# E3 - Blade, Armor, Ash
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**[00:03] Natsu**
The sea is parting?!
**[00:05] Lucy**
What's going on?!
**[00:10] Mercphobia**
Who's being loud in my sea?
**[00:20] Kashima**
Holy... Water Dragon!
**[00:23] Mercphobia**
You who seek the blood of dragons,
leave this place at once.
**[00:28] Kiria**
Finally, you showed yourself.
**[00:30] Kiria**
I've been waiting for this moment.
**[00:32] Madmole**
Kiria-dono, we'll need
a plan to defeat him, cha.
**[00:36] Kiria**
No need. There's nothing I cannot cut.
**[00:40] Madmole**
What now?
**[00:42] Gray**
The hell?!
**[00:44] Lucy**
Their bodies are turning into...
**[00:45] Natsu**
Ash?
**[00:46] Kiria**
Is that you, Skullion?!
**[00:47] Kiria**
Stay out of this!
**[00:49] Kiria**
The Water Dragon God is right in front of us!
**[00:51] Kiria**
Just wait until you taste my wrath, Skullion!
**[00:54] Madmole**
Well then... Bye, cha.
**[00:57] Erza**
What just happened?
**[01:00] Charle**
Ash Magic?
**[01:01] Wendy**
On their own friends?
**[01:03] Lucy**
Must be a teleportation magic of sorts.
**[01:06] Lucy**
But if it's the magic of a Dragon
Eater... An Ash Dragon?
**[01:11] Mercphobia**
Are you a Dragon Slayer?
**[01:13] Mercphobia**
Did you come here to slay me?
**[01:16] Natsu**
No, not exactly.
**[01:19] Natsu**
We're on a quest to seal five dragons.
**[01:22] Natsu**
So if you're a good guy,
we need to figure something out.
**[01:25] Lucy**
That's a way to sum it up.
**[01:28] Mercphobia**
Ah, old Elefseria...
**[01:30] Mercphobia**
He hasn't given up, has he?
**[01:32] Happy**
You know him?
**[01:35] Mercphobia**
Well, he's sent assassins
my way for 100 years.
**[01:39] Natsu**
So, are you a good guy, or a bad guy?
**[01:43] Lucy**
Learn to mince your words.
**[01:45] Mercphobia**
Well, I can't say that I'm either.
**[01:48] Mercphobia**
But I mean no harm to you all. For now.
**[01:52] Natsu**
Darn it.
**[01:54] Natsu**
We're totally failing the 100 Years
Quest from the get-go!
**[01:57] Lucy**
Hold on!
**[01:58] Lucy**
If you're not hostile towards humans,
that means you're not a catastrophe.
**[02:02] Lucy**
Can't we count this as victory by default?
**[02:06] Gray**
If we've got no reason
to defeat you, we can't seal you!
**[02:09] Mercphobia**
No, you should seal me.
**[02:12] Mercphobia**
I must be sealed.
**[02:18] Mercphobia**
You seem to be a bit different
from the assassins I've seen so far.
**[02:25] Natsu**
Water?!
**[02:27] Happy**
We're underwater again!
**[02:28] Kashima**
No way!
**[02:29] Mercphobia**
Kashima.
**[02:31] Mercphobia**
These are my guests.
**[02:34] Mercphobia**
Treat them with respect from here on.
**[02:36] Kashima**
Y-Yes, sir!
**[02:39] Mercphobia**
Follow me.
**[02:41] Mercphobia**
I'll show you to my temple.
***SIGN*** Blade, Armor, Ash
**[04:22] Natsu**
Wow! So cool!
**[04:25] Lucy**
There's oxygen here!
**[04:27] Erza**
I didn't expect a place like this underwater.
**[04:31] Happy**
What is that stone statue?
**[04:33] Charle**
A mer-person?
**[04:35] Wendy**
How long am I going to stay this way?
**[04:40] Wendy**
Oh! I'm back to normal!
**[04:43] Wendy**
Water Dragon God-san,
you have the power to undo magic.
**[04:48] Mercphobia**
Magic of this level, sure.
**[04:50] Karameel**
Holy Water Dragon!
**[04:52] Karameel**
Why would you bring a bunch
like that to the temple?
**[04:56] Mercphobia**
This is Karameel.
**[04:58] Mercphobia**
She looks after me and my affairs.
**[05:01] Mercphobia**
Let me introduce you
to the wizards from Ishgal.
**[05:05] Lucy**
Hello.
**[05:05] Natsu**
We're from a Wizard
Guild called Fairy Tail—
**[05:08] Karameel**
No need.
**[05:09] Karameel**
It must be Elefseria's bidding.
**[05:12] Gray**
I guess you could say that.
**[05:14] Karameel**
If you want to challenge
the Holy Water Dragon, go ahead.
