is no other choice…this one must seek his assistance." The green haired demon gritted her teeth and looks very serious. "this one must awaken Master END!"
Within the Cube, in a dark gloomy area. There is a large black door and behind it is a darker room that has a single throne and a figure sitting upon it.
This figure is another demon of Tartaros whose appearance is that of a young man with long black hair that has a part tie a flowing pony tail that reached the collar of his white and black jacket.
The demon of a man leaned on the armrest of his throne, a sly grin on his lips as he clutched a book with the letters END on the front. This very demon is the Underworld King, Mard Geer.
"it would seem that it has begun…" he spoke out in a mused voice. "the time for darkness to flow out from the gates of Tartaros and taint the world of light." He chuckles. "it will come. The end of the humans is near and the beginning of your return is soon, Master."
That's a wrap!
Bye bye
