55)The King Fights The Apocalypse

'Not bad.' Mard Geer thought as he leapt away while creating a wall of vines in front of him, a flash of white light shining through its gap before a beam of radiant light clashed with the plants.

As he landed, a frown appeared on the demon's face as he leapt across the ground in rapid succession, watching as clawed hands made out of shadows shot out from the rubble below him to try & bind him.

In response, he simply smirked as he landed while stomping hard, making the ground tremble right before numerous thorny vines shot out high into the sky before curving downwards towards the sources of the spells.

“Rogue! We got incoming!” Sting shouted as he clapped his hands in front of him, a large white magic circle appearing in front of him as he pulled a fist back.

“Holy Ray!” The dragon slayer chanted as he punched the circle and the air pulsed right before a barrage of light rays shot out of the crests & connected with the vines raining down upon them, Sting smirking as his lights exploding created numerous shadows around them as Rogue slapped a palm onto the ground.

“Shadow Mayhem!” The mage chanted and the shadows around Mard Geer darkened before numerous shadow spikes sprouted out from the ground, the demon frowning as he leapt into the air with a corkscrew & dodged the attacks with an amused smile.

“I can see why Kyōka likes playing around with you humans. You provide quite the entertainment when one has nothing better to do.” Mard Geer spoke with a smile as he rolled his neck, Sting & Rogue frowning as they stood besides each other.

“Any ideas yet?” Sting asked before frowning as Rogue shook his head.

“None. You?”

“None. Every attack we land, he just shrugs off like they're nothing.” Sting grumbled and Rogue frowned as he watched Mard Geer waiting patiently before a subtle smirk appeared on his face as he saw the small scuff mark on the demon's wrist.

“Not nothing. Left wrist.” Rogue said and Sting looked at it before chuckling as Mard Geer looked down with a smirk while rolling his wrist.

“So, our attacks are working, huh? We're just not putting enough power into them.”

“Indeed, but what are you all going to do when I start fighting back?” Mard Geer asked as he took his first step forward since the fight began, Sting's eyes widening as the demon appeared in front of him with his hand pulled back.

A thick thorny vine shot out from his palm before he grabbed it & swung it like a whip, the White Dragon Slayer quickly leaping over the attack while Rogue sunk into his shadow & shot out from the one behind Mard Geer.

The demon in question simply smirked as he swung the whip around while spinning through the air with a barrel roll, Rogue's eyes widening as his shadow blade barely missed the demon before he gritted his teeth as the whip smacked him in the back & sent him rolling across the ground.

Twirling the whip around his body, Mard Geer grinned maniacally as he swung the whip towards the downed Rogue before cackling as Sting caught the whip with hands covered in glowing white light, the dragon slayer gritting his teeth as he felt the barbs of the vine still stabbing through the energy around his hands.

Growling as he tightened his grip on the vine, Sting roared as he spun & pulled the demon closer, Rogue already on his feet as he rushed forward before Mard Geer grunted with a grin as shadows wrapped around the dragon slayer's leg before slamming a kick into his chest that sent the demon flying through the air.

However, Sting's eyes widened as he felt the whip be pulled tight as Mard Geer spun while wrapping himself in the vine whip, hissing as he felt the whip being ripped from his hands before both he & Rogue jumped back as more vines shot out from the ground below them in an attempt to grab them.

“Hahahaha!! Wonderful! Absolutely wonderful!” Mard Geer exclaimed with a grin as he landed on a platform made out of thorny vines, unnerving both Dragon Slayers as pink flowers also grew on many parts of the vines while the demon smirked as he made the vines lower him to the ground.

“You two are perhaps the most fun I've had for today other than the Celestial Spirit King and that is a compliment. Now, allow me to apologize for my lack of respect in your efforts by responding with my full po-!” Mard Geer's eyes widened as an eerie presence erupted from out of nowhere, the Dragon Slayers looking petrified as they felt pure dominance radiating from the presence & made them freeze in place.

'W-W-Wha…what the hell is that?' Sting thought in horror as he felt the energy flushing to his very core, his entire body shivering as soft footsteps echoed in the air.

“Well, well~ I expected it to be Natsu & Gray, but you two are a surprise, to be honest.” A four-armed being spoke with a smile as they walked out of the ruins of the Fairy Tail guild around them, scarlet scales covering their arms, legs, outer chest, abdomen & back while a thick draconic tail covered in dark scarlet scales swayed behind him.

A black tattoo of a sun sat proudly on the being's left pectoral and a staff made out of dark blue scales was being carried in their lower right hand, a pulsating black heart embedded onto the tip of the staff while scarlet flames with a cloudy-like shape were wrapped around their shoulders & on the back of their neck.

“Who are you?” Mard Geer asked as he turned to face the being, who chuckled as he crossed his lower arms while spreading his upper arms out wide to the side.

“Eric Creed. Pleased to meet you. Ah, there's the voice changer.” Eric spoke to himself as he hummed softly, everyone's eyes widening before Mard Geer smirked as he started walking towards Eric.

“So, you're not a human, after all. Of course, only a demon can kill dragons with the same ease as you did.”

