With the destruction of Plutogrim, the members of Fairy Tail who had been imprisoned by the Allegria curse has been freed.

Right now, Gray, Gajeel, and Juvia are facing against Tempester, Keyes, and Torafuzar in a three on three showdown. The Fairies now directly fighting against the Nine Demon Gates as they planned to defeat them once and for all.

"Hyuru!" Tempester whistles as he unleashes a twister that flew straight towards Fairy Tail members who jumped away to dodge.

"this guy must be the one with the Anti-Ether Particles, huh?" said Gajeel while looking at Tempester, the Iron Dragon Slayer pulls his right fist back as it transforms into an Iron Club. "Tetsuryuton!" he swung the iron Club forward as it extends and stretches straight at the humanoid demon but the attack was blocked by Torafuzar who pushed it away. "kuh! Damn shark bastard!"

"Gajeel! Duck!" Gray exclaimed as he has cold air gathering around the palm of his hands. "Ice Make!" he then creates an ice bazooka that he aims at Torafuzar. "Ice Cannon!" he pulled the trigger and instantly fired a blast of ice

Gajeel quickly ducks as the blast of ice flew and directly hits Torafuzar who had his arms raised to defend.

"did that do it?" said Gray as their enemies are covered in a mist of ice that blow away for Keyes to come flying with his lower part transformed into black particles.

"this guy!" Gajeel exclaimed as he quickly transforms his right hand into an Iron Dragon Sword that he swings at the demon but the attack just went right through him. "damn! I can't touch his body!"

"Gajee-kun can't, but Juvia can!" Juvia called out as she has both hands transform into long trails of water. "get back! Gajeel-kun!" the Water Mage swings her liquid arms to the back and then to the front. "Water Slicer!"

Juvia unleashes water blades that flew and barrages Keyes whose body gets dissipated, but the attack seems to do the trick in blocking the demon's attempt to attack.

"these humans are such a pest." Said Torafuzar as Keyes returned to their side.

"agreed." Tempester nodded. "it'd be best if we get rid of them quickly."

"seems that they're pissed at us, huh?" said Gray as he use his Ice Make Magic to create ice blades around his arms and elbows.

"damn right." Said Gajeel as he cracks his knuckles a few times before making a dash right towards Torafuzar. "let's dance, Shark bastard!"

"Juvia!" Gray called out as Juvia nods before creating a streaming water way that the ice mage rides on to go on a high speed dash towards Tempester while the Water Mage followed behind to attack Keyes.

The three Fairy Tail Mages fight against their opponents as the battle continues between the two guilds.

Meanwhile, Wendy and Charla had Lucy far from the battle as the Blonde Mage is being healed of her wounds.

Wendy is currently using her magic onto Lucy's stomach as she healed up the wound she got from Jackal.

"there." Said Wendy as she wipes away some sweat on her forehead before smiling. "you're fully healed, Lucy-san."

"thanks, Wendy." Lucy nods in gratitude to the young girl before the three turns and looks at the battle that their comrades are engaged in. "they're still going at it."

"these enemies are more stronger than the others." Said Charla as she sees how Torafuzar is pushing back Gajeel in a power match that the Iron Dragon Slayer isn't winning at.

"we should help them now." Said Wendy as she gets up but soon falls to her knees.

"don't force yourself, Wendy!" Lucy holds the young girl's shoulders. "you just used up most of your magic to heal me and I'm out of magic too. We aren't in fighting shape."

"Lucy's right, Wendy." Charla stated. "all that we can do is hope for the best."

Wendy looks at Charla before she nods and the three watch the fight continue.


at another part of the area, the battle between Erza and Minerva escalated as both mages were fighting with all their power.

Erza swings her sword at Minerva who fought back by swinging down her right hand's claws. The demonized woman's claws scratches against the length of the scarlet knight's blade as the two pushed against one another in a power battle that ended with both pushing each other away.

"Minerva, you…" Erza muttered out with a hard gaze at Minerva who came and swings her claws at her but the Scarlet knight defended with her katanas again.

"My name is Neo-Minerva!" Minerva exclaimed as she swing her claws and broke both of Erza's katanas and then punched her gut before adding in a kick to the chest that sent Erza flying to a pile of rubble. "I have been reborn as the world's strongest wizard! You will acknowledge that fact!"

Erza gets out of the rubble as she looks at Minerva who came jumping in the air with a kick that she quickly dodge by rolling away.

Minerva crashes against the pile of rubble as she is covered under a mist of dust that gives Erza the chance for a sneak attack.

Erza swings her right leg at Minerva from behind but the demonized mage predicted the attack and instantly use her Territory magic to switch place with her.

"wha!?" Erza looks in surprise as she turns and gets a kick to the side of her face by Minerva who smirks before sending the scarlet knight flying to the ground. "aggh!"

"so weak, Erza.." said Minerva with a chuckling smirk as she raise her right claw near her face and gripped her fingers. "truly amazing, the power of a demon is truly amazing!" she then laughs. "I am now the strongest mage!"

As Minerva boast of her strength, Erza came rushing at her

"Minerva!" Erza exclaimed as she pulls a fist back, planning to punch the demonized mage.

