Can I get a "F**k yeah!" for Wrath Queen!? I mean, to solo both L'arc and Therese is no easy feat! But then again, to the mother of my first OC, I had to let her shine at least once in her own world. And now, team 1's mission is complete. However, with the portal being closed before they finished, what does that mean for when they return to Melromarc? Will it be in ruins? Will the demons have attacked yet if the rest completed their missions too? We've still got a little ways to go before we fully head back home so sit tight. Now, enough talk! Enjoy!

-POV: Naofumi-

We were currently making our way through Tartaros' castle, trying to find the remainder of these demons so we could destroy them. However, as we searched, the entire place just started rumbling for some reason.

"What the heck's going on now!?" Azura questioned as we all stopped for a moment. 

"Not sure. Maybe one of these demons uses earthquake style curses." Damos suggested but Clayton shook his head. 

"No, this is something much bigger. I can't sense any curse or magic energy at all. This is something else entirely." Clayton said as a huge wave of energy suddenly went through the entire area. It lasted for only a moment, and when the wave ceased, so did the rumbling. 

"Well, that was weird." I said as Damos suddenly fell to his knees. He was breathing very heavily and he was sweating all of a sudden.

"Hey, hey, what's wrong!? Damos, can you hear me!?" I asked him as I crouched down next to him. He wasn't giving me any answers but he was looking at me with his eyes. I could see pain in them, but I had no idea what was causing it. 

"Don't worry, this'll help you! Fast Heal!" I said as I went to use my magic on him. But nothing happened. 

"What the heck? I said Fast Heal!" I said as I tried to use my magic again. But like before, it failed. 

"It's as I feared..... that wave before.... that was Face activating...." Clayton said as I looked back to him with worry. 

"How can that be though!? Wendy, Rishia, and the others destroyed the weapon!" I said in disbelief. 

"It's true that they did. But, I've had a theory about this great face weapon for quite a while. Just one weapon couldn't have the output or reach to span across the entire continent." Clayton said as we all looked at him with surprise. 

"Are you saying there's more of them out there!? And that Tartaros has set them all off!?" Azura questioned him as he gave a nod. 

"Indeed. And the toll for the loss of magic is heavier on Damos than anyone else. A wyvern, unlike a dragon, is a creature of pure magic. Without it, they slowly suffer and die. Which means, we have to find a way to destroy the remaining Face bombs without our magic if we want him to live." Clayton explained as I then tried to change shields. But, nothing happened at all. 

"Looks like you're right. I can't use any of my shields anymore. Damn it!" I said in a rage as I punched the ground. But, I had no time to worry about the loss of magic. Damos' body had started to steam and he was grunting in absolute agony. I tried to touch him but his skin burned like it was on fire.

"I can't even move him at all!!! What the heck are we supposed to do!? We can't just leave him here!" I said as Azura and Clayton started to walk past us. 

"The two of us will go on ahead to find some help. You stay here and protect Damos. Even though you can't change shields, you still have a shield. You're the best defense we've got now." Azura said as they ran down the canal and out of our sight. 

"Just hang in there, Damos. I don't know how we'll fix all this but we will." I said as a loud explosion suddenly occurred nearby. 

"What was that!?" I questioned as I looked behind me to see a wall crumble to pieces. And then, two figures appeared. The first I saw was a man with a long black ponytail, wearing a black and white jacket, grey pants, black shoes, and carrying a book in his left arm with the letters E.N.D engraved on it. 

However, the second to appear was something I feared even more. This other person had long brown hair, whiskers like a cat and an orange and black tail. They had on a red tunic with blue pants and brown boots. But, most horrifying of all was their other features. The blackest eyes, black veins nearly popping out of their skin, and the entire upper left portion of their body covered in black scales, with their left hand a black claw and a single black dragon wing coming out of their left upper back. This other person was Neela. And she was carrying someone over her left shoulder. It was Tetsa.

"No..... what happened to her!?" I shouted in fear as she was in combat with this new person. But, she took a brief moment to look over to me as she heard me shout. But, that was more than enough time for the person she was fighting to attack. 

