"LET'S GOOOOOOOO!" Natsu roared before leading the charge, sprinting towards Marde at full speed with flames blazing wildly around his fist.
"You won't get the chance. Thorns." Marde flicked his fingers in one simple movement, conjuring sudden thorns that emerged from awkward angles to pin and skewer Natsu like a pin cushion…but to Marde's surprise, Natsu evaded the move before it could even reach him! "What…how did he evade a move he hasn't seen before…?! Unless…" Marde had one thought…but it would never finished as Natsu scored the first true direct hit against Marde in the form of a punch to the cheek at sent him flying into a large rock.
"Got him!" Natsu said with a wide grin.
"Oh that's not even fair!" Cygnus complained. "How are you JUST gonna get here and land a hit on him like that!?"
"Get better!" Natsu replied. While his remark got under Cygnus's skin, there were far more pressing matters to attend to: like Marde who emerged from the rubble relatively unfazed from Natsu's hit. There was just a burn mark on his cheek.
"You will have to do a much better job than that if you truly wish to TRY and subdue the likes of me." Marde scoffed.
To Marde's constant remarks, Cygnus titled his head in slight confusion. "You really like talking about yourself don't you? I think you'd beat Reve in an egotistical contest, and that's no small feat…but onto more important matters!" Taking the lead now, Cygnus pushed his hand forward as a golden aura exploded around his body: God Trigger! From his palms, golden waves of gravity shot out and exploded around Marde, significantly increasing the gravity in the area once more. "Looks like you're nothing but a paper weight now!"
Rogue quickly and silently moved around in the shadows to close the gap between himself and Marde. He wasn't going to emerge predictably like last time; instead he rose just in front of the demon king, unaffected by the gravity due to his intangible state. "Shadow Dragon's Eruption!" Right in front of Marde, an eruption of shadows occurred. Had it not been for the increase in gravity, Marde would've been thrown off his feet, but nope!
Immediately after Rogue's eruption, the shadow dragon retreated to make room for Sting, who was coming in full throttle with all of his momentum packed into his shining leg. "White Dragon's Drill Kick!" In one fluid motion, Sting swung his leg at Marde's chest. The hit landed true and the force was so great Marde flew backwards through several pillars of rubble before finally coming to a stop on the ground! "There we go! Now we're getting somewhere!"
"Oh, I'm not even closed to being finished yet!" Cygnus took to the air, placing his fist into his palm sideways. This prompted a black and white magic seal to form above Marde, leaking with Eclipse magic. "Time for the big guns; Eclipse Hammer!" From the seal, a hammer composed of Eclipse magic dropped down on Marde, resulting in a glorious explosion that shook the entire castle! Or…well, what was left of it anyway. "Now that's what I'm talking about."
Silence filled the air for a moment before Marde emerged from the smoke. He didn't seem fazed by the previous string of attacks and proceeded to sit on his throne, crossing one leg over the other. "…Your efforts thus far have been nothing but pathetic…" The fact Marde took all of that and could talk so casually posed a problem for the four mages. "And yet…it stirred an emotion whirring up inside of me since your efforts in my castle began….an emotion I had long forgotten and believed I had no need for: anger. That's right…you humans…you've all made me very angry." Marde grinned once again…but there was no happiness behind that smile. It was an angry, twisted smile that conveyed every single hateful emotion the Demon King was withholding all day.
To that…Natsu just gave a shit eating grin. "Anger, huh? Looks like you're just as human as the rest of us…which means that you can also be beaten."
Oooooh…that was the button he probably shouldn't have pressed. Marde's smile grew for a second before a sigh passed his lips. "I didn't want to have to do this…Master END, please forgive me for this unsightly show you're about to witness." That was when Marde finally placed the book of END down on the nearest piece of rubble…now freeing up both hands.
"Looks like he's finally getting serious now." Rogue mumbled.
"Yes…I believe it's time to properly erase you from existence." Marde's twisted smile appeared once again. Without even moving a muscle, several monstrous roses appeared around the group of four; the bulbs opened up and released gigantic beams of curse power that converged with all four mages in the center, resulting in a large dome-like explosion. Sitting comfortably in the throne was Marde, who couldn't help but let out a chuckle at the destruction he caused. This was his way of relieving the stress that had slowly been accumulating throughout the entire day…and damn was he enjoying it.
