07x261 - Tartaros Chapter – Absolute Demon

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[NARRATOR] The fighting between

Natsu and Mard Geer intensifies.

As does the bombastic battle

between Igneel and Acnologia.

[NARRATOR] Natsu receives

some timely reinforcement

from Sting and Rogue.

Together, the Dragon Slayers

launch a three pronged as*ault

against The King

of the Underworld.

Now! Lightning Flame

Dragon f*ring Hammer!

[NATSU gasps]

[NARRATOR] Newly reunited

with Lucy and the others,

Wendy and company reveal

that the thr*at of Face

is far greater than they

had previously assumed.

In fact, the anti-magic pulse

bombs number in the thousands.

The group decides that their

best course of action

would be to tell the

wizards of other guilds

what's been happening,

and seek their assistance.

But this plan is hindered

by the short range of

Warren's telepathy.

Just as the group

begins to despair

that there is nothing they can

do to stop the Face's countdown,

Makarov intervenes.

[MAKAROV] We can use Fairy

Tail's ultimate w*apon:

The Lumen Histoire.

[LUCY]

The Lumen Histoire?

[WENDY]

I've never heard of it.

We don't have time for me

to explain everything.

All of you should meet me

at the guild, right now.

[LUCY] Some of us are still

fighting. Can't we help them?

[DROY]

What guild?

I mean, there's

nothing left of it.

Don't mention that.

[ELFMAN grunts]

I'm underneath the

guild. Get moving!

[LUCY] Whatever he's talking

about, he sounds serious.

[WENDY]

Then let's be quick.

I won't be coming.

He wanted all of us!

Why would you stay?

What do you think you're doing?

[ELFMAN] Why'd you

have to come here?

Now I can't let you leave!

This is what I have to do!

[CANA]

Is it a b*mb?

[ELFMAN]

This is goodbye!

This is the end for Fairy Tail!

[CANA]

Help!

[ELFMAN grunts]

[CANA] Is he under some

kind of spell? What do I do?

I do not blame you for

the guild's destruction,

nor should anybody else.

[DROY]

Right! That isn't on you, man.

It was Tartaros!

[LISANNA]

You did it for me!

[JET]

Don't b*at yourself up.

I bet I'd've done the same

thing if they'd taken Levy.

That's nice of you, but still.

[MAKAROV]

I understand.

Do what you think is right.

But master...

We can't just leave him

here all by himself!

[MAKAROV]

You come, too.

[gasps]

[DORANBOLT]

Private telepathy?

Why? I'm not part of your guild.

[MAKAROV] No, but I'm

in need of your power.

[DORANBOLT]

For what?

[MAKAROV] The Lumen Histoire is

the guild's greatest secret.

Should we prevail,

I'll need you to

erase its existence

from everyone's memory.

[DORANBOLT]

I see.

You're asking me to erase

my own memories, too.

[MAKAROV] I am. But I'm certain

you would do so regardless.

[LUCY]

Let's get moving.

[LISANNA] Are you sure you

won't change your mind?

[ELFMAN]

Yeah.

Uh? You're coming with

us though, right?

Oh, uh. Yeah, sure.

[DORANBOLT]

I don't get it.

What could this

Lumen Histoire be?

C'mon guys.

The sooner we can get outta

their range, the better.

Yeah man, I hear ya on that.

So do I.

That fight's a lot bigger

than any human could handle.

I remember the dragons that

came out of the Eclipse.

They were almost unstoppable.

And it looks like these

dragons are even stronger.

[ACNOLOGIA roars]

What's he doing?

He's leading the other one off!

[ACNOLOGIA]

You won't escape from me.

[IGNEEL] I'm not fleeing.

Nor will I allow you to.

At this height, I don't

have to hold back.

Prepare to face judgment

for your crimes.

Brave words, but empty.

They come from the mouth

of one soon to be dead.

Do your worst.

He's just sittin' there.

Even against three

of us, he seems bored.

[STING]

Hey, Natsu. You all right?

[NATSU]

Course I am!

Been hurt worse by a

friggin' Lucy Kick.

Uh... Don't tell her though.

[ROGUE] Sounds like you're

good to keep fighting.

Damn straight.

No slowin' me down.

'Specially not when I

got a contest to win.

[STING, ROGUE] Is that really

why you're so fired up?!

It'll be a cold day in hell

when I lose to you guys.

[MARD GEER]

Hmph.

[MARD GEER]

Kyoka. What's taking so long?

Detonate the Faces at once.

[KYOKA] If Lord Zeref

requires my death, so be it!

[FRANMALTH]

On the left side of the ring,

we have Kyoka, Goddess

of the sl*ve Planet!

She's got eyes like a hawk

and a reach as far as

those talons can grow!