"Rose Thorns!" The person said as dozens of rose petals suddenly appeared all around Neela. 

"Rose Explosion!" The person shouted as the roses exploded, sending Neela flying over to where me and Damos were. I stood up and caught her before she could crash and I helped her stand back on her feet. 

"Neela, what's happening!? Why do you look like you're turning into a demon!?" I asked her. 

"M'i enif, Imufoan! T'nod yrrow tuoba em!" Neela said with a demonic sounding voice. 

"She's talking backwards, too!? What in the world happened to cause all this!?" I thought as the mysterious new person began to approach us. Neela placed Tetsa down on the ground gently next to Damos so she could fight to her full potential now.

"It seems the others who intrigue me have come as well. You, the one they call the shield hero. And the last wyvern. Together, with the hybrid and the god slayer, you four have brought me such joy today." The man said to us. 

"And just who the hell are you, anyway!? Another demon!?" I asked him as he gave me a nod. 

"I am and so much more. I am the underworld king of this world. Mard Geer Tartaros. A pleasure to meet you." He said as he gave us a bow. 

"Tet...... sa......" I heard Damos say as I glanced behind me to see him hunched over her now. Even in this painful state of his, he was trying to protect her.

"Neela, what's he talking about? What does he mean by "hybrid?"" I asked her as she looked away from me. 

"Neela, answer me!" I demanded from her.

"She's too afraid to tell you. Aww, the poor thing. She fears it may hurt her companions if they find out the truth. So i'll enlighten you all for her." Mard Geer said to us. 

"Ll'uoy od on hcus gniht!" Neela roared as she suddenly burst forward and tackled Mard Geer. She grasped onto his face and drove it straight into the ground. However, Mard Geer whipped one of his legs around and struck Neela's head, making her leg go of him and allowing him to stand up.

"Now what kind of attack was that? Such an effort is meaningless in front of my power. Step up your game or i'll kill you after all." Mard Geer said to her.

"I don't know what's happened to Neela, but I can tell she's struggling against this bastard. She needs help and there may be one way I can still provide my aid!" I said as I turned around to Damos. 

"Stay here and protect Tetsa! I'm going over there to help Neela!" I said as he gave me a slow but reassuring nod.

"Now, I activate the Curse Shield!" I roared as my shield did change forms. My dark armor appeared over my upper body and arms as I charged Mard Geer.

"What's this? It seems a second being can wield the powers of true evil. Tell me, shield hero!! What can you do with this power you wield!?" Mard Geer asked me. 

"I can take you down for good!" I replied to him as I swung my shield at him. Mard Geer raised up his right arm as I smashed my shield against it. The force between us was staggering as it made a huge shock wave of wind appear around us.

"Impressive." Mard Geer said to me as he shoved his left arm with the book still firmly clutched in his hand against me. He sent me sliding backwards but I stayed standing on both of my feet. However, before anyone made another move, an incredibly loud noise suddenly began to fill the area. 

"What the heck is that?" I questioned as Mard Geer looked up into the sky. 

"He's here...." He said with a bit of fear in his voice as the sound was getting closer and closer. It sounded like a mix of a jet engine and an animal roaring. 

"No..... not now..... not him...." I heard Damos say as I turned to see his face. His eyes had afraid written all over them. Whatever was coming, it's something that everyone here is afraid of. 

"What is it!? What's coming!?" I asked as I turned to face Mard Geer again. 

"A creature far more powerful than even myself. The one who'll destroy the world. The extinction dragon, Acnologia." Mard Geer said as suddenly, an enormous black, white, and blue dragon flew over our heads. It let out a mighty roar as it stopped above us all. A single flap of its huge winds created winds similar to that of a hurricane.

"That thing..... it's gigantic!" I said in utter disbelief as the dragon known as Acnologia looked down at us all. 

