Standings:
Cosmic Star: 65 (Gaia, Daryan, Mangus, Yakuza, Shadowlore)
White Eclipse: 58 (Reve, Luke, Kuro, Waiston, Takeru.)
Fairy Tail: 51 (Laxus, Erza, Natsu, Gajeel, Juvia)
Twilight Zone: 42: (Evanee, Rylo, Flynn, Alexander, Taranis)
Quatro Cerberus: 22 (Bacchus, Blues, Kuro, Yeager, Rocker.)
Mermaid Heel: 16 (Kagura, Milliana, Melody.)
Lamia Scale: 8 (Jura, Lyon, Chelia, Yuka)
Sabertooth: 8 (Sting, Rogue, Yukino, Orga, Rufus.)
"These are the current standings, kabo!" Mato exclaimed. Even though things seemed as though they were going slow with only three people out, the battles were rather intense, and would soon prove to be quick.
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"Fire Make: Spears!" Kuro shouted, creating a red magic seal in front of him; from the magic circle, a multitude of lances were shot in Lyon's direction, canceling out the incoming eagles Lyon sent.
"I see you have improved from the White Eclipse vs. Fairy Tail battle a while back…" Lyon said as he used a hand movement to create an Ice Tiger. "But, you were defeated by Gray in the end…and since I'm the star pupil, I see no reason why I won't be able to defeat you."
"I may have lost back then, but that was months ago!" Kuro said with his cheery tone, despite the fact a large ice tiger was headed his way. "Fire Make: Tornado!" Kuro planted his hands on the ground, sending a flaming tornado in Lyon's way, the tornado ripped through the Ice Snow Tiger with ease, and consumed Lyon, who let out a minor yelp of pain before rolling out of the way.
"Damn…Lamia Scale has some catching up to do, so if you don't mind…" Lyon smirked at Kuro, using another hand movement to create an ice ape. "Ice Make: Ape!"
"Don't worry, I'll make this quick!" Kuro grinned, running forward. "Fire Make: Hermes!" Small wings of fire appeared on the soles of Kuro's shoes, granting him a speed increase. The ape pulled its arm back, throwing a heavy punch towards Kuro, but with his speed he was able to avoid it just in time, clapping his hands together once more as another magic seal appeared. "Fire Make: Hammer!" A flaming hammer appeared in Kuro's hands, and he swung it at the ape, instantly shattering it from the pure force.
"He's improving while he's fighting…excellent…" Daityas said with a nod.
"Tch…Ice Make: Shield!" Lyon quickly extended his arm, a cyan colored ice shield in front of him to protect himself from Kuro's next swing, but it proved to be ineffective as the hammer shattered and Lyon flew into a wall, heavily damaged from the one swing. "D-Dammit.."
"Alright, rack one up for White Eclipse!" Kuro said while bringing down the hammer once again to finish the job, but before he could, an anti-magic field appeared in front of Lyon, covering him from the hit, forcing Kuro to take a step back. "Huh!?"
"I got your back, Lyon!" Yuka said as he emerged from around the corner, a smirk on his face.
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"WILD!" Rocker shouted as he aimed a drill-like kick to Takeru's head, but the Shadow Dragon slayer blocked the kick with ease, the only thing he wasn't expecting was Rocker's leg to continue spinning, which eventually cut through the fabric of his sleeve, and started to tear at his skin.
"Damn…" Takeru jumped back, but in mid jump, Yeager had vines rise up from the ground, wrapping around Takeru's leg to keep him from moving too much. "You can't be serious…"
"Come on, Tak, they're easy!" Selene shouted.
"Heh, I don't think I'll be losing as long as she's cheering me on," Takeru said while smirking to himself. Rocker came in once again with a spinning drill kick, but Takeru swayed his body to the side, evading the hit. He then used the shadow katana in his hand from the venus fly trap and cut the vines holding him, back flipping away a few times to get his bearings straight. "Alright, I got this." Takeru nodded, allowing his shadow to spread out around the area to what he saw fit for the time being. "Perfect…"
"Nice work, Takeru…" Sidney said while nodding, knowing exactly Takeru was planning.
"Watch out, Rocker," Yeager said while glancing at the shadow underneath them.
