The climax peaked battle between Fairy Tail and Tartaros went into an abrupt stop as another more terrifying battle occurred.
In the air, Acnologia roars as the Black Dragon unleash a powerful charged up breath attack upon Natsu who roars and swung his large bladed right arm that sliced the attack in half and cause it to fly pass him and exploded upon the ground.
Natsu let out a loud demonic growl of a roar as reddish black flames rages in his large skeletal fanged jaw that he soon spewed out upon Acnologia who roared and was engulfed in a fiery explosion.
Black smoke spreads in the air before it blows away and Acnologia flies through and soon rams against Natsu who roars and begins to have a power struggle against the black dragon.
The two monsters battled in the air as many upon the land could only watch in awe to their battle.
"f-first is Acnologia and now.." Macao spoke out. "some sort of demon!?"
"it's so damn powerful!" Nab exclaimed. "it's going toe to toe with Acnologia!"
"Elf-niichan…" Lisanna whispered as she looks a bit fearful to the demonic monster that roared and charge up red energy in between its horns that unleash a beam at Acnologia who roars while engulfed in an explosion "that demon of a monster…could it be?"
"yeah..i think so too." Elfman nodded. "that demon..it's…"
Natsu and Acnologia roared as the two monsters went and rammed their heads against each other before both came down and crashed upon the land in a big dust explosion. Their battle now taking upon the land as the two foes roared and begin to clash once again.
The battle continues as both monsters intend to kill one another.
With Sting and Rogue; the two Dragon Slayers rise back up to their feet as they had been down for a moment when their bodies started to act weird.
"What the hell was that pain in my gut?" Sting spoke out as he rises to his feet and then looks at Rogue. "You alright, Rogue?"
"Yeah." Rogue stands back up and then looks around the area. "more importantly, where is that guy? Where did he go to?"
"I don't know." Sting replied while realizing that their foe; Mard Geer is gone.
At another area and on top of a roof that is a part of Plutogrim's remains, Mard Geer came skidding on the ground as the Underworld King is currently in another battle of his own.
"Thorn" Mard Geer waves a hand to the side as he summoned a wall of thorny roots to appear in front of him and was soon frozen in cold hard ice by Silver and then shatter into pieces.
"you're fast when running away, huh?" said the black haired man who soon pulls a hand back and unleash a blizzard of ice towards Mard Geer who swings and waves his hand to call more larger and stronger looking thorn roots to appear and form a wall that blocks the cold attack from hitting him.
The frozen wall soon shatters as Mard Geer is now smirking towards Silver.
"running away, you say?" said the Underworld King. "you are jesting, aren't you Silver?" he then points a finger forward and unleash multiple white energy beams towards Silver who waves a hand and froze each one. "this Mard Geer is merely stalling for time."
"for Face's countdown, right?" said Silver who pulls both hands back and then slams them to the ground, causing an eruption of cold ice geysers to head straight for Mard Geer. "there's still time, and in that time, you'll be frozen in ice!"
"really?" Mard Geer chuckles as he snaps his fingers to call forth an eruption of thorn roots that surrounds him and shielded him against the ice geysers that froze the plants and shattered them. The Underworld King now disappeared from where he was.
Silver hardens his gaze before he turns and swings a kick back to block a kick from Mard Geer who appears behind him from nowhere.
"Silver, you are barely at your peak of power." Said Mard Geer who soon jumps away and then snaps his fingers to call out roses that appear out of the ground around Silver who sees them. "you are getting weaker by the passing second, aren't you?"
Silver clicked his tongue as he spins while waving a hand that unleashes cold air to freeze the roses around him, but the instant they freeze; the rose erupts in a fiery explosion that engulfs the man in it.
"damnit!" Silver grunted as he jumps out of the flames a bit wounded but before he could go for the attack against his foe, Mard Geer snaps his fingers to summon another field of roses that surrounds his foe which soon erupts in flames yet again. "kuh!"
The flames erupt around Silver before they dissipated, and the ice mage fell to one knee.
"seems that you are near your time of end, Silver." Mard Geer chuckles as he lands a few feet away from Silver who looks up with a glare at the Underworld King. "Mard Geer can sense it. with Keyes having been defeated, the anchor that allows you to stay in this world is…"
"Hyoma no!" Silver exclaimed as he took in a deep breath and unleash a blast of ice from his mouth. "Gekiko!"