"As expected. The creature seeks out power in order to consume. And, with the power myself, the hybrid, and the shield hero possess at this very moment, we drew it to us like a moth to a flame." Mard Geer explained as Acnologia opened its mouth up wide and began to charge up some sort of attack. Inside its mouth, a white ball of energy was forming and, very soon, it was going to fire. 

"Nao..... fumi... you need to..... run! That attack.... destroyed.... an island!!!" Damos shouted with all his strength as I looked over to Neela. 

"Neela, get over here, NOW!" I shouted as she leaped over to me. We both gathered around Damos and Tetsa as I raised my shield up into the air. 

"Even if we were to run away, if what you just said is true and this things attack destroyed an island, then we wouldn't be able to escape the blast at all. Let's just hope this is enough to stop it!" I roared as Acnologia closed its mouth and then raised its head up into the air. But, it quickly brought it back down and opened its mouth wide, unleashing a colossal beam of energy that was coming down right for us.

"No matter how strong the attack, my shield will withstand any assault!!! Do you worst, dragon!!!!" I roared as its attack made contact. Upon contact, the attack drove my feet into the ground and the weight was utterly staggering. My legs felt like they wanted to break, but I had to stay strong. I had to block this attack otherwise, we'd all die. 

"Ll'i dia uoy, Imufaon! Yhtead kcalb emalf!" Neela shouted as her left claw burst into black flames. She touched my shield and it started to unleash the flames back against Acnologia's own attack. We were pushing back with our own mighty attack and, just maybe, we could strike this dragon down with one powerful shot. 

"The power of the great curse and black demon become one!!! No magic, no creature, no enemy can defeat their combined might!!!" I roared as our two attacks suddenly exploded. Everyone and everything was engulfed in a huge cloud of smoke. However, it was clear Acnologia was still alive. We heard it roar once more as it blew away the smoke and landed in front of us. 

"Give me..... the Wyvern Slayer!!!" Acnologia spoke as I looked to Damos. 

"He wants..... me?" He questioned as he then started to scream in pain.

"Damos, no!!" I shouted as I crouched down next to him. 

"Give him to me!!!" Acnologia demanded. 

"I'd give him what he wants. No power in this entire world can match this great dragon. If you even want the smallest chance to live, surrender the Wyvern Slayer to him so he may feed." Mard Geer said as he appeared from a portal behind the dragon. 

"So he can feed..... No way!! I'll never step aside for something like you!! I'll beat you!!" I shouted as the dragon let out a roar right in my face. 

"Then you will die!!!" Acnologia howled as it began to charge up that same attack as before. My body felt weak after the last one so I wasn't sure if I could take another. But, as it charged it up, it suddenly stopped for some reason and looked around in confusion. 

"What is this presence I sense? I feels..... familiar...." Acnologia said as suddenly, several pillars of light began to rise up into the sky. There were four coming from within the castle, and a fifth that rose up miles away.

"What's going on now?" I said as a bright light also began to shine from behind me. I turned and saw Damos' body glowing and then, a similar pillar of light shot up into the sky from within his body. Damos' body began to steam even more as he collapsed onto his back next to Tetsa. His body burst into bright orange flames as a small glowing sphere came floating out of his mouth. It rose high and higher into the sky, growing in size until it was about 20 feet in diameter. And then, all at once, the lights appearing all around us, including Damos's light and flame on his body disappeared, leaving only the glowing sphere in the sky before us. 

"So, you've come to save the life of your son. This time, i'll kill you, Ignitus." Acnologia said as the glowing sphere began to change shape. It grew two large wings, a spiky tail, large talons, bright red and black scales, and drake-like head. And, when it was finished this creature let out a mighty roar of its own to match Acnologia's. It was another Wyvern, and it looked the exact same as Damos' wyverian form only this one had red scales and was much, much larger.

"I'd like to see you try, Acnologia. Now, i'll have you refrain from hurting my son and his friends any more. Your opponent is I and the rest of us." Ignitus said as several more roars could be heard around us.

