"Can you stand…?" Erza asked while supporting Mirajane up.
"I think so…" Mirajane nodded slowly. Erza released her, and she staggered a bit before regaining her balance. "I'm alright, thank you, Erza…"
"We can't stay here much longer…" Erza began. She couldn't help but eye Mirajane's wounds; compared to her own, they were much worse. "But we also can't run into trouble. I still have plenty of magic left, but after that fight…"
"I understand…" Mirajane nodded, letting out a silent groan of pain. Her body ached, but now was not the time to show weakness. "At least we have these two defeated…but where should we go…?"
"Anywhere but here…" Was the only thing Erza could say to reply. She nodded to Mirajane and they both began to walk off. It was around then that Prometheus began to rise from the rubble, breathing heavily.
"I'M NOT….FINISHEd…YeT!" Prometheus exclaimed before darting forward, grabbing the two females by the back of their heads and shoved them into the ground, gliding just above it to force their faces across the dirt. Mirajane and Erza let out strangled, muffled cries of pain. After a few moments, the injured and desperate Grim Reaper flung the two females into the same building, causing it to nearly collapse on the two.
"Gah!" Erza cried out upon hitting the wall of the interior of the building. She slumped down, her sight becoming blurry. "D-Damn it…" she groaned, reaching around for her blade. Unfortunately, it was well out of her reach and she didn't have the energy to stand up, the adrenaline rushed out of her body.
"Ack…" Mirajane was lying on her stomach, managing short breaths. Her wounds were beginning to bleed, leaving her with blurry vision, the room beginning to spin as her eyes grew heavy. "Ugh…"
"Mira! Stay with me!" Erza exclaimed, ready to get up and help Mirajane, but Prometheus hurled his scythe at Erza, the sharp end stabbing through her shoulder and sticking her to the wall. Even Erza was unable to quiet the near scream of pain from impact. "N-No…!" She slowly began to tug the scythe from her shoulder, but she wasn't fast enough. Prometheus was already standing above Mirajane with an insane grin.
"Don't be so hasty!" Prometheus grinned to Erza before turning back to Mirajane. "You'll be joining her rather shortly!" The Grim Reaper raised his hand, purple fire beginning to surround it. "NOW…!" CLANK! Something struck Prometheus in the back of his head, causing his eyes to roll into the back of his head as he fell next to Mirajane unconscious.
"That's enough, Prometheus…" Pandora said with her lance extended. She let out a slight sight after the deed was done.
"You…" Erza spoke while pulling out the scythe from her shoulder, wincing and groaning after. "Ugh…Why did you stop him…The rules of winning and losing don't apply to you demons, from what I know…"
"Demons, yes," Pandora merely replied while lifting the unconscious Prometheus over her shoulder. "We lost, though Prometheus had no intentions of letting you two go so easily."
"So that's your story…?" Mirajane asked while raising a brow.
"I don't think that's your place to know…" Pandora avoided the subject while holding her lance towards the two females, a soft, sea green light emitting from the tip of her weapon. The wounds on the females began to heal, though they weren't fully healed. "There. You should be able to continue fighting at the very least."
"You're helping us…?"Mirajane asked while standing up. She'd be lying if she said she couldn't go another round after the healing; the demoness then quirked a brow towards Pandora. "We'll ask you again…who are you?"
"The one who just saved your lives." Pandora responded before walking off.
"Hmph…" Erza merely grunted as Pandora made her exit with Prometheus. She did notice by her side, that Prometheus' scythe was still there. It wasn't going to leave until the owner called it back. "Perhaps I can use this for something…"
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"They're here…" Doranbolt said as he appeared before Jellal with Brain, Midnight, Racer, Angel, and Hoteye. They all were all excited to see Jellal, but for their own selfish reasons.
"And Erik…?" Jellal asked.