**[05:18] Karameel**
He's in a completely different league.
**[05:21] Mercphobia**
H-Hold on, Karameel.
**[05:24] Mercphobia**
I think I might be able to talk to them.
**[05:26] Mercphobia**
Would you give us a moment?
**[05:30] Karameel**
Go ahead.
**[05:30] Mercphobia**
I'd like you to give us some room.
**[05:34] Karameel**
I do ask that you get rid of them afterwards!
**[05:38] Happy**
"Get rid of"?
**[05:39] Mercphobia**
She was born to human parents.
**[05:43] Mercphobia**
I saved her from a shipwreck,
and she never left.
**[05:48] Mercphobia**
You see, she's not a bad girl.
**[05:51] Mercphobia**
Here's the underwater
veggie garden I'm so proud of.
**[05:54] Mercphobia**
The fruits and vegetables harvested here
are shared by everyone in Ermina.
**[05:58] Mercphobia**
This is the medical facility,
**[06:00] Mercphobia**
where we take care of fish
that have been injured in the sea.
**[06:03] Mercphobia**
This is the watch tower.
**[06:05] Mercphobia**
If there's anyone lost at sea like Karameel,
**[06:06] Mercphobia**
we need to find and rescue
them as soon as possible.
**[06:10] Lucy**
Are you truly the Water
God Dragon, Mercphobia?!
**[06:14] Gray**
You're way too nice!
**[06:15] Natsu**
A dragon who helps people?
**[06:17] Natsu**
Brings tears to my eyes!
**[06:18] Erza**
I am moved.
**[06:19] Wendy**
R-Really? That much?
**[06:21] Happy**
But he's no catastrophe.
**[06:24] Charle**
That's true. He seems harmless.
**[06:26] Mercphobia**
That's not true.
**[06:29] Mercphobia**
I may not look it, but I have
killed many people in the past.
**[06:34] Mercphobia**
Like they were vermin.
**[06:37] Mercphobia**
I don't blame Elefseria
for coming after my life.
**[06:40] Mercphobia**
Maybe his family and friends
were among those I've killed.
**[06:46] Mercphobia**
I won't make excuses.
**[06:48] Mercphobia**
Back then, it was a very
natural thing for me to do.
**[06:51] Mercphobia**
The strong culling the weak.
**[06:54] Mercphobia**
That was the natural order
of things in those days.
**[06:56] Erza**
So you had a change of heart?
**[06:59] Mercphobia**
I guess so.
**[07:00] Mercphobia**
It started with Karameel.
**[07:03] Mercphobia**
The truth is, I didn't mean to save her.
**[07:06] Mercphobia**
She was nothing more than
a meal I found at the sea.
**[07:10] Mercphobia**
But somehow, she grew attached to me.
**[07:13] Mercphobia**
Next thing I knew, I had
chosen the path of coexistence.
**[07:17] Mercphobia**
A part of me wishes to keep
things the way they are,
**[07:20] Mercphobia**
but pretty soon, I need to exit this world.
**[07:24] Lucy**
What do you mean?
**[07:25] Mercphobia**
You saw the state Ermina is in.
**[07:27] Mercphobia**
The town is submerged in water with an
excessive high tide because of my power.
**[07:33] Mercphobia**
It's getting out of control.
**[07:37] Mercphobia**
Fish in that town used to be humans.
**[07:40] Mercphobia**
I've cast a spell on them
so they can survive in water.
**[07:44] Wendy**
Oh! That's why you were able to
turn me back to normal.
**[07:48] Gray**
Then why don't those folks in town leave?
**[07:52] Mercphobia**
It's the cult of Suijin, the Water God.
**[07:54] Mercphobia**
For some reason, all
the atrocities I committed
**[07:57] Mercphobia**
have been passed on
as miracles to those people.
**[08:02] Happy**
If they're so religious,
if you just told them to leave...
**[08:07] Mercphobia**
And take their livelihood from them?
**[08:10] Mercphobia**
Plus, evacuating the town
won't solve the problem.
**[08:14] Mercphobia**
My power will eventually invade
the next town, and the town beyond that.
**[08:19] Mercphobia**
This power cannot be contained unless I die.
**[08:22] Lucy**
How awful...
**[08:24] Natsu**
Isn't there any other way?!
**[08:26] Mercphobia**
No.
**[08:27] Mercphobia**
That's why I've been waiting
for someone who could kill me.
**[08:33] Mercphobia**
But before that, there is
something I must do.
**[08:37] Mercphobia**
This was my greatest mistake,
as well as the biggest challenge.
**[08:45] Kiria**
Explain yourself, Skullion!
**[08:47] Kiria**
The Water Dragon God
was right in front of us!
**[08:49] Madmole**
Now, now, calm down, cha.
**[08:51] Kiria**
What do you think was the point
of me getting captured?!