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Erza took off towards Maggie, lightning charging around the tip of her electrical lance. In her other hand, she had prepared a blade composed purely of water to counteract Maggie's Lava embodiment. The first swing came from the blade of water; a simple slash released several powerful crescents of water that raced towards the lava demoness. "Take this!"
"A little water won't get the best of me and you know it!" Maggie countered Erza crescents of water by creating a curtain of lava before her. The water meeting with the lava resulted in nothing but steam and the lava hardening from the volume of water used. That was nothing for Maggie, but Erza's follow up was unseen due to the curtain of lava.
"Elthunder!" Stabbing the tip of her lance into the solidified wall of magma, a blast of light erupted from the tip to shatter everything. Maggie was thrown backwards but she didn't falter much in the face of damage.
Maggie recovered quickly, a small vortex of lava swirling around her hand which she drove into the ground. "Melt!" The floor underneath Erza started to pool and melt due to a sudden rise in temperature. An eruption of molten lava exploded on Erza before she had the chance to truly react; the only thing Titania could do was requip into her Flame Empress Armor to reduce the damage dealt, but damn did lava hurt.
Faltering just slightly, Erza regained her footing before pointing her lighting lance forward, a magic seal forming just in front of the tip. "Lightning Cyclotron!" With the addition of her aquatic blade, three bolts of lightning shot forward towards Maggie to inflict massive damage with the water/electric combo.
Maggie leaned backwards, gathering an abundance of curse within her mouth. "Ashfall…" Exhaling, a ball of heat and ash was sent towards the incoming combination of Lightning Cyclotron. The two attacks exploded upon meeting each other instantly; the ash covered Erza's sight and made it impossible to track Maggie. Using the ash as cover, Maggie swiftly moved forward and brought her fist to Erza's cheek; impact was something else because Erza was almost lifted off the ground from such force!
"Agh…" Erza grunted before opting to change her tactics. She knew she couldn't physically touch Maggie lest she wanted to burn herself to death; that would change with one armor in particular however: The Giant's Armor. That in mind, Erza donned this armor and dropped both her aquatic blade and lightning lance before retaliating against Maggie with a punch of her own. The blow was sufficient enough to send Maggie staggering backwards, turning her head to spit out some blood. This caused Erza to grin slightly. "Is that painful enough for you?"
Meanwhile, not too far off, Reve and Taya were really going at it! Reve fired continuous shots from his pistols to strike Taya's vitals; this man was really going for the kill. Unfortunately for him, Taya's vectors made his shots a little inaccurate as they shielded her from any life-threatening damage. Rolling to the side, the gunslinger dropped two pistols in the process to exchange them for sawn off shot guns. Once coming to a halt he pointed them forward to release two condensed bullets that spread out into a wide wave. "Spread Shot!"
"Oh ho, this is going like our very first fight, isn't it?" Taya hummed while bringing up a wall of vectors to shield herself from spray of bullets. She underestimated Reve's power just slightly as a few of her vectors were broken through and the bullets ran along her sides, drawing a large amount of blood. Taya hissed quietly in pain before sending a vector into the ground, where it raced quickly before rising up to punch Reve in the chest. "And you remember how that went, didn't it?"
The one weakness of Reve's Precision Eyes were now being exposed: while he had excellent eyesight and could keep up with movements of even the fastest individuals, he could not actually see through objects. Therefore he was unaware of the vector travelling through the ground until it actually hit him with such force he grunted in pain and was thrown backwards until he narrowly managed to catch himself. Before he could even recover, Taya was on him with her blade of darkness, aiming for Reve's neck with no hesitation! Reve had to sway his body in time with Taya's swings to avoid being beheaded! "Tch!"
"What's the matter? I hope you're not on the ropes already!" Taya teased while making sure to keep the pressure on Reve. Of course Reve couldn't stand such a taste of his own medicine and elected to shut Taya up by pressing his boot to her stomach, forcefully kicking her away while knocking the wind out of her. Reve wasn't getting away with such a tactic for free as Taya hurled her sword the moment she was kicked away, striking Reve's side for some heavy damage. "Agh.."
"Grr…" The sword in Reve's side dispersed but with nothing to plug the wound it would soon become a very serious injury. Like that was going to stop Reve here and now, though.
"Running out of steam already?" Taya held her hands apart, generating the energy to create a pitch black sphere crackling with black sparks of lightning. "Let's see how you handle this one then…" Pushing her hands forward, the sphere rocketed towards Reve.