"weak!" Minerva smirks as she quickly switches place with Erza who she was about to attack but got surprised when the Scarlet Knight duck against the attack and then landed a punch straight towards the demonized mage's stomach. "ugh!?"

Staggering after receiving the sudden punch to the gut, Minerva gritted her teeth and then roars at Erza who she swings her claws at.

Both women got into a close quarter combat with one another as this battle was easily in Erza's favor.

"raaah!" Erza roared out as she swings a fist from downwards and landed a hit on Minerva's chin that made the demonized mage fly off the ground. The scarlet knight soon followed her attack with a swinging kick that sends her foe flying and crashing to a pile of rubble.

"What are you fighting so hard against?!" Erza demanded.

"shameful…" a voice thundered in Minerva's mind that made her eyes widen. The voice was deep and very stern as this voice belongs to Jilemma. "deplorable, why are you so weak!?"

Jilemma's voice echoed in Minerva's mind as this cause dark and fearful memories of her childhood to resurface.

"My blood runs through your veins daughter." "Jilemma" continued. "You must never yield in the face of the enemy! To give up means to die! And our family does not accept defeat! Do you understand?!"

"Yes, Father." Minerva muttered to herself as she slowly raised to her feet.

Erza watches her foe as Minerva huffs her breathing before she roars and swings her claws at Erza who dodge.

"I am! I am Minerva! I am the strongest! I am the strongest mage of Sabertooth!" Minerva roars as she swings her claws countless times at Erza who ducks and dodges each one before countering with an uppercut to the demonized woman's chin. "ugh!?"

Erza then pulls her right hand back and formed a hard fist that she swings and punches Minerva down to the ground.

"aggh!" Minerva gasped in pain as she laid on the ground and then looks up at Erza who pulls her hand and held it near her waist.

"your inhuman conduct at the GMG, I don't condone it but I understand why you did it." said Erza as she stares down at Minerva. "it was all..it was all for your guild, wasn't it? for Sabertooth?"

Minerva stays quiet for a moment before she grits her teeth and looks away.

"Minerva…what are you fighting for now?" Erza asked the demonized mage as she held up her fist that she clenches. "this fist of mine that punched you…it asks on what you are fighting for!"

Minerva grits her teeth harder as she grips her claws against the ground, making scratch marks upon it.

"Always the observant one aren't you, Erza?" said Minerva as she slowly looks up at Erza with a rather sorrowful expression. "just kill me."

Hearing her words made Erza's eyes widen in shock.

"I'm weak." Minerva admitted with a wry grin. "That is why I succumbed to the darkness. That is how I was able to be tempted by Tartaros. My weakness. My fear of not being able to follow the beliefs that my Father instilled in me. I betrayed him and myself. For that I no longer deserve or desire to live in this body." She then looks down with a frustrated expression. "Just end it…please."

Erza listens and processes Minerva's words before she went near and held a hand towards her.

"you are you." Said Erza with a small smile. "no matter what you had lived to, you don't have to be strong on your own. You can be strong with your friends." She reaches her hand more towards Minerva, telling her to take hold of it. "Never forget that."

Minerva looked up to Erza in stunned silence before she looks at the scarlet knight's hand that she slowly reaches out to.

"my my, so dramatic." A voice spoke out as this caused a momentarily pause to Erza and Minerva whose eyes widen and both turn to see Mard Geer standing a few feet away from the two. "this is why humans are so weak."

"w-who.." Erza muttered out with a rather surprised face as she can feel a great power radiating from the demon.

"when you talk of life or death, you rejoice." Said Mard Geer with an amused smile. "quite an ugly sight."

"h-he's…the Underworld King, Mard Geer!" Minerva stuttered out with shaking eyes.

"how disappointing, Mard Geer had believed all of the trash had been taken care of." Mard Geer spoke as he looks down at the two before glancing to the side. "all of this is only possible by the meddling of something that is unforeseen by Mard Geer." He then looks back at Erza and Minerva. "luckily, we have time." He then raise his hand and held it towards the two women. "time that is enough to take out the trash."

Erza tensed up in an instant as glowing white energy begins to gather around Mard Geer's outstretched hand before it fires.

"move!" Erza exclaimed as she grabs Minerva and jumps away before the beam came and cause an explosion near them.

"fool." Said Mard Geer as he unleash another energy beam attack that flew around and zooms straight at Minerva.

"Minerva!" Erza shouted as Minerva sees the incoming attack coming straight for her.

In an instant of a flash, just before Minerva could be engulfed by the energy beam. Three shadowy figures jumped into the scene and dashed straight for her.

BOOM!

The beam cause a big explosion as it nearly blew Erza away.

"Minerva!" Erza shouted out after landing on the ground.

Mard Geer stand in silence as he watch the dust flying around.

"this is?" the demon spoke out with a rather surprised face as he sees three shadows appearing out of the dust.

"looks like we made it in time." A voice spoke out from the dust as Erza's eyes widen before she smiles.

"indeed you did." Said Erza as the dust settles and reveals Kagura along with Sting and Rogue. The three standing in front of Minerva who was safely protected from Mard Geer's attack. "thanks for coming, you three."

