What is this?!
It's in response to Face!
Dammit!
You probably have about three more minutes.
Then magic will disappear from the entire continent!
In three minutes?!
Magic is going to disappear?!
How much is the worth of a wizard without magic? How much?
This is a true demon...
She and Mira-nee are evenly-matched?! How?!
I'm your opponent!
What's with this one?!
A cute face and cat ears! Who are you, the belle of the ball?!
Has it begun?
Say goodbye, humans...
Face has gone off!
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I've still got my magic...
Me, too!
Wendy and Carla did it!
The tremors... have stopped?
Face's activation erased all magic!
It's over, humans!
Requip!
Magic hasn't gone anywhere yet!
How...?!
A quiet sound...
It can't be!
This is as far as your plot goes.
How much will this failed plan cost? How much?
Now give us Mira back!
How much? How much?
How much? How much...?
100,000 of your bastardly souls!
Give me your soul! I'll start with your soul!
Then I'll get more souls!
Man, this guy...
I've gotta do something!
But he absorbs people, Celestial Spirits, and magic, too!
Don't forget, I also possess all of Hades's magical might!
What is this?!
A magic ring?!
You will not beat me!
Amaterasu: Formula 28!
Magic hasn't disappeared?!
The Face plan failed?
You intend to escape?!
I'm leaving this to you! Obliterate the fairy!
That goes without saying.
We meet again on an exquisite stage, Erza Scarlet...
Minerva!
I am Neo-Minerva.
Neo-Minerva?!
I have been reborn as a demon. Let me show you my newfound power.
What did you do to her?!
I didn't calculate for Face's failure.
There's no choice. I'll have to awaken him.
Master END...
Natsu!
Have you forgotten that Hades dances with magic?
Lucy! Happy! I'm gonna...
How much is consuming all of your power worth? How much?
Natsu!
And Hades can do this, too!
Let go of Lucy!
This is Hades's power...
This time for sure, I'm going to absorb your souls!
Natsu!
Connection!
And you, too...
What is this?! My strength...
...is gettin' leached away!
You're going to be part of my new collection!
So I need your souls!
Get stuffed!
You're not... gettin' jack!
You're not gettin' my soul! It stays right here!
Resistance is futile!
Lucy! Happy! Don't you dare give up!
Our souls are our own!
Remember it! They're ours!
That idealism can't stand up to Curse power!
My soul is right here!
Until I can see Igneel again...
...no one's takin' my soul!
You can't have my will!
Why are you so stubborn?!
Focus, you two! On what's most important to you!
Focus on what you'd never let anybody take away!
That'll become the power that anchors your soul!
For... For me...
Carla and fish, Carla and fish, Carla and fish...
It's too late! I'm almost done absorbing them!
What's most important to me...
...are my comrades... the guild...
...and the Celestial Spirits!
I'm gonna see Igneel!
Carla and fish, Carla and fish...
Carla and fish, Carla and fish!
This guy absorbed Taurus and Aries...
I want to at least return them to the Celestial Spirit World!
Anyone who steals the Celestial Spirits' freedom or hurts them will pay!
Taurus! Forced gate closure!
W-What is this?! M-My body...
What's happening to me?! My body! My body!
Don't tell me he's going to the Celestial Spirit World, along with Taurus?!
Why, you... This won't do!
Taurus expulsion!
Mooo...
He's out!
Taurus! Forced gate closure!
W-What is this?! M-My body...
What's happening to me?! My body! My body!
Don't tell me he's going to the Celestial Spirit World along with Taurus?!
Why, you... This won't do!
Taurus expulsion!
Mooo...
He's out!
Aries! Forced gate closure!
Aries expulsion!
I'm sorry!
Natsu! Forced gate closure!
He's a Celestial Spirit?!
Nice one, Lucy.
Curses! It was the woman's ruse!
Still, magic doesn't work on me!
Something he can't absorb!
Not immaterial like a soul... but physical matter!
D-Don't you dare!
W-Wait...
He did it...
H-He's not beaten yet?!
All the souls he absorbed are moving on...
Aye...
Hey, what were you thinking of as your most important thing?
My comrades in the guild and the Celestial Spirits.
I see. That fits you, Lucy.
What about you, Happy? "Carla and fish"?
I don't know, is that what you'd call "fixated"?
It's not over yet.
Tartaros's true objective isn't Face.