**[08:54] Skullion**
The situation has changed.
**[08:56] Skullion**
I no longer feel the power
of the Water Dragon God.
**[09:01] Skullion**
You must not eat it.
**[09:04] Skullion**
Did you think you could deceive Dragon Eaters,
**[09:07] Skullion**
Water Dragon God impostor?
**[09:18] Ichiya**
Men...
**[09:19] Ichiya**
Men...
**[09:20] Ichiya**
Watch Ichiya...
**[09:22] Hibiki/Eve/Ren**
Watch Ichiya...
**[09:23] Ichiya**
Dance!
**[09:24] Hibiki/Eve/Ren**
Dance!
**[09:25] Ichiya**
And drink!
**[09:26] Hibiki/Eve/Ren**
And drink!
**[09:27] Ichiya**
And party, party!
**[09:28] Hibiki/Eve/Ren**
Party, party!
**[09:30] Ichiya**
The sweet perfume of my
special smile, just for you.
**[09:33] Jellal**
No, thank you.
**[09:35] Jenny**
It's rare to see you around here.
**[09:38] Bob**
Why don't you join our guild, love?
**[09:41] Hibiki**
So true. You are handsome,
even if less so than Ichiya-san.
**[09:45] Ren**
I don't really need him around...
**[09:48] Eve**
Can I call you big bro?
**[09:50] Jellal**
Let's get back to this woman.
**[09:52] Jellal**
If you don't have information
on her, I should be going.
**[09:55] Ichiya**
Men...
**[09:56] Hibiki**
I'm sorry, but I'd never forget
a cutie like her.
**[10:01] Ren**
She isn't a customer of ours.
**[10:03] Ichiya**
So, who is this woman?
**[10:06] Jellal**
If you don't have information
on her, then forget it.
**[10:08] Jellal**
But even if you see her, keep your distance.
**[10:18] Gajeel**
She's headed toward
the outskirts of the town.
**[10:20] Juvia**
Very suspicious.
**[10:22] Lily**
In that direction, there's...
**[10:24] Levy**
Come on.
**[10:25] Levy**
Let's not stalk our own friend.
**[10:27] Gajeel**
I'll decide if she's a friend or not
once she's in the clear.
**[10:31] Levy**
The guild members are our family!
**[10:33] Gajeel**
And when I joined this "family,"
what did you do to me again?
**[10:37] Levy**
Th-That's because you were terrible
before you joined us!
**[10:43] Levy**
What?
**[10:44] Lily**
Stop it, both of you.
**[10:46] Lily**
It's not like you to fight.
**[10:48] Gajeel/Levy**
Shut it!
**[10:51] Levy**
I'm through with you!
**[10:53] Levy**
Hmph!
**[10:54] Gajeel**
Yeah, you're obstructing my deduction.
**[10:56] Gajeel**
Go away.
**[10:58] Juvia**
Are you sure about this, Gajeel-kun?
**[11:00] Gajeel**
It's fine!
**[11:01] Gajeel**
If that woman's guilty,
then Levy's in danger, too.
**[11:05] Gajeel**
I'll never let her hurt Levy.
**[11:09] Lily**
I think her heart might be hurt already.
**[11:15] Gajeel**
That's where Salamander and Blue Cat live.
**[11:18] Juvia**
What is she planning to do?
**[11:25] Touka**
Natsu-sama, please come back soon!
**[11:28] Touka**
And burn me with your fire!
**[11:32] Touka**
Even the nameplate looks lovely to me!
**[11:35] Gajeel**
She reminds me of someone I know...
**[11:43] Gajeel**
Isn't this...
**[11:44] Juvia**
Lucy's place?
**[11:48] Lily**
What is the meaning of this?
**[11:50] Touka**
I'm home!
**[11:52] Juvia/Gajeel**
"I'm home"?!
**[11:59] Touka**
I'm home!
**[12:00] Touka**
Oops, I guess I live by myself.
**[12:04] Juvia**
Don't tell me...
**[12:06] Gajeel**
She lives across from Lucy?
**[12:09] Juvia**
Juvia just imagined something unthinkable.
**[12:19] Juvia**
No, don't, Gajeel-kun.
**[12:21] Gajeel**
B-But it's necessary for my deduction!
**[12:26] Touka**
What's that noise? My goodness.
**[12:32] Gajeel**
N-No, this isn't...
**[12:35] Juvia**
It's not what you think, Levy-san!
**[12:39] Levy**
Suit yourselves.
**[12:41] Gajeel**
W-Wait!
**[12:43] Juvia**
Juvia's not your rival!
**[12:45] Juvia**
No! Juvia only has eyes for Gray-sama!
**[12:51] Levy**
That idiot.
**[12:53] Erza**
Something you must do?
