This body is a vessel.
It's a corpse that happened to be around.
The members of Tartaros are all demons from the Books of Zeref.
Of course, that includes me.
My true form isn't a human.
But there are a lot of inconveniences in going around in the form of a demon.
That's why I usually take human form.
And when I was going to choose a human for that task,
there happened to be a fine corpse nearby.
I've been using this body ever since.
I thought getting this body was a coincidence.
But maybe you and I were drawn together.
You don't know how patiently I've waited for the day to kill you with my own hands.
You can go pack sand, you bastard!
You dare use my father's body...
You've given me a reason to hate you, but you've got no reason to hate me!
Wrong.
I won't be satisfied until I murder all of Ur's disciples.
See, I was sealed away for ten years because of her.
My name is Deliora! You haven't forgotten, have you, Gray?!
It can't be...
Ur killed Deliora...
That's right. She did kill me. For all of ten years.
But Tartaros had Hell's Core, a physical regeneration machine.
Are you really that Deliora?
If you don't believe me, shall I show you my true form?
The form I was in when I murdered your parents!
Deliora!
Come, ghost of Ur!
Dammit!
You thought to protect yourself with that?!
What's wrong?! Put up more of a fight!
Is that all you've got, disciple of Ur?
I'm not done with you yet!
Ice Make: Cold Excalibur!
Ice Mold Magic, eh? Well, not bad...
You're on the right track. The only thing...
Hey, that ice had no flavor.
You have nothing to say?
Elemental magic doesn't work on Slayer wizards of the same stripe.
Ur's disciples can only use ice.
And so I learned Devil Slayer Magic that made me resistant to ice!
Devil Slayer Magic?
That's right. The power to slay a demon.
The Underworld King accepted his power and appointed him to the Nine Demon Gates.
A wizard who can slay demons in a guild full of demons?!
Perhaps it was the Underworld King's whim.
Or perhaps he was meant to be a deterrent against us.
In any case, the Underworld King accepted that man.
Gray-sama...
Tartaros Arc: Gray Versus Silver
Slam.
That didn't work on the muttering bastard at all! Ow...
"Muttering bastard"...
Do you mock me, human?
That Curse Power... Is he the one who fought Laxus and the Raijinshuu?
Tough-skinned bastard! Get busted up already!
So there are humans like this...
But...
...it seems you're stronger and tougher than anyone.
Foolish pride. Nothing annoys me more!
You're mad? That's funny.
Getting angry means you can cry too, right?
Then I'll hit you until you bawl your eyes out and apologize!
Squall.
Natsu! Gajeel!
What's wrong, Salamander? Having a hard time?
Nah, this ain't nothing!
Yeah, right? I finally got warmed up.
Now it's...
...the real deal, bastard!
I just need... a little more time to recover, and then...
Juvia!
Tell me one thing, water witch.
What do you fear the most? Losing the one you love?
Being abandoned by the one you love? Or being hated by the one you love?
That kind of verbal abuse won't work on Juvia!
Verbal abuse?
Losing Gray-sama, being abandoned by Gray-sama, or being hated by him...
None of the above would ever happen!
I see. I am more curious than ever.
Inhale.
Wha...?!
Impact.
Thud.
Natsu!
Nice! There you go!
That face, distorted by pain!
After I kill you, I'm going after Lyon!
And then I'll slaughter every last one of your dear comrades!
My old man's body... and his voice...
You're done usin' it to talk trash!
Ice Impact!
I feel nothing.
Here I come.
Rage of the Ice Demon!
I don't know my own strength!
Become a strong man, Gray.
You... You're the only one...
...that I swear I'll beat with my own hands!
Beat me? How? Ice doesn't affect me.
You have a 0% chance of winning.
Ice Make...
...Cannon!
That's stupid...
Rubble...
You created cannons out of ice, then fired a non-elemental projectile...
I'm impressed. But...
This is...
I covered everything with ice.
Now you can't attack with anything that's non-elemental.
You just dug your own grave.
This is the magic that covered Sun Village in ice.
I can channel this ice through my body and remake it as I like.
What?
I know full well that the same element won't work between fellow Slayers.
