Fiore was largely unaware of the situation happening with the Council. For now, it really was just another day in Fairy Tail. Alex felt a little awkward about things, still. But Wendy and Cynthia were making her feel welcome. "Thanks..." Alex mumbled quietly, responding to Mira getting her a drink.
"You know, you can stay here as long as you like." Mira offered with a sweet smile. "I'm sure Cynthia would be more than happy to have you around."
"I know, but..." Alex rubbed her arm.
"If she wants to head out on her own, she should." Laxus stated causally. "She's strong enough to hold her own."
"Laxus." Mira pouted. "She's lost. We should provide somewhere safe for her. It's the least we can do for Cynthia's sister."
"Bleh..." Lucy remarked from the side. She made sure to keep that reaction minimal, but she really couldn't stand the happy, sweet aura Fairy Tail gave off. "I need to get close to that Sabertooth wizard, Yukino, and quickly. I don't know how much longer I can stay in this place. It's driving me mad...!"
"Are you alright, Lucy?" Bickslow leaned close to her.
"You've been asking about my wellbeing a lot." Lucy forced a friendly smile, but truthfully, Bickslow was starting to get on her last nerves with his constant questioning. He knew. Or at least, he had to have his suspicions...but she couldn't shake him that easily. "I'm fine, trust me!"
"If you say so..." 'Say so, say so'! Bickslow and his dolls chimed in.
"I have to get rid of him, too." Lucy thought to herself. Ruika was having a harder time than she thought staying undercover. Paying Lucy's rent, interacting with her friends on a daily basis...gah!
It was then that the doors opened. The one who walked through them was...Magnus. "Hello."
"Magnus!?" Alex's eyes widened. "Where is everyone!? Are they okay!?
"Oh, great." Gray rolled his eyes. "What are you doing here?"
"It's okay, Gray." Makarov shook his head. "I can tell he bears no ill will. What brings you here?" Makarov motioned for Magnus to sit. Everyone had eyes on the former Cosmic Star wizard.
"Everyone is fine." Magnus responded to Alex's worried question. I've been going around Fiore lately." Magnus lifted his head. His eyes were blue. The usual green color in them was gone, which meant he wasn't using his Foresight. "I wanted to warn everyone about a danger I foresaw a few years ago."
"A danger?" Erza tilted her head.
"Yes." Magnus nodded, then looked to Wendy and Cynthia. "Before that, however. You two are friends with Chelia Blendy, are you not?"
"We are!" Cynthia nodded. "But...she hasn't been around the last few days."
"I'm a little worried about her." Wendy admitted. Chelia went completely dark. Not even Lamia Scale knew where she was.
"You should be." Magnus nodded. "I saw her future. Or to be more precise...I didn't see her future."
All eyes were on Magnus when he said that. "You didn't see her future?" Juvia said, confused.
"That's right. I didn't see anything but a pitch black darkness." Magnus fiddled with his hands. "Even I don't know what it means, but I can only assume that it means nothing good. That girl needs help."
"..." Carla closed her eyes. Magnus' power was truly something else. Her visions were weakened with the seven year time skip. Magnus just had the power to see into the future entirely...
"If she needs our help, we'll save her!" Wendy said with determination. Cynthia nodded in agreement.
"What was this other thing you mentioned?" Makarov asked.
"...I saw the destruction of the world." Magnus said this calmly, but such words did startle everyone else.
"The what?" Lucy said with wide eyes.
"You can't just say something that crazy!" Max yelled.
"Yeah!" Warren said while shuddering.
"It was far into the future, when I first saw it. Slowly but surely, that vision becomes clearer every day." Magnus closed his eyes. "In X793, the world will be destroyed by figure that resembles the Black Dragon, Acnologia." Those words hung very heavy on everyone.
"Acnologia..." Lucy muttered. But her expression lacked the shock and fear from everyone else, especially the Tenorujima team.
"Damn that dragon..." Cana's arm shook just thinking about it.
"I can only assume it's Acnologia. Nothing else in this world resembles him." Magnus sighed.
It was then that Reedus spoke up. "Just tell me the details, and I can draw it." Magnus nodded and tried his best to explain what he saw. In the end, Reedus painted a picture of a large humanoid, that did resemble what Acnologia may look like with a human form. "...Oh. That's a scary picture."
"Yes. I am using my power for good. I wanted to warn everyone in Fiore about this future." Magnus was hoping Natsu would be around for this as well, but unfortunately, that wasn't the case. "I wanted to start here."