The Gunslinger was more than ready. Pointing one shotgun forward, he clicked the trigger to release a condensed bullet that clashed with the obsidian sphere. The result was an onyx explosion that created a thick cloud of smoke between Reve and Taya; this was the time from Reve to shift from his Precision Eyes to his Thermal Eyes; optics now turning a red hue, this allowed him to detect Taya's heat signature even as her form was masked by the smoke. Reve aimed another bullet, this one at Taya's leg. Oh, the joy he felt when it hit, because he could see Taya cringe in pain even if she didn't make a noise in the process. "Heh…" It was around then that the smoke cleared and Erza slid back to Reve's side. Both sides were running each other ragged, but neither of them were willing to give in so easily.
"How's the Lady!?" Lector asked while rushing over to Minerva.
"She's fine…just unconscious…" Pantherlily reported before turning his gaze to the fight. With only 25 minutes left on the clock…things were starting to get down to the wire…
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Mest finally arrived back at Tartarus with Carla, Alex, Wendy, and Cynthia. With that out of the way he could finally take a rest. "There…we made it…"
"Oh…?" Lucy turned along with a few others. "Wendy, Alex, you're back and…"
"WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR HAIR!?" The questions came from several Fairy Tail mages, all of them pointing accusingly at Wendy's shorter hair.
"What…?" Wendy tilted her head.
"…I don't see a problem with it…" Cynthia sheepishly poked her fingers together, a red hue forming along her cheeks. It was odd that she of all people was embarrassed, but now that she finally made her comment, everyone noticed her.
"CYNTHIA!?"
While everyone was surprised…there was some obvious signs of hesitation from Cynthia's attitude prior. She glanced at Wendy and Carla, who just gave nods for her to ahead. "Y-Yeah…it's me…I got the stupid knocked out of me by Wendy, thankfully."
"Glad to have you back!" Lucy beamed while clapping her hands together. "Although…it looks like we're still in the middle of something…" She was referring to the number of Lamys still parading around the battlefield like it was a playground.
"She's still around?" Cynthia smacked a hand to her face, dragging it down over dramatically. "I should've expected that someone as annoying as her would still be kicking…but why are there so many!? Levy told me that rabbits multiplied like that…not sheep. But more importantly, Wendy came up with the best idea!"
"What's that?" Lucy asked.
"They had me carry them around to the guilds housing Saints that haven't appeared to battle yet. White Eclipse, Radioactive Decay, Aurora Pistola…" Mest just sounded flat out exhausted. "Teleporting all four of them is no easy feat…"
"I took care of Radioactive Decay." Alex added. Wendy and Cynthia were pretty adverse to going there for multiple reasons. It was for the best that Alex took care o fit.
"We asked the Wizard Saints to see what they could do about Face!" Wendy explained. "Blue Pegasus is already on their way as we speak!"
"Nice goin' Wendy!" Cana said while ruffling Wendy's short hair. "Broke a Face unit, got our Cynthia back, AND you came up with this plan? You're growin' up faster than I'd like! Well, in most areas." That last part was an obvious tease, but that particular topic always still got to Wendy.
"I guess she is pretty flat comparatively..." Alex checked her own chest. She was about the average size to her peers...
"Can we not talk about that..." Wendy said with an embarrassed smile.
"We wouldn't be here if Cynthia didn't open her eyes." Carla nodded.
"Ahaha…let's not focus on me right now. The day isn't over yet…" Cynthia said with a sheepish smile.
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"Darkness Demon's Claw!" Arc swung his claw in an arc, clashing across Takeru's chest with a heavy trail of darkness following behind his fingertips. This was a direct hit and Takeru was sent staggering backwards and Arc continued to attack. His prey was in his sights and he wasn't letting it go. "Darkness Demon's…"
Takeru rebounded quickly and extended his hand out. "Shadow Dragon's Rough Silk!" From his fingertips, thin beams of shadows rushing out to pierce through the already approaching Arcturus. Arcturus was unable to avoid all of the beams coming his way, so a few of them did pierce through his body to draw blood, but the demon seemed unfazed for the most part and continued to rush Takeru down, slamming his darkness coated fist into Takeru's fist to drive him into the ground. "Gah!"