"Shadow Dragon's Spike!" Takeru shouted, and from his shadow, shadow spikes shot up from underneath Rocker and Yeager, knocking them both into the air with a yelp, when they landed they were in KO, and White Eclipse's score went from 58 to 60, and the pictures of the two mages X'ed out. "Too easy…"
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Natsu lunged at Daryan, but the skeletal dragon slayer smacked Natsu away with his bone weapon, sending Natsu rolling across the ground. Gajeel attempted a sneak attack from above, but Daryan turned quickly, bringing the weapon to Gajeel's side, and forced him onto the ground. Natsu charged once again with his feet flaming, aiming an axe kick to Daryan's head, but Daryan merely pointed the bone forward, extending the length of it as it crashed into Natsu's gut with force, sending Natsu flying back. Gajeel came in once again with an Iron Dragon's Hard Fist from behind, but Daryan saw this coming, jabbing the bone behind him into Gajeel's gut, and though Gajeel had his iron scales on, he still felt the impact. Daryan then brought the bone up in one swift motion, having it crash into Gajeel's protected chin, the impact actually tiling Gajeel's head up somewhat, and finished the combo off by pivoting on his left foot, and once again sent the bone into Gajeel's side, but the impact this time around was stronger, and Gajeel rolled across the ground for a few seconds before hopping up. "This isn't working…!" Gajeel growled.
"I noticed…!" Natsu replied angrily, though he wasn't angry at Gajeel for once, he was angry at Daryan for making them both seem like amateurs.
"I'm breaking that shit," Gajeel said as he held his arm to his side, turning it into a jagged metal blade.
"Oh-ho…playing with sharp toys now, are we?" Daryan said with a taunting smirk.
"Iron Dragon's Sword…" Gajeel grinned slightly, now rushing forward as he swung the blade downward, but of course, Daryan brought his own weapon up to block it…which was exactly what Gajeel wanted. "Gieheh…you fell for it…"
"What…?" Daryan blinked a few times, only for his eyes to widen when he noticed what Gajeel was talking about. Though in a stalemate, the jagged blade that was Gajeel's arm began to rotate quickly, now having a chainsaw-like effect to it. "Shit…!" Daryan gasped, quickly bringing his free hand up to hold the bone steady so it wouldn't break.
"He got him!" Patheriliy said with a smirk.
"Show him what you can do…!" Levy yelled.
And just like that, the weapon Daryan used broke into two pieces, holding both in his hands. "Damn…!" While Daryan was temporarily distracted, Natsu rushed in, landing a clean hit on Daryan, a punch to the face, which caused Daryan to stumble back, a burn mark now on his cheek. "Tch…"
"You have no idea how long I've been waiting for that…" Natsu smirked from ear to ear, flames erupting around his body.
"He landed a hit!" Lucy clapped her hands together in delight.
"We're still in this!" Wakaba shouted, grinning as he took a puff from his cigarette.
"Think you're so clever, huh, Gajeel…?" Daryan merely shrugged, dropping his bones to the ground, letting them vanish. "Well…let me show you something…" Daryan puffed his cheeks out, aiming right for Gajeel.
"Gajeel, he's about to roar!" Levy shouted, hoping the iron slayer could hear her.
"Giehe…hit me with your best shot!" Gajeel said, confident he could take what Daryan was about to dish out because he remembered how it affected Laxus, but Gajeel was in his iron scales. Gajeel have Natsu a half look, which was telling the Salamander to attack as soon as he saw the opening.
"Roar…of the Skeletal Dragon!" Daryan threw his head forward, unleashing a vortex of bones that consumed Gajeel.
Right as Daryan unleashed his roar, Natsu allowed trails of fire to erupt from his arms, and he dashed towards Daryan, slashing him with these wings of fire, sending Daryan back with a few more burns marks. "Fire Dragon's Wing Slash!"
"Gwah…!" Daryan winced at the attack, but he smirked at Natsu, now pointing over to Gajeel, who was in the same position as he was when the roar struck. "Not bad…but what I did was better."
"What?" Natsu turned to look over at Gajeel, a confused look on his face. "What the hell are you doing? Get over here…!"
"I can't…move…" Gajeel replied, his struggle to move apparent, but he made no progress.
"What?!" Natsu quickly looked over to Daryan, who had a victorious smirk on his face.
"I don't care if you're in your iron scales or not…my attack works all the same…" Daryan replied. "Now, you're paralyzed unless you come outta those scales…"
"That's Daryan for you!" Hiruka shouted with glee.