"So, the rest are here as well. Even with all of them, you cannot stop me. The Dragon and Wyvern Slayers will all die by my hand and then nothing in this world will be able to kill me!" Acnologia roared as it stood up on its hind legs. The two beasts roared at one another as Acnologia spread its wings and took off into the sky. 

But then, a truly amazing sight appeared before us all. More and more dragons showed themselves as they all flew up into the sky and surrounded Acnologia. The largest of the dragons had bright red scales and a yellow underbelly. The next had a full metallic scaled body and was completely grey in colour. After that was an older looking dragon with the purest colour white scales I've ever seen. And then next to it was a dragon the exact opposite as the one before. The darkest scales with blood red eyes. And, flying overhead, the fifth and final dragon that appeared miles away. Like the older dragon, this one was white in colour with sky blue eyes and wings like an angel.

"Ignitus, Igneel, Metalicana, Weisslogia, Skiadrum, and Grandeena. The mightiest of all the dragons and Wyverns, come to die by the king of dragons!"Acnologia roared as he went into battle with the red dragon known as Igneel. Meanwhile, the other four dragons suddenly dispersed and the Wyvern, Ignitus swooped down and landed next to us.

"Greetings, friends of my son." He said to us.

"Uh..... Hi." I awkwardly said since it's not every day you get to speak to a creature like a wyvern.

"Dad....." Damos said as he looked up to his father, still breathing heavily and steaming.

"How much you have grown since last I saw you. You've unlocked your inner wyvern." Ignitus said to him.

"How can you even be here, though? I thought wyverns were creatures made of pure magic? With the Face bombs going off, you shouldn't be able to exist." I said to him as he gave me a nod. 

"That is because i'm not actually alive. Neither me nor the dragons you see besides Acnologia are alive. We all passed away long ago." Ignitus told us. 

"Neht woh nac uoy eb ereh?" Neela asked. 

"Upon our deaths, we imbued our souls into specific dragon and wyvern slayers. Then, when the time was right and we regained our strength, we could reappear to repel Acnologia and defend this continent." Ignitus explained. 

"So you're.... really.... dead.... then?" Damos said as the wyvern gave him a nod. 

"I am. But don't fret, Damos. I'll always be with you, in your heart and inner flame." Ignitus said as he lowered one of his wings and touched Damos with a spike. 

"Unlike the dragons, a true wyvern cannot exist without magic within a world. The only reason i'm able to stay in this form is because i'm drawing off of my life energy I had before I passed my soul onto Damos. There must never be two supreme wyverns in the world, thus is the reason why Damos was the last of his kind. The wyvern slayer technique is a power passed on through millennia, growing stronger with every user. And, once a wyvern dies, they choose who their powers transfers to next. I trained Damos in the slaying arts when he was only a boy, but, my death came at a rather unfortunate time. Both myself and Damos were separated and I was unable to pass him my power. So, i'm here now. I cannot fight Acnologia, but all of you can!" Ignitus said as his entire body combusted into intense red flames.

"What're you doing!?" I asked him as he let out a light breezy flame from his mouth that swirled around Damos. 

"Continuing the legacy of the mightiest slayer. Damos.... son..... I pass my power onto you.... with my life force..... you can rise up to defeat any foe who opposes you! NOW!!! STAND UP AND SHOW ME YOUR ROAR!!!!" Ignitus shouted as his body began to turn to ashes. The flames from his mouth began to enter Damos' and then, Damos began to glow with an intense red aura. 

"The flame.... it feels..... warm...." Damos said as his breathing finally calmed down. His body began to float up into the air as more of the fire from Ignitus began to penetrate all around his body.

"This flame I pass on to you must never die!!! The legacy of over a thousand wyverns lives within you!!! And now, it is your duty to carry our legacy and choose the next who is worthy of having this incredible power. Do your best, my son." Ignitus said as the remainder of his body turned to ashes and then blew away in the wind. The final stream of flames entered into Damos as he fell back to the ground, landing on his feet and taking a deep breath. 

