The 12 Strizers

by Erzats

2 years after the war with Alvarez, peace returned to Fiore. But for the mages of Fairy Tail and their friends, it won't last. 12 warriors coming from an unkown place are coming for them. Who are they and what do they want ? They'll learn it the hard way. OCs, created by me. Multiple Pairing (Nalu, Gruvia, Gale, Rowen, HappyxCharla and others). Advices welcomed.

16. Chapter 16 : Earth, father and king

Ah, here we are again, ready to take back where we left them the adventures of the mages against the Strizers. Moreover, talking about Strizers, somebody, a guest which will certainly recognize himself, asked me a question about the Strizers nationality, so I decided to list them to you, and even teasing you for the following ones. So here is the list:

- Vincenzo Giacconi: Italian

- Xun Liang: Chinese

- Dmitri Alekseïev: Russian

- Mizuki Takeda: Japanese

- Daniel Anderson: Australian

- Jameson Freeman and Alexander Miller: American (Jameson: New York, Alexander: Dallas)

And the next ones will be: Icelander, Englishman, Frenchman, Egyptian and Argentine. Not necessarily in this order. Well, now that I answered this question, it's time to go down to business.

Have fun !

Chapter 16: In the name of the father, of the king and of the mother earth

The city was plunged into chaos. Most of the inhabitants had run away under a shower of rubbles which were raining down like a brown hail which bombarded the buildings and struck the paved streets. Only 6 people had stayed. Alexander, Strizer of the earth, which didn't even had to raise his little finger to trigger this rock storm which had just stopped, offering to Lucy, Cana, Bisca and Alzack one moment to get their breath back under control, after managing to dodge all those missiles, even if they had a hard time doing it. A derisive smile stretched on the Strizer face, his eyes aimed at the 4 mages who looked at him with a growing need to beat this guy in their eyes.

- " Well then ? Is that all ? I expected more resistance from you. Don't you want to get her back ? " He provoked by seizing the stone cage into which was locked the little Asuka, her eyes wet but doing her best to stay strong.

- " LET MY DAUGHTER GO, YOU BASTARD ! "

MAGIC SNIPER RIFLE ! GUNS MAGIC: STINGER SHOT !

Bisca, more furious than never, had grabbed her sniper and opened fire on the Strizer which, without moving, had pulled a wall between him and the bullet, the latter blowing up the wall without hurting him. This detail was seriously beginning to get annoying.

- " That really is a pain in the ass. How can we reach a guy who doesn't need to move to attack. " Said Cana, as lost as the others, looking desperately for a solution to this problem.

- " It's not that easy, isn't it, m'lady. Strizers have better control of their element when they are touching with. Therefore, me and little Daniel are the best when it comes to control because we are constantly in touch with our element. Let me show you what I meant. "

RUMBLING EARTH !

The earth suddenly began shaking, like a earthquake whose epicenter was situated at the Strizer feet, the rumbling making the mages lost they footing. But Alex had not finished yet.

EARTH FANGS !

The ground suddenly bristled with long and pointy sharpened stone which were thrown towards the sky, the mages managing to evade them but taking some damages because of their lack of footing. But after a few seconds, they realized that the stones thrown at the sky didn't fall back. When they looked at the Strizer et saw him with his hand up, palm opened towards the sky as if he was supporting something and his bad smile, they understood that this attack had two phases. And some moment later, Alex suddenly chopped his hand down towards the ground, the stone following the movement and came down on the mages. A cloud of dust covered the zone, letting an unbearable suspense hover in the air until the cloud began disappearing, discovering the mages whose conditions took the Strizer by surprise. Lucy was unhurt, having called upon Horologium before the rocks could reach her. She had apparently called upon Gemini, because Cana had too been protected by the spirit of the clock. As for the Connell on the other hand.

- " DADDY ! MOMMY !"

The cry from Asuka shook Bisca who get back to her to find herself on the ground, with Alzack on top of her, a big sharp stone impaling his right side. He had dived to protect his wife and had succeed in rescuing her, paying the price with his body.