Doranbolt replied with a shake of his head, "As for Cobra…he escaped towards the end of the Council Ball. We do not know of his whereabouts at the moment…"
"He'll be here soon…I can assure you of this…" Jellal nodded slowly before facing the members of the Oracion Seis. "It's been a long time…"
"What do we have the pleasure of this meeting, Jellal…?" Midnight questioned with a growing evil grin. "If you have a death wish, all you have to do is say something…" As Midnight spoke, he pointed his hand forward, gathering darkness magic on his fingertips.
"We'll make it as quick as possible, I promise…" Racer said while crouching down into a starting position.
"I'm not going to be fighting, you two. I can't stand the violence!" Hoteye spoke, causing Midnight and Racer's to deadpan before turning back to Jellal.
"Don't worry about him…" Brain said while rolling his neck, giving Jellal a wide grin. "This is what you do now? Going around, pretending you're on some journey of repentance? How amusing…"
"…" Angel just remained silent. Her memory was still fragmented, and though she could remember a few things, staring at Jellal made her blood boil, though she couldn't explain the reason why. The reason was right there, but it her when forcing herself to try and remember it.
"I need your assistance," Jellal stated, his eyes showing how serious he was.
"What…!?" Doranbolt's eyes widened at what Jellal said. "Is that why you…"
"Assistance!? Why the hell would we ever help YOU?" Midnight questioned with a scowl replacing his smile.
"As you can see…" Jellal gestured to the city around them. "This city is being ravaged by demons, all following Zeref. He is our common enemy. Together, we can defeat Zeref and put an end to…"
"Enough!" Racer wasn't going to have any more of this. He blasted off from his position, striking Jellal in the gut before he could react. Jellal staggered back, but Midnight already has his follow up, sending blades of distortion towards the saint.
"Meteor…!" Jellal exclaimed, a heavenly light appearing around his body. He was just able to evade Midnight's attack by flying to the side, but Racer was on him, aiming a fast jab to his fast. Jellal's flight pattern was thrown off and he ended up skidding across the ground before hopping up, letting out a few heavy breaths.
"Jellal…!" Doranbolt stepped forward, but Jellal halted him with his voice.
"Stand back…" Jellal ordered. "This is my fight…this is something that's been a long time coming…"
As Jellal spoke, Kagura, Lahar, Tristan, and Hikaru rounded the corner, eyes widened to see Jellal squaring off with the members of the Oracion Seis. "What does he think he's doing…!?" Lahar exclaimed. "Doranbolt, what is the meaning of this!?"
"Jellal…" Kagura was close to vomiting once again.
"Hey, are you alright..? You look ill…" The female ice dragon slayer glanced at Kagura worriedly. "Tristan, how is her sword coming along…?"
"I'm almost finished," Tristan replied. "It's a little difficult, but it should suffice nonetheless once finished…"
"Guests?" Hoteye turned, merely greeting those who arrived on the scene with a grin. "Welcome! Though, I wouldn't suggest getting in the way, Jellal said he wanted to fight by himself, and it would be quite rude to interfere with his wishes."
"Just what is he thinking…?" Kagura thought to herself with a scowl and resentment in her voice, watching Jellal deal with both Racer and Midnight. She then turned to Tristan, looking to get as far away from Jellal as possible. "Is my sword done yet? I'm tired of sitting around and doing little to nothing…"
"Almost…" Tristan said. He could sense the urgency in Kagura's voice. "I'm working to the best of my ability, Kagura-san…"
"What's wrong, Angel?" Brain asked while standing behind Angel, causing her to stiffen. Brain looked to the battle between Jellal, Midnight, and Racer. "You've been staring quite hard at Jellal the past few minutes; there must be something on your mind."
"I…" Angel paused; Brain made her feel uncomfortable. She shook her head slowly, her fist tightening as some spotty memories began to play in her head. "Jellal…He..." She could feel the hatred for the male welling up within her. Her eyes widened as it all slowly came back to her.