"That was a good hit…" Arcturus grinned while licking his lips. It hurt, but he was used to the pain if anything. "But you'll have to do much better than that…I wonder how you will with no magic though." Here it was once again…Arcturus was slowly undoing the bandages around his eyes. Once he did, Empty Eye activated once again. That all too familiar pulse that erased magic within a wide area…only it wasn't limited to just them. "Every human in this castle that uses magic will not be doing so until I fall."
"What!?" Takeru's eyes widened at this news. His magic was immediately nullified…and if what Arc was saying was true, then…
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"Damn…" As the smoke cleared around Natsu, Cygnus, Sting, and Rogue, they were all shown to be noticeably damaged by Marde's attack. Natsu tried to summon flames…but his magic was completely shut down along with the others. "Huh!? What happened to my magic?! I had it just a second ago!"
"Ho…." Marde's sinister chuckle caught their attention. "It seems Arcturus has had enough of your games…as have I. Now suffer as you are truly powerless to stand against me." With a snap of his fingers, the bulbs around the four began to gather curse power once again.
With nowhere to go…the situation started to look increasingly grim. "Crap…!" Sting shouted in worry.
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Click click. ….Reve's guns weren't letting out any bullets. "Shit. Don't tell me he's still here too…"
Erza was gaining no response from her massive armory either. None of their magic was responding at the worst possible moment! "Wait…what happened?!"
"Looks like Arc has finally found his prey…and he's made our job that much easier." Taya grinned as a vector emerged from her back, reaching out to grab and restrain Reve. "I must say…it's a bit of an anticlimactic ending to our bout…but I did tell you, Reve. This would be the last time we ever meet."
"Reve…!" Erza went to assist Reve in whatever way she could, but a punch from Maggie melted and blew apart her Giant's Armor before she even knew what hit her. Erza was sent tumbling along the ground before coming to a halt; skin marred with third degree bruns from Maggie's attacks. "Ugh…"
"Don't you dare take your eyes of me, love. I'm your opponent, after all." Maggie tapped her foot impatiently. "Play with fire, get burned. Didn't you know that?"
"What do we do…..?" Frosch looked at the other Exceeds with tears welling up in his eyes. Unfortunately for them, there wasn't much they could do in this situation…
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"What will you do, Takeru Tenebrae?" Arc questioned with his eyes glaring directly into Takeru's very soul. "With no magic…once again, you are powerless before me, don't you realize that? What limits can you surpass now?"
"You…" Takeru's Dragon Force was canceled once Empty Eye activated. But that didn't mean Takeru had nothing up his sleeve. "There's always one more resort…in order to defeat you, I'll draw out that power you yourself gave me." It wasn't much…but it was the only thing he had left: Darkness Demon mode! Wings sprouted from Takeru's back as his body was coated in a heavy aura of darkness. It wasn't magic, but curse power granted to him by Arcturus a long time ago.
"Oh? And here I thought you hated me." Arcturus chuckled.
"You're going to help me get stronger." Takeru replied before lunging forward. Once close to Arc, the two just began a slug fest of darkness! Their fists missed, hit one another, or collided, creating powerful shockwaves that erased everything in the vicinity. Takeru landed a powerful blow to Arc's face, while Arc landed one to Takeru's chest. This exchanged continued for a few seconds until Takeru was finally blown away by a kick to his chest. "Oof!"
"Darkness Demon's Rage!" Parting his lips, the demon released a torrent of pitch black darkness in Takeru's direction, aiming to consume the Eclipse mage before he could mount a proper counter attack.
Takeru managed to recover just in the nick of time, darkness shrouding his "Darkness Shadow Dragon's Slash!" Swinging his arm forward, his own darkness sliced through Arc's before any major damage could be done. The shadow dragon then sped forward while rearing his arm back once again. "Darkness Demon's Claw!" Clenching his hand into a tight fist, a heavy aura of darkness flared around it and he swung it at Arc, who managed to block it with an arm. A shockwave boomed out from impact.
"Not good enough!" Arcturus chuckled. "You'll never beat me with that half-assed strength and you know it."
"I wasn't aiming for you." Takeru replied with a growing smirk.
"What…"
"I was aiming…for this!" Takeru took his free hand to form a blade of darkness, which he then plunged directly into Arc's Empty Eye! Arc had to recoil to place one hand over his eye in noticeable pain. "To get rid of that damn eye of yours for a little bit…because now…!" As Arcturus recoiled, the effects of Empty Eye were nullified, meaning that magic was now restored! Shadows exploded around Takeru's body as he also forced himself into Dragon Force once again. "I can win."