- " ALZACK ! Are you OK ? Answer me ! "

- " Yeah, I'm good. I'll be good, it's not as painful as it look. " Answered the mage grimacing while sitting up and pulling the shard out of his body. " Anyway, we have to find a way to counter him. "

- " I think I have an idea. " Announced Lucy by approaching the Connell with Cana. " But you'll have to win some time. "

ROCK TORPEDO !

- "Watch out !"

Asuka's warning allowed the mages to throw themselves out of the way, a big stone block striking the ground with the strength of a missile at the exact same place they were a few seconds ago.

- "Do you really want to keep mumbling like that ? Did you decided to give up and surrender ? "

- " In your dream, shit head. "

GUNS MAGIC : TORNADO SHOT !

Alzack pointed his two weapons at the Strizer and shot two tornados which rushed at the Strizer which, naturally, didn't have to raise a single finger to reveal a rather wide wall to block the attack. But Alzack had not finished. Without stopping, he changed his bullet. And this time, he was joined by his partner and wife.

REQUIP DOUBLES MACHINE GUNS !

GUNS MAGIC : BLAST BULLET !

The Connell family made bullets rain on the Strizer which had no other choices but to take his hands out of his pockets to have a better control, especially as they had begun running all around him while firing burst after burst of bullets. After some times, Alzack and Bisca found themselves once again in front of the Strizer, Bisca this time armed with a bazooka aimed at the latter.

- " You didn't learned the lesson, it would seem. It's not your small bullets which are going to be enough to stop me. Moreover, where are your friends ? They fled, that's it ? "

CARD MAGIC : THE PRAYER'S FOUNTAIN !

A sudden mass of water fell on him from above, flooding him literally, but without doing any damages. You could almost read the disappointment on the Strizer face. He turned to the person who did that and it turned out it was Cana, standing not far from there.

- " If you want me to take care of you first, I can do that. That is not a problem. "

He held out a hand towards the cards mage but he didn't have time to attack that he heard a noise coming from his right. He turned his head back and saw Alzack and Bisca side by side, their weapons charged with bluish magic bullets.

GUNS MAGIC : DUAL BLAST BULLET !

2 magic bullets left their weapons but without worrying Alexander who raised, still without moving, a wall of earth to protect him. But by seeing the wall in question, he suddenly felt tense. Because the water thrown by Cana wasn't meant to divert his attention but to mix with the earth which, because of all the walls that he had raised to protect himself from the Connells, had become particularly malleable, which meant that now water had been added to it, it had turned into mud. Direct consequence of that, the wall wasn't useful at all, both magic missiles getting through the wall without any problem at all, forcing Alexander to forget Cana to intercept the attack.

ROCK CLAWED HANDS !

He caught the shots with his 2 hands, which were covered with a stone layer taking the shape of big claws allowing him to catch the attack, just hoping to get rid of it by sending it to the side, which he did without too many problem, destroying a building at the same time. But the mages had not finished yet. The Connells spouses had loaded a second shot which came a second after that. Alexander, noticing that his claws had nastily been bashed up by the previous attack, began to strengthen them before taking back his stance to intercept the second shot.

CARD MAGIC : ICICLE !

But Cana had jumped over Alexander and, while she was just over him, had thrown stalactites, thanks to her card, on his hands, destroying the claws which were still weakened. Understanding that an interception won't be possible any more, he gathered his strengths at his feet.

GROUND LAUNCH PAD !

The earth began to swell under his feet intending to throw him far off, but he stayed glued on the spot, feet blocked by something, and by looking down, he saw that it was not something, but rather someone because he was blocked by hands. A pair of handcuffed hands.

- " Ah, fuck this shit. "

The explosion ringed through the now ruined city, making the walls of the houses shake. Except the one in which Alexander had just crashed. He got out from the rubbles rather quickly, visibly annoyed by that and was not going to let those mages get away with such a stratagem.

GROUND EJECTION GEYSER !

Stamping on the ground, he created a whole lot of earth geyser, one of them propelling in the air a maid with pink hair and with handcuffs used like bracelets. She recovers in the air with no problem at all and touched the ground gracefully, Alexander approaching the 3 mages and the stellar spirit, the presence of the latter reminding him that somebody was still missing.