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"OUTTA THE WAY!" Natsu roared at the top of his lungs. The fire dragon slayer swung reckless haymaker after reckless haymaker at the demons, not caring how much stronger they had actually gotten since the defeat of the few in charge. He crouched down, leaping high into the air, forming a sphere of fire in his hands. "Dazzling Blaze of the Fire Dragon!" Natsu hurled the sphere down, an explosion of fire occurring, easily blowing away a horde of demons. "I gotta get to that Zeref bastard!" He touched down on the ground again, quickly rounding a corner. It was then that he noticed Zeref standing with his back turned not too far away. Natsu wasn't just going to let Zeref's idle stance go unpunished. Natsu puffed his cheeks out, immediately unleashing a Fire Dragon's Roar towards the death mage with no warning.
"…" Zeref merely shifted his body to the side, avoiding the funnel of fire with ease. Zeref then turned to Natsu, tilting his head. "My…sometimes you can be quite rude, Natsu Dragneel…I was just taking in the view."
"The view…?" Natsu questioned while clenching his fists.
"The view of the new beginning…wiping out you humans from existence, I mean…" Zeref responded with a slight, malicious smile.
"What the hell gives you the right to decide something like this!?" Natsu clenched his fists, flames flaring around his body violently.
"History tends to repeat itself…" Zeref stated with a calm tone. "Long ago…humans were threatened to be wiped out because they were hideous creatures…Like I said before…power corrupts, and humans are the most susceptible to power. If it weren't for that one woman, there would be no humanity today…but alas, how that backfired…" Shaking his head, the death mage looked back up at Natsu. "I assume you've hunted me down to take me out, correct?"
"Hell yeah!" Natsu had enough talk; he rushed towards Zeref, pulling a fiery fist back. "You're gonna pay for what you did to the Princess, and putting everyone else in danger!" He swung his Iron Fist towards Zeref, but the ravenette merely blocked it with his forearm, not even sliding back from the hit. "What…?"
"You lack the power to defeat me…I thought I made this clear…" Zeref said as his tone shifted to something serious. He then drew his palm back, throwing it at Natsu's face. The power behind hit was incredible; enough to send Natsu flying back, but he caught himself. "You cannot defeat me just yet…but unfortunately for you, you won't have the time…and here I thought you could end me, Natsu." He then turned, slowly beginning to walk off.
"Hey, I'm not finished with you yet!" Natsu screamed while rushing towards Zeref, drawing his arm back. It was then that a portal appeared just in front of Natsu, causing him to slide to a halt, just barely stopping before the portal. "What…? Whew…" And then a hand pushed him in, warping him to the other side of the city, landing on his face. "Gah!?" He hopped up, a comical tick mark appearing on his forehead. "Hey! What the hell was that?!"
"I deeply apologize, Salamander…" Rugal said from a building above, staring down at Natsu from behind his black shades. "But I cannot allow you to harm Lord Zeref…You're clearly not worth his time."
"Rugal…" Natsu scowled at the sight of the dimensional demon. His scowl then shifted into a slight smirk. "That's fine with me…I can use you for a warm up before pounding his face in!" Orange flames once again flared around his body. "Since you don't want to move, I'll just run right over you!"
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"Ice Make: Ice Cannon!" Gray formed a cannon of ice on his shoulders, taking aim at Ur. He fired the cannon, unleashing a potent blast of ice; the recoil caused him to almost fall backwards, but the shot was hurtling towards Ur.
"Ice doesn't…" Ur started while bringing her arm up, taking the full brunt of the Ice Cannon. There was a small explosion of ice, and when it faded Ur's arm was completely frozen over, but she merely shook it off. "Affect me anymore."
"I've beaten an Ice Dragon slayer…" Gray said with a slight smirk, though he was hiding the irritation from the fact his attack actually had no effect. "You're not going to get off so easily."
"Ice Make: Dragonfly!" Lyon exclaimed while unleashing ice dragonflies from the cyan magic seal before him to fly towards Ur.
"Silly boys…" Ur merely shook her head at their attempts. She swiped one hand in front of her, sending sharp, cold wind at the dragonflies coming her way. The dragon flies were sliced in half, leaving Lyon speechless.
"How…?!" Lyon could only utter that word out. Before he could say anything else, Ur closed the distance between them, slamming a knee into the dynamic mage's gut, following up with a roundhouse kick aimed at his skull, sending him tumbling away.