"considering the debt we have to your guild for rescuing the world countless times." Said Kagura with a glance and a small smile towards Erza. "this is nothing, Erza."

"Kagura?" Minerva muttered out in shock to see her as she then looks at the Twin Dragon Slayers. "and….Sting…Rogue…w-why are you all..?"

"What are you talking about?" Sting replied with a grin towards Minerva. "We're here to bring you home, Princess."

"It's been awhile, huh?" Lector cried out as the brownish red exceed appears beside Minerva with Frosch.

"The place you belong is Sabertooth." Rogue stated.

"Fro thinks so too." Frosch added with a smile.

"Erza, is this man with Tartaros?" Kagura asked while readying her Fugutaiten at her side.

"he is." Said Erza with a nod. "be careful."

"he doesn't look like your ordinary foe." Rogue stated

"we got it." said Sting before he looks at Minerva with a smile. "after this is done. Let's go back to our guild when all of this over. Ok, Princess?"

Minerva looks wide eyes at Sting from hearing his words before they begin to have tears welling up.

"Go back to your guild?" Mard Geer questioned with small chuckle. "Well, since the world of magic is coming to an end, I assume a guild is as good a place as any to shelter one's self. Go if you wish. I will not stop you."

"oh yeah? Not if we stop it first!" said Sting as he, Rogue, and Kagura faced Mard Geer together. "if you guys are the culprit who activated Face, then taking you down will make it easier to stop them!"

"in one hour." Said Mard Geer. "in one hour, all magic upon Fiore will be gone."

"what does this mean?" said Minerva softly as she looks towards Erza. "how can their plan still work if Face has been stopped by you, Erza?"

"I didn't manage to stop Face." Erza stated back while looking at Minerva and then towards Mard Geer. "I just managed to disarm one of them."

"One of them?" said Minerva with a confused face that soon turns to shock. "it can't be!"

"Face is a magic pulse bomb that can eradicate magic from an entire continent." Said Mard Geer who soon chuckles. "did you really think that there is only one?"

"j-just how many are there?" Minerva asked fearfully.

"3000." Erza stated as everywhere upon Ishgar, there are Face bombs located everywhere. "there are 3000 of Face."

"everything will go as planned." Said Mard Geer. "no matter what you people try to do, it will be for naught."

"that is what you believe, demon." Said Kagura with a hard gaze. "unknown to you, Erza informed every guild in Fiore about Face. Right now; they are working together in deactivating each one." She then grabs the handle of her Fugutaiten and slowly draws the sword out of its scabbard. "it will only be a matter of time before they are all shut down."

"ho? all of them, you say?" said Mard Geer with a chuckle. "in just one hour, Face will go off. Will there be enough time for you humans to stop each and every one of them?"

"he must be thinking of making Face go off faster, is he?" said Rogue

"that's impossible." Said Minerva as she wiped her tears away and looks at Mard Geer. "Face can only be controlled manually, it can't be remote controlled. It is impossible for 3000 Face Bombs to be activated simultaneously."

"that is what you believe, humans." Said Mard Geer. "however, the Chairman has the ability to manipulate Face via remote control."

"The chairman is dead." Minerva retorted as this made Erza's eyes widen for a moment.

"Mard Geer is well aware of that." Said Mard Geer before smiling. "but it seems that you have forgotten that our guild has the services of a necromancer."

"Necromancer?" said Frosch all confused.

"someone with the power to control the dead!" said Frosch with a tense gaze.

"the Chairman's corpse will be revived and be used to activate Face, hastening it's activation time." Said Mard Geer.

"to think that room managed to survive after all this destruction.." Minerva muttered out.

"we won't let you!" Erza exclaimed as she gets up and was about to get ready for a fight but Sting stops her with a hand outstretched. "Sting?"

"get to the control room, Erza-san." said the White Dragon Slayer who begins to crack his knuckles. "you got to stop Face"

"go with her too, Kagura." Said Rogue while looking at the swordswoman who glance back at him. "accompany her and take our lady along with you."

"are you sure?" said Kagura.

"very sure." Sting nods while rolling his right shoulder around. "Lector, Frosch. You two go with them too."

"yes! I got it, Sting-kun!" said Lector with a cheer.

"Fro thinks so too!" Frosch added in.

"I got it." said Kagura as she went to Erza who helped Minerva up to her feet and draped her arm over her shoulder. "good luck."

"be careful, you two!" said Erza to the Twin Dragon Slayers. "that demon is strong!"

"I bet he's nowhere strong as Natsu." Sting replied with a smirk.

"You humans speak the most silliest of things." Mard Geer chuckled. "Do you really think you can defeat the Underworld King? You humans?"

"You're damn right!" Sting declared as he and Rogue charge in for the attack.

Sting drawing his arm back and coating it in light. He lunged forward with a punch but the demon sidestepped. He swung with his other arm, but once again Mard Geer evaded.

Rogue turned to shadow and zoomed to Mard Geer's blindside with a clawed hand, while Sting stepped with a kick.

Mard Geer blocked both attacks without the slightest hint of distress. The Twin Dragons continued their salvo, but Mard Geer blocked or evaded all attempts to harm him.