- " Where is blondie ? "

- " The princess will tear you away from the ground. Moreover, she should be here soon. " Answered Virgo, intriguing Alexander. How this blonde could extract him from the ground ? He received an answer to this question very quickly, taking a shape that he had not imagined.

STAR DRESS AQUARIUS : AQUA METRIA !

A shadow covered him for a second and Alexander found himself thrown in the air by the very earth he should have been able to control which had begun bending like the waves of an ocean, one of the said waves managing to throw him into the sky, arriving face to face with Lucy, which was dressed in her Star Dress Aquarius, and she apparently had not finished with him yet.

- " Don't go thinking that it will be as easy as that. I don't need to touch the ground to beat you ! "

ROCK RUSH !

A multitude of bowling ball sized rocks came from all sides on Lucy, who kept a poker face whereas her body became covered with a cloud of smoke and the following moment, she was dressed with her Taurus Star Dress, the blonde taking advantage of her strength multiplied tenfold to reduce the rocks to dust while wrapping up her whip around Alexander waist, she suddenly dragged him towards her and hurled an enormous punch in the rib cage, sending him crashing on the ground, the violence of the blow digging a large crater in the ground. Alexander had a hard time getting up, but the view of Lucy, plunging towards him her foot stretched forward. He got up by pushing on his hands, welcoming the foot of the blonde with his own, which he had beforehand covered with stone to amplify the power of the blow. The impact between both created a shock wave which lifted a cloud of dust, Alexander pushing Lucy away who went to land next to the others, while the Strizer went out of the crater. In front of him, the mages looked rather confident.

- " It would seem that you are not as tough as you look without your small pebbles to protect you. " Jested Cana by smiling, which slightly annoyed Alex.

- " I am the Strizer of the earth. I control mud the same as I do for rock dust. You'll learn the hard way that being all confident like that against me is not the best thing for you to do. " To rest his words, the mud which surrounded him began moving.

MUD PRISON WAVE !

The mud was transformed into a big wave which broke out on the mages who were unable to evade and in spite of their efforts, they all end up being prisoner of the wave which lifted them in the air before crushing them on the ground with violence. The mud retracted, leaving the mages on the ground before returning beside the Strizer.

- " As if that was going to be enough to make us give up. We are going to… hey wait. My hands ! " Bisca had stopped dead in her rant by seeing that her hands had been covered with a thick layer of hardened clay to prevent her from seizing her weapons. Naturally, Alzack was the first one to be by her side.

- " Don't worry, dear. I'm going to free them with my … " Alzack also stop when he realized that he too had a problem. " Where are my guns ? "

- " You talking about that ? " By turning their heads to Alex, the mages saw that Alzack's guns were stuck in the mud that attacked them. But not just those weapons. Lucy's keys, her whip and Cana's cards were also prisoner of the earth chunk. In other words, they were defenseless. " Well, whom of you 4 I am going to eliminate first. Oh I know, I am going to begin with you 2. " He Announced while pointing a finger at Lucy and Cana. " After all, you have weapons I can't take away from you. And I do not want to take the risk of facing a Fairy Glitter or an Urano Metria. "

STONE LOCKER !

Stone suddenly appeared on the legs of the 4 mages, immobilizing them while rendering them vulnerable to what was going to follow.

- " Let's begin with you, Cana. "

EARTH DEATH ROW : GROUND GLADIUS!

A gigantic blade of black stone covered with strange engraving appeared suddenly, going out of the ground and going right at Cana, who despite her effort did not manage to get free and it was the same thing for the others, who could do nothing of other one to part look, powerless.

- "Cana ! "

The blade got dangerously closer to the brunette who close her eyes, expecting the worst, but nothing came because the blade suddenly fell into pieces. Well, to be more precise, the blade had been cut into a multitude of cube. The explanation : the presence of a bearded man standing next to what remained of the blade. A man whom the mages knew very well.

- " GILDARTS ! " Alzack, Bisca and Lucy shouted, eyes slightly wet from happiness, whereas Cana on her side cried for good.

- " You took your time, dad. "

- " You know that I like those last moment rescue. And you over there. " He Continued by turning to Alexander, his face severe. " You need a good correction. And I'll gladly give it to you. "

- " I wouldn't be so sure if I were you ! "

MOUNTAIN RUSHING STRIKE !