"You…" Arcturus let out a feral growl while staring at Takeru with his good eye.
"Dragon Slayer Secret Art…Eternal Eclipse!" An overly large magic circle firmed above Arcturus, covering a wide area of the land. From the circle, the White Eclipse insignia emerged, pulsing with a white light, which soon fired off a massive beam of shadow dragon slaying and darkness demon magic! In the midst of the attack, it morphed into a dragon's head for more damage as it crashed down onto Arcturus with a mighty roar. The ground trembled violently in the process as the roar seemed to grow louder with every passing second. Eventually, the attack settled down…and Arcturus was finally down. "I…got you…" Satisfied with himself, Takeru's body returned to normal and he landed on his back, passing out from magic usage and damage.
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Just before the bulbs released another round of beams that would for sure finish them off…Cygnus felt his magic return at the last second with the reactivation of his God Trigger. "Oh…!?" Not wasting any time, he flung Rebellion outwards, watching as the blade circled around to cut the bulbs down by the root! Slicing all of them down, he turned his attention to Marde with a wide grin as he inhaled. "Gravity God's…BELLOW!" Exhaling, Cygnus released a large, golden wave of gravity that rushed towards Marde at incredibly fast speeds.
"Hmph…" Marde shook his head before leaping off of his throne to avoid the bellow, but that's where Sting and Rogue were waiting for him from below!
Sting on one side, Rogue on the other, the Twin Dragons held their arms behind them with their palms open. Sting gathered White Dragon Slaying in his hand while Rogue gathered Shadow Dragon Slaying; the two magic merged together to create a violet sphere that expanded before shrinking. Once they were ready the Twin Dragons thrusted their hands forward to release all of the energy they gathered! "WHITE SHADOW DRAGON'S WAXWING FLASH!" That tiny sphere exploded into a massive beam of energy that flew towards Marde! This was their strongest joint technique, and not even Marde was coming out of this one unscathed! …Or so they thought.
"Don't you get it….?" Marde was briefly consumed by the Waxwing Flash…before the entirety of the attack started to shrink and spiraled between Marde's palms before it was completely erased. "It will all be absorbed within me…nothing you do will ever come close to hurting me."
"Okay, now THIS is getting a little ridiculous!" Cygnus shouted in frustration. "I've seen someone eat an attack but this is taking it to another level…"
"Try this on for size!" Natsu appeared behind Marde, lightning and flame flaring around his body as he entered his dual mode. "Lightning Flame Dragon's Firing Hammer!" Natsu brought his fist to Marde's side where an explosion of fire and lightning…should've happened. But instead Natsu's flames just fizzled out on impact. "Huh!?"
"Exactly." Marde twisted his body to kick Natsu right back down to the ground, landing soon after with an unsatisfied expression. "I've had enough of this farce…it's time to bring this to an end." With a swipe of his hand, the ground shattered beneath the four's feet and they began to plummet! That wasn't the only major issue, as the vines started to wrap around them and constrict tightly with full intent to crush them to death.
"Crap…! I can't move…!" Rogue struggled.
"Neither can the rest of us…" Cygnus grunted. This seemed to be the end…until a blade of ice completely froze everything and shattered the vines. "What the…?"
"…." Marde turned his head to face the slowly approaching Gray. "…Silver's boy? I always knew he would turn on us someday…just not like this."
Gray didn't even acknowledge Marde at first. Instead, he tossed Natsu his scarf. "I found this in what I assume to be Maggie's room. If you have something important to you, don't lose it."
"…Thanks." Natsu nodded to Gray while finally putting his scarf back on.
"I'm TALKING to you." Marde demanded Gray's attention as he held one hand up…and he got it. A swift blade nearly cut into his arm, but he pulled it back just in time to only receive the frigid air that froze his hand. "….."
"Ice Demon's Zeroth's…Impact!" Gray pushed off the ground, slamming his ice coated fist into Marde's side. The impact caused a trail of ice to follow, and that was an attack Marde definitely felt as he was pushed backwards into his throne with a cry of pain.
"Okay, now this is REALLY not fair." Cygnus stared in amazement. Sure, he'd seen Gray bust out these moves before…but there was something completely different about it when he pushed back an opponent the four of them were having trouble with.