"Go now! While you have the chance!" Rogue shouted to Erza and the others.

"Ok!" Erza replied.

"I want to fight too!" Frosch exclaimed.

"Don't be an idiot!" Lector scolded, pulling Frosch's tail. "We're going with Erza!"

"hurry up!" said Kagura as she aided Erza in taking Minerva away from the area.

Minerva took one last look at the Twin Dragons as they were pushed back by Mard Geer.

"Sting…Rogue…be careful." She prayed for the two as they unleashed a combination of light and shadow attacks at Mard Geer who blocked their attack with an arm raised up high.

"humans are truly pest like creatures…" said Mard Geer who push Sting and Rogue away before he snaps his fingers and unleashed a powerful white energy blast that cause a big explosion in an instant.


back upon the battle between Gray and the others against the three demons of Tartaros.

"come and get it!" Gray exclaimed as he spins around like a top; the Ice Maker Wizard unleashing a fury of ice slashes at Tempester who dodges them all effortlessly.

"Boh!" Tempester spoke out before he breathes out a large fireball at Gray who was engulfed in a fiery explosion.

"Gray!" Lucy cried out to the Ice Maker Wizard who flies out of the explosion and then slash an ice sword at Tempester who gets a cut on his right arm that defended him.

"you…" Tempester look rather surprised at Gray who is just smirking.

"sorry, but your fire was nothing more than a spark!" said Gray who soon turns and delivers a kick to Tempester's side.

"tch!" Tempester clicks his tongue as he recovers from the attack before he slammed his fist into the ground; intending to hit Gray who quickly backflipped to avoid the attack.

The two then began a fist to fist fight as Gray add in his magic to deal more damage.

On another side of the battle, Gajeel is unleashing a furry of Iron Coated punches against Torafuzar who guarded against the attack with his arms raised.

"tch! So hard!" Gajeel clicks his tongue as his punches weren't doing anything against his foe. he then pulls his right fist back and it transforms into an Iron drill. "how about this!?"

Gajeel swings his drill hand at Torafuzar who guards against it with an arm raised but the drill begins to spin and cause sparks of fire to fly in between both foes.

Torafuzar keeps on guarding against the drilling attack as he gritted his teeth before he swings his other arm forward, but Gajeel stops his attack and dodge quickly.

"Iron Based magic.." said Torafuzar as he looks at his arm that had blocked against Gajeel's attack and saw that a part of his blade was a bit chipped. "tch…that battle against Sayla inflicted more damage than I had thought…"

"you think you can talk while in a brawl?!" Gajeel exclaimed as he rushes in and jumps forward with his arms outstretched, both hands combining into a large drill that spins very fast.

Torafuzar sees the attack coming as he jumped to avoid the attack.

"such an annoying human!" Torafuzar exclaimed in annoyance as he swings his right blade down at Gajeel who turns and swings his right leg up; the Iron Dragon Slayer using his magic to transform his limb into a drill that clash against the demon's blade. "tch!"

Gajeel and Torafuzar keeps on clashing as the Iron Dragon Slayer is slowly gaining the advantage against the Shark Demon.

Gray and Gajeel go toe to toe with their opponents, but for Juvia; she is having a hard time against her foe.

Currently, Juvia is surrounded by black mist as she has a hard gaze at Keyes whose body is surrounded by black particles.

"an enemy whose body is immune to physical attacks like Juvia…" Juvia spoke out as she had unleash most of her magic attack against the Necromancer whose body took the blow but regenerates each time. "Juvia now understands why that ability is a nuisance to many."

"curious, truly curious." Keyes spoke out. "you are truly curious, human."

"what do you mean by that?" said Juvia while getting ready for a possible surprise attack from the demon.

"you show an emotion that many humans have." Keyes stated. "I believe it is called Love, correct?" the necromancer shakes his staff once causing the rings to jingle. "and you show that emotion to one of your comrades." He then looks to the side and towards Gray who had punched Tempester on the face but gets a hook in return. "truly curious."

"what are you even talking about?" said Juvia with an eyebrow raised.

"all tales have a beginning and ending.." Keyes spoke out. "the current tale that is occurring is the tale of the Fairies and the demons." He then chuckles. "and in all tales; there is always tragedy."

"Tragedy?" Juvia muttered before she sees the black mist around her starting to become thicker. "this is?"

"I am very curious. Very curious to see another emotion that you humans have." Keyes stated as his mouth slowly opens to show a drooling smile. "an emotion that appears when one's loved ones is killed in front of their very own eyes.."

Hearing Keyes' words, Juvia's eyes instantly gets shrouded by her bangs.

"are you saying…that you're going to kill Gray-sama….when Juvia is around?" Juvia muttered out before slowly raising her face that has anger and rage. "do not joke around!"

"there it is…" Keyes stated while chuckling with a dark smirk. "I cannot wait and see…that emotion of yours turn into absolute despair."


at another area; Erza and her group can be found trudging in the inner ruins of Plutogrim. The group heading straight for the control room where Face can be accessed.

"this area is a mess…" said Lector as he and Frosch are walking at front of the group.

"Fro think so too." Frosch chimed in.

"do you know where the control room is, Minerva?" Erza asked while aiding Minerva in walking.