"Father.... i'll carry on our legacy..... I promise. Now, hear me ROOOOOOAAAAAARRRRRR!!!!" Damos shouted as he unleashed an enormous stream of silver fire from his mouth, much larger than i'd ever seen him do before.

"Holy..... that's amazing....." I said in awe as Damos then crouched down next to the unconscious Tetsa. He ignited his left hand and placed it over her heart. 

"With the life force my father has passed down to me, I pass some of it onto you, my dear sister. Please.... please, wake up. Wake up so you may not leave your brother alone in this world again." Damos said as the flames were absorbed by Tetsa's skin. We watched it spread throughout her body and then glow for a brief moment. And, after that glow, Tetsa woke up, gasping for air.

"Wait.... what!? Where am I!?" She said, looking around in confusion. The wound that was near her heart disappeared after the flames entered her body as well. And luckily it did because it looked like it was becoming infected. That was most likely the reason she became unconscious to begin with. 

"Sister...." Damos said as he hugged her.

"What's going on?" Tetsa asked. 

"No time to explain. We've got some big issues though. First of all-" Damos began to say to her as we heard two incredibly loud roars above us. We all looked up to see Acnologia and Igneel still fighting. 

"THAT!!! That's our biggest issue." Damos said, pointing up to the massive black dragon. 

"Is that..... Acnologia?" Tetsa asked as we all nodded. 

"It came here to find all the wyvern and dragon slayers. But these dragon souls just appeared out of all the slayers and now one of them's fighting that black dragon!" I said to Tetsa.

"Dragon souls? What the heck does that mean?" Tetsa asked. 

"Don't have time to explain. Now, everyone, as my father passed him flame onto me, he gave me a message of what's going on right now. While Igneel faces Acnologia, the rest of the dragons have been flying around and destroying the remainder of the Face bombs. They're the only creatures strong enough to destroy them." Damos said as Tetsa looked shocked for a moment. 

"Wait, wait, wait! Did you say your father!? And that big red dragon above! That's Igneel, the dragon that raised Natsu!?" Tetsa asked as Damos gave her a nod.

"Man, I missed way too much." Tetsa said as we all suddenly felt another wave hit us, just like before when the Face bombs went off. 

"That felt just like before....." Tetsa said as her body suddenly began to glow with a purple and black aura. 

"I can feel it! My magic's back!" She said with excitement as I swapped the forms of my shield. 

"It really is! We can fight again!" I said as I looked to Neela next. Even with the magic back, she still looked half demonic. 

"Is this the cost of what it took to defend me?" Tetsa asked Neela as she walked up and hugged her. 

"I'm so sorry. I should've listened to you before. Had I have not overworked my body, this probably wouldn't have happened to you." Tetsa said as she cried into her shoulder.

"S'ti yako, Astet. S'ti ton ruoy tluaf. I did siht ot flesym. Uoy t'nod evah ot yrrow tuoba em." Neela replied as she too began to cry. But, her tears looked more like blood dripping from her eyes. We had to find a way to fix.... well, whatever it was that happened to her.

"Ugh, mere emotions like these disgust me. Such feelings are why the human race has become weak. Thus is why we strived to create a world where only the strong, the demons reside in. We'll revive our great creator and he shall smite you all down with a simple flick of his wrist." Mard Geer said as the four of us went to face him. 

"Your plan is quickly falling apart, Mard Geer. These dragons have destroyed all the Faces and now, our magic is back. What will you do to beat us now?" I asked him as his body began to suddenly resonate with a dark aura.

"Is that so? I think not. In fact, losing the rest of the Faces is only a minor set back. I'll just have to take care of all you myself. Sure, it will take longer than expected, but the result will ultimately be the same. With all of you buried six feet under!" Mard Geer roared as his body began to change forms. Over his entire body, a dark armor appeared, and two large bat-like wings appeared from his back. He dawned a dark purple helmet where his hair flowed out the back and he then let out a metallic sounding roar. 