Mard Geer sees the attack coming and snaps his fingers to summon a large sunflower like plant from the ground that was frozen from Silver's breath attack and shielded him.
Silver huffs his breathing as the ice mage looks exhausted after releasing his breath attack.
"That was not wise, Silver." Mard Geer chuckles. "you just exhausted more of your remaining strength." He then smirks. "well…you are making it more easier for Mard Geer to get rid of you after your predictable betrayal."
"not yet..not yet.." Silver muttered out as he gets back up on his feet. "I got to get rid of you…so that…." The man soon fell back down to his knees while breathing heavily. "damnit!" he looks at his right hand that was trembling and is slowly becoming black dust. "i…my time is.."
Silver gritted his teeth as he get back to his feet and stands a bit staggeringly.
"you are still that persistent?" said Mard Geer. "is this something of a human emotion?"
"you damn right it is." Said Silver as he huffs his breathing a few more times before standing up straight. "humans are known to be very persistent and doesn't understand the meaning of giving up."
"you speak that as if you are still one of them when you are not." Mard Geer stated with a chuckle. "how amusing you are now, Silver."
Silver huffs his breathing as he clenched his fists tight.
'I still…I still got to meet him….i got to keep up my end of the deal..' Silver sweated a bit as he got into a battle stance against Mard Geer who merely waves a hand upwards and taunt the man. 'Gray…'
Gray is currently standing and just watching the battle between Natsu and Acnologia, the Ice Maker Wizard looks at the explosions that occurred everywhere around the area of their battle before he sensed something that made him turn and look elsewhere.
"that was…" Gray muttered out before he staggers when the land trembles in a powerful earthquake. "what the!? an earthquake!?"
"is it because of them fighting!?" Lucy screamed as she hanged onto a rock pillar nearby.
"Wendy-san! are you alright now!?" Frosch cried out to the Sky Dragon Slayer who sat up while having a hand grasping her chest.
"i-I think so…" Wendy replied. "that time…what was that?"
A loud screeching yet demonic roar is soon heard as the group turns towards the sound and looks up to see Natsu flying into the air. The demonic monster of a man is charging up red energy in between his horns while black flames rages in his large jaw.
Soon enough, Acnologia flies into the air as the Black Dragon is charging up magic energy into his jaws that flashes brightly.
Seeing Acnologia coming, Natsu roared loudly before he fires a red streaming energy beam and spewed out black flames that combined in creating a red and black vortex of an attack that fell right upon the Black Dragon who unleashed his own attack.
The two attacks flew and instantly clashed in a mighty battle that is instantly won by Natsu whose attack overpowered Acnologia.
Acnologia roars as its attack was overpowered and the Black Dragon gets engulfed by Natsu's attack that sends the dragon flying straight to the ground where it soon gets engulfed in a black and red flaming explosion.
Once Acnologia has been engulfed in the explosion and crash to the ground in a big dust explosion, Natsu growls before he unleashed a powerful echoing roar that cause the air to vibrate like crazy while making everyone on the ground held their hands near their ears that aches terribly to his roar.
"my ears!" Gray shouted out
"Why does he have to roar so often?!" Lucy exclaimed as she presses her hands on her ears hard.
Natsu continues to unleash his powerful roar in the air as he soon stops after a minute. The demonized monster looks down and his demonic eyes glows menacingly as it sets its sights upon the location where Acnologia had crashed into.
The demon monster flaps its wings once to stay airborne while his gaze is only set upon the large cloud of dust on the ground that has a glowing blueish white dot appearing.
In an instant, a powerful blue magic beam fired out of the dust and flew straight at Natsu whose entire right side gets hit with the attack that caused a powerful and devastating explosion which made the demonized man roar with blood coming out of his monster jaws.
"he got hit!" Cana gasps as everyone else looks in shock.
"that attack was from!" Elfman exclaimed as the land rumbles once and they all see Acnologia flying into the air while roaring with its eye glowing red in rage. "you got to be kidding me!"
"that powerful attack didn't took Acnologia out at all!?" Lisanna gasps.
Acnologia roars at Natsu who heavily bleeds out from the previous attack as it destroyed parts of his Demonized body. The damage was severe, but the demonic monster just roars in return against its foe.
Both monsters roared at one another before they continued their clash of might yet again.
"He can't possibly win if that attack of his didn't give a scratch to that damn thing!" Mira exclaimed as everyone continues to watch the battle between the two monsters. "he's barely gaining an edge!"