"no." Minerva shakes her head. "with how the Plutogrim crash landed and everything is in ruins. It's hard to tell which is where now."

"and it's too big to search from one place to another." Said Erza as she looks side to side. "there must be a way to find it."

"Erza, just leave me here." Said Minerva as she stops walking with Erza who looks at the injured mage. "I'm too injured and is a deadweight. You need to go on your own with Kagura, so that you can find Face and stop it from going off. Just leave me here."

"just what are you saying?" said Erza. "you think I can leave you behind?"

"I don't want to become more of a burden than I already have." Said Minerva. "just leave me be."

"Erza." Kagura called out to the Scarlet knight while having stopped with Lector and Frosch.

"I know" Said Erza to the swordswoman as she looks Minerva who is looking down a bit weakly.

"just leave me here alone." Minerva stated as she slowly moves away from Erza. "you need to go and stop Face. I can't do anything to help."

"yes, you can." Said Erza as she grabs hold of Minerva. "you can be with us and accompany us in finding it."

"what are you saying? I can't pinpoint where the control room even is." Minerva retorted but Erza didn't listen as she just drapes the demonized mage's arm over her shoulders. "I told you to leave me here, Erza!"

"just stop beating yourself already, it's getting annoying." Said Erza as Minerva's eyes widen a bit to hear her statement. "you already realized that you made a mistake with the way you have been living your life, you just have to take the next moment to start over. I'm certain that it is not simple, but…" she then glance at Kagura with a smile. "I happen to know someone who had shared the same fate but had changed it afterwards."

Minerva looks at Erza a bit surprised and confused before glancing at Kagura who crosses her arms under her chest and looks away with a rather embarrassed face.

"it's somehow touching…" said Lector with a smile.

"Fro thinks so too." Frosch chimed in.

As the moment is shared between the group, unbeknownst to them there is a red and yellow mushroom nearby as it had an eyeball and a grinning mouth.

'kuhuhuhu~! I spot some humans~!' the mushroom evilly laughs in its mind as this fungus is actually Franmalth; the demon of Tartaros and a member of the Nine Demon Gates who was thought to have been erased from existence when he returns to Hell's core and soon exploded with it. the shrunk and morphed demon then looks at front and towards the viewers 'you all must be wondering how I am alive, yes? Well let me tell you how I survived~!' a flashback of Hell's core explosion appears as it shows how the cyclops and Ezel had met their end. 'you all believed that I kicked the bucket when Hell's core was destroyed, but I did not! it was a good thing I have some reserved curse power before that explosion could kill me! I have managed to absorb enough Anti Ethernano particles from the Hell's core and allowed myself to be revived in this form!' the grinning fungus soon sprouted out little hands that is held near his mouth that is cackling a bit. 'I may not be able to fight anymore, but I am able to leech the humans of their life force and return to my prime form! I just need to get to one of them and begin to absorb their soul! Kuhuhuhuh~!'

As Franmalth was inner narrating himself to the viewers; the Fungus doesn't realize that someone is standing behind him.

"eh?" Franmalth turns and soon gawks to see Kagura along with the others looking down at the Fungus who begins to sweat furiously and chuckling a bit nervously. He then shyly waves one of his little hands. "h-hello~…"

A second later, Franmalth was picked up by Kagura who squeeze him tight in a powerful grip.

"ugyaaah! How did you find me!?" Franmalth cried out in pain.

"You were speaking so loudly that we could hear you." Said Erza in an obvious tone that made Franmalth's jaw dropped in shock.

"i-I was!?" Franmalth exclaimed before he yelped when Kagura tightens her hold on the talking fungus

"is this thing another one of Tartaros' members?" Kagura asked while gripping Franmalth more tighter.

"it's one of the Nine Demon Gates." Minerva stated with a hardened gaze at the talking mushroom. "we are actually in luck to find it. I'm sure this one knows where the control room is."

"true." Erza nodded.

"you think I will help you humans!?" Franmalth exclaimed. "I am Franmalth! A proud demon from the books of Zeref! I will never help you humans!"

"is that so?" said Kagura who continues to grip Franmalth even tighter. The swordswoman then glance at Lector and Frosch. "you two, are you hungry?"

"eh? Hungry?" said Lector before he ponders and then looks down while touching his stomach. "well, now that you mention it. it is almost time for dinner.."

"do you have something tasty?" Frosch asked curiously.

"I do." Said Kagura who draws out her Fugutaiten and held its sharp blade near Franmalth who screams in terror. "just wait a minute, I'll prepare a deliciously sliced up and grilled mushroom for you."

"so what it will be?" Erza asked with a small smirk towards Franmalth. "guide us to where Face's control room is or…" she then motions towards Kagura who is evilly looking down at the talking mushroom. "be prepared as food for the cats."

"d-damnit~!" Franmalth screams as he felt like he had no choice at all. "you people are demons!"

"even though you're the one who is the demon around here." Said Lector.

"Fro thinks so too!" Frosch chimed in.


Somewhere else around the ruins of Plutogrim; the other members of Fairy Tail were gathered around as they were getting together after the monsterized cube had crashed and the group were freed from Allegria's curse.