"How long have you not been using your power?" Lisanna questioned.
"...Since the Games ended. Ever since I was defeated by Luke, I wasn't sure what to do with it. The future changed twice, despite my power to see otherwise." Magnus stared at the ceiling. "I believe in my power, which is why I came to warn you and everyone else about the coming future. But right now? I am currently also trying to live in the present and see what it has to teach me."
"Not a bad idea." Gray said with a slight grin. "You gotta move forward, one step at a time. We'll take care of whatever comes our way, you can count on that!"
"Heh...yes. I do believe you can." Magnus said with a slight chuckle.
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Zancrow charged forward towards Correll, his black flames covering his arm. "Flame God's Iron Knuckle!" Zancrow shouted out, swinging his flaming arm towards the captain, aiming for his midsection.
"Tch!" Correll grunted as he placed his arms in front of his chest, blocking Zancrow's punch, but the power caused him to slide back across the ground unwillingly. After the attack, Correll drew his own fist back, using his gravity magic to make his fist heavier, swinging another Titan's fist at Zancrow, but Zancrow jumped to the side, revealing Azuma who had his hand pointed forward, which caused Correll's eyes to widen.
"Bleve…" Azuma mumbled, causing the area in front of him to explode; the explosion caught Correll off guard, noted by his yelp of pain as he flew to the side.
Before Correll could use the explosion to his advantage, Zancrow already inhaled the fire from the explosion, leaving nothing but dust lingering in the air. "Not bad…" Zancrow said, patting his stomach after consuming the flames. "Now!" Black flames surrounded Zancrow's body as he crouched down, building up momentum in his legs. "Flame God's Mighty Impact!" Zancrow bellowed, lunging forward in a fashion similar to Natsu's Fire Dragon Sword Horn.
"What?!" Correll shook off the impact of the Bleve, but before he could really do anything, Zancrow slammed head first into his chest, the pure power of the attack shattered Correll's rib cage and caused the captain to cough up blood once struck. Correll was sent flying from the attack, but before he could fly too far, a large tree root popped from the ground and halted his momentum. "G-Gah…!"
"Iron Knuckle!" Zancrow shouted once again, slamming his fist into Correll's jaw, sending Correll through the tree roots and spiraling onto the ground.
"Folium Sica!" Azuma shouted, prompting a vortex of sharp leaves to appear around Correll, viciously cutting the captain's body. After the attack, Correll fell to the ground, breathing heavily. "That's it…?"
"Not exactly," Zancrow replied, a grin appearing on his face. "The plan was to get rid of anyone who happened to be in the way, and he's in the way, so…" Zancrow took a deep breath, black flames appearing around his mouth. "Flame God's Bellow!" Exclaimed Zancrow as he threw his head forward, unleashing a funnel of black flames in Correll's direction. Once the flames hit, a black fiery explosion destroyed another portion of the Magic Council building.
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"Your magic doesn't work here…" Kiora said as she placed her fist into her palm, growing tired of Odin's oxygen depletion tricks. "You should really learn another magic, but it's a shame you won't have time to, huh? Shadow Make: Lance." Kiora threw her arms forward, a black magic seal appearing before her as multiple shadow lances hurtled towards Odin.
"O-Barrier!" Odin shouted once again, creating a barrier of pure oxygen around him. However, this barrier didn't last long as the first few lances broke through, and the rest struck Odin, causing him to slide back across the floor.
"You like Oxygen, do you?" Rustyrose smirked slightly, snapping his fingers as his arm turned into a literal cannon, pointing it at Odin. "I'll give you so much oxygen you can't help but ask for more!" Rustyrose fired his cannon, sending a blast of high pressurized oxygen at Odin. Though Odin thought this was a stupid ploy, he saw the trick behind it; the high amount of oxygen then lit on fire, slamming into him at full force, causing a fiery explosion that destroyed yet another section of the Council building.
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Maggie grinned slightly, swinging Doranbolt around like a rag doll, though the fun part came from whenever a group of guards rushed in to assist the captain, Maggie just used Doranbolt to send them all flying. "Ya know…" Maggie started to talk to the helpless captain, a pleased expression on her face. "You're really bad at doing your job, mate. I mean, first ya let a little weapon escape from under your nose, you get defeated by your own target, and I could just go on…" Maggie sighed, eventually throwing the heavily burned Doranbolt to the ground. "But, I got things to do. It was nice playin' with ya, love." Maggie then took a deep breath, gathering a vortex of ash around her mouth. "Ashfall…" Maggie threw her head forward, unleashing a blazing hot sphere of ash towards Doranbolt, which also exploded on contact, though the result wasn't just dust, but heavy ash that lingered around in the area.