To answer the threat, he raised a gigantic mass of stone and earth which formed an enormous mountain which collapsed on Gildarts, but the latter had only to raise his hand and the immense heap of rock split up just as it came into contact with it. Gildarts smiled roguishly, the other fairies delighted by how the thing were turning out. On the other hand, Alexander was suddenly much less serene. He hadn't planned that somebody from the outside was going to intervene, and especially not someone as powerful as Gildarts. He grinded his teeth, thinking about a plan while deciding to save some time.

PANGEAN EDGE SPIKES !

He put his hands on the ground and called upon a real thick swarm of long sharpened spikes which came from all sides on Gildarts, the latter evading without having too much of a hard time, reducing to piece the one who came too close to him. The Strizer was getting tired trying to stop Gildarts so he finally decide to forget the spikes and move on to something else.

MUD PILLAR JAIL !

An enormous geyser of mud arises suddenly from under Gildarts, Alexander hoping to hinder him enough to prevent him from using his magic.

And it worked.

For 2 seconds.

Because after yawning out of boredom, the mage extricated himself from the mud effortlessly, just landing at the foot of the column before rushing at Alexander who, seeing the attack arriving, switch to defense mode.

STONE WALL WAY !

He raised several wall between him and Gildarts, but the latter passed them all without any problem, the walls falling to pieces magically (A.N.: unintended pun). By seeing that, Alexander tried a last technique but to tell the truth, he already suspected what was going to happened.

SILEX ARMOR !

CRUSHING EVIL, SPREADING THE TRUTH : EMPYREAN !

Alexander tried to cover himself with an armor of sharp stones to at least try to deal a few damages on Gildarts, but the latter erased his armor even before touching it. Therefore, he fully took the blow soaked with magic right in the face and was sent at the other end of the city, getting through several buildings easily. Taking advantage of the small calm, Gildarts broke the wall of clay left by Alexander, thus freeing the weapons of the mages, but also Bisca's hand.

- "It's okay, you don't suffer too much ?" Asked the older mage, obtaining a quick answer on behalf of his daughter.

- "We are fine, dad. Well, we are not going to lie, it could be better."

- "MOM, DAD ! FREE ME !"

The shouts from Asuka, still prisoner of her stone cage finally reached them, the parents rushing towards said cage, falling on their knees by her side.

- "Don't worry my darling. Everything is fine, now, the bad man is not there." Reassured Bisca by caressing tenderly the cheeks of her daughter, Alzack squatted by her side. "Gildarts, can you free my daughter please ?"

- "But with pleasure. Watch out little lady, go away from the bars." Asuka obey, the hand of Gildarts approaching the bars whereas Lucy and Cana approached the group, but at the moment he was going to touch the cage.

DUST EXPLOSION !

A sudden explosion coming from the ground lifted a thick cloud of dust which spread panic among the mages. When the dust finally fell down, the cage was still there, but open and empty. Looking around them, they saw Alex, standing on a small heap of earth, Asuka under his arm.

- "RELEASED HER ! She has nothing to do in this !" Not obtaining any answer, not even the slightest movement on behalf of the Strizer, Gildarts stopped, intrigued then noticed what was wrong. And this is when he felt it.

ROCK DARTS !

Gildarts reacts all at once, throwing himself on the trajectory of a stone darts the size of an Olympic javelin which was going at Cana from behind her, the stone piercing his side, amazing Gildarts due to the fact that his magic was not able to break this chunk of rock. The other mages saw another Alexander behind Cana, a hand stretched towards Gildarts, Lucy and Cana reacting in the second by throwing cutting cards and swinging their whip in his direction, but he dived, literally, into the ground to reappear beside the other Alexander, who began to fall to pieces.

- "I can't believe that you all fell for such a simple trick." Admitted Alex while holding Asuka by the collar, his stone double crumbling off totally. "Well, I do needed a little luck to pull that off."

- "I don't see what you managed to do, here. It's not because you were able to did some damages on Gildarts that we …"

- "My magic … doesn't work anymore ?"