"Damn…" Gajeel growled slightly.
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Flynn rushed in with a powerful punch to Baccchus' jaw, but the hit really didn't do anything because Flynn's arm weren't nearly as strong as his legs. Bacchus recovered from the hit easily, now focusing a moderate amount of magic energy into his palm. "Chop Hanging Palm: Under Moonlight!" Bacchus then brought his palm directly into Flynn's face, ko'ing the mage on the spot as he flew through the bar. "Not the beer…!"
"Not the beer…!" Jack and Cana sighed in unison, but Flynn's image X'ed out and Quatro Cerberus' points went from 22 to 23 now.
"He got Flynn…hn…" Alexander then remembered something from Day 2, which caused his eyes to widen. "He hasn't even taken a drink of that thing yet…but in that case…" A smirk appeared on Alexander's face as he now figured out a way to deal with Bacchus.
"Well, this was fun…but I should really start wrappin' this up so we can win…" Bacchus then took his gourd from his belt, bringing it up to his lips.
"Not so fast…!" Alexander created a portal that took in the gourd, warping it away to a different location in the city, since that was the best he could manage at the point.
"You little shit…! That was some good beer in there!" Bacchus growled in irritation. "Now I have to go get a new gourd too!" Bacchus sprinted over to Alexnader, but Alexander actually managed to land a hit on Bacchus with a heated portal around his fist, slamming it into Bacchus' gut. "Gah…!"
Alexander then spun around, aiming a roundhouse to Bacchus' side, but the drunk blocked the kick with his forearm, his recovery speed catching Alexander off guard. "He recovered so quickly…"
"Hits like that are nothin' when you've had as many hangovers as I have…" Bacchus replied, rearing his head back, now throwing a harsh head butt to Alexander's head, the force causing Alexander to tumble across the ground, blood dripping from his forehead as he laid there in a dazed state. Before Alexander could recover, Bacchus now stood over him, and slammed repeated palm strike son Alexander's body before backing off after ten seconds, when he stopped, the mage was KO'ed, now bringing QC's score to 24. "Heh…looks like you weren't wild enough after all…"
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Standings:
Cosmic Star: 65 All members active.
White Eclipse: 60: All members active.
Fairy Tail: 51 All members active.
Twilight Zone: 42 Evanee, Rylo, and Taranis active.
Quatro Cerberus: 24 Bacchus, Blues, and Kuro active.
Mermaid Heel: 16: Kagura, Melody, and Milliana active.
Lamia Scale: 8: Lyon, Jura, Chelia, and Yuka active.
Sabertooth: 8 All members active.
"We need some points…" Cynthia nodded. "We're in third…"
"We'll catch up if everything goes according to plan…" Mavis replied. "If Laxus can defeat Evanee, that's five points right there. If Natsu and Gajeel can beat Daryan, that's a total of six."
"What about Magnus…?" Lucy asked as she looked over towards Luke's fight.
"Gah!" Luke threw a plethora of punches at Magnus, but the mage easily dodged them all by swaying to the side. "Stop dodging and attack damn you…!" Luke shouted, now throwing a kick to Magnus' side, but Magnus caught Luke's leg in one arm, causing Luke's eyes to widen.
"Well, if you insist…" Magnus replied, raising his free arm's elbow.
"Shit…!" Luke immediately allowed lightning and flames to cover his body, the sudden mixture of a burning and shocking sensation coaxed Magnus' into releasing Luke, Using this window, Luke threw a punch at Magnus' face, but Magnus caught the fist just before it struck. "You can't be serious…"
"Luke is the only one who can defeat Magnus…" Mavis replied, causing the eyes of Fairy Tail to turn on her.
"What!? Natsu could easily beat someone like him!" Elfman shouted in defense, clearly not liking the idea of a White Eclipse member gaining a point or being the only one to beat someone.
"That's not the point," Mavis replied. "At this point in the Games, everyone is already invested into their battles. If someone else came in, Magnus would defeat them. Luke is high invested into this battle right now, and at this rate, Magnus' weakness will show."
"Ugh…but at this rate, Luke's not going to make any progress…" Lucy sighed, but then she had an idea, though she might regret it later. "Luke! Don't forget you have that magic too!"
"Shut up, Lucy!" Luke shouted, but he then realized what she was talking about. "Ah…! I forgot about that…" Luke snapped his fingers, creating a red magic seal in front of him. "Spiral Flare!" From the magic circle, a large fireball launched itself towards Magnus, but the mage rolled out of the way in the nick of time.