“No, I was a human. I just decided to turn myself into a demon.” Eric answered with a shrug, surprising Mard Geer as he stopped in his tracks.

“Excuse me?”

“Yeah, I was feeling weak so I decided to become a demon. Now, you were speaking so much about how no one can stop you from using Face to erase magic, correct?” Eric asked with a smile as he raised his improved Dragon Cry to the sky, Mard Geer's eyes widening as he watched hundreds upon hundreds of scarlet magic crests appeared all across the horizon, turning back to his fellow demon as Eric's cursed energy lit up the sky.

“Dragon Cry: Full Release.” Eric chanted and there was a flash of light before hundreds of scarlet beams of destruction rained down upon Fiore, the demon smirking euphorically as he watched his beams completely erase the Face beams before they can activate.

Turning his vision back to where he was, he chuckled as he saw Mard Geer already attacking with hundreds of thorny vines, the demon's face distorted with rage before Eric grinned as he swung his lower hands through the air & unleashed a storm of invisible blades that cleaved right through them all.

“Dismantle” Eric chanted as he swung his upper left arm downwards and Mard Geer leapt out of the way just in time as he watched the ground besides him being erased like it was never there before spinning back just in time to find himself face to face with the amused demon.

“Cleave.” Eric chanted as he placed a hand on Mard Geer's chest and it was only with the demon tilting his body slightly that he survived the attack, his eyes widening with excruciating pain as the entirety of his left upper body was erased from existence.

'What the hell…was that?' Mard Geer could feel that Eric had cursed energy just like any other demon, but every time he felt the demon activate his Curse, he couldn't detect any shift in the demon's cursed energy nor any cursed energy that would show that the attack was coming towards him.

“Thorns.” Mard Geer chanted as he swung his right arm through the air, a large magic crest appearing below the two of them before Eric smirked as he watched hundreds of thorny vines shoot out & wrap around him with a tight grip.

However, he cursed as he saw the vines being sliced to ribbons before they could even tighten, Eric smirking as he walked out with a chuckle before Mard Geer frowned as the demon stopped in his tracks while looking off to the right.

“Looks like you get to survive another night. Fortune!” Eric shouted as he turned & ran away, Mard Geer being surprised to see the demon leapt far into the air before a phoenix made out of flames shot out from behind the ruins & catch him midair.

However, he couldn't wonder anymore as hot flames slammed into his back & sent him flying forward, the demon growling as he spun around while rolling to glare at a grinning Natsu cracking his knuckles while Sting & Rogue stood at his sides with serious looks on their faces.

“Oi! You destroyed our guild hall! Time to pay up!” Natsu exclaimed as flames wrapped around his body and Mard Geer growled as his eyes glowed with violet power before fading away.

“You should be more afraid, dragon slayers! I'm pissed off and you just became my targets!”

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“Shouldn't we continue helping?!” Ms. Fortune asked as they continued flying away from the battlefield, Eric frowning as he shook his head while the Dragon Cry turned into a black & red ribbon that he tied around his naked waist, reaching up & tearing his torn shirt & jacket off.

“They can handle it, but we however are going to handle something else.” Eric spoke as they continued flying, Ms. Fortune confused at his words as she looked to the front before she felt her heart nearly stopping at the sight of a roaring black dragon slowly flying towards them.

Even if she didn't recognize it at first glance, the blue tribal markings around the dragon's body as well as the feathery-like wings & the stinger-esque shape at the end of its tail more than told her who they were currently flying towards.

“Please, tell me that is not who I think it is, right?”

“You can drop here.”

“You want to fight Acnologia?! Are you insane?!” Ms. Fortune exclaimed before cursing her loud mouth as Acnologia instantly locked onto them, Eric frowning as he saw the blue light slowly gathering in the dragon's maw.

“You shouldn't be part of this. Go down & back to Fairy Tail now.” Eric said and launched himself through the air before she could respond, the flames behind his neck wrapping around his limbs before he took control of them & sent himself blasting through the air while a large scarlet magic circle appeared in front of him.

“RRRRRRAAAAAAHHHIHKKKKK!!” Acnologia's roar sounded like a mixture of a dragon's & the screech of a bird as he unleashed a colossal hurricane of blue ethernano before Eric smirked as he punched the crest in front of him & unleashed a hurricane of flames that clashed with it.

Ms. Fortune squealed as the force from their attacks sent her ragdolling back through the air, quickly spinning around to catch herself before her eyes widened as she watched the ground below them literally being melted & turned into bubbling magma.

Eric however quickly swung his arms down with a grunt and Acnologia roared as the attack slammed into his scales, the demon not surprised to see only scuff marks on the dragon's scales that quickly vanished as blue ethernano healed them in the blink of an eye.

Acnologia however was busy glaring at Eric as he blasted towards him, the demon's eyes widening as the dragon was far faster than he expected right before creating a pillar of flames in front of him just as Acnologia slammed a glowing fist into his flames.

“Who the hell are you, demon?!” Acnologia growled as he pulled his fist back and Eric groaned as he saw nearly no damage on the dragon's fist other than small scorch marks that quickly faded like they were never there.