But there's one exception.
Consume my own flames? You must be an idiot.
Go back to hell!
I can't take my own magic, that's all.
But as long as it's ice, it won't affect me.
Isn't it about time you recalled it?
Your fear of me... of Deliora!
Grrr! This is Franmalth's blunder of a lifetime!
Letting myself be captured! How much have I lost?! How much?!
That's one noisy mushroom.
And it was planted on my head. Why is it even a mushroom?
Can I eat it? Fro is hungry.
I wouldn't if I were you, yes.
By the way, Happy-kun, you know about this mushroom, right?
More than I'd like! Natsu had a heck of a time fighting him.
I know how he looks now, but he was really tough at the time.
He can absorb people, magic, and souls,
so it's like a revolution!
I don't get that.
But anyway, he's got incredible Curse Power.
And he turned into a mushroom after getting his ass whupped, right?
I don't really know.
This is yucky...
Don't eat me... H-Help me...
Don't do that, Frosch.
You should at least cook it.
But you'd better wait 'til after he finishes guiding us, or Erza will kill you.
I'm sorry.
You guys have changed a lot.
Are you people demons?!
You're the demon!
Listen. Just take us to the control room or whatever and keep your mouth shut.
Just try and lead us the wrong way.
We'll chop you up, then feed you to Erza or Minerva.
They're back!
Over here!
Yeah! We have to stop Face's activation and fast!
You said something about one hour, right? Then we need to hurry!
I can't afford to take these jerks where they want to go.
I need to buy time somehow!
All of these Face devices... How can we stop them?
Doranbolt-san, how long would it take to do a Direct Line with Magnolia?
There are a lot of relay points from here to there,
so it would take about five minutes if I rushed it.
We're going to meet up with everyone, huh?
But that's not all.
I'll have Warren-san use his magic to address all the guilds on the continent.
With the power of all the guilds combined, we may be able to do something about Face.
Let's hurry!
Right!
What's wrong? Are you all out of bravado?
I can see it... The future in which the boy makes the same choice as his mentor...
Same choice as his mentor?
Gray-sama is going to use Iced Shell?!
What is it? What happened to your energy? Are you just scared now?
Show me more of that face twisted in pain!
Show me more fear, human.
Bow your head in the face of calamity!
Did you think you had the slightest chance of beating me?!
Did you really think you could turn fury into power?!
Remember this. This is the taste of despair.
A human cannot defeat a demon!
Even so... I...
...I have to...
...beat you!
Ice doesn't work on me. I blocked your physical attacks.
And I'm not enough of a sap to be won over by a sentimental argument.
There's still one more thing I can do...
Iced Shell!
Don't bluff!
That magic freezes the opponent for eternity at the cost of the wizard's own life!
It's magic that uses your own life!
Besides, Ice Magic doesn't have any effect on me!
Is that right? Think back...
...to the magic that sealed you away for ten years!
That was before I learned Ice Devil Slayer Magic!
Then you have the guts to take it, right?!
You'll never do it! You'd die yourself!
I'll surpass you, Deliora!
D-Don't!
To avenge...
...my family...
...and Ur!
Crap...
I stopped you then because I didn't want you to die. Didn't my voice reach you?
Gray-sama!
I'm sorry!
Iced... Shell!
Ice doesn't... work on me!
I'll break through Iced Shell!
I'm sorry, everyone...
I almost forgot something important!
This is Molding, too?!
I'm not going to die!
'Cause I don't wanna see my friends cry!
An iron ball?! Where did you get that?!
I'm the one who melted the ice at Sun Village!
Among the debris...
Ice Make...
...Vambrace!
Magnificent...
Dammit!
Did you think I wouldn't realize it?!
Why, dammit?!
You're not Deliora.
You're my old man, aren't you?
Silver and Gray...
A sad reunion between father and son.
Silver has stayed alive by posing as a Tartaros demon.
Behind that resolve is a grand tale of the truth.
And now the father entrusts his son with a certain memory.
Next time: Tartaros Arc: Silver Memories.
Tartaros Arc: Silver Memories
Tears running down cheeks are the scratch marks of the truth.