"hey! Over here!" Droy called out to Macao, Wakaba, Romeo, and Cana as the fat man is amongst a large group of the guild.

"yeah!" Macao replied as he is helping Wakaba walk with an arm draped around his shoulder.

"Droy, is everyone here?" said Cana as she went near the fat man while Macao takes Wakaba to the group for medical attention with Romeo. "is Warren around the area?"

"not everyone, but Warren is here." Said Droy with a nod as he turns to point at the Telepath mage who is in a psychic communication at the moment. "right now; he is talking with Master who went back to Magnolia with some members."

"I got it! I'll get everyone to know about it!" said Warren as he stops his telepathy and then turns to see Cana coming towards him. "Cana, you alright?"

"could say the same thing to you." The card mage replied with a nod before looking around the area. "did you manage to call everyone on where they are?"

"no." Warren shakes his head. "I managed to get a hold of a few members, but I can't reach Natsu and the others. It's either they are in a fight or something and can't be bothered with my telepathy."

"I see." Said Cana with a nod as she looks back at the telepath. "listen, I think it'd be best if we leave the area with the injured. We can't possibly fight against Tartaros with our current numbers."

"I know." Warren nods before he place two fingers to his forehead. "just let me try to contact everyone again before we do. I think I almost found where Erza is."

"alright, do it." said Cana as she then turns to look at the ruins of Plutogrim because somewhere in the distant; she could see some explosions that she can concur to have come from her comrades who are in the middle of a fight. "I just hope that they are all ok."

"I got hold of Lucy!" Warren suddenly shouted as Cana and others nearby turns towards the telepath who looks very focused. "Lucy! Can you hear me!?"


"I can hear you, Warren!" Lucy replied as she, Wendy, and Charla are still safely away from the fight that they are currently watching. "I'm with Wendy, and Charla along with Gray, Gajeel, and Juvia who are in the middle of fighting Tartaros's members at the moment!"

'what!?' Warren replied in the mind link. 'what about anyone else!? Is Erza or Mira or Natsu with you guys!?'

"no, they're not." Said Lucy while shaking her head. "We were with Mira-san back then, but I think we got split up when Tartaros' base crash landed. I don't know where she and the others are."

'I see. Alright!' Warren replied. 'I'll try to contact Erza and the others! In the meantime, be safe!'

"got it!" said Lucy with a nod and the telepathy was cut off.

"it sounds like everyone is safe." Said Charla with a smile as she and Wendy heard the telepathy as well.

"I guess so." said Lucy with a nod before she turns to look at the fight that Gray and the others are in. "everyone must've gathered back together when the place crash. It'll be only a matter of time before we all get to them."

"yes, that is right." Wendy nodded before she made a noise when she hears something from behind. She turns and soon gasps with wide eyes filled with shock. "ah!"

"Wendy?" Charla looks at Wendy and sees her surprised yet shocked face. "what's wrong?" the white exceed turns to what made the Sky Dragon Slayer look so shock and she soon sees the reason. "what the!?"

Lucy hearing what Charla had spoken, turns around to see what the fuss was all about and her eyes widen and shakes as she sees Sayla appearing behind them.

The black skinned demoness growling while looking down at the three with her glowing eyes.

"another one of Tartaros' members!?" Charla gasps with a fearful face.

Sayla growls before she let out a screaming roar that echoes loudly and causes Lucy and the others to cover their ears.

The screaming roar from the demoness was heard to the battlefield as everyone pauses and turns to see what the commotion was all about.

"another one of them!?" Gray exclaimed

"Sayla!?" Torafuzar exclaimed with wide eyes "she survived the crash!?"

"Sayla…" Tempester spoke out with a rather confused yet surprised face. "was her Etherious form so demonic?"

The black skinned demoness continues to let out her screaming roar before she stops and dashes straight at the battlefield while causing a heavy gust that nearly blew Lucy and the others from the ground.

Sayla flew and heads straight for Tempester who look wide eyes for a moment but soon quickly jumped away to dodge a claw strike from the black skinned demoness.

"raaahh!" Sayla screams out as she begins to furiously swipe her claws at Tempester who dodges her attack.

"they're fighting each other?" said Juvia in confusion while looking away from her fight with Keyes.

"what is going on?" said Tempester as he dodge a claw strike from Sayla who soon adds in a bladed kick strike at the golden haired demon who ducks to dodge but a bleeding cut instantly appears on his right cheek. "this is?"

"Tempester! That is no longer Sayla!" Torafuzar exclaimed. "that monster killed Lamy and absorbed her curse power! Be careful!"

Sayla roars loudly as she pulls her right claw back and a demonic eye appears upon the palm that glows in blackish red energy. The demoness thrusts her hand forward and unleash a powerful energy beam that flies towards Tempester who jumped away but the attack flies through the ground and nearly hits Gray who quickly jumped away.

"what the heck!?" Gray looks at the result of Sayla's attack that hit the ground that he sees was corroding into black ashes. "that was close!"

"so this thing is no longer Sayla, is it?" said Tempester while flying in the air and looking down at Sayla who looks up towards him. "then this creature is nothing more than an enemy." He then held a hand down towards the black skinned demoness. "Gororon!"