Lucy was interrupted by Gildarts, who had just released something that had the effect of a bomb.

- "That … What ? But how …?" Stuttered Alzack before Alex answered him without waiting any longer.

- "Mana Lock Stone. A stone of my invention which went inside your body thanks to the javelin. I found that there were ways in this world to block the magic flows and I have synthesized the basic principle in this stone. As long as it will be in your body, you won't be able to use your magic anymore." The revelation didn't please the mages which made their disgust known.

- "It really is a dirty trick." Threw Cana, receiving a scathing remark to answer her remark.

- "Dirty ? But of course it is. The world is basically unfair. And complaining won't help sorting things out." The words of the Strizer did not please the mages, and what followed neither. "Well, we had fun and all that, but it's time to finish it."

Suddenly, the earth rose under the Strizer which was swallowed by what had just gone out of the ground, when the earth and the dust cloud fell down, they saw that Alexander, but also Asuka, were in the head of some kind of golem made of black stones towering them at 20 meters high and 6 meters wide.

OBSIDIAN GOLEM : EARTH SHAKING PUNCH !

The golem raised one of his hands and punched the ground with such a strength that the ground cracked on several meters around the impact point, the shock wave propelling the mages in the surrounding rubbles, totally knocking Alzack and Bisca out, Gildarts still down for the count because of the stone in his body, knowing that he would have been able to continue to fight if he had didn't had that thing in his body. So there was only Lucy and Cana, both young women not feeling comfortable in front of this giant soldier of stone. But they were not going to get discouraged.

HEAVEN, REVERSE DEATH, MOUNTAIN : SUMMONED LIGHTNING !

STAR DRESS SAGITTARIUS : SHOOTING STAR CANNON !

Both lightning and stellar magic powered spell exploded when they came in contact with the golem, creating a cloud of dust which blocked their sight, but when the cloud disappeared, they saw that their attacks had done nothing.

- " HAHAHAHAHA ! You fool, this golem is built in one of the most solid stones which I possess, it is no ore that you can break easily with what this world has to offer. It's sad, but it's Game over for you." And true to his words, the golem advanced and prepared a punch aimed at Lucy but Cana pushed her out of the way of the golem and took the blow herself which sent her crashing near her father who fought against the pain to go towards his daughter. Lucy, lengthened on the ground, always under the shock to have been saved by Cana, looked at the golem which raised his arm once again, ready to crush her, the blonde squeezing her eyes shut but after a few second, she opened them and was surprised by what she saw. All around her, the time had seemed to stop. She looked around her to see that actually, everything seemed frozen. She did not understand what was happening until Leo appears in front of her.

- " Leo ? What's going on ? "

- "We used all our magic to be able to send you a message before this guy can attack. There is a way for you to stop him." Lucy, at first intrigued, was now interested.

- "And what is that way ?" Leo's face twisted, apparently ill-at-ease, already knowing perfectly how she was going to react.

- "The same way you used to destroy Alegria from Tartaros."

Lucy needed a moment to think but when she understood what he was getting at, she immediately decided she hate the idea.

- "No, it's out of the question, I won't call him again. I refuse to lose another spirit like I lost Aquarius. I will find another way !"

- "There is no other way Lucy ! Only the king is powerful enough to destroy the stone this thing is made of. Gildarts could but he is unable to do it right now. You are going to die if you don't do anything."

- "THEN I'LL DIE ! I'd rather die than make my friends suffer. I've had enough seeing people suffer because I'm not capable of defending myself. I HAVE HAD IT !"

- "Lucy, stop that. As a stellar spirit, it is our duty to help and protect our master. It is what Aquarius did and we are all ready to do it if we have to. You HAVE to call upon the king, you have no other solutions !" Leo insisted while he seriously began to be afraid. If she stayed as stubborn too much, the protection she got from the spirits will disappear and it will be too late for her.

- "NO ! I DO NOT WANT TO LOSE ANOTHER SPIRIT ! If it really is the only hope that I have, I'll force him out of his kingdom myself, I'll even give my life instead of one of yours if I had to !" This time, Lucy really cried, tears flowing down her face before finishing on a whisper. "Just this time, let me be the one protecting everyone."

