Hello again! I have return with another chapter for you all to either like or hate. In this one, E.N.D confronts Zeref and the Spriggan Twelve. So let's see how that goes.
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Chapter Four: And then there were five
Alvarez, the biggest empire on the continent of Alakitasia, it is here where the Dark Wizard Zeref rules as the Emperor of the empire. Alongside him was his personal guard, known as the Spriggan Twelve, the most powerful wizards on the continent. They are said to be even more powerful than the four Gods of Ishgar. Truly, any who dared to face them so far have been crushed by their power.
The capital of the empire, Vistarion was filled with people in the streets despite being night. People continued to go on with their life without a care in the world.
Flying high above the city however, was a certain Fel Demon who looked down upon the city below with interest.
"So… this is what you've been doing Zeref. I never took you to have an empire of your own that wasn't with the Etherious," E.N.D spoke to himself as he turned to look at the large palace in the distance. The demon then smiled maniacally, knowing how much fun this was going to be, "No matter. This will still be fun none the less."
E.N.D then took in a deep breath, and then…
*BOOM*
A huge torrent of Fel Fire was unleashed by the demon, striking through many buildings in the large district he was floating over. Screams of people could be heard through the air, which brought E.N.D both delight and joy from the sounds. He couldn't help but laugh at it all.
Not wasting any second, he flew around the city in the air, raining down barrages of Fel Fire down upon the large city. This caused more destruction as the Alvarez soldiers were trying to aid the civilians.
In the palace in the center of Vistarion, Zeref himself was on his throne in though when he felt the sudden shaking of the building. Needless to say, he was confused by what was going on.
As he wondered this, a few guards ran into the throne room, getting his attention as they had looks of fear on their faces.
"Your Majesty, the city is under siege!" One of the guards informed him, getting Zeref to be surprised. Someone was attacking them? Who in their right mind would do something that crazy?
"Under siege?" Zeref questioned them, wanting to make sure he heard them right. The guards nodded in comfirmation, "What force is attacking?" He asked them once more.
"We don't know sir! We've only seen this green colored fire consuming everything!" Another of the soldiers informed the black haired mage.
His words got Zeref's eyes to widen in surprise.
"Green fire?" He questioned them with a serious look, as they nodded once more. The only one who possessed green colored fire was…
"Soldiers!" Zeref started to give his command, "Get the Spriggan Twelve and sent them in the city at once!" He ordered with a tone that left no room for defiance.
"Yes your majesty!" They replied with salutes, before running off to get his personal guard.
Zeref himself began to walk out of the throne room with a look of anger.
'E.N.D… how is this possible?' Zeref questioned, knowing that the only one who could have done this was the Fel Demon as he headed out of the throne room.
Back outside the city, E.N.D landed on the ground in one of the many burning streets of the city. He looked around to see the destruction he caused with a smile as the Fel Flames consumed everything.
"Enemy spotted!" The demon turned to see a large number of Alvarez soldiers running at him with their weapons raised up. E.N.D couldn't help but grinned sadistically as they got closer.
The Fel Demon simply raised one his hands up at them, and the next thing anyone knew the large group of soldier's life-force were drained out of their bodies and into E.N.D. They let out screams of pain as they fell to the ground lifeless. The demon couldn't stop himself from laughing out loud as the burning of the city and the screams of people filled the air.
"Oh come on… surely Zeref's armies could do better than that!" E.N.D spoke as he walked through the burning streets of Vistarion.
All of a sudden however, he found himself surrounded by a vortex of sand. This got the demon's attention as he looked at the sands vortex surrounding him with interest.
"So you're the one who's causing this trouble?" E.N.D turned to see a man standing on top of the rubbles of a building in the sand vortex. The man, named Ajeel, proceeded to speak once again with a large grin, "You won't see the light of day again!" The Desert King Spriggan then charged at the Fel Demon, who merely looked at him with a bored look.
E.N.D simply roared, letting out a huge blast of Fel Fire from his body, getting Ajeel's eyes to widen in shock before he, along with the sand vortex around them, was engulfed by the demonic fire.
The Fel blast ended, with E.N.D looking around to see the sand vortex and Ajeel completely gone, getting the demon to smile like a maniac. He felt a few more large sources of magic heading his way as he smirk.