"..." Doranbolt remained on the ground, heavily injured after that attack.
From nearby, Kemuri was watching. As a Captain of the Council, it was his duty to get involved. But as a different man, he would simply...pretend he wasn't present, curious to see how things would pan out. "...Sorry, Doranbolt. But I've got a little too much at stake to get involved in saving your hide."
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Layanna swung her Black Ice sword towards Daityas multiple times in a skillful manner, though the king of Hell easily avoided the hits just by swaying from side to side, the blade only slicing off a small part of his clothing, but that was as close as Layanna got to an actual hit. Layanna performed a vertical slash, however, Daityas just took a step back; normally one would feel the frigid air the blade left behind, but such a weapon was nothing to Daityas. Layanna eventually jumped back, standing a few feet away from Daityas. "What is he…?" Layanna thought to herself.
"He's the guild master of Tartaros…a demon…the King of Hell…" Cobra said from the sidelines, not actually watching the fight, but he was listening to it with his eyes closed.
"You'd be wise to listen to him, "Daityas said while crossing his arms.
"You'd be wise to surrender," Layanna replied as she gripped Black Ice, charging forward once again, jumping high into the air with the blade raised above her head, aiming a swift, precise slash aimed at Daityas' head, aiming for the knock out.
"Kehehe…" A grin appeared on Daityas' face, knowing his opponent wasn't going to surrender made what he was about to do all that more enjoyable. Daityas easily dodged the slash by swaying his head to the side; he then pulled his arm back, and threw a simple punch at Layanna's chest. Once the punch connected, Layanna's eyes widened; she felt her ribs shatter easier than glass, and to top it off she flew back, landing on her back after. "Whoops…guess I don't know my own strength sometimes…"
"What kind of punch was that..?" Layanna winced quite noticeably as she stood up, hunched over as she breathed heavily.
"Don't rough her up too much, Dait!" Kain shouted from his cell. "She promised she would be my girlfriend!"
"I…did no such thing…" Layanna replied, starting to feel rather annoyed due to Kain's attitude, and it really wasn't helping with her current situation.
"Aw, what's wrong? Can't even take a simple punch…? Welp, guess your ribs are probably broken, huh? Too bad." Daityas spoke with a taunting grin, knowing his taunts would draw his opponent in. "Fine, I'll play along then." Daityas opened his palm, creating a sword purely out of Hell fire, gesturing for Layanna to bring it. And bring it Layanna tried. Despite her injury, she attempted to slash at Daityas with Black Ice once again, though Daityas easily parried every incoming strike coming his way, showing uninterest. "She's got skill for human…but that's about it…she's weak…" Daityas thought to himself as he parried Layanna's strikes. Layanna jumped back, wincing once she landed on her feet, her breathing growing heavier. "Done?"
"No…." Layanna replied as a heavenly glow appeared around Black Ice. "I swore to never use this…but I have to now…Lives are at stake…" As Layanna spoke, Black Ice replaced with a different blade; a blade that gave off a bright holy light just by being held. "Solarcadamus…"
"Interesting…" Daityas said while keeping his guard up. Layanna dashed towards Daityas once again with the holy sword, swinging it down on him. Daityas brought his own flaming sword up to block; the two energies of the swords kicked up a magical shockwave, booming throughout the prison section. Daityas eventually pushed Layanna back with a noticable amount of his strength, but the council guard wasn't done yet. She allowed holy light to surround the sword, blinding everyone who watched.
"W-Whoa! That's bright!" Kain commented.
"Hn…" Daityas realized the mage wasn't done yet, but he wasn't really getting started either, so he saw no problem with this. Layanna once again made her way forward, but this time, she actually landed a slash on Daityas' chest, creating a gash across it. Daityas narrowed his eyes, growling from the injury this human dared to inflict upon him, and brought his hand up, back handing the sacred sword from Layanna's hands, causing her eyes to widen from shock. In one swift motion, Daityas brought his blade up, stabbing it into Layanna's stomach, blood immediately spilling from her mouth as time froze for her.