"Damn!" Gray grunted before placing his arms at his sides. "Ice Make: Bringer!" The heavy artillery was coming out; Gray formed two large, curved blades in his hands. He then leapt towards Ur, aiming to slash her in an X formation. Ur dodged with a leap back, but Gray continued the pursuit, aiming another cross slash for his teacher's midsection. Ur evaded this one, too, but not completely. The curved edge of the blade grazed the arm that wasn't covered in the black mark.
"Flash Forward…" Ultear whispered, creating numerous copies of her orb towards her mother once again. Not even Ur could evade all of the incoming orbs, but it was clear she wasn't taking too much damage from them. "No way…!"
"Cute…" Ur said while rolling her neck. An evil grin appeared on the elder woman's lips. "Now…let me show you ice that's strong enough to freeze the flames of hell itself." Ur's cheeks began to puff up, gathering a vortex of ice around her. "Ice Devil's…Rage!" Ur threw her head forward, unleashing a massive beam of ice from her mouth that froze the ground it traveled over, rushing towards her three children.
"I'll take care of it…" Ultear said, holding her hand out to activate her Time Ark. However, surprise quickly struck as she realized that this ice wasn't advancing forward, it just kept moving. "W-What…!?"
"This ice isn't normal, as I thought!" Gray grunted before leaping forward with Lyon. "Ice Make: Rampart!"
"Ice Make: Shield!"
Gray created an incredibly large wall of ice before him, Lyon, and Ultear, while Lyon's shield of ice was another protective layer on top of that. They believed this would buy them some time, but they were dead wrong. Ur's Ice Devil's Rage completely broke through the defensive barriers, not even cushioned by the opposing ice. The three mages were hit directly and flew back, all landing on their backs from the hit. "Guh…" Gray winced, slowly lifting himself up to a sitting position. "What the hell…?"
"What is this ice…?" Lyon groaned, bringing himself to a knee. "This isn't like anything I've ever had to deal with before…it's so cold…so dark…and yet so powerful at the same time…"
"The ice of a devil…is truly fearsome…" Ultear said with a few heavy breaths. Her prior damage from the encounter with Marde was beginning to catch up to her.
"Is that all you have…?" Ur asked with an evil smile. The black markings on her body began to spread once again, reaching until it covered the entire left side of her face. "Although…I must say, I'm expending a little more effort than I thought I would have to…" She admitted before glancing around at all the broken ice shards scattered along their battlefield. "But that's fine…"
"That look in her eyes…" Ultear started.
"She wouldn't…" Gray grit his teeth; he'd been around far too many slayers to know that feral look when they were around their element, especially Natsu. And much to his fear, Ur opened her mouth and began inhaling a large amount of the ice shards scattered. A thick blue aura surrounded the devil slayer. "Shit…!"
"I must thank you three for that delicious frozen dinner…" Ur said while patting her stomach. She then swiped her hand, creating a swirling tornado of Ice Devil Slaying around the three mages. "Ice Devil's Tornado!"
"Gaaaah!" The three cried out in pain before they were viciously thrown out of the tornado as it dispersed, covered in cuts and bruises from the sharp ice that attacked them within the storm.
"Oh, what's wrong? Have you lost the will to fight…?" Ur questioned as the black mark just continued spreading.
"The more she uses that magic…the deeper she sinks…." Gray growled, placing his hands on the ground to slowly lift himself up. "We're not done yet…we said we were going to destroy your darkness, Ur. Before it's too late…"
"You children just don't learn…" Ur sighed with the shrug of her shoulders. "You won't win."
"I'll die trying!" Lyon exclaimed as two lion heads suddenly formed along the length of his arms. "We won't let you slip away again! Ice Make: Twin Lion!" With that, he rushed towards Ur, aiming multiple physical attacks at Ur. He managed to land some hits, but Ur eventually had enough and with one swipe, used her own ice to destroy Lyon's, leaving him defenseless.
"You can't even do anything against me, how do you expect to win?" Ur then swung her heel at Lyon's temple, knocking him away; it was then that she got a clear view of Gray and Ultear; Gray used the time Lyon bought to form a large battalion of ice cannons all around her.