Tempester unleash a bolt of lightning that flew down and hits Sayla who screams in a roar before being engulfed in an explosion.

Gray and the others watch the scene as Tempester landed a few feet away from the explosion, the dust settling down to reveal Sayla unscathed from the attack.

"it didn't harm her at all?" said Gajeel in surprise

Tempester tenses up as he got into a battle stance against Sayla who growls while glaring at the demon with glowing demonic eyes.

"Tenga….Goken.." Sayla muttered out while pulling her claws forward in a stance that cause the Nine Demon Gates members to look in surprise. The black skinned demoness soon swings her claws outwards and unleash a powerful x-shaped air slash. "ONIMARU!"

The attack flew and nearly hits Tempester who quickly dodged but he receives a bleeding cut around his right arm.

"that Curse power…" Keyes spoke out in a rather bewildered voice. "that was…"

"Ezel's Curse blade!" Torafuzar stated in shock. "how does she have his curse power!?"

Tempester looks at the wound on his right arm before to Sayla who growls while moving her arm backwards with her claws spread out.

"raaaah!" Sayla screams out as she swings her claws downwards to create dozens of air slashes to fly towards Tempester

"tch! Hyuru!" the golden haired demon quickly counters by creating multiple twisters that clashes against the flying air slashes that were cancelled.

Sayla screams loudly as she crosses her claws and then spins around like a top and unleashes air slashes everywhere.

"what the!?" Gajeel quickly transforms his body into iron as the air slashes clashes against his tough skin that is getting chipped.

"she's attacking everyone now!?" Gray exclaimed as he dodge the attack skillfully while Juvia transforms her body into water to defend.

"what has happened to her?" said Keyes to Torafuzar, the Necromancer having his body transformed into black particles that allowed the attack to go through him.

"I don't know." said Torafuzar who defended with the blades on his arms. "she had attacked me and the others previously when Plutogrim was still airborne." He then looks at Sayla who stops spinning and begins to growl loudly. "whatever has happened, Sayla is no longer our ally. She is an enemy."

Sayla growls loudly as she glares straight at Tempester who has a hard gaze in return.

"Boh!" Tempester quickly unleashes a powerful fireball that flew towards Sayla who swings her right claw upwards in cutting the attack in half.

Sayla screams out in a roar before she sees Tempester nearby as the golden haired demon had close the distance between the two in mere seconds.

"Dodon!" the demon placed a hand to Sayla's face and unleash a powerful shocking impact that sends her flying in the air and crashing to a large pile of rubble nearby.

"he took her out." said Gray as he and Juvia saw how powerful the shockwave was.

"did that do it?" said Torafuzar to Tempester who watches the dust flying around the rubble where Sayla had crashed as it soon exploded for the black skinned demoness to reappear.

"no, it did not." Tempester stated with a hard gaze at Sayla who growls while gritting her fanged teeth.

Sayla soon pulls her hands back as she goes into another stance that made the Nine Demon Gates look in surprise.

"Bakurasen!" Sayla swings her right arm forward and downwards to create a powerful spiraling explosion of fire that flew towards Tempester.

"she's using Jackal's Explosion curse!?" said Torafuzar while Tempester quickly counters with another twister barrage attack that clash against the explosion of fire and cancelled each other out. but in the moment of the attacks stopping one another; Sayla had quickly unleash another barrage of more explosions that erupted everywhere around the area.

"what the heck!?" Gray and Juvia jumps away as an explosion nearly engulfed them.

Sayla screams as she keeps on unleashing barrage of explosions at her surrounding area, not caring if it hits her fellow demons of Fairy Tail members.

Tempester jumps away from an explosion before he landed near Torafuzar and Keyes.

"battling her won't end." Said Tempester.

"agreed" Torafuzar nodded as he raise his arms up. "before the humans, we have to get rid of her!"

The two demons soon dashed in as they went straight for Sayla who screams at them before swiping her claws around to unleash air slashes that flies straight at them.

Torafuzar going in first, quickly blocks her attacks with his arm blades before he close in and swing one of his arms at Sayla who receives a cut around her side and gets engulfed in a fiery explosion from Tempester who soon unleashed a bolt of lightning to follow.

The explosion engulfs Sayla who soon reappears out of the dust while screaming loudly.

Sayla screams even more while she raised her claws and swings them down to the ground to cause an eruption of fire to head straight for the two demons who dodged quickly.

"raaah!" Torafuzar dashes in and swings his blades at Sayla who blocks with her claws, both demons now getting into a close quarter combat that gave Tempester the opportunity to close in from behind.

"Dodon!" Tempester place a hand upon Sayla's back and unleash a shocking impact that erupts from behind and causes the demon to cough out blood while losing her grounding for a moment that allowed Torafuzar to do a powerful swing of his blades that cause a big bloody cut to appear around the black skinned demoness' stomach.

"aaahhhh!" Sayla screams out before Tempester unleash another shocking impact that sends her flying once again.

Sayla flies in the air before she came crashing to the ground in a big dust explosion.

Gray and the others having backed away from the fight, watched the scene unfold as the dust settles down and Sayla arises from the ground while bleeding out black blood that drips around her legs.

