A/N: Welcome back to a new chapter. Things are about to start picking up from here. Without any else to say, let's start.
Gildarts squeezed on his bleeding limb trying to understand the situation in front of him. Evan who should not of had magic was now wrapped in a dark aura. What was unnerving about it was the fact that Gildarts couldn't sense any magic coming from him. Romeo, while he just was bleeding profusely, now was
seemingly fine.
"Gildarts, under any normal circumstances, I could never hope to beat you, or at least as I am now. But now I have the perfect circumstances to beat one of the strongest mages on the continent. With this victory, we shall advance to the next step in our plan. Now die for a better world." Romeo demanded.
"You can't kill me, and even if you could, Fairy Tail would stop you. Someone else would step up and finish the job." Gildarts countered.
"Who would they send after you? You are the ace of the guild." Romeo argued. "Time to finish him off, get him."
Gildarts raised his arm to fight but was not prepared for what would happen next. A pair of knives slid down his shoulders as a white haired girl held them. Emma kicked off him and landed next to Romeo.
"I hope you didn't think we came alone." Romeo told the Fairy Tail ace.
Two walls of earth came from the ground and attempted to squish Gildarts but he destroyed one wall with his remaining arm. Gildarts jumped out of the way but was hit by Romeo with a magic infused punch, knocking him through the other wall. As Gildarts tried to recover, a sword entered his chest causing him to cough up blood. Evan pulled the sword out of his chest and tried to stab again. Gildarts knocked Evan away and returned to his feet. A sharp pain then entered his leg as Emma stabbed his calf. Emma jumped back to gain some room as a column of earth knocked Gildarts through multiple buildings.
"While one of us might not be able to defeat you, having most of my main comrades here, we can defeat you." Romeo shouted."Your era is over, leave it to the new generation to fix this world."
"You are right, my generation may be finished," Gildarts replied as his body began to glow with the aura of his magic, "But I need to be here to guide the new generation. I will stand here for my guild, my family, I will stop you!"
"Just be prepared, we might not make it out of this unscratched." Evan warned his comrades.
Gildarts rushed forward so fast he seemed to disappear. Before anyone had a chance to react, Emma was launched threw multiple buildings. Romeo threw a punch that Gildarts easily caught. Gildarts threw Romeo into the ground making a large crater. Evan went for a powerful slash but it was Gildarts blocked it with his metal arm.
"I'm done playing games with you." Gildarts growled.
Emma launched herself at Gildarts with her face covered in blood. Gildarts caught her by her head and slammed her into the ground causing a small crater. She tried to grab his hand but he slammed her down even harder causing a bigger crater to be created. Evan rushed forward with a look of anger in his eyes. He tried to cut Gildarts but he could bit land a hit. Gildarts grabbed his blade and shattered it. Even then tried to punch Gildarts but he grabbed his arm. Gildarts hit Evan with a crash magic infused punch sending him across the city under a pile of rubble.
"I know you are out there, come and suffer the same fate as your companions or I'll come find you myself." Gildarts warned.
"She won't be coming out under any circumstance, she is under orders not to." Romeo revealed as he stood before Gildarts, bleeding from just about every part of his body.
Romeo started to charge his body with magic causing his veins to appear once more. Gildarts took the initiative and launched himself forward into Romeo. Romeo tried to block the older man but was thrown backwards. Romeo sent a flurry of punches into Gildarts that sent him backwards. Romeo then sent a roar at him which Gildarts countered with his crash magic. The two met and enter an exchange of magic infused punches. While Romeo could land more attacks, the power of Gildarts punches were just more powerful. Eventually Gildarts won the exchange and knocked Romeo into the ground. As Romeo laid there, Gildarts stood over him, charging his magic into one final attack.
"Looks like you've lost." Gildarts said as he went for the finishing blow.
Before the attack landed, Gildarts fell to his knees and started to throw up blood.
"Looks like you didn't listen to their warnings. I can land a fatal blow with ease. I only need to land one of my attacks somewhere vital. How many punches did I connect to your chest? And aren't your organs already pretty damaged from fighting Acnologia?" Romeo asked with a twisted smile.
"I still have enough strength to take you out though." Gildarts replied as he tried to stand.
Before Gildarts could get to his feet, a shard of a sword went through his neck. Gildarts turned to see evan standing behind him.
"This, is for you helping my family be slaughtered." Evan declared.
With a cough of blood, Gildarts collapsed to the ground. At this moment, his life began to flash before his eyes. He saw the moment he joined the guild, when he married his wife, his fight with Acnologia, learning that Cana was his daughter, the war, and the happiness that he had been having ever since. With the last of his strength, he used all of his magic to send a column of crash magic towards Romeo. Gildarts looked at Romeo and saw him crying. Before the attack could hit its target, it curved and hit the building behind Romeo. Gildarts thought back to Cana, saddened by the thought of never seeing his only child again.
"I'm sorry Cana." Gildarts whispered before the last bit of life left his eyes.
"Goodbye Gildarts, it was a privilege to fight against you." Romeo told the corpse.
Once word was reached Fairy Tail, all of them were silent. No one even uttered a sound, except for Cana who cried for her father. The thought that their ace could be killed came at a surprise. Gildarts had survived against every foe until this point.
"This shall not go unpunished." Laxus told the guild.
On a wall at the magic council's headquarters, new bounties were being made. Each bounty was being made to be sent to magic and mercenary guilds, and to nearby countries.
Wanted Dead or Alive
Evan Chimamire
Wanted for the murder of Gildarts Clive, and other crimes against the kingdom of Fiore
Last seen on the Fiore-Bosco border
Bounty: 45 million jewel
Rank: SS
Magic: None
Affiliations: Right hand man to Romeo Conbolt
Wanted Dead or Alive
Emma Chimamire
Wanted for assisting in the murder of Gildarts Clive, serial killings, the murder of Bacchus Groh and other crimes against the country of Fiore.
Last seen on the Fiore-Bosco border
Bounty: 2 Million Jewel
Rank: S
Magic: Illusion, based in her eyes
Affiliations: Underling of Romeo Conbolt.
Wanted Dead or Alive
Romeo Conbolt
Wanted for the murder of Ash Williams, Dobengal of Sabertooth, leading the murder of Gildarts Clive, the murder of Chief of the Cherry Blossom Holy Knights, Arcadios, and other crimes against the kingdom of Fiore
Last seen on the Fiore-Bosco border
Bounty: 50 million jewel
Rank: SS
Magic: Purple Flare, Rainbow Fire and Gale Dragon Slayer
Affiliations: Former Fairy Tail mage
In an unknown location, Romeo stood before a crowd of people. His body was wrapped heavily in bandages. He stood above them on a podium.
"Attention everyone, as you know, we were successful I'm killing Gildarts."
Hearing these words, the crowd roared in cheers.
"Quiet," Romeo ordered and the crowd went silent. "We are one step closer to our ultimate goal. From here we will only be hunted more with more enemies trying to take us down. But we shall come out on top. We shall fix this world. Our will shall come out victorious."
The crowd roared into a cheer. While everyone was cheering, Evan walked up to Romeo.
"He has just been spotted entering Fiore." Evan revealed.
"Well let's hope he is still allied with us then." Romeo replied.
The two walked out into another room where Emma was laying in a bed.
"We need to find a doctor who can heal her, otherwise she won't be able to heal from her injuries." Evan explained.
"I'm working on that right now, but her condition isn't one that just any doctor can heal. We need one who is truly experienced with healing." Romeo replied.
A/N: Tell me what you guys thought. Did you think Romeo would win or did you think that Gildarts could hold out? What will Fairy Tail do to retaliate? Find out soon.