"it's not the time to care about that!" Lucy stated with a worried look. "we should be more worried with how long Natsu had transformed into that form of his!"
"What do you mean, Lucy?" said Gray while turning to look at the blonde.
"back when we were at Lingyue, I learned something from Daichi-san with Levy when we asked about Chitetsu and the other Kagejun." Lucy replied as her mind goes for a flashback of her time at Lingyue.
Flashback
"Kojun? Falling into Depravity?" Lucy and Levy spoke out in unison as the two sat in front of Daichi who nods.
"it is a powerful technique that one can only enact with the help of Lingyue's Kagejun." Daichi stated while holding up his Funsai that has shrunk in his palm. "the Kojun allows a Lingyue general to unleash a tremendous amount of power from within but at a certain price."
"a certain price.." Lucy muttered out as she remembers the time at Tenroujima when Natsu cut his own stomach to become a monster. "that time at Tenroujima…Natsu cut himself with Chitetsu and become a monster."
"he didn't become a monster, Lucy-dono." Daichi stated with a rather serious face. "he become the darkness that is within him."
"darkness within him? what do you mean?" Levy asks confused.
"the Kojun allows one to gain power but at the price of one slowly becoming a part of his/ her own darkness." Daichi replied with a hand raised. "in simple manner, the wielder becomes what the darkness in his heart personifies. In Daimou-dono's case; his rage, anger, despair, and sadness. All the negative emotions that is within him come forth in the form that truly personifies his being."
"but Natsu would never have such a thing.." Lucy whispers with a hand to her chin.
"yeah, but Natsu has been doing a lot of things lately in the pass 7 years, right?" Levy told Lucy while frowning a bit. "with how much has been going on after we were sealed at Tenroujima, it's obvious with how he has gone through…"
"Daimou-dono is a man of many things." Daichi stated. "passion, caring, charisma, but he is also a man of grudge as well." The monk closes his eyes and tilts his head down a bit. "there was a time in the past when Daimou-dono hunted down a group of invaders who had done harm to the Emperor island. His grudge was so strong against the invaders that he hunted them like they were animals. It was truly frightening at the time."
"then that means grudge or anything negative can influence Natsu's Kojun.." Lucy spoke out to Daichi who nods.
"Lucy-dono, Levy-dono. I trust in you two and your guild to care for Daimou-dono." Daichi stated. "out of all the 8 generals in the past and present, only Daimou-dono has ever performed the Kagejun multiple times and come out as he is."
"what do you mean?" Levy asks.
"the Kojun is a powerful technique that is meant to be used as a last resort." Daichi replied. "if anyone performs the Kojun and succumbs to its effect…" he then showed a serious look to the two ladies. "they will have an imminent death."
flashback
"death?!" Mira and the others exclaimed in unison.
"Hey, Lucy! Is that true!?" Gray exclaimed to the blonde who nodded.
"Natsu has been using that technique too many times in the past!" said Lucy in remembering the many times Natsu becomes a demonic monster with Chitetsu. "if we let him be that demon monster any longer!"
"then we have to stop him!" Kagura exclaimed. "if what you say is the truth, Teacher will soon die from this technique and Acnologia!"
"but how the hell are we supposed to do that!?" Mira retorted as she looks to the sky where Natsu and Acnologia are now in a power struggle. "how do we save Natsu if those two are still fighting like that?"
The Fairy Tail group chatters with one another while Kyoka merely watch the battle between the Black Dragon of Chaos and the Demonized monster. the avian demoness watches in pure awestruck before her eyes widen and she made a small gasp of a noise when she hears Mard Geer's voice in her head.
'Kyoka, can you hear Mard Geer?'
"Mard Geer-sama?" Kyoka whispers in surprise as she looks to the side. "where are..?"
'it does not matter where Mard Geer is. What matters is that we must hasten the commencing of the Face Bombs earlier than scheduled. Are you in the location of the Control room?'
"yes, I am." Kyoka nods with a whisper before she glance at Erza and the others who were preoccupied in their chatter. "but there is a problem, the members of Fairy Tail are in the location. This one and a few remaining demons are at the scene holding them back. there is only 37 minutes remaining before Face activates…there is no other way to hasten Face with the control panel destroyed."
'I see….then that means the only path remaining would be for you to activate Face remotely.'