"What the hell…I've never seen that magic before…but I do know of it…" Magnus thought to himself.
"That's because it's mine….!" Tobias started.
"Shut up, Tobias," Maggie said.
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Blues and Sting's fist collided, causing a shockwave from the power. Both dragon slayers hopped back, but Blues ducked, only to reveal Kruo, who was just about ready to Bellow. "Water God's Bellow!" Kuro shouted, sending a black beam of water from his mouth at the Twin Dragon's.
"Shadow Dragon's Roar…!" Rogue stepped forward, unleashing a vortex of shadows to match the Bellow, the two attacks immediately exploding once they made contact, creating a cloud of smoke.
"Just as we planned…" Blues smirked, taking the initiative as he jumped forward, puffing his cheeks out. "Blue Dragon's Roar!" Blues unleashed the vortex of dense water to the smoke, noting that there was an impact. However, not the impact he was hoping for, as it was only smoke. Sting and Rogue appeared on Blues' and Kuro's left; now lunging towards the Dragon God Duo. "Shit…!"
Kuro quickly moved his hand in a counterclockwise motion, creating a spiraling vortex of black water as a defensive move. "Water God's Vortex!"
"Rogue!" Sting shouted as he lunged forward with white energy forming around his fists.
"Secret Art…" Rogue stated quietly as he brought his Katana out, shadows covering the weapon as he rushed to the vortex of water. "Shadow Dragon's Quiet Rage…" Rogue then slashed at the vortex of water repeatedly, all within the span of three seconds, completely destroying the water, and landed several slashes on Blues and Kuro, which ended up becoming lacerations.
"W-What the…!?" Blues and Kuro stood there in shock as they felt the cuts open, but it didn't feel as though Rogue slashed them at all.
"White Dragon's Punch!" Sting shouted this as he spread his arms out, basically clotheslining the Dragon God Duo with white energy around his arms, increasing the power of the attack as the two slayers slid back across the ground.
"Look at the Twin Dragons go!" Chapati shouted. "This is one of the more exciting battles today!"
"You wanna play that game, eh…?" Blues smirked as he raised his hands to the sky, creating a large blue magic seal above Sting and Rogue. "Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Heavy Rain!" From the magic circle, heavy rain, much harder than steel poured down on the two dragon slayers, causing them to wince.
"G-G-Gah…" Sting winced, falling to a knee after this.
Kuro formed a dense sphere of black water in his hands, aiming it for the Twin Dragons. "Water God's Bomb!" Kuro hurled the sphere to the Twin Dragons, and a large explosion resulted from it, blowing the two dragon slayers away, rolling across the floor before coming to a stop.
"These two are getting on my nerves…" Sting said as he slowly stood up.
"I think it's time to finish this…" Rogue said as he and Sting stood side by side.
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Reve ran while aiming shots from normal pistols to the many images of Rufus lined up, but to the gunslinger's annoyance, there was nothing to hit. "Damn, why did I have to run into this guy of all people…" Reve groaned to himself, only to look up and see the real Rufus standing on the top of a building.
"You cannot hit a memory…" Rufus said while holding two fingers to his forehead, a red magic circle appearing behind him. "Memory Make: Twin Wheels of Heaven and Hell!" As Rufus spoke, a wheel of swords and a wheel of guns appeared above Reve.
Reve looked up, realizing exactly who and where Rufus picked this idea up. "…Shit…" The swords launched themselves at Reve while the guns let loose continuous fire, eventually picking up a smoke cloud.
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"Time to finish this off!" Kuro said as he glanced at the badly injured Yuka and Lyon, both panting heavily. "Fire Make…" Before Kuro could actually finish his sentence, a blur raced past the three of them, a slashing sound echoing through that particular area of the city. A large gash appeared on Kuro's chest, while Yuka and Lyon just fell to the ground in KO. "H-huh?" Kuro looked around, panting heavily from the wound he just received.
The blur turned out to be Erza in her Flight Armor, and the Fairy Tail's score went from 51 to 53 after that, X'ing out Lyon and Yuka's images. Erza stared down Kuro while changing into her Flame Empress Armor. "White Eclipse…"
"That's not part of the plan, is it…?" Aira said while looking towards Sidney.
"Not exactly…" Sidney replied.