"How pathecthic. THESE are Zeref's greatest mages?" E.N.D laughed at sensing the huge magical power of the beings heading his way.
In another part of the city, Zeref was seen walking through the burning streets. The mere sight of the Fel Flames filled the black haired wizard with anger. How did E.N.D even break out of his book? It managed to contain him for over four hundred years, so why did it fail now?
He was brought out of his thoughts as he sense some of his Spriggans power completely disappear. This merely got Zeref to get a trouble looked, realizing what's happening.
"E.N.D…" Zeref merely spoke with hate as he picked up his paste in order to get to the Fel Demon.
Back with E.N.D, he looked around to see the burning corpses, or at least the bodies that he didn't completely vaporize, around him. He couldn't help but laughed once again. Did these mortals really think that they could hurt him?
The Fel Demon was snapped out of his thoughts as a large beam of magic was seen flying at him. E.N.D simply jumped out of the way as the blast hit he ground, causing a large explosion. He turned to see a red haired woman floating in the air glaring at him with hate.
"Ah… another one joins the fray. You seem more powerful than the others though." E.N.D spoke to the woman, who continued to glare at the demon.
"To think I would meet you again E.N.D." She spoke with enough hatred to kill a man. The Fel Demon simply raised his eyebrow.
"Again? Have we met before?" E.N.D questioned with curiosity, wondering what the red haired woman was talking about.
The woman suddenly appeared next to him and swung one of her legs to get a hit in, but E.N.D simply raised his right arm and blocked it.
"You destroyed countless cities all those years ago, one of them being my own home and people!" She exclaimed back with a glare of hatred as he continued her close up assault. However, E.N.D merely continued to block her strikes with his arms without trouble. E.N.D managed to get a few feet of distance from her as he was now thinking.
"Hm…," E.N.D pondered before his eyes widen, realizing who this woman was, "Ah… yes. I remember now. You're Irene Belserion, the first Dragon Slayer to ever come to be, as well as a commander of both the humans and dragons against me. What a surprised to see you alive after all these years. You've grown I see." He told the now named Irene.
"Save the words E.N.D. I'm going to make you pay for everything you done to this world!" Irene shouted as she fired off another large beam of magic at the demon.
E.N.D merely smirked as he simply swung his arm at the attack to deflect it, sending it flying into the sky. He then charged at Irene, who swung her staff down on the demon, who simply side stepped it as he slammed his knee into her stomach, causing her to cough up blood. E.N.D then put both of his hands together and slammed then into Irene's back, causing her to cry out in pain and sending her crashing into the ground.
"HAH! Is that all you got Irene?" E.N.D mocked the red haired woman, who was slowing getting up on her hands and knees.
Irene merely looked up at the demon with anger, before she was suddenly enveloped in a bright light. This got E.N.D to move himself a good distance a little.
The next thing the demon saw, a large dragon was now in the place of Irene. The now dragon formed Irene looked to see E.N.D, who looked impressed than anything else.
"Impressive! You yourself have become a dragon like Acnologia. You're definitely more powerful than any average dragon that's for sure. I can actually feel your power." E.N.D praised the dragon form Irene as he looked up at her. However Irene didn't care what the demon thought as she began to power up her magic.
"In the next new moments… the only thing you will feel is oblivion!" Irene shouted at the Fel Demon with her voice sounding like that of a dragon's, as she prepared a powerful Dragon's Roar.
"That or disappointment. Come on…," E.N.D then smirked, "Flip that coin."
Irene merely glared at the demon once again as she then unleashed a rather large Dragon's Roar at the Fel Demon. The attack decimated everything in its path, leaving behind nothing but ruins ground. E.N.D merely chuckled at the large roar heading toward him… until his eyes widen in surprised as it got closer.
The attack collided with the demon, which set off a massive explosion throughout the city. Zeref and the other Spriggans who haven't arrived yet could see the explosion and feel the shockwave from it.
Irene looked at the smoke, waiting to see if her attack managed to accomplish anything.
The smoke faded away… only to see E.N.D having his arms in an X position in front of him, signifying that he managed to block the attack. Irene could only gasp in shock; she hoped that it would have done at least more damaged than that. E.N.D put his arms down, however he looked… happy?