"how, Mard Geer-sama?" Kyoka asks with a rather confused face. "both Sayla and Keyes have been defeated by the humans, we have no means of activating the system with their former chairman dead. We are…"
Kyoka's words were cut short when Mard Geer interjects.
'there is no need for their assistance. All that is needed is for you to establish a Living Link with the main lacrima in the control room'
Kyoka instantly turns to look at the large lacrima floating in the air.
'doing this will allow you to become the detonation key and set the bombs at your leisure. Once you have done this, it will not only render the humans void of their magic but also Acnologia as well.'
"but Mard Geer-sama, that unknown demon…" Kyoka stated with a glance to the sky as she sees Natsu striking his large bone jagged tail at Acnologia's head before spewing out black flames at the dragon. "it is a member of Fairy Tail's comrades. It is…"
'it is nothing to be concerned of.'
Mard Geer interjected into Kyoka's sentences once again, the Underworld King's voice sounds firm and stern.
'do as Mard Geer commands you to do, Kyoka. Activate Face, rid the humans and Acnologia of their magic and bring forth the world void of magic. Master END will be revived and our victory is assured. Do it, Kyoka."
Kyoka listens to the world of her leader as she turns and looks at the large lacrima once again.
'establishing a link with the lacrima will allow this one to become the trigger to the human's permanent demise, but if that is done…' Kyoka thought as she slowly hardens her gaze a bit. 'This one will surely die' a bead of nervous sweat forms and fell the side of the demoness' face as she considered the consequences of the plan and the fear of death. She looks at the lacrima with a hard gaze before she grips her claws into a fist. 'if that is what is needed, then this Kyoka will gladly lay down her life in service for Zeref!'
In a second without any hesitation, Kyoka swings her right claw towards the large lacrima and made a line with her claws that pulls her up towards it.
"guys!" Mira called out in seeing what Kyoka had done, everyone instantly looks at the green haired demoness who lands on the bottom under side of the lacrima with both of her claws pierced into its shell.
"what is she doing!?" said Erza with a hostile look at her foe who begins to glow in greenish energy.
"raaahhhh!" Kyoka roars out as surge of energy fills into her body while little balls of light started to appear all around the air around the large lacrima.
"what are…?" Minerva muttered out as she and everyone looks at the many dots that appear. The Demonized mage looks at them before her eyes widen and she let out a shocked gasp. "she wouldn't!"
The large lacrima shrunk in size as its energy is now drained into Kyoka's body. The demoness crouches upon its underside before she falls and lands to the ground gracefully.
"Organic Link connection completed." Said Kyoka as she looks at Erza and the others with a smirk. "this one is now in control of Face."
"w-what did you say!?" Erza gasps in shock.
"how is that even possible!?" Lucy exclaimed. "Face can't be controlled remotely!"
"She made an Organic Link with Face's control!" Minerva stated with a rather annoyed expression. "by literally becoming the trigger to activate Face, she can manipulate and control it at her own will!"
"then that means!" Gray looks at the timer and he made a surprised noise when he sees that the time that was 37 minutes now becomes 26 minutes. "the time!"
"it has been speed up…" Erza muttered before she has a rather angered look towards Kyoka who continues to smirk at the scarlet knight.
"do not be so angered, Erza." Kyoka spoke out while chuckling. "is it not so simple now?" she raises her claws at her side while tilting her head a bit backwards. "if you wish to stop Face, then you must kill me before time runs out." She smirks a bit more. "fail to do so and your kind will meet absolute despair."
"This bitch!" Gajeel growls out.
"that's some confidence you have." Erza stated as she raised her sword towards Kyoka. "do you assume that you can win against me and my friends? Even with a power up that you received, you won't win even with your numbers."
"then I just have to absorb more power." Kyoka replies in a simple voice that made Erza and the others look confused and surprise.
"absorb?" Erza mutters out before her eyes widen when Kyoka pulls her hands back and swings them forward with her claws extending out and each one spins around piercing through the bodies of the demons in the area.
"what the heck!?" Gray exclaimed as he and the others sees each demon soldiers that came with Kyoka are all pierced by the green haired demoness' claws. "what is she!?"
"demons of Tartaros! sacrifice your life force and become this one's power!" Kyoka exclaimed as the demons screams in pain while their life force energy is getting drained by the demoness' claws that transfers them into her body.
"t-this is! Kyoka-sama is absorbing more curse power! How much?! How much is that power worth?!" Franmalth exclaims in shock before he droops a bit. "although that is my ability and all…."
