I'm back again with another chapter for you all to either enjoy or hate. We continue on to see what E.N.D's up to at the moment.
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Chapter Three: Tartaros's End
Tartaros. One of the dark guilds of Balam Alliance, as well as the dark guild which holds Zeref's Etherious. They are considered to be one of the most, if not the, dangerous dark guild in Ishgar due to being Zeref's creations.
For the past two years, the guild of Etherious have been trying to locate their master E.N.D, believing that he would joined them to complete Zeref's wish. But no matter where they follow the Fel Demon's energy, they were unable to get to E.N.D in time before he took off once again. Some of the Tartaros demons were confused by the Fel Demon's actions. They didn't get why he kept on moving around the continent and not return to them. Those who didn't wonder why E.N.D stayed on the move only continued to locate their master.
Currently, Mard Geer, the current guild master of the dark guild of demons, was in his throne room along with most of the Nine Demon Gates. They were waiting for Kyoka to return to tell them where E.N.D's energy was currently at. This was their method to follow the Fel Demon. While they could track him, they were unable to catch up to him before he took off once more to who knows where. But the Etherious of Tartaros didn't give up. They were determined to get to E.N.D, no matter how long it takes.
"How long must we wait around any longer?" Ezel questioned as they all waited for Kyoke to pinpoint E.N.D's location. He hated waiting around to know where their master is.
"Kyoka should be on her way back." Sayla answered to her fellow demon in a calm tone, knowing how hard it was to attempt to track down their Lord since his demon energy was completely different from their own.
"Let's hope Lord E.N.D actually stays put this time!" Jackal spoke in an annoyed tone. The Etherious hated the fact that the Fel Demon kept on moving thus making it harder for them to reunite with him.
"Calm down Jackal. Getting worked up will do no good." Torafuzar replied to the other demon of Tartaros.
"But it's too darn annoying! E.N.D is out there but no matter where we track him he's long gone by the time we arrive to whatever pitiful place he was at!" Jackal exclaimed at the other demon.
"Enough with your whining," Mard Geer spoke from his throne, getting the other demons to look at the current guild master, "I doubt Lord E.N.D would take kindly if he were to find out that you were talking about him in that manner." He told the other Etherious.
"But it is kind of strange isn't it?" Keyes spoke up in wonder, "Lord E.N.D continues with his attacks all over the continent, yet he has let some of the humans to live." The necromancer of the dark guild pointed out.
What he said was true. In some occasions when they arrived to see the aftermath of E.N.D's onslaught, they have seen a few humans have survived. Usually they would have done something about that, but their main focus was to locate the Fel Demon at the moment thus they left the humans to their own devices.
"Maybe E.N.D isn't that good at wiping out humans as you all thought he is." Silver told them, couldn't help but smirking a little by his words.
"Watch your mouth Silver!" Franmalth shouted at the devil slayer in anger, mad that he would dare talk about their Lord that way.
Before anyone else present could reply, a loud explosion was heard as the whole of Cube shook from the impact. The naturally got the demons off guard.
"What was that?" Tempester questioned as the shaking stopped.
"Don't tell me some fool dares to attack us." Ezel spoke up, thought the demon was hoping this was the case. It has been a while since he killed some humans.
Without warning, the door of the throne room exploded, getting the Tartaros demons to turn around at the now smoke filled section of the room. However their eyes widened in surprised as they noticed glowing green markings in the smoke. Only one figured has those features as an outline was seen.
"L-Lord E.N.D?" Mard Geer questioned as he got off his throne and walked to where the other Etherious were at.
The smoke cleared to show the Fel Demon himself was standing there. Floating around him was a small fel orb. For some reason though his right arm was covered in blood. E.N.D looked around the room to see the rest of the Nine Demon Gates as well as Mard Geer present. He couldn't help but grin.
"Ah… so this is where the rest of you were at." E.N.D replied as the other demons proceeded to bow down to him.
"Lord E.N.D. It's an honor to be in your presence once more." Mard Geer spoke while he smiled. The guild master of Tartaros as well as the other demons were happy to see their Lord with them. Now the humans will know fear unlike before. E.N.D chuckled, getting them to look back up at the Fel Demon once again.
"You all seem more respectful, unlike… Kyoka was it?" E.N.D began to speak getting the other demons to be confused by their Lord's words, "All she did was stare at me in shock. It was rather rude so I… taught her a lesson." He finished as he looked at his blood-stained arm with a wicked smile.