"A flame headed idiot always finds a way to compromise in a situation like this, and I'm not going to let him one up me…" Gray spoke with a slight smirk. "Ice Cannons, Fire!"
"Ice won't work…" Ur started, but she quickly realized that the bombardment the cannons started was of Ultear's orbs, all being propelled at her faster than she could react. She let out a minor yelp of pain as she was overwhelmed by the orbs crashing onto her. When it all stopped, she was seen with bruises painted all along her body, panting softly. "You're going…to pay dearly for that…"
"I think not, mother…" Ultear said while throwing her orb to Gray. "Gray!"
"I know!" Gray exclaimed as ice began to cover his arm, taking the shape of a large gauntlet. "Ice Make: Vambrance!" He caught the orb Ultear threw to him, now winding his arm back as far as he could. He then hurled the orb with all his might, the throwing power increased by the gauntlet on his arm. The orb hurled towards Ur at breathtaking speeds, leaving her with little time to react so it went right through her stomach, causing blood to fly from her mouth. She didn't collapse, but she fell to a knee as ice automatically appeared around the critical wound, which allowed her to stay in the fight. "She won't go down…!"
"Like I said…" Ur stood up, but shakily this time. "It doesn't matter what you do…you won't beat me…"
"She's on her last leg, you know…" Lyon said while eying the woman. "But so are we."
"It's all or nothing in this next attack…" Gray stated. Ultear and Lyon gave him a firm nod. Suddenly, the three joined hands, pointing their free ones at Ur as an incredibly powerful icy aura began to form around them.
"J-Just what do you think you're doing…?" Ur questioned, attempting to move to finish the mages off, but the stomach wound was more serious than she anticipated, even with the slight recovery to it.
A variety of ice weapons, ice creatures, and rose petals appeared above the three ice make mages, swirling around in a vortex slowly. The mage's hands lit up in a bright cyan aura, all staring directly at Ur. "Ice Make: INFINTIY!" The vortex of ice creations spun around rapidly, now rushing towards Ur at blinding speeds. Ur had no time to react, especially with her serious wound. The infinite creations of ice consumed her, a pained scream finally escaping from her lips; when the Ice Make: Infinity faded; Ur was lying on the ground, fading in and out of consciousness.
"G-Got…you…" Gray let out a soft chuckle before falling to his knees, panting heavily. The damage caught up to him, Lyon, and Ultear at last.
"W-Well…done…." Ur said through heavy breaths. "You three…you've all grown….I'm so proud of you…"
"I guess we finally knocked some sense into you…" Lyon said with a faint chuckle. "Ouch…it hurts to laugh…"
"How are you feeling…" Ultear asked.
"Terrible, if I'm going to be honest…" Ur spoke with a pained chuckle before sitting up, grimacing. "Was it really necessary to throw that thing through my stomach…?"
"The fact you can still move after that was what worried me…" Gray admitted before finally standing up himself, walking over to his teacher and extended a hand out. "Here…"
"Gray…" Ur took Gray's hand, a blue aura appearing around the two. Before Gray knew it, a tattoo appeared on his arm, causing his arms to widen. "Take this…you could use it more than I can…especially in a crisis like this…"
"W-What…?" Gray pulled Ur up, glancing at the tattoo that suddenly appeared on his arm. "What is this…?"
"Ice Devil Slaying…" Ur responded. "I have faith you can use it correctly and not fall into the darkness like I was…With all these demons around, you should be able to dispose of most of them easily…with the exception of Daityas and Marde…" After speaking, Ur turned and began to limp off.
"Wait, where do you think you're going…?" Lyon stood up, wincing as he held his side.
"I'm going to take care of some business…just leave it to me…" Ur walked down an alleyway, a wall of runes appearing behind her, sealing the route off.
"We can't just let her go alone…" Ultear glanced at Lyon and Gray, who nodded in agreement.
"I agree…" Gray grit his teeth, glancing around for a short cut. "She went that way…so there must be another way to get to her…Come on, let's go, follow me!"