"raaaahhh!" Kyoka screams out as her body glows in greenish aura that rages like fire while slowly morphing and changing in appearance. The power from the other demons flowing into her body as each one become nothing but dust when their life force has been sucked dry.
Erza and the others shield their eyes from the greenish light that lasted for a minute before they look and become surprised as Kyoka has taken a new form.
Her mask had returned, but with numerous feathers attached to the back that flared out as if she was a peacock, her hair now in a long ponytail that draped down her back. Her revealing clothes had been replaced by black armor that exposed the top of her cleavage and her new black boots were also lined with feathers on the inside.
"witness this one's true might!" Kyoka stated with a smirk as her body radiates in power. "this is the true power of the Goddess of the Slave Planet; Kyoka!" she soon smirks before charging straight at Erza who quickly raise her guard but the demoness went pass her with one of her claws outstretched. "this is my true form; my Etherious form…"
"ugh!?" Erza grunts in pain as blood seeps out the side of her lips while parts of her Armadura Fairy and sword were chipped and shattered into pieces.
"She broke her armor and sword with her bare hands?" Kagura gasps.
"Erza!" Gray exclaimed before he gasps when Kyoka suddenly appears behind him. "what the!?" the Ice Mage was soon taken down with a claw strike from behind that cause three bleeding cuts to appear. "aaggghhh!"
"Gray!" Lucy screams as Gray falls to the ground.
"GRAY!" Mira shouted before she transforms into her Satan Soul and dashes straight for Kyoka with a fist pulled back. "you bitch!"
Kyoka looks at Mira and merely smirks as the Majin swings a punch at the demoness who dodges before swinging one of her claws straight at her foe's gut.
ZWORSH!
"Mira-san!" Lucy gasps in shock as Kyoka pierced her claw straight through Mira's stomach.
"ugh! Ahhh!" Mira vomits out blood while Kyoka held her up high.
"you have Anti-Ethernano particles in your blood…" Kyoka spoke out before smirking. "I shall be taking them."
Kyoka glows in greenish energy while green electrical static flows through her claws and into Mira who screams in pain.
"Mira!" Erza and the others shouted.
"Mira-san!" Wendy screams as Mira cries out in pain.
In a few seconds, Mira was dropped to the ground as the Majin is out cold and out of power. Kyoka stands near and soon kicks her down foe away while continuing to smirk at Erza and the others.
"s-she took them down so easily…" Lector whispers with a frightened face. "how fierce and terrifying..."
"F-F-Fro thinks so too.." Frosch added in while trembling.
"both Mira and the stripper are down..damnit!" Gajeel growls while his skin turns into his Iron Dragon Scales and getting into a fighting stance. "Titania!"
"I know!" Erza exclaims while reequipping her Armadura Fairy into her Kureha no Yoroi. The Scarlet knight gripping hold of her sword. "attack simultaneously!"
Both Titania and the Iron Dragon Slayer instantly dashes in as the two went for a two side attack on Kyoka who raise her claws that extends and gets coated in green electricity.
"you humans cannot defeat this one anymore!" Kyoka exclaims as she swings her claws around and unleash powerful energy slashes that flies in the air.
The attacks flew and heads towards Erza and Gajeel.
"damnit!" Gajeel raises his arms and defended against the attack but each one was strong enough to push him back. "kuh!"
Erza got into the same situation as she deflects the energy slashes with her sword that gets chipped each time she clash it with the attacks.
"not only her speed but also her power increased!" Erza grunted as she deflects another energy slash from Kyoka but her sword instantly snaps into two. "my weapons can't keep up!?"
"raaahh!" Kyoka suddenly let out blood-curling scream as her body glows in greenish aura while the timer for Face speeds up, causing everyone to be alarmed.
"the time!" Lucy gasps while holding Mira who is quickly being tended by Wendy.
"she's hastening Face's activation!" Minerva exclaimed before looking at Kagura. "go and help Erza! We can't afford to lose any more time before Face activates! Go!"
"I know!" Kagura replied as she draws out her Fugutaiten and dash straight for Kyoka. "let's go, you two!"
"don't give her any chances!" Erza exclaimed after summoning a new sword. The scarlet knight along with Gajeel and Kagura charging straight for Kyoka who turns and smirks at them.
"it won't matter how many of you come to try" The demoness boasted as the power around her radiates even stronger. "This one's curse is Kyoka (strength enhancement). With each passing second this one's power increases without limits!"