"Wait, Master E.N.D," Sayla started to speak up as she stood up from bowing, getting the Fel Demon to look at her, "You… didn't kill her did you?" the black haired Etherious woman questioned.
E.N.D didn't reply as he only looks at her. It was like he was thinking about something.
"…Sayla. You're pretty smart aren't you?" The Fel Demon asked her, which got her a bit off guard by the sudden question as the other demons watched in interest. Sayla only nodded to the demon, confirming his question, "I see. I get the feeling that you will make things interesting if I keep you alive, so congrats to you. You get to live." E.N.D told her with a smile.
However his words got the demons of Tartaros a bit worried as they all stood back up from bowing. What did E.N.D mean by his words?
"Lord E.N.D? What are you talking about?" Mard Geer questioned as for some reason he began to feel a pit in his stomach.
E.N.D simply didn't answer him as he began to chuckle. Power began to radiant from the Fel Demon's body, causing the whole of Cube t shake. The Etherious of Tartaros eyes widen as they felt the large power coming off the demon before them. E.N.D stretched out one of his arms at Sayla, as a Fel shield surrounded her. This of course caught her off guard, wondering what this was.
"Lord E.N.D! What are you doing?!" Mard Geer once again asked the Fel Demon as many of them were having trouble staying on their feet due to the constant shaking of Cube.
E.N.D merely smirked sadistically as he builds up more energy. He then stretches his arms out wide as he shouted.
"BEGONE!"
The demons of Tartaros widen their eyes in horror as they were consumed by the bright light E.N.D gave off with his attack.
Zoom outside, we see Cube simply floating in the air in the same spot. But then…
*BOOM*
A large explosion of Fel energy engulfed the entirety of the floating base of Tartaros. The surrounding area was also unfortunately caught up by the attack, destroying any wildlife and plantlife around for miles.
Sayla's eyes were closed from the light the Fel Demon's attack gave off. So once she opened her eyes, she was shocked to find herself in the middle of a large crater. Not a single sign of life was around her, and there wasn't any trace of any of Tartaros's base, or any of the other Etherious for that manner.
For the first time in her life, she was horrified. Sayla, one of the Nine Demon Gates of Tartaros, horrified by the destruction of the rest of her guild. She felt fear.
"Surprised?" Sayla looked up to see E.N.D floating in the air above her as he looks down at her with a grin, "You shouldn't be. Such is the fate to those I deem unworthy to live, or those who serve no purpose to make things more interesting." E.N.D spoke as he couldn't help but chuckle by his words. Sayla could only look up at the demon as both fear and anger filled her.
"…Why?" Sayla questioned the demon as she looked up at him with distraught, "Why would you kill them? We could have helped you to fulfill Zeref's Wish! We could have destroyed the humans together! Why kill them?!" She shouted, not understanding why their Lord would dispose of them like trash.
"I don't care about Zeref or his wish. I will kill him, but not now. I will kill everything on this world in time. However, it would be boring to just destroy it all right now. I destroyed your guild because they were worthless to me. They didn't have anything that screamed 'I'm interesting". I'm keeping you alive because I know you will make things more fun," E.N.D explained to the angry Etherious female, all while he was still smiling like a maniac, "In fact; I have a gift for you."
Sayla was confused by the demon's last sentence. However her confusion ended when the small Fel orb around the Fel Demon headed down to her. It went into her arms, forcing her to hold the small orb. But then to her surprised and confusion, the orb of Fel magic faded to reveal a sleeping baby.
"Her name is Asuka," E.N.D spoke, getting the female demon to look at the Fel Demon above, "I got her from a guild that my other half is apart of. I'm giving her to you," E.N.D told her as he rose further to the sky, "Here are my suggestions if you wish to avenge your guild. Get stronger. Work together with the inhabitants of this planet. Do anything you think would help you stop me." The Fel Demon then motioned a "see you later" motion with his hand, "Ta-ta!"
Before Sayla could even respond to him, the Fel demon took off once more as his laughter echoed through the sky. For E.N.D, everything was coming up the way he wanted. For the rest of the world… not so much.
But now, E.N.D believes it's time to confront his creator once more.
And here's this chapter. Sorry if it's shorter than the past two chapter. Didn't know what else to put in here.
Next time E.N.D will confront Zeref as well as the Spriggan Twelve in Alvarez. Who knows how that will turn out? Oh wait I do.
See you all next time, whenever that will be.