"You've got a lot to answer for." Gray stated in a stern tone while narrowing his eyes.
"….Don't get so cocky." Marde eventually brushed off Gray's hit. "It will take much more than effective magic to defeat me."
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"Are you prepared to give up yet?" Taya questioned while squeezing the life out of Reve ever so slowly. She wanted to savor this moment after all and it didn't look like Reve would be finding a way out of this.
"You…really don't know who you're talking to, do you…" Reve spoke while feeling his magic return to him. His eyes switched to his Target Eyes, meaning that he couldn't see anything in front of him…but he didn't need to with a sniper rifle off in the distance. Using that to aim, he fired the long range weapon to strike Taya directly in the back! "I'm Reve Volver, I don't know what giving up means."
"When…!?" Taya stumbled forward, falling to a knee after the bullet hit. The impact forced her to release Reve.
"Just now…" Erza took a leap backwards, that golden aura wrapping around her body to reveal her in her Heaven's Wheel Armor, conjuring a large plethora of swords overhead, all of them pointed at Taya and Maggie. "Heaven's Wheel!"
Reve spread his arms apart, creating a multiple guns all around the room along with Erza's swords. "Devil's Wheel." On their cues, the blades and guns began to fire all at once! Mounting a defense against a dual assault like this was practically impossible and the two demonesses had to do nothing but just…take it!
"Go Erza! Go Reve!" Happy cheered for the both of them.
The smoke from both attacks began to clear; Maggie and Taya were both on a knee, glaring up at the two mages before them. "You think this is over…?" Taya held her hand out, a small black triangle beginning to form. "You will leave this life before I do…"
"I can't believe this…" Maggie groaned while attempting to stand.
"I don't think so!" Erza now shifted to her Amadura Fairy Armor, equipped with both blades as well. Gathering energy within her swords, she pointed them forward to release a gigantic sphere of emerald lightning towards the pair. "Photon Slicer!" Reve was not going to be excluded from this. To ensure that this battle would end, he requipped the strongest weapon in his arsenal: The Eclipse Cannon. Clicking the trigger on the bazooka-like weapon, a sphere of Eclipse Magic soared towards Maggie and Taya right alongside the Photon Slicer. The spheres rocketed towards the pair of demons, exploding on impact. Taya was blown backwards while Maggie's body just exploded into bits and pieces of lava that scattered all along the room.
"Ooof…that was kinda gruesome…" Lector had to turn away from the scene.
Reve didn't waste any time. While Erza went to figure out how to shut Face down, Reve slowly made his way over to Taya. The Eclipse cannon faded and all he had was a single pistol. Once reaching Taya he stood over her while pointing the barrel of the gun right between her eyes. "…So, it's come to this."
Even while down, Taya gave a coy smile. "Look at that, cowboy. You finally bested me once. How does that feel? All of your improvement wasn't for waste…but I doubt you would've been able to do so without the assistance of Erza." Taya's words definitely got under Reve's skin as his arm started to tremble from anger. "But…a win's a win, right? So you might as well savor in the moment…this will be our last meeting after all."
Unbeknownst to the others…the bits and pieces of Maggie started to piece together again…Taya's talking was doing nothing more than buying her time to reform unnoticed.
"Pull the trigger. What's taking you so long?" Taya looked up at Reve, simply waiting.
"I was giving you a chance to say your last words. If that's all you have to offer…you're an even bigger disappointment than I thought, Tayakata." Reve clicked the trigger…but a blade pierced through his side before he could fully finish. Eyes widened as he fell over from the wound, blood spurting. "…!"
"Reve…?!" Erza turned, but before much else could be done, Maggie's form wrapped around Taya's and vanished between the cracks in the floor.
"Damn it…" Reve coughed up some blood while curling his hand into a fist. "She got the slip on me…what are you looking here for!? Hurry up and stop Face…"
"R-Right…" Erza turned to the computer again…but then her body was robbed of all control under her own will. "What the…!?" It wasn't just her; Reve, Minerva's, Happy, Lector, and Pantherlily's bodies were all moving without their consent.
An injured Sayla wagged her finger disapprovingly. "No…we can't have this interruption…not when our plan is so close to fruition."
"That's right, Erza…" Kyouka appeared from behind Sayla, smiling sweetly at Titania. "We're so close…we can't let you interfere again. You will sit back and watch…as the age of Magic comes to an end."
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Next Time: The Ultimate Demon