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(Around the same time as the Gray, Lyon, Ultear, vs. Ur fight…)
"I hope everyone's okay…" Wendy spoke, running alongside Cynthia and Carla.
"These demons just seem to keep getting stronger every second…" Cynthia bit her lip. "But I'm not worried about everyone…I know they can hold their own. But at the same time…"
"What's that up there…?" Carla pointed to the explosion off in the distance.
"Let's go find out…!" Wendy and Cynthia spoke in unison. When they arrived on the scene, they saw Selene, Aira, and Takeru dealing with a thinning horde of demons. "Look…!" Wendy gasped.
"Ha!" Selene leapt up, aiming a diamond coated roundhouse at a demon, though it managed to dodge. Aira had Selene's back, following up with a few blades of wind that cleaved through the monster easily. The two females then both shifted on their heels, kicking away two demons that threatened to blind side the other.
"Shadow Dragon's Claw!" Takeru exclaimed with a grin, cleaving through demons on his own with little to no effort. He shifted on his heel, ducking an incoming swipe and clawed right through the beast again. "They're getting stronger, huh? I don't see it…" With that, the demons in their little area had been cleared out.
"Wow!" Cynthia clapped her hands before running onto the scene. "You guys have gotten stronger!"
"Mhm…!" Wendy followed behind Cynthia.
"Is that everything here?" Carla asked while looking around.
"I think so…" Selene said with a nod. "Although…Chelia was with us and we got separated during that huge wave. We just finished clearing them off, but I don't know where she went…"
"Wait a second…" Cynthia put her hand up. "I can smell something…" She and Wendy looked around.
"Over there…!" Wendy pointed behind Selene, causing the eclipse mages to turn around. Chelia slowly walked forward, her hair creating a shade over her eyes. "Oh, there she is! Chelia, over here!"
"…." Takeru's eyes narrowed at Chelia, his amused expression fading into a serious one.
"You sense it too, right…?" Aira quietly asked Takeru.
"Something's not right about her…" Takeru stated bluntly.
"What do you mean…?" Carla asked. "She looks normal…Right, Chelia…?"
"….." Chelia still remained quiet, though the magic aura around her began to intensify, focusing around her hand. Without a word, she drew her hand back, suddenly throwing it forward, unleashing a massive spiral of pitch black wind towards the group, ripping through the ground it traveled.
"Look out!" Cynthia exclaimed. Though no one was expecting the speed of the attack, and they were all caught in it, thrown off to various sides of the small area they were in. "Agh…Chelia…what the heck…?!" Cynthia growled while picking herself up.
"What was that for…!?" Selene stood up, brushing off the hit as best she could.
Chelia lifted her head up, and in the brief second her hair swung up, their questions were answered. They caught the discoloration of Chelia's eyes, which said it all. "Black Sky God's Bellow…!" Chelia threw her head forward, unleashing a pitch black funnel of wind towards the group, having no regard for their safety.
"Sky Dragon's…"
"Omega Fire Dragon's…"
"Roar!"
Cynthia and Wendy threw their heads forward, unleashing a mixture of their respective roars to clash with Chelia's dual bellow. The result ended in an explosion, creating a large cloud of smoke. "D-Darn…! Where'd she go…!"
"Ha…" Chelia jumped forward, landing in the center of the group with her arms extended, spinning around rapidly to create a circle of black wind that quickly expanded outwards, once again pushing the group away from her and into the remains of some buildings. "Wind's Circle…"
"Are you two okay…!?" Carla immediately flew over towards Wendy and Cynthia.
"I'm dizzy, but fine…" Wendy admitted. "I'm more worried about Chelia…What do we do? …We can't hurt her…!"