"We'll see about that!" Kagura exclaims as she and Erza swings their swords at Kyoka from the front while Gajeel swings his Iron Dragon Sword from behind.
Kyoka merely stands in her place while raising her claws at her side and swings them around in a circular fashion that unleashed a shockwave that blew the trio away.
"w-what the!?" Gajeel exclaims as he gets blown back but he soon looks in shock when he realized that his Iron Dragon Scales are cracked. "m-my Iron Scales?!"
The same could be said for Kagura and Erza as their swords and the scarlet knight's armor have cracks that spreads.
"she just pushed us back and damaged our weapons!?" Kagura looks at her sword in shock before she turns and looks in frustration at Kyoka. "just how much power can she even have!?"
"just keep on attacking!" Erza exclaimed as she equips into her Rengoku no Yoroi and summons her large spiked mace before dashing straight at Kyoka who she swings her weapon at. "do not stop no matter what!"
Kagura watches Erza for a moment before nodding and soon followed in her action.
Gajeel following behind as the Iron Dragon Slayer unleashes rains of Iron Spears at Kyoka who cut them into pieces with a swing of a claw before she turns and caught Erza's swung mace that she grips and destroyed then grabs the scarlet knight who she soon throws at Kagura who tried a sneak attack from behind.
The trio fights Kyoka with no sign of stopping as they just fight while Lucy and the others tend to the injured.
"Gray's wounds aren't that deep, but Mira-san is…" Lucy muttered as she tends to Gray before looking very worried for Mira whose injuries are being healed by Wendy.
"her wounds are too deep…if I don't seal this wound.." the Sky Dragon Slayer whispers while crying a bit as she is using all her strength to heal Mira's bloody injury. "Mira-san will…"
"Wendy…" Lucy frowns to the young girl as she soon looks down and grips her hands into hard fists. "someone…someone please help us…"
Lucy prays to no one as she just wishes for a miracle that is heard from the above.
"use this.." Genbu's voice spoke out from nowhere as Lucy and Wendy hears it.
"that voice…" Lucy whispers before she notices a golden glow near her as she looks down and sees a small clay sake bottle that appeared out of nowhere. "that's…"
"apply it directly into their wounds and their lives will be saved, young one." Genbu spoke from out of nowhere as Lucy and Wendy tries to find where the Turtle Hermit Spirit is at. "hurry, there is only seconds before Mirajane Strauss' succumbs to her wound."
"r-right!" Lucy nods as she grabs the sake bottle and opens the cork before pouring its brownish red liquid of a content straight at Mira's wounded stomach.
Sizzling noises are heard as blood red bubbles appear upon Mira's stomach that slowly seals up.
Lucy uses the rest of the content on Gray's wounds as she heals up the bloody cuts on his back.
"very well done, all that is needed left is their time for rest." Genbu stated with a rather proud voice.
"thank goodness." Wendy sighs in relief while wiping off some sweat on her forehead.
"thanks Genbu, we owe you one." Said Lucy while looking up with a smile. "you really came in the nick of time."
"you are welcome, but I am afraid to say that I am not here currently." Said Genbu as this made Lucy and Wendy confuse before they turn and sees the Golden Celestial Gem floating near them. "I am currently far from your location."
"what? where are you?" Lucy asks.
"I am currently doing a task left by Daimou." Genbu stated.
Somewhere at Ishgar and in the air, Genbu who is in his large Tortoise form came calling down as he crashed and destroyed a large Face Pillar into pieces.
'I am currently destroying Face with my comrades.' Genbu telepathically communicates with Lucy and Wendy as the large tortoise spirit turns and then unleash rain of rock spikes from his back shell at another Face pillar that gets destroyed. 'we are trying to prevent their activation as we are speaking'
"you guys are destroying Face!?" Lucy stated in shock while Wendy gasps.
"indeed, but we are still in progress." Genbu replies. "there are still hundreds of them left to be dealt with."
"wouldn't that mean…" Wendy mutters as she looks at the air and to the many sparkling dots, the Iron Dragon Slayers stares and soon realizes that some dots were disappearing. "it's working! Face's number are decreasing! There's only 1505 or more left!"
"Genbu, I know that we have to let you guys keep doing on what you are doing, but we need help!" said Lucy to the Golden Celestial Gem. "Natsu is facing Acnologia after using his Kojun to transform him into a monster! we need your help!