The pride of a Falcon!

The hunger of--!

[PANTHERLILY]

Enough!

Our time is short.

We can count ourselves defeated

if that timer runs down.

Yeah Erza! We're all

countin' on you!

[ERZA]

Right. I won't let you down.

Where's Natsu?

Sure hope he's okay.

How frightened you

must be to know

that your existence is

devoid of any purpose.

We do not suffer from

such existential woes.

Our maker made

his reasons clear.

And what were those?!

Did he create you just to die?!

How can you know victory when

you've thrown your life away?!

Be silent!

[ERZA groaning]

[KYOKA growls]

What is she doing?

[KYOKA yells]

[PANTHERLILY, HAPPY scream]

[FROSCH, LECTOR scream]

[MINERVA (NEO) screams]

[MIRAJANE whimpers]

[ALL screaming]

[sighs] Well, so it goes.

Kyoka's become so preoccupied

with slaughtering your comrades

that she's forgotten my voice.

But I suppose she's earned

this last bit of fun.

So tell me,

why do you wanna erase

all magic, anyway?

What do you stand

to gain from that?

Don't you know?

I'd think you could've

put it together.

That tome your friend wants

to steal contains E.N.D,

and its magic that seals him.

You wanna bust him out.

Now you see.

Despite how it may appear,

I'm not our leader.

That title belongs to E.N.D.

There are none among us

who can rival his strength.

Once E.N.D. has

finally been released,

we can fulfill our true

purpose, and return to Zeref.

Makes zero sense to me.

Why would you wait?

If you want to see

Zeref so badly,

why wouldn't you just

do it on your own?

[MARD GEER]

Hmph.

[MARD GEER]

Though raised by dragons,

sadly, you're still only human.

This is likely beyond

your comprehension.

[NATSU]

Get to the point!

Have you ever stopped to

consider Zeref's reason

for creating my kind?

Perhaps you merely thought

of us as his... playthings.

[MARD GEER] You've doubtless

heard my cohorts describe

the call of Zeref. The

urge to return to him.

But none among them

ever questioned it.

When we find Zeref,

what would he have us do?

Why were we endowed

with this instinct?

All we do, we do

for Our Lord Zeref!

[MARD GEER] It's an absolute

command, etched into our genes.

We must see Zeref.

We must return to Zeref.

We must do all for Zeref.

I alone have come to realize

that in truth he

made us to give him

the one thing of which

he's been deprived.

[NATSU growls]

Hmph.

[MARD GEER]

Over the centuries,

Zeref grew to revile

his immortality.

He yearned for death.

[MARD GEER] But death

would not come on its own.

So Zeref strove to make a being

strong enough to slay him.

[MARD GEER] It took him many

years to refine his work.

Dozens of creations.

Before he made one

worthy of the task.

[NATSU gasps]

[MARD GEER] That being:

his masterpiece is E.N.D.

But E.N.D. was prevented

from fulfilling his purpose.

Locked back inside his book.

[MARD GEER] He is held

there by a magic seal.

One too powerful for any curse

or spell in this world to break.

Or so I thought.

That was before I learned

about the Faces.

A magic seal can't exist

in a world without magic.

Very soon, he will be free.

Then, side by side,

we'll slay Zeref.

This is the mission we

were created to fulfill.

It shall be an exquisite

pleasure to carry it out.

All this time, you've

been wanting to k*ll Zeref?

The hell does that have to do

with the rest of us humans?

Couldn't you just

leave us out of it?

When one is on his way to

an important destination,

he doesn't timidly avoid

the weeds in his path:

he tramples them.

[STING]

Oh, yeah?

Uh!

[STING, ROGUE scream]

Sting, Rogue! Hang in there!

Natsu!

[ROGUE groaning]

[NATSU]

What the heck is that thing?!

This is a Prison Flower.

Fresh from the Underworld.

Damn! It won't budge!

[STING]

Come on, man!

Use your fire!

[NATSU]

Ah! Crap, I'm stuck.

It froze.

[MARD GEER gasping]

[STING, ROGUE]

Uh.

My scarf. I thought

I'd lost it for good.

[GRAY]

You're welcome.

[NATSU]

Uh?

If it means so much to you,

then take better care of it.

[NATSU]

Will do.

Thanks for the save!

He has such power.

When did you freeze his arm?!

[MARD GEER]

This magic... Who are you?

This face is the last thing

you're ever gonna see.

Because you're the thing I slay.

When did you freeze his arm?!

[MARD GEER]

This magic... Who are you?

This face is the last

thing you're ever gonna see.

Because you're the thing I slay.

[MARD GEER]

You're a Demon Slayer?

[STING]

He's a what?