"That stung…," E.N.D began to speak with a sadistic smile as he looked back at the dragon Irene, "I actually felt that. Only Zeref and Ancologia so far could have done that! You definitely have gotten stronger in these past four centuries!" E.N.D replied to her with his large smile still intact.
Before Irene could reply however, E.N.D dash at her with great speed she couldn't see and slammed his fist into the dragon's stomach, getting her to let out a roar of pain. The Fel Demon's fist then began to glow with Fel energy, before setting off a point blank explosion.
The blast faded away to see Irene, no longer in her dragon form as she crashed back into the ground, injured all over as blood poured from her wounds. E.N.D simply walked to the grounded Irene, who could only look up with hate and rage at the demon above her as she gritted her teeth.
"I will admit Irene, you have improved substantially. I could just let the Fel magic that got into you from that attack consume you, thus killing you; however I'll keep you alive." E.N.D told her as he stretched his hand above her. Irene felt a bit of pain as the Fel energy that got into her being drained out of her and back into E.N.D.
E.N.D then frowned all of a sudden… before shoving his left arm right to the area next to him, as all of a sudden Dimaria appeared but was hit by the sudden punch, sending her a few feet from the demon as she fell to the ground. It was clear the sudden punch caught her off guard. The Fel Demon then turned to the blonde Spriggan, who widen her eyes in surprised from the demon's glare.
"You're time magic won't do you any good against me woman," E.N.D told her as he looked at the blonde, who was shocked that her abilities had no affect on him, "My power surpasses that of the Gods themselves, so what hope do you think you have? No matter, I won't bother with you. I'll let you live as well."
"E.N.D." Another voice was heard by the demon, who turned around to see Zeref, alongside August and Brandish, who looked shocked to see the damage and fallen bodies of the other Spriggans who fell to the demon.
"Ah… Zeref… long time no see. How have you been?" E.N.D asked the black haired Emperor, who didn't care what the Fel Demon said.
"How are you here?" Zeref question him with a glare at the demon, "You were sealed away. You shouldn't even be here." He told the demon, as the remaining four Spriggans looked at the conversation.
"What? No greeting? I'm hurt Zeref. I really am," E.N.D replied with a fake hurt tone, as he simply grinned once again, "As for how I'm here its simple, I broke out. I could have broken out at any time I wanted too. That seal of yours wasn't as effective as you, Acnologia, or Anna thought," He informed Zeref, getting the Dark Wizard to be surprised by his words, "I waited for a perfect time to return to the world, and I found that moment when my other half Natsu got trapped on that Island."
E.N.D then laughed, getting on Zeref's and the other four Spriggan's nerves. Irene managed to get back on her feet despite all of her wounds, and Dimaria managed to get back on her feet as well.
"But… since I am a nice guy, I'll leave you all alone for now. I just wanted to see you again Zeref. In fact, I have a little gift for you from you're truly." E.N.D told the five around him.
E.N.D lifted his right hand up, before a flame of Fel Fire appeared before it went away. However in its place was a crystallized yellow heart that glowed. It didn't take Zeref a moment to realize what it was.
"Fairy Heart?" Zeref spoke with disbelief, which also got the other four Spriggan's to be surprised by their Emperor's words.
"Most of Fairy Heart actually. I left a little bit of its power behind in Mavis's body," E.N.D told the black haired male. The Fel Demon then extracted a large portion of the artifact's power into his other hand. He then threw that portion of the artifact to Zeref, who managed to catch it, "I'll be nice and give you a portion of it. Do whatever you want with it. Take it in yourself, use it to improve your army, you name it. Of course it would be wise if you worked together with the rest of the world if you wish to ever hope to defeat me."
E.N.D then simply smiled as he waved at Zeref.
"See ya!" E.N.D told them as he took off from the ground, releasing a small shockwave which forced Zeref, August, brandish, Irene, and Dimaria to cover their eyes from the shockwave. The five of them merely looked at the sky where the demon took off as Zeref could only looked on as many soldiers arrived at the scene.
The Dark Wizard never thought this would have happen. But now he knows that they must act if they are to stop E.N.D.
There you all go. How's that? Good? Bad? Want me to kill myself? Let me know.
See you all next time, whenever that will be.