"very well." Genbu replies. "I shall inform the others, but it will take time for either one of us to arrive."
"please! We need your help ASAP!" Lucy retorted as she looks to the sky and gasps when she sees Natsu losing in the power struggle against Acnologia who roars and bites down on the side of his neck, causing the demon monster to roar in pain. "i don't think Natsu can last any longer!"
Genbu made an affirming noise before the Golden Celestial Gem shines in a golden light and fires a golden beam into the night sky that darkens with a large thunderstorm that appears from out of nowhere.
Acnologia who was still in the power struggle against Natsu, turns and saw the thunderstorm above that has flashes of lightning repeatedly appearing in the dark clouds that soon unleashed a powerful surge of red lightning that struck the Black Dragon.
A pained roar is heard from Acnologia as this got everyone's attention.
The Black Dragon releases Natsu who falls and crashes to the land in a big dust explosion. The Demonized man growls as he slowly gets up before falling as his glowing demonic eyes dims and becomes lifeless.
Acnologia growls after receiving the red lightning bolt, the Black dragon turns and looks at the storm above as Draco slowly descends.
The Celestial Dragon Spirit of the North Sky growls while glaring at Acnologia who he soon roars at.
Acnologia hears the roar and let out his own in return before he flaps his wings and dash straight at Draco who roars and unleash a rain of red lightning bolts from the thunderstorm that barrages against the Black Dragon who roars yet again.
The appearance of Draco cause Kyoka and the others to get sidetracked as they look at the battle between the two Dragons.
"another Dragon?" Kyoka whispers in a rather surprised tone as she unknowingly stares at the sky while not knowing a pair of glowing red eyes appearing in her shadow.
ZWORSH!
Kyoka looks in intense pain for a moment as blood trickles to the side of her lips, the demoness looking down to see a black katana's blade piercing through her stomach before it turns and slowly moves up, causing her to cough out blood.
"Tengu?!" Erza exclaimed as she and the others look in surprise to see Tengu who appears behind Kyoka and wields the black katana.
"y-you!?" Kyoka looks to her back and glares in anger to the raven spirit whose eyes are glowing red under his mask. "when d-did you!?"
"I have spoken before that you will have no more luck when faced against me, demon." said Tengu as he grips hold the black katana's handle and gripped it hard to cause the blade to ignite in black fire, causing Kyoka to gasp in pain. "for my words are my vow of a promise."
"y-you!" Kyoka grabs hold of the katana's blade and unleashed green electricity that caused it to shatter, she then swings her claws at Tengu who disappears into the shadow and then reappears beside Erza.
"Erza Scarlet, wield Zangetsu." Said Tengu who performed several hand signs and stopped upon the Rooster hand sign. "only with Unite will any of us be able to defeat this demon."
"I got it." said Erza who summons Zangetsu into her grasp and wields the handle with both hands.
"Unite?" Kagura spoke out. "but Erza's Chi isn't that of darkness!"
"do not underestimate this one's potential, Kagura Mikazuchi." Said Tengu whose eyes began to glow redder. "Natsu Daimou only trains certain individuals who he sees true potential within. Erza Scarlet has a potential that is untapped and will soon awaken."
"let's go! Tengu!" Erza exclaimed as Tengu nods.
"UNITE!" the two shouted in unison before their body glows in red and black aura that fused and cause an explosion of golden light.
"this is!?" Kyoka growls angrily as she looks upon the golden light that dims and soon reveals Erza who now dons a black kunoichi like outfit that has black feathered armor plating around her shoulders, arms, knees, and legs. She also wears a red and black leather raven tengu mask that left her mouth open. "they became…one!?"
"it's time to end this!" Erza exclaimed as she got into a battle stance and then wields a pair of black katanas materialized from the shadows. "Kyoka!"
"insolent humans!" Kyoka exclaimed before she went and strike her claws upon Erza who blocks them with her katanas, but out of her shadow came out Tengu who thrusts a black spear at the demoness' side, causing a huge bloody cut. "ugh!? You?!"
"do not underestimate my power as a Man Raven, demon." Tengu stated with a dark tone as he spins and slams the side of his spear at Kyoka's head, causing cracks upon her mask.
"ugh!?" Kyoka was thrown off balance as this let Erza take the opportunity to unleash several fast slashes of her katanas.
"raaaah!" Erza roared out as she unleashed 7 slashes upon Kyoka who screams in pain from receiving 7 cuts that gushes out blood.