[ROGUE] If the title's

as simple as ours,

then he's exactly what

we need right now.

Mard Geer's scared.

I've come here on

behalf of the fallen.

[GRAY yells]

[MARD GEER]

This magic... It's Silver's!

I never had a doubt that he

would betray us eventually,

but I couldn't have suspected

it would happen like this.

What poetic circumstance! Fate

can be quite amusing, can't it?

He froze every thorn.

Almost effortlessly!

[STING]

Incredible.

[MARD GEER yells]

I don't really see

how fate's to blame

for any of the crap

you've been pullin'.

And there ain't a damn thing

about it I find "amusing"!

My old man sends his regards.

Old man?

[GRAY] I've come to

finish what he started!

[MARD GEER screams]

[STING, ROGUE]

Uh...

You screwed with

the wrong family!

[GRAY]

Ice Demon: Zero Long Sword!

[GRAY growls]

[DEMON A grunts]

[GRAY groans]

[STING]

Gray! No!

Well, that was timely.

He came from that flower.

[sniffs] Wait a sec.

I know that smell.

There's no way.

[ROGUE whimpers]

The man who once

stood at the helm

of the strongest

guild in this world.

But now, he's shed his humanity,

and become something

more powerful.

You knew him as... Jiemma.

Our master.

[NATSU]

It's really him.

Those monsters...

they turned him into a demon.

Just like they

did to Minerva.

Though it does seem

to suit him better.

[JIEMMA]

Of course it does.

Power's always suited me.

That's why I demanded

to be transformed.

And look at me now.

The mightiest demon

that's ever existed.

Was it worth it?

Abandoning your humanity

just for power?

The man's lost

his friggin' mind.

My newest servant

is more powerful

than any of the

Nine Demon Gates.

But I suppose that you and

he are already familiar.

[JIEMMA]

My power stuns the heavens.

I have no master,

for I have no equal!

No one calls me servant!

Do you hear me?!

I'll demolish these

insects first.

But after that,

I'll come for you!

[MARD GEER]

Heh.

[JIEMMA yells]

You can't scare me!

[STING, ROGUE gasp]

[NATSU] Don't let this jerkwad

freakshow get under your skin!

Keep fighting! [yells]

[JIEMMA]

I've no business with you.

[NATSU grunting]

[NATSU yelps]

[STING]

Natsu! [growls]

[JIEMMA]

There! You understand now?

Stay down like a good bug.

[ROGUE yelling]

[STING]

You're gonna pay for that!

[JIEMMA grunts]

[STING, ROGUE groan]

[JIEMMA]

You're pathetic! Feeble!

Unworthy to oppose me.

You claim to be

raised by dragons.

Are you sure they

weren't just lizards?

I hate this guy.

[JIEMMA]

Sting.

Rogue.

I've been waiting

for this moment

for quite a long time now.

For the chance

to end your lives.

Ah, crap! Are they okay?!

[STING]

We aren't scared.

[ROGUE]

And we won't stop!

[JIEMMA]

Hm?

[STING, ROGUE yell]

Leave this guy to us, Natsu!

You focus on Mard Geer!

[JIEMMA]

There's a difference

between bravery and

arrogance, lizard boys.

Come on! I'll show you!

He called us out. Are you ready?

Sure am.

Let's make this

quick and get home.

I wanna show M'lady what

we've done with the place.

[MARD GEER chuckles]

[STING, ROGUE grunting]

[STING, ROGUE groaning]

Strong, isn't he?

Though I'll have to do something

about that arrogant streak.

[GRAY]

This is the end of the line.

There's nobody left

to protect you.

[MARD GEER] And you think

I require protection?

You're a fool if you believe

that little power of yours

will have any effect on me.

Not after I've taken

on my Etherious form.

He's changing.

[MARD GEER] E.N.D. is about

to rise from a slumber

lasting years.

The time has come for

me to rise as well.

[GRAY, NATSU gasp]

[MARD GEER] Behold.

I am Mard Geer Tartaros.

Absolute Demon, and

King of the Underworld!

[GRAY]

Natsu--

[NATSU]

Don't say it, I know.

We don't care what you

call yourself king of.

We're gonna take you out!

[MARD GEER]

Come. Give me your all.

For this battle

shall be your last.

[LUCY] In his blind pursuit

of greater strength,

Jiemma has renounced his

humanity and become a demon.

The Twin Dragons, having

rejected his cruel philosophy,

stand as comrades against

their former master.

Mard Geer Tartaros,

the Absolute Demon,

now bears down on

Natsu and Gray.

Even with Gray's new powers,

they'll be hard

pressed to defeat him

now that he's taken

on his true form.

Next Time: "Tartaros Chapter

Memento Mori."

Keep fighting. The

future's at stake.