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Chapter Forty Two: Pushing Forward
Daron swung his sword down at the Dreadlord Balazar only for the demon to block the attack. However Hara took the opportunity to fire off a Fire Dragon Roar at the demon while he was distracted by her brother. The attack hit the Dreadlord's back, making him grit his teeth from the pain. Mira followed up with a Soul Extinctor against the demon, causing Balazar to stumble. This allowed Tiron to dash in a slash at the demon's chest. Rogue then unleashed a Shadow Dragon Roar at Balazar, however the demon managed to dodge the attack before it could hit. Mira charged in again only for the Dreadlord to unleash a point blank shadow bolt at her when she got close. The white haired woman let out a cry of pain as the attack sent her flying into a nearby wall. Balazar smirked at the sight, but it went away as Daron managed to get close and stab the demon's right shoulder with his sword. Balazar roared in pain, but he managed to shake the future son of Natsu and Lisanna off of him. Daron couldn't react in time as the Dreadlord turned around and sent a shadow-powered punch at Daron's stomach, making him yell in pain as he was sent flying into the floor. Balaar turned around to see Rogue and Hara charging at him once again.
"Sleep now." Balazar spoke as he put his hands toward the two mages. Hara and Rogue's eyes widen as a light green cloud appeared right in front of him.
"Look out!" Hara managed to move out of the way before they ran into it, unfortunately Rogue wasn't so lucky as he ran into it.
"What is thi-… huh…? I feel tired…" Rogue slowing spoke as he then fell to the ground, sleeping.
"Uncle Rogue!" Tiron shouted as the Dreadlord fired off another shadow bolt at the future son of Natsu and Hisui. Luckily Tiron managed to block the attack with his blade. Balazar walked to where the now sleeping shadow dragon slayer is to finish him off before focusing on the rest.
However Mira then appeared right in front of the Dreadlord, making his eyes widened for her sudden appearance. The white haired woman merely grinned at him before firing a point blank Satanic Blast. The blast collided with the demon, causing the whole room to be covered by the attack. Everyone else covered their eyes due to the large result of the attack.
The attack died down to reveal the Dreadlord still standing, though the demon was clearly way more injured as blood poured from the wounds Balazar received. The demon himself was also gritted his teeth in anger by being overrun by the mages. Not letting the demon have time to recover, Hara dash in, activating her Dragon Force in the process. Tiron, in order to distract the Dreadlord from Hara, fired off a Fel fire Roar at the back of the Dreadlord, colliding with its target. Balazar yelled in anger from the collision as he turned around to confront Tiron. However this proved to be a mistake. Hara then arrived behind the demon with both of her hands lit up in flames, her left hand covered in normal flames, and her right in fel flames. Balazar turned around only to see the smirking Hara.
"Take this! Fel Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame!" She shouted as she slammed the attack right into the dreadlord. Balazar could only roar in pain as the attack engulfed him. This set off a large explosion, forcing the others to cover their eyes from the shockwave.
When the attack died down, it showed a beaten Balazar on the ground. However the demon was trying to get back up despite the state he was in. Rogue managed to wake back up, as the cloud went away, thus ceasing its effect. The shadow dragon slayer looked to see the basically beaten form of the Dreadlord.
"Huh? Already?" He questioned, surprised that the demon was already taken care of already.
"Come on, let's finish this demon off so we can move on." Daron told the others, as the future son of Natsu and Lisanna was about to head over to Balazar and finish the Dreadlord off. However Mirajane put her arm out in front of him, making him stop his movement.
"Hang on, I want to attempt something." The white haired woman told him as he walked to the beaten demon while exiting her Take Over: Satan Form.
"Mother? What are you planning?" Hara asked Mira, confused as to what the Fairy Tail mage was planning to do.
"You'll see." She replied to her future daughter.
Balazar was attempting to get back up, refusing to lose to these mortals. However the Dreadlord then noticed Mira walking up to him. He merely gritted his teeth in anger as she approached him.
"You think you have won?" Balazar started to speak, "You mortals can't hope to stop us in the end. You only delay the inevitable. We are endless. We are Legion-!" The demon was interrupted as Mira simply put her hand in his forehead, getting the injured demon confused, "Wait, what are you-?"
"I know you demons are not of our world. I know you don't follow the same rules that the magic of Earthland has. But maybe this will still work." Mira spoke, as a magic circle appeared underneath her and Balazar as her hand glowed. Then the next she shouted caught not only the Dreadlord by surprised, but everyone else also, "Take over: Dreadlord!"
Balazar eyes widened when she shouted that, and then the next thing anyone knew the magic circle underneath them began to glow as well as Balazar as he let out a roar of rage from her action. The light the shined bright, thus making the others cover their eyes from not being blinded. When the light died down, they were surprised to see what they were looking at.