Alas, the protection from the spirit got away and time returned to normal just after that, the golem attack continuing as if nothing happened, which was the case for everyone beside Lucy and her spirit, even if the Strizer had some strange feeling inside him telling him that something strange just happened but he shrugged it off and continued his assault but while the fist was about to crush Lucy, under the powerless gaze of the other mages who shouted in fear, something unexpected happened and forced Alexander to stop his attack. Lucy's keys had begun to vibrate violently then they flew out of the key ring and straight into the sky. A strange phenomenon Lucy's key weren't the only one experiencing.

/- Meanwhile, in Magnolia -/

- "This shop is great ! I cannot believe that he knows a place like that !" Yukino exclaimed. "And the owner is really nice to."

- "I admit that I am very surprised too. That is rather unexpected coming from him." Admitted Minerva, standing beside the white haired mage. "You think that this dress will be nice for my … Hey, what is this light in your pocket ?" Suddenly, much to the surprise of both women, the Libra, Ophiuchus and Pisces keys went out of Yukino's pocket floating for a time in the air.

- "Fear not mistress Yukino." Said the voice of the Pisces mother coming from the key. "We will be back soon."

After that, they went flying away by the door-window of the store, breaking the said window in the process and leaving both women stunned. After a few moments of silence, Minerva broke it with a question.

- "Uh, did I just witness your keys running away ?"

/- Return to Westcoal -/

Lucy's keys, now join by Yukino's ones, kept going up and disappeared in the clouds, under the eyes of the Strizer and mages which had absolutely no idea of what was happening and it is not what followed that will help them clear their mind. The sky opened suddenly, revealing a starry sky, as if the night had just fallen. A star in this sky seemed to shine more than the others and getting bigger and begging with each second. They didn't need a lot of time to understood that if that star was getting bigger, it's because she was approaching them quickly. A meteor tore this starry sky and a short time later, it crashed on the ground, just in front of Lucy and Leo, who had attended this show with the same level of surprise as the others and when he saw what it was, he opened his eyes so widely that his glasses almost fell to the ground.

- "No, tell me that I'm dreaming."

The meteor was in fact some kind of small pillar made of white stone covered with golden engraving covered with a tray on which was represented the 88 constellations, the 12 Zodiac signs and Ophiuchus being closer to the center. And in the middle of the tray a small dome. The 12 golden keys and Ophiuchus's one then appear above their respective symbol around the dome and they entered in the symbol as if they were keyholes. Once the 13 locks had been opened, the dome disappeared in a flash of light and inside the dome was a key which seemed to be made in an azure colored metal and decorated with stones looking like diamonds. On the top of the key, where is normally supposed to be the symbol of the constellation was in fact some kind of crown. After that, they keys then began flying, Lucy getting her back while Pisces, Libra and Ophiuchus flew away to return to Yukino.

- "What is that?" asked Lucy even if a part of her suspected what that could be but she needed someone to confirm it to him.

- "It is … the key of celestial spirits king. I cannot believe that he sent it." Explained Leo, completely shocked.

- "But I thought that it was only a legend ?" Admitted Lucy, from now on as surprised by the presence of this key as the spirit of the Lion.

- "She always existed but he has never found somebody deserving it. But it is also because that key is dangerous. She allows you to call upon the old man, but she is going to ask for you for so much magic that it can become dangerous for you. Besides, he cannot stay for more than 3 minutes at the very best given that he is not supposed to come in this world, a little like when he appeared to counter Tartaros. It is extremely dangerous."

- "But I chose you as a reason." The voice of the spirits king could be heard, taking them both by surprise. "I never have, during my long existence, met a mage with such raw talent and who loved my spirits so much. I am sure that you will use my power advisedly, but as my old friend said, to use this key will be very dangerous for you. Are you ready to do this sacrifice ?"

- " If that allows me to protect my friends and to protect my spirits, you bet that I am ready. " She declared while seizing the key, not losing another second, gathering all the magic that she still had in her. But Alexander was not going to let her do as she wished.