'Well, at least he lives up to the hype.' Eric thought with a frown before shaking his head as he felt the Dragon Cry restoring his stamina & ethernano that his body quickly transformed into cursed energy.

“I am the dragon slayer that killed the seven dragons that invaded Crocus.” Eric answered and Acnologia frowned before the demon was surprised to see the dragon's face twisting into a gleeful grin.

“Great! So you're one of my targets, dragon slayer?!” Acnologia growled and Eric frowned as he felt the beast's bloodlust radiating in the air, admitting to the fact that he could feel his heart racing while he clenched his hands to stop them from shaking.

'Fighting against a 400 year old dragon slayer with nothing but cheats & hax abilities that I stole along the way…I'm going to need a shit ton of luck to survive this one.' Eric thought with a frown before he launched forward, raising his upper right hand high before a gigantic flaming sword grew out from it.

“Hell Dragon's Guillotine!” I roared as I brought the blade down and was surprised as Acnologia's grin widened before he dove head first into the attack, tanking it as it slashed onto his back before Eric quickly created numerous flaming shields in front of him just as the dragon swung a clawed fist forward.

Feeling as the beast's punch pierced right through all of them, Eric was thankful for his smaller size as he leapt over the punch while swinging his lower arms out, Acnologia grunting as he felt a force unexpectedly impacting his throat & sent him stumbling backwards.

Eric was not done as he flipped around before rushing forward, his upper arms pulled back as he stopped in front of the dragon's chest & punched forward.

“Cleave.” Eric chanted once more as his fists impacted the dragon's chest and Acnologia was surprised for the first time since their battle started as he could feel the attack under his scales before looking down to see the top of his scales having been cracked slightly.

The dragon was quick to recover though and Eric blasted himself back as the dragon tried to swing down before the demon was surprised as the dragon stopped his attack while his maw was open with a bright azure glow at the back of his throat.

With a deafening roar, Eric felt pain for the first time in a while as the dragon's blast slammed into him & sent him crashing into the ground, gritting his teeth as he looked down to see the entirety of his chest covered in severe burns before standing up with a groan.

Taking a few deep breaths to get used to the pain, Eric rolled his neck & looked up to see Acnologia floating in the air, the dragon not attacking & waiting patiently as the demon looked up at him before both grinned as Eric created a massive scarlet magic circle above his head & Acnologia forged a large azure magic crest in front of him.

“Hell Dragon's Infernal Wrath!/ Arcane Dragon's Raging Storm!” The world cried as hundreds of flaming demons shot out from Eric's crest while a literal storm of pure ethernano taking the form of azure lightning rained down onto him.

Both beings burst out with laughter as their attacks lit up the night sky, Acnologia cackling loudly to the high heavens while Eric laughed as he looked up at the beauty that was the Beast of Apocalypse's magic.

'It's incredible.' Even though Acnologia had killed nearly every dragon in existence, Eric couldn't help himself from admiring the dragon's magic as his ethernano was far purer than any he had ever seen, with even the Dragon Cry's nigh-infinite ethernano lacking in quality & potency compared to his.

'That just means that beating him would make me the better of us two despite the fact that I am far weaker compared to him.' Eric thought with a smirk as he rolled his shoulders, drawing Acnologia's attention as they both stopped their attacks before the dragon frowned as he looked at the ribbon wrapped around the demon's waist.

“That energy…so that's where it's been.” Acnologia muttered with a frown and Eric was surprised himself as he felt the energy that the ribbon was giving him increasing moderately even though he wasn't pulling much towards him.

'…Of course! The rage & anger of all the dragons Acnologia killed empower the Dragon Cry itself, which means that they all hate the beast for taking their lives. Is that why you all like me? Because I thought about defeating Acnologia since I arrived?' Eric thought with a surprised look before a chuckle escaped his lips as the only answer he got was the energy transfer being increased tremendously.

“Well, it looks like I can't lose this fight, huh Acnologia?!” Eric roared with a grin as he blasted upwards, Acnologia grinning as they both pulled a fist back before they clashed & hell itself descended upon the outskirts of Magnolia!”

A/N: Sorry for the late upload! I was busy playing D&D Online & completely lost track of time to the point that I had to quickly finish this off at 15:00.

Anyway, Eric is now fully transformed into a demon and he is now facing off against Acnologia! Will he win or will he lose? We'll have to find out next time…if I can find the inspiration for it.

To be honest, I'm not feeling this story anymore especially since I don't even know where the hell I'm going with the plot…I think. Like I want the Alvarez Arc and I want to do the fights, but I just don't even know if I want to do it if that makes sense.

I'm still going to continue but if I feel like I'm struggling next week too, I think I'm just going to stop it and then make a new story in its place the following week or I might just start writing extra chapters for the other free stories so they can be posted earlier on FF.net

That's only IF I feel like I want to stop. It's not a guarantee.

Anyway, sorry for turning so serious out of nowhere, but I just had to say that.

As always, read, enjoy, review and until the next one…

Ba-Bye~!!