Chapter 60 (1/2)
A.N : Shin returns in the next chapter! Sorry for the delay, I got vaccinated and had a bit of trouble then I had birthdays,...
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”Ahah, mere humans want to stop us?” said one of the 9 tartaros members with blonde hair and tiger ears laughing mockingly.
”Nonsense” said a ”man” in a monotone voice with scales and a fin on his head making him look like some kind of human-shark.
”You underestimate us,” Gray replied with a serious look.
”And why are you talking like you're not human?” asked Lucy looking at them strangely.
”Because we're not,” a woman with purple hair and huge horns replied calmly.
”What?” said Wendy in surprise.
”We are demons from the books of Zeref, we are not insignificant humans who use this inferior magic, we use curses” said a woman with a helmet covering her face and claws for hands with pride.
Everyone's eyes widened at their revelation.
Demons linked to the black mage, Zeref? That was not the best news of the day.
”What is your objective?” asked Erza, still looking at the man atop the cathedral.
”We want the old men behind you,” replied the blond man with the tiger ears, pointing at the old men with a smile that sent shivers down the spine of those concerned.
”Why?” asked Erza.
”To revive our master, END!” replied the tiger man, swinging his arms to the side with joy.
”And what does this have to do with the members of the magic council?” asked Erza as the word ”END” made Gray react.
”Who are you?” said a deep voice from above.
Erza looked up from where she had been for a few seconds to see the man at the top of the cathedral looking her straight in the eye.
”...I am Erza, mage of Fairy Tail” Erza replied.
”No, rather..., what are you?” the puzzled man asked as he squinted his eyes.
”What do you mean? And who are you?” asked Erza confused by the previous question.
”I am Mard Geer.”
”Who cares anyway, the dead don't need to know anymore” replied the tiger man, Jackal, savagely before propelling himself towards Erza and the others.
”I'll take care of it” said Natsu as he propelled himself towards Jackal.
*BAM*
Both recoiled from the impact of the attack as Natsu looked at his glowing fist.
”What the...” Natsu's hand exploded and took him by surprise as he was punched in the stomach again, which exploded, throwing him into a house.
*BOOM*
”Natsu!” The others shouted as they saw what had happened to him.
”Don't worry, I'll take care of it,” Natsu replied with a smile as he was half embedded in a wall.
A woman among the demons, Seilah, raised her hand as a huge piece of house levitated and was thrown at Natsu.
Natsu raised his head and let out a howl to pulverize the huge rubble.
He was attacked by Jackal and Seilah as their fight began further into the city.
On the other side, Gray had attacked a man, Silver, who was also using ice magic.
Wendy against Ezel.
Lucy against Tempester.
Gajeel against Torafuzar.
All of them scattered in the city while Erza stayed in the same place, in front of the cathedral, fighting a woman, Kyôka and Mard Geer.
”I'll take care of it,” Kyoka said confidently.
Erza took his opponent seriously and used his magic to equip himself with a long black sword in a scabbard.
Kyoka lunged forcefully at Erza leaving a crater in the shape of his feet as Erza did the same.
*CLING*
Erza drew his sword from its scabbard as Kyoka extended his claws so that the two clashed.
*BAM*
Erza then put his weight behind him and leaned on his left foot to kick his right leg in the ribs.
Kyoka's body went flying but she caught herself by digging her claws into the ground.
”You... You're fast and very strong! Are you sure you're human?” said Kyoka as she squinted her eyes and put her hand on her ribs.
”Of course I'm human. But you're pretty strong too” Erza replied without hurrying.
Sure, the demons in Zeref's books had very strong bodies but Erza's was even stronger considering she was half Phoenix/Dragon and Shin's physique was very good.
Kyoka wasted no time and charged at Erza, her two claws stretched out like rubber bands and swung to Erza's right and left.
*BAM*
*BAM*
*BAM*
*WHIP*
*BAM*
*SWING*
*BAM* *SWING*
*SWING*
*BAM* *SWING*
*SWING*
The eight whips swung and clashed as they tried to strike Erza, who dodged and cut the whips at the same time.
” !”
Erza was about to retaliate but suddenly her vision blackened to nothingness, she couldn't feel anything, hear anything, or even touch her sword.
By instinct, she protected herself by putting her sword in front of her but she was still hit.
”Huh!”
And to her surprise, the pain she felt was much stronger than she expected.
She was thrown backwards by the attack but landed on her feet.
”Sense deprivation and... Something like pain amplification as well as power enhancement, I suppose?” said Erza with surprising calm.
”Ahah, you're pretty perceptive for a human.” complimented Kyoka with a taunting smile.
”Hmph! You're too sure of yourself!” replied Erza before moving in front of Kyoka so fast it was like she teleported.
*SLASH*
”What?!”
Erza swung a clean sword at Kyoka who only had time to cross her arms as her arms were cut with rather deep gashes.
”You- How?!” Kyoka screamed angrily as she leapt into the air and threw slashes of magical power from her claws in a flurry.
*SLASH*
SLASH*
SLASH*
Erza, with eyes closed and senses deprived, swung her sword at such speed that the attacks created a shield, all attacks were repelled by Erza's sword.
”AAAAAAAHHHH!” Kyoka screamed in despair and rage as her body transformed into a more powerful form.
In this form, Kyoka changed his claws into a multitude of whips even more powerful, fast and strong than the previous ones.
Erza continued to deflect them, but this time suffered some small cuts.
”Take this and die!”
Kyoka seemed to gather all her strength as she swung her arms forward with force so that the many whips came together and formed a tornado.
”No more games,” Erza muttered as she dashed into the tornado of sorts and gracefully made her way through it as if she were dancing.
Towards the end, the tornado thing shrank and at the end, a green light shone.
”Ah, die!” said Kyoka obviously.
A green ray rushed Erza who was now in a narrow place.
But Erza disappeared as soon as the beam was about to hit her.
”What?” said Kyoka, widening his eyes.
'She wasn't this fast before!'
When she thought so, she felt a great pressure behind her.
Behind her, Erza appeared with his sword drawn as a huge magical power was released from it.
”As I said... No more games,” Erza said with a cold glint in her eyes.
”No-”
*SLASH*
Before Kyoka could say anything, her body was sliced in half with impeccable sharpness.
Five seconds later, her body glowed and transformed into an ancient book.
*SLASH*
*SLASH*
*SLASH*
*SLASH*
*....SLASH....*
Erza didn't hesitate for a second and cut the book in two, in four, in ten, in twenty, until there was nothing left.
And at the same time, without realising it, all the cuts on his body had regenerated while a slight green flame could be seen.
Erza fell back to the floor, looking unpressured at Mard Geer atop the cathedral.
”You!” Mard Geer gritted his teeth and looked at Erza with a murderous glare.
He was so angry mostly because when he looked at how the other fights were going, the demons were losing.
Erza kicked the ground and many swords appeared behind her.
*SWOSH*
*SWOSH*
*SWOSH*
*SWOSH*
All the swords flew towards Mard Geer at great speed but were intercepted by a large number of thorny vines.
Then the thorny vines launched themselves at Erza who dodged them all.
She then propelled herself right behind Mard Geer as she struck him with a sword filled with magical power.
*SLASH*
Mard Geer was thrown by a slash of magical power as he shielded himself with his arm.
Erza didn't let him rest and jumped from the top of the cathedral towards Mard Geer.
As she approached, she saw Mard Geer, still thrown by the slash, reach out his other arm towards her.