"seven slashes upon one movement!?" said Kagura with wide eyes. "that is even faster than Teacher!"
"always with the surprise comeback, Erza?" said Minerva with a smile while Frosch and Lector were cheering in the background
Kyoka staggers back as she got down to one knee while having a claw to the side of her stomach that is bleeding heavily.
"this battle will soon be over." Said Erza as she approaches Kyoka slowly while readying her katanas. "if you stop Face now, I will spare your life."
"a human…dare mock this one?" Kyoka muttered out before she looks up and glares with bloodshot eyes at Erza. "you dare mock a demon of Zeref with mercy?!" she got up and soon screams as her body unleashes a powerful green aura that burst like fire. "I'LL KILL YOU!"
Erza takes a step back while readying herself into a battle stance as Kyoka screams with her power increasing but also with the timer on Face increasing in its countdown.
"the Timer!" Wendy gasped.
"She's speeding up the clock again!" Kagura shouted as the timer is left with only 10 minutes that soon turned 9.
"Erza! Take her down! Now!" Minerva exclaimed. "you need to kill her before Face activates!"
"I got it!" Erza exclaimed as she soon dashes at Kyoka who unleashes discharges upon her claws that she swings and both foes clashed in power while glaring at one another in close distance.
In the fiery and volcanic dark realm where Natsu's persona resides, the salmon haired man watches the battle occurring between Acnologia and Draco before it shows the live battle of Erza against Kyoka.
Natsu just watches the battle before he turns and looks upon Igneel who is behind him.
"have you made your choice, Natsu?" Igneel spoke out while having his arms crossed and his head a bit leaned down to look at his son.
Natsu remains silent for a moment as he tilts his head down and looks to the side.
Igneel sees his action and closes his eyes before nodding.
"I understand. You desire to choose when the moment is near." Igneel stated as he slowly opened his eyes. "but when that time comes…you must choose your path on your own, Natsu."
"I know" Natsu replied while turning around as he shed a tear that fell from his right eye. "thanks, dad… for everything"
"take care of yourself, Natsu." Igneel spoke with a smile before everything started to illuminate in red light that grew bright.
Upon the land where the large demonic form of Natsu remains after the ended battle against Acnologia. The demonic monster didn't move a budge until its entire shape begin to have cracks that appeared and spreads.
One part of the spreading cracks just grew to the point that the back of the demonic monster split apart and flames begin to ragingly burst through the gap.
Meanwhile in the sky, Acnologia roars as Draco had wrapped his serpent like body around the black dragon, immobilizing it.
Both dragons roared at one another in a battle of dominance that was soon ended when Acnologia grabs Draco's back body with its left claw then proceeds to unleash a powerful roar of a blast against the Celestial Spirit who loosens his hold.
"you!" Draco growls as he tries to restrain Acnologia in the air but the Black Dragon grabs his tail and then threw him away. "aggh!"
"Draco is losing!" Elfman exclaimed as Fairy Tail guild members had watched the battle between the dragons and soon gasps in horror to see that it was in their enemy's favor to gain the upper advantage.
Acnologia roars as the Black Dragon charges energy into its opened jaw that was growing tremendous.
Draco roars back while charging up lightning in his jaws while surrounded by magic circles that unleashed sparks of electricity that increases the power of the dragon's charge attack.
The two dragons charge their attacks before unleashing bursts of power that clashed and caused a devastating explosion that erupts multiple shockwaves.
"The shockwave is coming!" Cana shouted as she and the others brace themselves for the shockwave that caused a huge amount of heavy gust to blow everywhere when it reached their area.
Draco growls as the Celestial Dragon Spirit remains hovering in the air and watching the smoke surrounding him to clear, but out of the blue came Acnologia who flies in, intending to do the killing strike.
Acnologia roars loudly as the black Dragon readies its left claw for a strike, but was intervened when it receives a large fireball attack upon its stomach that caused an explosion, and its interference with its attack.
"y-you are!?" Draco spoke out in surprise as a giant red blur flies into the sky and rams itself against Acnologia who was pushed back a few meters away. "to think I would see you in this world once again." The Celestial Dragon Spirit looks upon the giant red blur that reveals itself to be none other than Igneel himself. "King of the Fire Dragons, Igneel!"
The Fire Dragon growls while flames escape the side of his grinning fangs.
That's a wrap!
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