That's strange.
Even though Loke disappeared...
...Liberum is continuing.
What does this mean?
Omnia... Magna... Stella... Rex Prae...
Is that voice Ophiuchus?
What's she saying?
Omelet... Mackerel... Tempura...
That's just what you wanna eat!
How did you know?!
Omni... Magna... Stella... Rex Prae...
Is it all "praise the lord"-type stuff?
Don't tell me...
Quit hindering me, humans!
Soon... The time has come...
Are you okay?
Yeah, I'll live...
Natsu, it looks like you're burning up.
Yeah, I don't feel so good...
Look!
What is that?
Little marks all over your arm!
Hot!
You have a really high fever.
Do you have a cold?
Yeah, right!
It's because you always sleep with your tummy uncovered.
It's not a cold!
I've been feelin' like crap since I took Loke down.
Ophiuchus the Serpent Bearer!
So where are we heading?
I caught the faint scent of Salamander in the air.
Now you humans can do nothing but observe!
What's that voice?
Where's it coming from?
That's not any of the Celestial Spirits we know.
In that case, it could be the 13th Celestial Spirit.
Let's hurry.
Omnia... Magna... Stella... Rex Prae...
What's that?
Creepy...
Very possibly... it's Liberum.
Twinkling constellations, I shall bring your wish to fruition.
Freedom is at hand.
That lowdown snake lady is ignorin' us!
My head is killin' me!
I can feel the heat coming off of you from here!
It could be the Dark Magic.
You ate it, remember?
That's right!
Maybe when the Dark Magic went up against your Dragon Slayer Magic,
maybe they clashed inside your body, too!
In other words, they disagree with you when eaten together.
It ain't like I got the runs.
But I can't fight like I want in this condition.
I can feel Liberum's influence!
Don't you think it's pointless to continue this fight?!
No, I don't.
Well, I do!
Let go!
I won't!
I told you to listen to me!
If it's about the 12 days, I'm not interested!
It's not! It's about us!
I just don't wanna lose my friends. That's all!
Enslaving you never crossed my mind!
When you call me "Princess," it's a little embarrassing,
but I always thought of that as part of your unique character.
Lip service!
So what if it is?! Look at my eyes, Virgo!
You, Loke, Aquarius... I'm here because all of you are here!
To a Celestial Spirit Wizard, Celestial Spirits are life itself!
Liberum will be complete!
There is a balance... to everything...
That's it! Now!
Liberum will maintain the balance between Celestial Spirits and Celestial Spirit Wizards!
You're wrong! Liberum will destroy the connection between us!
You people...
...reject the idea of 12 days of freedom...
...but to us, that's...
...something priceless! And that's why...
...you Celestial Spirit Wizards just can't understand!
I can't understand it and I don't want to!
You want freedom at the expense of throwing your lives away?! What's that?!
Can you call that freedom?
Freedom like that is just sad!
I hate tearjerker speeches!
You people can't understand!
But you don't have to understand!
Are you frightened, human?
That snake in the grass...
Natsu!
Not lettin' loose makes me antsy!
You are as tiny as an ant, human.
You're too friggin' big!
Natsu!
Natsu-san!
What?!
Thanks!
What's wrong with you, of all people?
I ate somethin' I shouldn't have.
Natsu-san!
Princess, this is Ophiuchus, the Serpent Bearer Celestial Spirit.
I didn't imagine she'd be this big...
Princess Hisui?
No matter who shows up, no one can stop Liberum.
Omnia... Magna... Stella... Rex Prae...
In fact, the struggling of you humans has accomplished our desire.
Those words... "Omnia... Magna... Stella... Rex Prae..."
"It is all for you, my king."
You understand what I'm saying?
This "king" is the Celestial Spirit King, isn't it?
"It is all for you, my king."
This series of events isn't about the Celestial Spirits' genuine wish...
It's about the Celestial Spirit King?
Then even the Celestial Spirit King has gone insane?
What's that?
An ancient text I borrowed from Yukino.
I thought it might tell me something about Liberum and the Celestial Spirits.
The Celestial Spirit King planned all this, didn't he?
Very impressive, Princess.
If that's the case, there's only one thing to do.
If we kick the Celestial Spirit King's ass, this'll all be over.
Are you humans capable of such a thing?
What the...?
I shall protect the Celestial Spirit King.
Me, Ophiuchus the Serpent Bearer!
The 13th Celestial Spirit that lurks in the shadow of the Celestial Spirit King!
See how effective your forced gate closing trick is!
That lady's nuts...
Lucy!
Yukino-san!
Both of them are on the ropes!
We can't do anything but watch, can we?
Dammit!
Natsu!
I'm gonna kick this snake's tail before movin' on to the old beardie!
I thought I told you not to interfere with me.
No!
Leave her to me!
Arcadios!
Please get back!
Move, damn you, arm!
Hey, Natsu, about her stomach...
Isn't that glowing part kind of fishy?