Tell Makarov...
...to release the light now.
What was that?
The ghost of Master Hades?!
I think it was his soul.
"Release the light." I wonder what that's about.
He told us to tell the Master, right?
It looks like Face is out of commission thanks to Wendy and Carla,
but we still have to find Mira-san.
And I ain't gonna be satisfied 'til I kick the ass of every bad guy here.
I'll pass on that message to the Master!
Be careful!
You, too!
The fools. For us, there is no "failure" or "death."
We can be resurrected again and again.
As long as we've got the lab, we can be reborn endlessly. We're functionally immortal!
Well, I guess I'll be heading over to the lab now.
Mira-nee!
Do you really have time to be a spectator?
Let go of me, weirdo!
What are you?
My Macro doesn't work on you...
Macro?
I think that's the magic that controlled Elf-nii-chan!
Curse, actually...
It may not work on you, but it worked on your little brother.
I'll tell you one special characteristic about my Curse power.
Once a person falls under my spell, I can take control over them at any time remotely.
You don't mean...
I mean that I can make your brother commit suicide right now, if I like.
Don't!
Ezel-sama...
Hurry! Bring me back!
That brat! That brat! That brat! That brat!
Then he's...
Dammit! I can't believe a whelp and her cat did this to me!
I won't get careless next time!
I'll tear them apart and grind their bones to powder!
Wendy and Carla...
...beat him?
Then what's he doing here all of a sudden?
Hurry up, Lamy!
Seilah!
I'm in the middle of a battle right now. You'll have to wait.
Forget that! Just bring me back!
Bring him back?
That's right! This is Tartaros's respawning site, Hell's Core.
It's in our contract with the King of the Underworld. If we lose our physical body,
we're reborn here. We're a guild of immortals!
King of the Underworld? Reborn? What is she talking about?
You shouldn't say more than you need to, Lamy-sama.
My bad!
That's a nuisance.
Then I should start by destroying all of this equipment, huh?
Do you think you can do that?
It's simple.
Ta-daaa!
All right, I'm ready to be reborn, please!
My... My lab!
Awesome, Mira-nee!
What is this?!
H-How? How could she...
Take Over.
Before you got here, I took control of all these tentacle-like demons.
The power to absorb demons?!
Is that why Macro doesn't work on you?
We're in the same boat.
Since you're a demon, I thought I could win by absorbing you.
But it seems my Take Over doesn't work on you.
Then...
...neither of them can use their signature ability.
In other words, the battle will be decided by physical strength!
Hand-to-hand combat, then. Very girly!
There it is! Mirajane's Sitri! The strongest demon ever!
Strongest demon ever?
You've got nerve saying that in front of demons of the Books of Zeref.
You people really have no idea how fearsome the Nine Demon Gates are.
I order you.
It won't work.
Release my limiter!
She ordered herself?
What... is she?
So stupid...
You mean to continue fighting when there's no chance of winning?
It's not over until it's over!
It may as well be over!
You see, Tartaros has many left...
Many cards left to play that you don't even know about!
Fairy Tail... and all humans... are finished.
There are many crevices in this area, so let's walk a little more slowly.
Right. Sorry.
Love... yes?
No!
What is this?
This is tiring.
There's no sense of tension here.
Meldy, are you okay?
Hm? I'll be fine if we can rest a bit first,
but how could you tell?
Somewhat, by your footsteps.
That is also a skill made possible with love.
There he goes again.
Hey, are you guys really gonna follow him? I'm not interested.
And he wants to defeat Zeref, huh? He's ambitious.
Hey, I say we try to take Jellal down one more time.
I'm sick of you flapping your gums.
What?!
Then you're gonna follow him like some apostle?
Who knows? I haven't decided yet.
But I can hear something.
The voices of countless people...
No, not voices.
Screams.
You're scaring me.
Screams? From where?
I don't know, but if I follow him, I might find out.
I wanna confirm what I hear with my own eyes.
While Fairy Tail and Tartaros continue their fierce battle,
Oracion Seis begrudgingly follows Jellal.
At the end of their journey, they encounter
Rusty Rose, survivor of the defunct Grimoire Heart.
He's changed completely, and shares a shocking truth with them.
Next time: Tartaros Arc: King of the Underworld.
Tartaros Arc: King of the Underworld
We still can't see the bottom of hell.