Layanna let out a soft sound as she stood there, eyes wide with a hell fire blade plunged into her stomach. "I-I'm…sorry…Siegrain…sama…" Laynna spoke softly, tears starting to fill her eyes from failing.
"Get the hell outta here with that sentimental bullshit." Daityas said as he snapped his fingers, causing a vortex of hell fire to erupt from the tip of the blade. The force of the hell fire vortex was so great it sent Layanna flying back, but before her body could even touch anything, it incinerated into nothing, leaving not a trace behind.
"NOO MY ANGEL BABY!" Kain started to cry comically, but the crying stopped once he noticed Maggie, Kiora, Ur, Tobias, Zancrow, Azuma and Rustyrose walk in the area. "OH MY GOD IT'S MY OTHER TWO SWEETHEARTS THEY'VE COME TO RESCUE ME!"
"…Do we HAVE to save this one…?" Maggie asked while giving Kain a look of disgust.
"Yes," Daityas replied.
"Master Hades…Bluenote…you have seen better days…" Rustyrose said while pushing his glasses up.
"We're not letting just these one's free," Tobias said as he began to examine the other cells, eventually stopping at Cobra's. "Ah…Cobra…"
"Tobias," Cobra merely replied.
"I have two questions for you." Tobias started, already well aware of Cobra's abilities.
Even though he could hear what Tobias wanted to ask, Cobra played along anyway, leaning back in his cell with a slight fangy smirk. "What are they? Actually…before I answer…you should know…people are coming."
"Eh?" Tobias blinked before looking around, noticing the swarm of Council guards who flooded the exits and entrances of the room. "Oh…"
"Allow me…" A voice said from above. A person wearing a black suit and a mask to cover their face dropped down. This person was smaller than everyone else, which was quite noticeable.
"Ah…are you…?" Tobias started.
"Yes," the person replied, giving a nod.
"And your name is…?" Maggie asked while raising a brow.
"That's a female…" Cobra thought to himself, reading into the person's thoughts a little more before coming to a conclusion based on what he heard. "That female…? Interesting…"
"Just…call me Black Wind…" She replied.
"Well, let's see if your worth keeping," Daityas said as he pointed to all the Council guards around. "I don't really know or care why that Black god slayer took you in, but prove you're not useless, and perhaps I'll let you stay in the castle."
"As you wish…" Wind replied. Wind spread her arms out, spinning around in a full circle rather sharply. Nothing happened for the first few seconds, but when the guards tried to move, they all fell over, motionless.
"…What the hell just happened?" Zancrow asked while looking around. "They just…died?"
"Not bad…" Daityas said with a slight nod. "Perhaps there is use for you after all…"
"Now then…" Tobias started again. "As for my questions…Where are "they" and where is "he"?"
"Looking for them?" Cobra chuckled slightly. "Go down, and you'll find him; it's a restricted area, but it seems as though you have no problems clearing through the security around here…As for my comrades, good luck finding them. I believe the one you're really looking for is around here somewhere. I can hear his thoughts."
"Perfect…now then…" Tobias pulled out his sword, giving each cage containing Hades, Bluenote, Kain, and Cobra, breaking them free.
"What's this?" Cobra asked, raising a brow in interest.
"Your get out of jail free card," Tobias replied. "Do what you want now…"
"You can do what you want, but if you dare get in our way I'll kill ya," Daityas replied.
"I'll keep that in mind…" Cobra nodded.
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Siegrain stared down the two Aloy's in front of him. His head captain, Aloy, and the real one, Aloysius. "W-What is the meaning of this?!" Siegrain asked, clenching his fists. "Are you trying to overthrow my rule?"
"We're not trying to do that…" Aloysius replied as he and Aloy started glowing. In a flash, Aloy's body went into Aloysius' merging the two together back into Aloysius. "Just…think of this as a long hiatus…" Aloysius replied, snapping his fingers as several magic circles appeared around Siegrain's body. "Seventh Rapture!" Upon speaking these words, the magical energy in Siegrain's body exploded, causing the heavenly thought projection to fall to a knee, panting heavily. "More?" Aloysius asked with a slight sadistic grin, performing the same technique once again, this time causing Siegrain to fall over, KO'ed. "You know…" Aloysius sighed. "This place is really disappointing sometimes…you got toys…and they can't even do anything…" Aloysius pointed over to the unconscious and most likely barely living Eve on the floor. "Such a shame…Doesn't matter now…we're just about done here…"