Yeah...
That's the only part of her that's glowing, and it's warm.
Even though the rest of her body is so cold...
I'll take a poke at it.
Take a poke?! We don't know what could happen!
Maybe poison would come out!
I wanna let loose! I'll deal with problems as they come up!
When I see somethin' like that, I wanna crush it!
Right there!
W-What...?!
Crushing it was the right answer?!
My guess is that glowing area is the organ that created the 12 worlds!
They collided!
You! I won't let this grant you your freedom!
The balance... The balance of the Celestial Spirit World is crumbling!
W-What is this?!
You see?! You went off half-cocked again and now those two are in deeper trouble!
The 12 worlds are warping!
Human! You have thrown the worlds I created into chaos!
I just got a good idea!
What?!
Lucy! Yukino! Now you should be able to win!
A human has this much power?
Never underestimate a Dragon Slayer!
Lucy-sama, what's going on?
I don't know, but...
I have no idea what's happening, but together, there's something we can do!
Right!
Sound out the heavens, open the heavens...
Stars across the universe, show yourselves to me with all your brilliance!
Tetrabiblos, I am the ruler of the stars.
My aspect is perfection. Open thy savage gate!
Libra, let's get 'em!
Our power combined can knock them off balance!
Punishment time!
Get lost!
88 stars of the heavens... Shine on!
Urano Metria!
Let's go!
Right!
What's wrong?
We're not making a mistake, are we?
No.
Please, Virgo. Go back to normal. I want to help you!
Libra, rest for now.
We have to get out of here!
But where? How?!
We can't just stand around! Let's search for an exit!
Lucy-san!
Yukino!
They did it...
Natsu!
Please wake up!
Open your eyes!
Everyone...
It's thanks to Natsu!
Natsu?
A miracle happened. Natsu-san made the 12 worlds merge into one.
He said it was so you two would have a chance of winning.
Are you all right? I don't sense a fever...
I'll get by. I finally flushed the Dark Magic from my system.
You gotta be careful about what you eat, right?
Well, it was useful in the end, anyway.
How's that? Now all of 'em are locked away!
I'm grateful to you, human!
What?!
I was waiting for this moment, when you desperately sealed away all of them.
Now all 12 Celestial Spirits are back with the Celestial Spirit King!
What are you talking about?
You mean... all of this was part of the Celestial Spirit King's plan, too?
Not the Celestial Spirit King's plan! My plan!
Even if they had a hard time getting there, the 12 needed to be sent back.
You, the Celestial Spirits, everyone was forced to dance by the phantasmal Liberum.
Then the Celestial Spirits' "freedom" was just something planted in their minds?
It wasn't their own will!
The red light coming from the celestial globe
is reaching the Celestial Spirit King by way of the constellations.
From the start, this rite was to funnel the powerful energy to the Celestial Spirit King.
Liberum Verus!
Liberum Verus...
There is a description of Liberum Verus in here.
Read it quickly! I want to know the details.
Got it!
That's right. For that purpose, the Celestial Spirits had to be returned to the stars.
What do you mean, "returned"?
After being eclipsed, the mighty Celestial Spirit King
was able to command great power, but he required even greater power.
The 12 Zodiac Celestial Spirits feared that power
and tried to flee the Celestial Spirit World.
By obtaining a mere 12 days of freedom, that is, "life".
I saw this as an opportunity to give the Celestial Spirit King even more power,
and came up with this scheme.
The Celestial Spirit King is out of control...
So basically, he's a raging demigod jackass,
whose sense of reason was tossed out the window, right?
And by trying to protect the Celestial Spirits, we backed them into a corner?
I hate to say it, but the Celestial Spirits were trying to escape,
and we sent them back to the Celestial Spirit World with its rampaging king.
Oh, no...
What have we done?
That's not all.
If the eclipsed king continues to accumulate power and wreak havoc,
he'll destroy the Celestial Spirit World until there's nothing left.
Nothin' left?!
Correct. The princess speaks of the future.
If the Celestial Spirit World is wiped out, you'll go with it, snake charmer!
If that's what the Celestial Spirit King wishes, I shall greet annihilation with joy!
Everything shall be as the great Celestial Spirit King desires!
You don't care if you're destroyed, too?!
What a weirdo!
That voice...
It sounds like a beast!
Let's go!
Yeah!
Don't make me laugh! This nonsense isn't for anyone's sake!
I'm gonna beat the crap outta you and the Celestial Spirit King both!
Natsu, Liberum isn't stopping!
Happy, since it's come to this, we gotta go with the usual strategy!
Yeah, I know the one you mean.
That's right. Gotta be this when you don't know the enemy's capabilities.
Natsu, it looks like Erza and the others have come to the same conclusion.
Then we're all on the same page!
All right, let's go! Fairy Tail's specialty!
For now, we kick their asses!
Next time: Night of the Shooting Stars!
Let's go, Happy! The old all-out destruction strategy!
Aye, sir!