"Hm…" Daityas eyed Kuro more intently than before. "Titania, was it?"
"The Queen of Fairies, that's right…" Byron scoffed.
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Sting and Rogue stood side by side, generating a large amount of shadows while Sting generated a large amount of light. "Holy Shadow Dragon's Flash Fang!" The Twin Dragons shouted in unison, combining their magic into a large burst of light and shadows towards the Dragon God Duo, who could do nothing at the point but take the full impact of the attack, a large explosion occurring, shaking the entire city.
"Go Sting-kun! Go Rogue!" Lector shouted with excitement.
When the smoke of the explosion cleared, Blues and Kuro were seen on their hands and knees, panting heavily, much to Sting and Rogue's surprise. "W-What….!?" Sting took a step back, unable to believe what he was seeing.
"You didn't…think that would be enough to take us down, did you…?" Blues coughed, standing up next to his partner.
"Takes more than that…" Kuro replied a smirk forming on his face, his eyes turning a bright blue while the water around his body started to turn glow black.
"It's our turn now…" Blues raised his hands to the sky, a bright blue light appearing around his body, causing a large magic circle to appear in the sky. "Roaring, raging waters, give me your power, and rain your rage down on my enemies!"
As Blues raised his hands, Kuro did the opposite, pointing his hands on the ground, causing a blue magic circle to appear under the Twin Dragons. "God of water, with the black lust for hate in my heart, take that anger, and erupt from the ground to eliminate all who oppose us!"
"UNISON RAID OF THE DRAGON GOD DUO!" The two screamed; from the sky, heavier rain than Blues' secret art rained down, and at the same time, black water erupted from the group, pushing Sting and Rogue into the heavy rain, the energy eventually causing a large explosion that shook the city again, much more violently than the last time.
"I-Incredible…!" Chapati stammered, unable to find the words.
When the smoke of the explosion cleared, both Sting and Rogue were leaning against each other, heavily damaged by the attack, but they weren't done. "W-We're not done either…" Sting heaved heavily, struggling to stand.
"S-Shadow Dragon's…" Rouge started off weakly, but he then rushed forward towards Kuro as shadows covered his hand.
"Water God's…" Kuro allowed black water to form around his fist, now rushing towards Rogue. The two met halfway, throwing their punches to each other at the same time, resulting in a double KO. Rogue was the one remaining standing after the impact.
"I win..." Rogue said with a heavy breath. He remained standing just long enough to claim victory over Kuro Chi, but after that...he tipped over in KO.
Sabertooth gained a point, now at 9 points while Quatro Cerberus gained a point, moving from 24 to 25.
"K-Kuro…" Blues shouted, wincing after.
"I'll get him, Rouge…" Sting grinned, sucking in as deep a breath he could. "White Dragon's…Roar!" Sting threw his head forward, unleashing a beam of holy white light that uprooted the ground it traveled, leaving Blues wide eyed, and an explosion occurred form impact. "Heh…" Sting grinned, taking a sit, now basking in his victory. "I got it…" All seemed silent for a few seconds, but then an odd inhalation sound filled the silence, which caused Sting to stand up. "W-What…!?"
When the light cleared, Blues was seen inhaling it, a bright light appearing around his body as he did so. When he finished, he smirked, rubbing his stomach as he basked in his new dual mode. "Holy Water Dragon…no…White Water Dragon…."
"Look at that! Blues has eaten Sting's magic…!" Yajima said with an impressed tone.
"NOW!" Blues smirked, puffing his cheeks while Sting just stood there, shocked. "ROAR! OF THE WHITE WATER DRAGON!" Blues then threw his head forward, unleashing a combination of light and water to Sting, who had no chance to defend against the attack as it slammed into him, sending him through a building in KO.
"S-Sting-kun…." Lector's eyes widened as tears started to well up.
"And Sting goes down…" Siegrain nodded a few times, quite impressed with Blues. Quatro Cerberus went from 25 to 30 with that one KO.
"Impressive, Blues…" Goldmine said while giving an approving nod.
"H-Heh…" Blues gave a victorious grin, but when he looked at the scoreboard, he saw that he and Bacchus were the only ones left from QC.
Yukino watched the tail end fight from a building behind the two teams. Once she saw Sting go down and Blues relax, that's when she saw her chance. "Gate of the Heavenly Scales…Libra, I open thee!" Yukino's key gave off a golden light before Libra appeared. "Libra, increase the gravity around Blues." Libra nodded after.