Standing there was Mirajane. But she was in a different form. She now had the large wings like that of the Dreadlord coming out of her back. She possessed the armored shoulder pads as well as the leggings of the demon. Instead of feet, she now had hooves. Her forearms were now covered in dark gray spikes which point upward on the outer side of her forearms. Her fingers were also more claw-like. She also has two giant horns coming out of her forehead like the Dreadlord. Her hair was also way longer and wilder than her normal hair style. Underneath her eyes were two small black markings.
"She took the demon into her." Rogue spoke in disbelief, surprised that Mira could even do that with a demon of the Legion.
"Of course," Hara spoke up, "I remember mom getting a form like this from a demon when we were kids during the first Legion invasion." The future daughter of Natsu and Mira informed the shadow dragon slayer.
Mira looked at herself, surprised that the take over managed to work. Now she had another form at her disposal. She couldn't help but smile, this will definitely come in handy. She then exited her Take Over: Dreadlord Form as she turned to look at the others.
"Come on," She started to say, "Let's move on." The white haired woman told them as she started to head deeper into the cavern.
The others simply followed her, knowing that there's still more demons to clear out.
'WITH GROUP ONE'
Kagura and Nagura charged at the two Fel Guards in front of them, dashing by them as their swords slashed the stomachs of the demons. However the Fel Guards were still alive and they turned around to take care of the two women only for Juvia to appear in front of them and unleash a Water Slicer at them. This effectively cut the demons into two, falling to the floor dead. Yuge ran to one of the Fel Imps and fired off a Water Cyclone at it, sending the demon flying into another Fel Imp. Tom finished the job as he ran in and unleashed a Fire Dragon Explosive Wave, thus killing the two Imps. Another Fel Guard swung its weapon at Millianna. Luckily the cat-like woman dodged the attack, and then proceeded to fire off a Kitten Blast at the demon's face. This caused the Fel Guard to stumble as Kagura ran in and sliced the demon's head off. Only one Fel Imp remained as it charged up a fel fire bolt. However Nagura appeared behind the demon and swung her sword at the demon, effectively cutting the Fel Imp in two.
Akketer then descended back to the ground with enough force to cause tendrils of fel fire to spread from the collision in all directions, leaving behind burning patches of fel fire. Luckily the others managed to dodge the tendrils of fel fire.
"Die insects!" Akketer shouted as he ran to the closest mage, who happened to be Nagura.
Akketer swung his sword down on the future daughter of Natsu and Kagura. Nagura managed to block the attack with her own blade. The Overfiend then beat his wings, thus sending the mostly dark purple haired woman flying into the ground a few yards away. Kagura jumped into the air and took a Strong Form as she came down upon the Overfiend demon. Akketer couldn't block it in time, as the attack send the demon crashing into the ground, at the same time destroying the ground in the process. Akkater managed to get back up only to be meet with Millianna using her Secret Attack: Scratch Attack at the demon's armored head. Yuge charged in and fired off a point blank Water Nebula at the Overfiend before it could recover. Akketer roared in anger as it fired off multiple waves of fel fire at the mages with his sword. The other's eyes widened in surprised at the speed of the attacks heading their way. Luckily they managed to dodge the attacks, but they couldn't get close to the Overfiend due to the constant fel fire waves Akketer kept firing off.
Luckily, Kagura managed to slice the waves with Archenemy. Nagura followed suit as they were slowly slashing their way to the Overfiend. After a few moments the mother and daughter duo managed to get close enough to the demon to make him cease his attack in order to repel the two mages. Akketer brought down his blade at the two only for both Nagura and Kagura to dodge. Before the Overfiend could strike at them again, Juvia fired off a Water Slicer at the demon's hand, thus making him drop his weapon. Akketer was about to retaliate, but then all of a sudden Tom appeared behind him in his Vengeance Demon Form.
"Time to end this!" Tom exclaimed as he slammed his fel-empowered fist into the Overfiend's stomach. The punch was powerful enough to go right through the demon, making Akketer roar from the pain he received. Not wasting anytime, the future son of Natsu and Millianna fired off a point blank Fel Fire Roar at the demon, completely evaporating the upper body of the Overfiend.
All that remained was the lower body of the demon as it fell backwards. As the Overfiend fell, the portal in the center of the room also collapses upon itself, thus closing it. Tom then exited his Vengeance Demon Form as he let out a sigh of relief.
"That takes care of that." He told the others with a cheeky grin. Everyone else also was relieved to see the Overfiend dead.
"We need to get going," Kagura spoke, getting the others to look at the dark purple haired woman of Mermaid Heel, "No doubt that more demons will be here soon, and we need to stop the Inqisitor from whatever he has plan."
"Juvia agrees." The blue haired water mage of Fairy Tail agreed with the swordswoman.
"Come on then, let's get moving." Nagura told them as she and the others headed onward into the underground cavern.
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