Sayla growls while having blood around her mouth, the black skinned demoness looking weak after receiving the attacks from the two demons.

"Keyes! Pin her down!" Torafuzar exclaimed as Keyes merely shakes his staff once and dozens of skeletons appear around Sayla who they grab hold and pinned down.

"raaah!" Sayla screams out as she struggles against the many skeletons that were holding her down.

"end her now." Said Tempester as he and Torafuzar close in on Sayla who they plan to kill so that they won't have any interference in their fight against Fairy Tail.

"understood." Torafuzar nodded as he readied his arm blades before he notices Sayla is now sucking in air into her mouth. "don't tell me.." the shark demon's eyes widen as he looks at Keyes. "get away from her, Keyes! Now!"

Keyes look at Torafuzar for a moment before he notices that the black mist surrounding him and the skeletons were getting sucked into Sayla's mouth as the black skinned demoness was devouring it all.

"t-this is!?" Keyes looks in shock as half of his body is still in the form of black particles that were being sucked in. "I-I can't!"

"Keyes!" Torafuzar shouted out as Keyes screams while getting sucked into Sayla's mouth that inhaled all the black particles and soon the necromancer.

"s-she…she ate him.." Gajeel spoke out in shock as he and the others were baffled to what they had just saw.

The skeletons turns to dust when Keyes was sucked in as Sayla rises while letting out a loud gulping sound from her throat. The black skinned demoness growls before she slowly looks up and glares at Torafuzar and Tempester who are looking in shock.

Sayla growls as her demonized body started to morph from head to toe. Her claws and horns grew longer, her tattooed black skinned torso gets covered in more bone like plating that begins to have swirling black flame like markings upon its surface, her skeletal bone like tail grows longer and grew dozens of bone spikes. The demoness soon growls in pain as bubbling like bulges appear upon her back that soon sprouts out black bat like wings.

"this thing…this thing is an enemy to us demons.." said Tempester while taking a step back and having a tensed expression towards Sayla. "she ate Keyes and evolve into a more demonic form than before."

"this monstrosity…it exists only for one thing…" Torafuzar stated. "to hunt us as food!"

Sayla growls at the two demons before she screams while flapping her wings once and then flies towards the two demons who she grabs with her claws and then slammed to the ground.

The battle continues between the demons as Gray and the others were only watching now.

"just what the heck is going on around here?" said Gajeel as he and the others watch how Sayla threw Torafuzar away and begins to slash her claws at Tempester who dodges the attack.

"I don't know, but I don't think we got the time to worry about it." Gray replied as he looks at the others. "right now, we got other things to focus on."

"like what?" said Gajeel in retort before he looks in surprise when Juvia holds up a water sphere that contains purplish liquid inside. "that's…"

"that demon's blood." Juvia stated with a smile. "Juvia took the chance to take the blood when they were fighting. With this, we have the cure for Laxus-san and the others."

"then what are you still doing here!?" said Gajeel to Juvia. "go to Magnolia with Wendy and her cat! Get to the guild and cure them!"

Juvia nods before she went to Lucy and the others who she quickly explains the situation. The Water Mage soon leaves the area with the help of Charla who flew her off.

"what should we be doing now?" said Gray as he watch the battle between the demons that continue to escalate.

"our fight got interrupted by the black haired demon." Gajeel stated. "best we just leave them be and focus on finding where Salamanders and the others are." He looks at the ice maker wizard. "for all we know, they're going to where Tartaros' guild Master is. I'm willing to bet that they're fighting him right now."

"I guess so." said Gray with a nod. "let's go."

"yeah." Gajeel nods before he and Gray leaves the area while followed by Lucy and Wendy.

As Fairy Tail leaves, Torafuzar sees them while in the middle of the fight against Sayla.

"the humans are escaping!" said Torafuzar before he blocks a claw strike from her foe who screams at him. "this annoyance!"

"Boh!" Tempester unleashes a fireball attack upon Sayla who swing her tail that sliced the attack in half before lunging straight at the golden haired demon's direction. "what!?"

ZWORSH!

Sayla's demonic skeletal tail pierced through Tempester's stomach as the demon coughs out blood before gripping hold of the appendage that he pulls out before holding his bleeding wound.

"this enemy is a major annoyance!" Torafuzar exclaimed as he swings his blades at Sayla who flies away to dodge before landing a few feet away from the two demons.

Sayla growls at the two as she slowly opens her mouth that exhaled black mist.

Torafuzar and Tempester watches her as black mist begins to gather around the area and thickens.

The black skinned demoness growls as her eyes glows demonically blackish red while a dark silhouette slowly appears behind her.

"w-what is that!?" said Torafuzar while taking a step back as he and Tempester looks shocked to see something large with glowing red eyes standing behind Sayla.

"another enemy…?" Tempester spoke with a tensed gaze.

Sayla growls as so did the large silhouette behind her that opens a flaming fanged mouth that was growling loudly.

A few seconds later, from an area in the distance. A mighty black and red flaming explosion occurred upon the battlefield where Tempester and Torafuzar are located as it grew large and burns everything in a 1km range.


That's a wrap!

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