- " Go fuck yourself, little bitch ! If you think that I'm going to let you do as you please ! " He began to order his golem to attack when suddenly. " OUCH ! You little… " Asuka had grabbed the small popgun which she had with her and had fired in Alex's eye, the latter throwing the girl out of the golem out of fury, a gest he'll regret doing since it could have protected him from what was about to happen. On her side, seeing the young girl hurling to the ground, Lucy react in spite of the call she was actually preparing to do another invocation.

OPEN, GATE TO THE LAMB : ARIES !

GUNS MAGIC : SUNLIGHT BULLET !

The cotton candy haired spirit appeared, apologizing as usual before throwing a woolen block under Asuka, cushioning the fall of the girl which almost got put to sleep when she came in contact with this magic wool. Once Asuka was saved, Lucy called back Aries and concentrated her strengths in her last invocation, The Strizer unable to do anything else to counter her because he was blinded by the bright bullets fired by Alzack.

OPEN, GATE TO THE CELESTIAL PALACE : STELLAR SPIRIT KING !

One more time, the sky opened on the celestial vault and a pillar of light fall on the ground in front of Lucy and when the light disappeared, as the key would have let it guess, the king of the stellar spirits stood between the mages and the Strizer, always the same as when he had appeared over Karen's grave or when he had made the mages come in his world before the Great Magic Games, but he was smaller seen that he was "only" 4 meters tall. But he was emanating such a raw power that Alexander was really not comfortable even if his golem was, in fact, twice as big as the king in his actual form. Lucy on the other hand was not in the best condition. The summoning of the king had drained her of all the magic that was left in her and she had a hard time staying conscious. The King then unsheathed his sword, to take care of Alexander who was not going to go down without a fight.

PANGEANIC OBSIDIAN BLADE !

METEOR BLADE !

Gathering all the strengths he still had in him, Alexander called upon the depths of the earth a gigantic blade of black stone covered with brown engraving which drilled the ground and charged at the old king in armor which raised his sword and with a single swing, he brought it down towards the ground, sending a huge straight-linear explosion of blue energy which seemed to be filled with stars towards the Strizer, getting through everything without any trouble, destroying both obsidian formations while imposing heavy damages on Alexander who fell to the ground heavily, having difficulty getting up, giving more or less the signal for the mages to finish it, which they did after a few long seconds without moving, having been paralyzed by the sudden appearance of the king, the latter no longer here, returning to his world, his disappearance making Lucy collapse from tiredness while Cana and the Connells had the honor to finish the guy.

GUNS MAGIC : BURNING OMNIDIRECTIONNAL EXPANSION !

GUNS MAGIC : EXPLOSIVE BULLET STORM !

Several revolver appeared around Alexander, who got just hardly got up, and flames bullets rained on him from every sides, whereas Bisca, two machine guns in her hands, called upon a rain of explosive bullets on the Strizer who couldn't keep up anymore and Cana finished it all, her arm glittering intensely.

FAIRY GLITTER !

An intense golden light began to appear and after a few seconds, a violent explosion swallowed the Strizer and made the earth shake, an immense crater appearing to the location of the explosion and when the light subsided and the dust had completely fallen again, Alexander was completely burned out and out cold at the bottom of the crater. The battle was finished and even thought they were relieved, the mages remembered themselves of what it also meant.

There were only 5 Strizers left. The end was close.

/- In the spiritual world -/

- "My King, why did you offered your key to Lady Lucy ? I feel like you lied about your motivation."

Capricorn was standing in front of the king, kneeling, the latter sitting on its throne looking at the spirit with an amused smile.

- "I didn't lied when I said that I've never seen a Stellar mage like her, before. I like that girl." He said before turning serious. "But you are right, there is something else. I feel a strong power dwelling in the darkness. A power they won't be able to beat if they aren't at their best. I give her my key so she can be ready for what might come. Their world won't be getting any rest any time soon."

Here we are. I am sorry if this end seemed rather hasty, but I didn't write as much as that I would have believed at the beginning of the week and since I wanted to hold my usual schedule, I made a choice. I hope that this will have pleased you either way. We will see each other soon for some new adventures ! See you !

Next time: Consequences of battles. New fashion paradise in Magnolia. Going to honor the dead.