"She must be being controlled…I can smell 'him' around her…" Selene said while picking herself up. "But we Wendy's right…we can't hurt her…"
"We have two healers here…" Takeru said while rolling his neck, a shadowy aura appearing around him as he entered his Shadow Drive. "I don't see what you're all concerned about…you may not want to hurt her, but I have no qualms with doing so..." With that, he was off, appearing as a shadowy blur as he zipped across the 'field' reaching Chelia within seconds due to his unpredictable movement, and aimed his elbow at her face, causing her to stagger back. Takeru continued, aiming to follow up with a kick, but Chelia ducked and aimed a black wind infused roundhouse to Takeru's side, causing him to stagger in that direction before skidding back. He puffed his cheeks out. "Shadow Dragon's Roar!" He unleashed a funnel of shadows that raced towards Chelia.
"Hmph…" Chelia gracefully stepped to the side, now moving in with circles of black wind appearing around her hands. Once a few feet in front of Takeru, she twisted her upper body, sending a spiral of wind that lifted Takeru off his feet and into the sky. "Sky God's Dance!"
"Now's our chance!" Wendy exclaimed, rushing forward as blue wind began to form around her arm. "Sky Dragon's Claw!"
"Omega Fire Dragon's Claw!" Cynthia followed right behind Wendy, red fire taking the shape of a claw along her arm. Aira and Selene followed up with their own attacks all attempting to overwhelming Chelia all at once. Chelia, however, was unfazed and spread her arms around; creating various currents of wind around her that deflected all attacks. Then, by using the power of the black god that was inside her, caused it to explode, sending the females flying away once again. "Gwah…!"
"Agh…" Wendy hit the ground on her stomach; she was holding back because she didn't want to hurt Chelia, but the realization that Chelia wasn't holding back on them quickly began to set in. "C-Chelia…!"
(Good…Now, kill the little sky dragon. Once you do that, the little Omega Fire Dragon will lose it, and will take down just about everything.) Daityas commanded Chelia via telepathy.
"Hai…" Chelia nodded, slowly approaching Wendy with black wind covering her hand.
"C-Chelia…s-stop…!" Wendy pleased, closing her eyes.
"Wendy…!" Cynthia and Carla exclaimed while rushing towards Chelia.
It was then that a large wind arrow grazed Chelia's arm, catching her attention. Several more arrows followed, causing Chelia to back away from Wendy with a series of flips before landing a few feet away from the opposing group. "Who…?"
"Tch…" Raven leapt down from a building, gritting his teeth at the sight he saw: Chelia as Black Wind once again. It sent a shiver down his spine.
"You're…Raven, right…?" Cynthia asked.
"Yeah…" Raven nodded slowly. "Are you all okay…?"
"We've had worse…" Aira said while standing up as though nothing happened.
"She's not as strong as Sidney, but we can't afford to expend that much energy on her…" Selene admitted as her diamond shield began to cover every inch of her body. "You know, she's being controlled…I can sense it…"
"She's out of control too…" Raven let out a heavy sigh, gripping his bow tightly, almost with regret.
"Are you alright…?" Wendy asked. "You look like you're struggling, Raven-san…"
"It's not easy to see a guild member go out of control like this…" Takeru assumed, though he forgot how close to home that hit Cynthia and Wendy, and he was reminded by a harsh nudge from Selene. "Oh...right…sorry."
"This isn't the first time it's happened either…but this time…I have a promise to keep…" Raven said with another heavy sigh, though his expression showed nothing but determination. "Please…let me take the shot to take her down…." Upon hearing those words, Wendy, Cynthia, Selene, and Aira's eyes widened. At first, they assumed to simply defeat her, but the heavy tone in his voice only meant one thing: death.
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Cynthia: "ARE YOU CRAZY?! WE CAN GET CHELIA BACK JUST FINE!"
Wendy: "Y-Yeah! There's no reason to suggest such a thing! She's our friend!"
Selene: "She's your guild mate! How could you even think to follow through with something like that…!?
Daityas: "You humans and your bonds…when will you ever realize that your little attachments to each other will eventually bring your downfall…? Not that it matters to me…I fondly enjoy watching you run around like headless chickens in situations like this."
Ur: "You think these kinds of situations are funny, huh…? Well…I can assure you that you're about to have a riot, Daityas…"
Chelia: "Don't….try….help…."
Next time: For the One(s) I love!