"Alright…time to…" Blues started, but he couldn't finish as he found himself weighed down by the gravity, and he was too tired from the past battle to even try fighting it. "G-Gah…what the hell!?"
Yukino walked in front of Blues, a slight smirk on her face. "You may have beaten Sting-sama…but I'll beat you now, for Sabertooth!"
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"Fire Make: Knuckles!" Kuro shouted as flames appeared around his as he swung at Erza, who managed to avoid most of his punches, but a few managed to strike her, causing a hiss of pain to escape her lips despite the fact she had her Flame Empress Armor on. Erza then jumped back, allowing flames to cover her sword, and she slammed the sword onto the ground, sending a fire wave to Kuro. "Heh…" Kuro grinned, clapping his hands together once more. "Fire Make: Jar!" A jar appeared in front of Kuro, eating the flames that Erza sent forward; it was at the moment that Erza saw her mistake, as Kuro's muscles began to bulk up. "Heh, thanks for the power boost…" Kuro then charged forward, his Hermes and power boost making him a real threat now as he swung at Erza's face, landing a direct hit as Erza stumbled back.
"Kanso…" Erza said calmly, a bright light appearing around her body as she entered her Sea Empress armor in attempt to battle Kuro's flames.
"Fire Make: Swords!" Flaming swords appeared in Kuro's hands, and he dashed towards Erza, entering weapon based combat. Kuro aimed a powerful vertical slash at Erza, but she blocked it with her weapon, jumping back after as she twirled her weapon around, gathering an abundance of water around it, and sent it all towards Kuro. "Whoa…!" Kuro placed his swords up, sliding back from the force of the attack, but the water also created a steam since it made contact with his swords, blocking his sight.
While the steam covered Kuro, another heavenly light appeared as Erza now appeared in her Purgatory Armor, wielding a giant mace-like weapon. She dashed forward, bringing the weapon into Kuro's side, causing a cry of pain to escape his lips as he hit a nearby one story building…not just any building, but the cake shop, to make matters worse. "T-The cake…!"
Though Kuro was still inside the building, he had a clear shot of the distressed Erza now, so he clapped his hands together, pulling his arm back as a javelin appeared. "Fire Make: Javelin!" Kuro then hurled the javelin towards Erza.
"Tch…!" Erza placed her weapon in front of her defensively, however she underestimated Kuro's power as the javelin caused an explosion when it hit, sending Erza's weapon flying away, and caused her to slide back across the ground. That's when Kuro used his Hermes boost to his advantage and sped in, landing a Fire Make Knuckle enhanced haymaker to Erza's jaw, causing Erza to spiral away from the impact, but as she did so, a heavenly glow appeared around her person as she entered her Black Wing Armor, using her momentum to her advantage now as she flew up, now getting her bearings straight.
"Kuro's doing great! Keep it up!" Saeko shouted from the sidelines.
"I got you…" Kuro grinned, placing his hands together for another fire make spell…but this time, his hands went upside down.
"What…what the hell is he about to do…?" Kiora asked while glancing at Daityas.
"Dait…you didn't…" Maggie started.
"Oh…I did." Daityas replied with a sly grin. A magic circle appeared under Erza, and though she was in the sky, an eruption of Hell's flames shot up, consuming the requip mage, a loud cry of pain escaping her mouth as she hit the ground, covered in burn marks.
"E-Erza…!" Gray's mouth dropped at the sight of Erza dropping from the ground like a fly.
"Does that make me stronger than Titania now?" Kuro asked with his usual grin.
"N-Not even close…" Erza said as she stood up slowly, another light appearing around her body as she entered her Giant's Armor, panting heavily.
"Alright, I'll make sure the next hit puts you down!" Kuro shouted, dashing forward once again as he pulled his fist back, but Erza beat him to the punch; literally. Her Giant's Armor boosted her physical power, and she slugged Kuro across the face, the brute force of it sent Kuro spiraling into a building, KO'ed. Fairy Tail's score went from 53 to 54 now.
"Kuro…!" Saeko and Zalen shouted in unison.
Standings:
Cosmic Star: 65 All members active.
White Eclipse: 60 Reve, Luke, Waiston, and Takeru active.
Fairy Tail: 54 All members active.
Twilight Zone: 42 Evanee, Rylo, and Taranis active.