"Witness my true form!!! The Etherious!!!" Mard Geer shouted as we could feel the energy coming off of his body. It was immeasurable. However, before we could worry about him, another issue surfaced. The roars of the two dragons brawling above us turned into whimpers as we all looked up. Both dragons were biting down onto each others left arms and, with one mighty pull from both of them, they both ripped off their left arms. However, it was clear who the winner of the two was. While Acnologia remained in flight, despite losing over half of its arm, Igneel did not. The huge red dragon fell from the sky as Acnologia had ripped off his arm and a large portion of his chest area.

"No.... he couldn't do it..... He couldn't stop.... Acnologia..." I said in disbelief as we watched the seemingly lifeless corpse of the red dragon crash into the ground. Acnologia made it well known that he was victorious by letting out his greatest roar yet. 

"WHERE ARE YOU, IGNITUS!? YOUR BROTHER IS DEAD!!!" SHOW YOURSELF!!!" Acnologia demanded as Damos stepped forward. 

"I know it's now my duty to protect the wyvern slayers lineage but...... this fight.... it may very well be my last.... Tetsa.... Naofumi.... Neela...." Damos began to say as he turned to face all of us. He was crying. 

"My sister.... and two dear friends of mine.... our time together was both long and short, but, if this is indeed my final battle, then i'll treasure your memories forever within my heart. Please.... forgive me." Damos said as he began to transform into his true wyverian state. His arms turned into huge wings, his spiky tail returned, his body turned large with silver and black scaled, his feet turned to large talons and his head turned into that of a drake.

"NO!!! You remember what happened the last time we met Acnologia, don't you!? We nearly died!! Sure, that was seven years ago but we haven't grown nearly as strong enough as we need to be to face him!!! Please, don't throw your life away like this to protect us, Damos!!!" Tetsa begged him as she ran over and grasped onto one of his talons. 

"Tetsa...." We heard Damos say with a much more grizzled voice now. 

"You can.... talk in this form now?" Tetsa said with shock as the silver wyvern gave us a nod. 

"Please, Tetsa. This is now part of my duty. Igneel and the rest of the dragons have either passed on or have little to no power left. I'm the only one here strong enough to defeat Acnologia." Damos explained to her as she cried into his talon.

"But.... why...... why does it have to be you?" She asked him as I stepped forward and climbed onto the silver wyverns back. 

"It won't just be him. I'm going too. We can beat him together, I know it." I said as Damos turned his head around to look at me. 

"I don't really care what you say to me. I'm not letting a friend just go and commit suicide like this. So, i'm going with you to make sure you don't die on us." I said as he gave me a nod. 

"Tetsa, Neela, will you two be alright to take down Mard Geer?" I asked them both as they looked to their opponent. 

"Sey." Neela said to me. 

"Yes. We can take care of him. Just..... you'd better make sure the both of you come back alive, or i'll kill you." Tetsa said to us as we both gave her nods before taking off into the sky.

"Neela.... please be careful down there. And... when this is all over.... we'll fix you." I thought as myself and Damos flew up to meet Acnologia at eye level. He was much, much, MUCH, larger than the both of us. Here we are, a human standing on top of a 30-40 foot wyvern up against a dragon breaking 200 feet easily. This seemed fair to me.

"I'll deal with you wyvern slayer! But first, where is Ignitus!?" Acnologia asked us. 

"Gone." Damos responded. 

"WHAT!?" Acnologia questioned. 

"He's not lying! Ignitus used the last of his life force to pass on the torch of the wyvern slayers to Damos here!! Which means, the one you're looking for is right here!!" I shouted as Acnologia roared with fury. 

"Then so be it!!! I, the dragon king will annihilate the new king of the wyverns!!! Prepare to die, puny insects!!!" Acnologia shouted as he flew for both of us. I hung on tight as Damos charged him as well. 

This battle, as well as, Tetsa and Neela's battle below will more than likely determine the outcome of this war we've been dragged into. There's no backing down anymore. We either live.... or we all die. Will it be the dragon? The demons? Or humanity on top? I'm sure we'll find out real soon.

"IT'S TIME FOR THE FINAL BATTLE!!!"