Seeing Franmalth rolling on the ground and screaming about the heat, Natsu immediately remembered something.
"So that's it! As expected of Takeshi!"
Back in Sun Village, he had consumed Takeshi's flames. That magic power even surpassed Dragon Force. According to Takeshi, that magic was 'The Sun'.
It was only because he was a Fire Dragon Slayer that he had managed to swallow those flames. When he broke the ice before, he had only used a small portion of that flame, another part was still inside his body.
Because he was too focused on the battle, he had forgotten he still had this fire to use. Just now, Franmalth accidentally absorbed a portion of 'The Sun's' magic power from his body, so he burst into flames.
After a good while, Franmalth stopped and expelled that magic power, though he was now burnt black all over.
"You bastard! What on earth was that magic power just now? It almost burned me to death!"
Franmalth had been terrified just now. He felt like his whole body was on fire. If not for his unusual demonic body and his timely expulsion of the magic power, he really might have been burned to ashes.
Whoosh!
Flames ignited on Natsu's body. This time, the flames weren't Natsu's, but Takeshi's Sun Fire.
"You... you bastard..."
Franmalth was startled when he felt that the flames on Natsu's body were identical to the ones that had just burned him.
A cruel grin appeared on Natsu's face. "You bastard, weren't you enjoying absorbing it just now? Then I'll let you absorb your fill!"
Franmalth was full of terror. "No... no... don't come over here!!"
"Take this! Sun Punch!!!"
Natsu wrapped the flames around his fist and punched Franmalth in the stomach.
"Ughaaaaah!!!"
Franmalth screamed loudly and was sent flying.
Boom... Boom...
The buildings of the Tartaros guild were smashed to pieces by this single punch.
Natsu leapt high into the air. "Merge the flames of my left hand and the flames of my right hand together."
"Brilliant Flame of the Sun!"
Boom!
A terrifying explosion erupted within the Tartaros guild. The entire guild was destroyed, and Franmalth was killed by this strike.
Countless points of light flew out of Franmalth's mouth. Those were the souls he had devoured. After Franmalth's death, they all regained their freedom.
"Awesome!"
Happy cheered when he saw Natsu defeat Franmalth.
"Phew..."
Natsu let out a long breath, then looked at his fist, marveling at it.
"So strong!"
Back at the Sun Village, he had used his own flames to unfreeze the village. At that time, he felt his strength was incredibly great, several times greater than before.
However, he didn't use Takeshi's flames in battle back then because those flames were too overbearing, and he couldn't easily control them.
Just now, under the pressure of the crisis, his control over the flames improved, allowing him to barely activate Takeshi's Sun Flames. He didn't expect the power to be so terrifying.
It seems he'll need to get some more from Takeshi later, just in case.
Underworld King's Hall.
Mard Geer sat in his seat, watching the battle situations across Tartaros on the Magic Circle screens before him.
There were scenes of Takeshi eliminating Jackal and Tempester, as well as Natsu defeating Franmalth.
Three of Tartaros's Nine Demon Gates had been taken out so quickly.
"Quite capable. Fairy Tail, for humans, you really are excellent. But coming here was your biggest mistake. Be laid to rest in the Underworld."
"Alegria!"
Rumble!
Cube began to change, the ground split open.
"What's happening?! The ground..."
"What happened?!"
At that moment, Tartaros began to transform. Some buildings started to animate as if coming to life. Pink matter emerged from the ground like slime, entangling everyone and dragging them down into the earth.
"Has Tartaros-sama made his move?"
"By using Alegria to make them part of the island, Fairy Tail is finished."
Silver immediately recognized it as Mard Geer's Curse.
"What is this?!"
"What on earth is this thing?!"
"My body... the ground is..."
Mard Geer looked at the scene with a sneer in his eyes. "Humans are truly a foolish race, actually attempting a sneak attack on Tartaros. Little did they know that Cube itself is a massive prison—a prison within the body of the beast, Plutogrim."
Full Body Take Over: Escanor!
Swish! Swish!
Two massive slashes swept across the entire Cube.
Crack!
The massive Cube was sliced cleanly into four pieces.
"What?!!"
Everyone was shocked by the sight.
The massive Cube instantly lost its power. The pink matter that had been entangling the Fairy Tail members vanished, and the four pieces of the island began to plummet toward the earth.
"Waaaah!"
"We're going to crash into the ground!"
Everyone couldn't help but scream in terror.
Seeing this, Cana immediately threw out a large number of cards.
"Everyone, get inside the cards!"
Swish!
Almost everyone from Fairy Tail was pulled into the cards by Cana.
Boom!
Cube crashed into the ground, shattering into pieces.
"Release!"
Once all the cards had landed safely, Cana released the spell, and everyone emerged from the cards.
Makarov looked at Cana in surprise. "What incredible magic! Cana, when did you learn this?"
"A few months ago, a handsome dark-skinned guy taught it to me."
A few months ago, shortly after they returned from Tenrou Island, everyone went off to train. While she was training, she happened to meet a handsome dark-skinned man. Upon learning she was from Fairy Tail and skilled with cards, he taught her this magic.
She had asked him why, and he simply said that Fairy Tail had done him a favor. She hadn't expected it to come in so handy today.
At that moment, a figure appeared before the members of Fairy Tail.
"Honestly, wouldn't it have been better to just die quietly? Face has been activated. Soon, you will face endless agony. Compared to that, wouldn't a painless death have been much more comfortable?"
The newcomer was a young man dressed in black with long black hair and long bangs. In his left hand, he held a book titled 'END'.
"Who are you?"
Makarov looked at Mard Geer with a serious expression, he felt a terrifying threat emanating from the man.
"Mere humans have no right to know my name."
"You bastard!"
Makarov's body rapidly grew in size as he threw a punch at Mard Geer.
Shhh!
Thorns erupted from the ground, wrapping around Makarov's body and arms.
"What?!"
The members of Fairy Tail hadn't expected this sudden turn of events.