Quatro Cerberus: 30 Bacchus and Blues active.
Mermaid Heel: 16: Kagura, Melody, and Milliana active.
Sabertooth: 9 Yukino, Orga, and Rufus active.
Lamia Scale: 8 Chelia and Jura active.
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Luke slid away on a knee, panting heavily as a more or less fresh Magnus stood away from him with a smirk. "D-Dammit…" Luke groaned, pushing himself to his feet. "I can't land a hit on this guy if my life depended on it…"
"What's wrong, Cloud? I thought you were going to defeat me…" Magnus said in a taunting tone. "You should know that any attack is useless if it doesn't hit…"
"Is that so…" Luke replied, sliding into an Ice make stance once again. "Ice Make: Freeze Lancer!" Luke threw his hands forward, unleashing a barrage of enlarged ice lances towards Magnus.
"Again…?" Magnus side, bringing out his Fire Sword, and easily slashed at the incoming lances, now leaving a single one left to strike him.
"Ugh…" Luke growled in annoyance, running out of ideas.
"Hm…I'm disappointed in you, Cloud…" Magnus said while shaking his head. "How can you expect to protect your family or even more so, that pretty little vanilla blonde over there like this…? I could easily get rid of everyone there and there's not a thing you could do about it…"
"W-What did you say…?" Luke glared at Magnus, clenching his fist.
"Then again…why would I wanna hurt her, right?" Magnus shrugged. "Perhaps I could just steal her away from you, like Lucy was from you…"
"Don't fall for the trap, Luke…" Sidney said.
"You better shut up…" Luke snarled, flames erupting around his body.
"How about you make me? Oh, that's right, you can't…I can tell you this, Luke. In the future, she's gonna be in trouble, and it's all because of you, and you won't be able to do anything about i-!" Before Magnus could finish, Luke slammed his fist right into Magnus' face…a direct hit, which caused Magnus to slide back, his eyes wide; it was as though his entire world had fallen down.
"I said shut up!" Luke shouted, now aiming and landing a plethora of punches to Magnus' face and midsection, finishing the combo off with a roaring uppercut, the force sending Magnus flying back, but he caught himself.
"W-What!? HOW?!" Magnus asked.
"He hit him…" Lisanna said with a voice of amazement.
"I told you…he'd reveal his own weakness sooner or later…" Mavis said with a knowing grin. "You didn't notice it earlier, and I didn't either, but when I thought about it, it was clear."
"What are you talking about?" Macao asked, utterly confused.
"Think about to Day 2, Cynthia's battle with Alex. Magnus knew that Alex was going to win, but at the end, when Cynthia got up, he was surprised, why would that be?" Mavis asked, treating this moment almost as though it were a quiz of some kind.
"He didn't see it coming…?" Mirajane asked.
"Precisely!" Mavis said with a bubbly voice. "Magnus is strong, and his talent for knowing everything is exceptional…but there's one flaw with it…he doesn't seem to think about human emotions. I believe he can see the future. That much has been made clear, but a person's will can change the future. Cynthia was likely supposed to lose to Alex, but she was so determined to get through to her, the future changed."
"Heh, how do you like that, old man!" Cygnus shouted to Karma with a wide smirk on his face. Karma stared down at Magnus before the area started to shake, the entire city shook violent from a magical energy building up.
"W-Whoa…where's this coming from…!?" Aira asked as she struggled to keep her balance.
Karma stood up straight, dropped his cane, and held his hands to his sides, an evil smirk on his face as everything calmed down. "YOU REALLY THINK THAT'S ENOUGH TO DEFEAT MAGNUS!?"
"Holy…" Kairi took a step back.
"His entire personality changed…" Calium mumbled.
"I knew there was something more to that old man…." Caelestis said to himself.
"I laugh! I laugh at you! To think a few hits is just how you beat someone! Cosmic Star still has the lead, and there's no way for you to catch up! Just give up, it's over!" Karma laughed, his smug grin never fading. "And besides, we still haven't used "that" yet…"
"…That old man is pretty strong…" Diana said while crossing her arms.
"Indeed…" Blake nodded. "Perhaps he was the reason those skeletons showed up the other night…"
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Kagura and Melody turned a corner, entering the square of the town, and just as they did, a damaged Erza also turned the corner. "I found her!" Melody shouted with excitement, and Erza mumbled curses under her breath, knowing she couldn't take Kagura or Melody on without difficult in her state, let alone the two of them, but she was going to try.
"Kanso!" A bright light appeared around Erza's body as she entered her Lightning Empress Armor, and she charged towards the two mermaids…but before she could, two figures landed in front of them.
"Ladies…ladies…" Shadowlore said with a grin as he stood up. "Let's not leave us out of this…"
"Us..?" Kagura stopped in her tracks, but she held her hand at the hilt of her blade, ready to actually draw it if she needed to.
Milliana stood up next to Shadowlore, but her eyes were a blazing yellow, showing that she had been put under some sort of spell. "Er-chan…Kagura-chan…let's have some fun…nyeh…?"
"M-Milliana!?" Kagura and Erza shouted with widened eyes.
"W-What happened to Milliana…?" Chapati asked.
"It looks as though she's been put under some sort of spell…but she's still technically active…" Yajima replied.
"Release her," Kagura said in a serious, threatening tone as she glared at Shadowlore.
"Ah, but she'd make a good pet, don't you think so, Kagura-chan? Oh, and if you're wondering why she's under my control, it's because her brainwave is similar to that of an animal, so I could use my Animal Subjection magic on her." Shadowlore smirked, then pointed his finger forward. "Let's play, Milliana."
"And that's why I don't like wolf-man sometimes…" Hiruka said while shuddering.
"As you wish…" Milliana spoke in a monotonous tone, and she rushed towards Melody, her "claws" out, as she landed two scratch attacks on Melody's face, landing behind the silver make mage in a crouched position.
"G-G-GAH!" Melody brought her hands to her face after the attack, writhing in pain as she stood. "O-Oh the humanity! Why me…!?"
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Natsu came in from Daryan's right with a flaming kick, but Daryan easily blocked the hit, sliding back across the ground from the power; Gajeel, after putting his back into it, finally managed to free himself while still retaining his iron scales. Seeing Daruan slid back from Natsu's kick gave the iron dragon an idea. "Iron Dragon's Club!" Gajeel shouted, extending arm into an iron pole, which slammed into Daryan's back, causing Daryan to wince noticeably.
Upon seeing Daryan wince, Natsu jumped up, his feet flaming once again as he aimed a roundhouse kick to Daryan's head, which actually landed thanks to Gajeel's diversion, causing Daryan to roll across the ground, but he hopped up quickly, shaking off the impact. "Heh, what's wrong?" Natsu asked as his confident smirk appeared.
"Still warming up!" Daryan replied, and that response made Natsu's smirk turn into a scowl. "You two see like you're pretty serious though, so I guess I can stop playin' around now…" Daryan then brought his hand down, four tan magic seals appearing on the ground in front of him.
"Not so fast!" Gajeel shouted as he pounded his fist into the ground, sending metallic lances from the ground shooting up to the magic circles, shattering them completely; Gajeel also formed an iron pole behind Daryan.
"Okay or not…" Daryan replied after, shrugging, not really caring that his idea didn't work the way he thought it would.
"Salamander!" Gajeel yelled.
"I'm on it!" Natsu grinned, running forward as two spheres of fire appeared on both of his hands. "Dazzling Blaze…" Natsu then jumped into the air, merging the two spheres over his head to a large sphere of fire. "Of the Fire Dragon!" Natsu hurled the sphere towards Daryan, who merely smirked.
"Is that it?" Daryan yawned and jumped back…stopping immediately because the iron pole Gajeel placed stopped him, causing his eyes to widen. "SHIT!" And boom, the blaze struck Daryan, creating a fiery explosion.
"They got him!" Happy jumped for joy a few times.
"I knew they could do it!" Levy grinned, pumping her arms in the air excitedly.
About thirty seconds passed as the two dragon slayers looked onto the smoke…and an all too familiar sound filled the silence; the sound of inhalation. The flames died down, turning into a miniature vortex as Daryan consumed them. "W-What!?" Natsu's eyes widened; though this wasn't the first time someone had eaten his flames, it was the first time it was at the worst possible moment. Daryan wasn't finished there; he turned around, taking a large chunk out of the iron pole behind him.
"W-What the hell!?" Gajeel shouted from pure shock, but he and Natsu immediately slid into offensive stances.
"Heh…" Daryan turned around, flames now covering his body, along with his own set of "iron scales. "I never knew fire and iron tasted so good…"