**[12:55] Mercphobia**
Yes.
**[12:56] Mercphobia**
Someone stole my power as a dragon.
**[13:02] Natsu**
Stole your power?!
**[13:03] Gray**
Was it one of those Dragon Eaters?
**[13:06] Mercphobia**
No.
**[13:07] Mercphobia**
They're after me because
they think I have power.
**[13:10] Mercphobia**
Before I die, I must get that
power back, no matter what.
**[13:15] Mercphobia**
If that power is abused, then
that will surely bring a catastrophe.
**[13:20] Happy**
Who stole it?
**[13:22] Mercphobia**
Someone called the White Mage.
**[13:25] Natsu**
The White Mage?
**[13:26] Lucy**
Sounds like the opposite of Zeref.
**[13:28] Mercphobia**
I must retake my power and restore this town.
**[13:33] Mercphobia**
I can't die until I do.
**[13:35] Natsu**
Then we will...
**[13:39] Gray**
What's going on?!
**[13:42] Lucy**
It's ash!
**[13:44] Karameel**
Great Water God!
**[13:45] Mercphobia**
Stay back!
**[13:47] Mercphobia**
Karameel, take everyone to safety!
**[13:55] Kiria**
We meet again.
**[13:56] Madmole**
It's been two hours, cha.
**[13:58] Natsu**
Those guys again!
**[13:59] Gray**
There's another one!
**[14:01] Skullion**
We've heard everything.
**[14:03] Skullion**
I see.
**[14:05] Skullion**
The one who took your power...
**[14:08] Skullion**
The White Mage is who we need to eat.
**[14:11] Natsu**
No, the power will be returned
to the Water Dragon God.
**[14:14] Natsu**
We won't let you have it!
**[14:18] Kagura**
No doubt about it.
**[14:19] Kagura**
That's one of Fairy Tail's new recruits.
**[14:22] Kagura**
They introduced her to me
when I visited Magnolia last month.
**[14:25] Jellal**
What?!
**[14:26] Jellal**
It's Fairy Tail again?
**[14:28] Kagura**
Who is this woman?
**[14:34] Jellal**
She could be as dangerous as Zeref.
**[14:38] Jellal**
The great witch who's lived 100 years...
**[14:41] Jellal**
Touka, the White Mage.
**[14:47] Mercphobia**
You who defile my temple,
begone this instant!
**[14:53] Lucy**
Water turned into ash?!
**[14:55] Skullion**
You're no longer the Water Dragon God.
**[14:58] Skullion**
You're not worth eating!
**[15:04] Karameel**
Great Water God!
**[15:06] Erza**
Lucy, Wendy, take care of them!
**[15:08] Lucy/Wendy**
Okay!
**[15:09] Natsu**
What happens if you burn ashes?
**[15:12] Gray**
Who knows? Might be even ashier?
**[15:15] Natsu**
I guess I'll give it a try,
**[15:17] Natsu**
now that I can use fire here!
**[15:22] Skullion**
Vanish into ashes.
**[15:28] Erza**
This guy... He's immune to physical attacks?!
**[15:30] Gray**
Then he's my prey.
**[15:33] Gray**
Freeze!
**[15:38] Skullion**
Well, well...
**[15:42] Kiria**
You'll be facing me!
**[15:46] Kiria**
The sound of swords clashing...
**[15:49] Kiria**
It gives me chills!
**[15:51] Natsu**
Then I'll be fighting that guy!
**[15:54] Madmole**
My pleasure, cha.
**[15:56] Natsu**
I'll burn you down, cha!
**[15:59] Natsu**
Fire Dragon's Sword Edge!
**[16:04] Charle**
Incredible heat!
**[16:05] Happy**
Go, Natsu!
**[16:09] Madmole**
Doesn't work on me, cha.
**[16:11] Natsu**
And... Fire Dragon King's Demolishing Strike!
**[16:18] Madmole**
Doesn't work on me, cha.
**[16:20] Natsu**
What's his deal?!
**[16:21] Madmole**
The scales of the Armor Dragon
cannot be damaged, cha.
**[16:25] Madmole**
Can you see it, cha?
**[16:27] Natsu**
A ship?!
**[16:31] Madmole**
Nice shot, cha.
**[16:39] Natsu**
Darn it! He's so tough.
**[16:44] Natsu**
Oh no... the ship's... rocking...
**[16:47] Madmole**
It's over, cha.
**[16:53] Natsu**
So not fair...
**[16:54] Natsu**
I mean, you're a Dragon
Slayer too, yet you're not...
**[17:00] Madmole**
Dragon Slayers of older generations
have it hard, cha, huh?
**[17:14] Kiria**
Excellent!
**[17:35] Kiria**
Ha, that was close!
**[17:38] Kiria**
You're strong.
**[17:41] Erza**
My sword must be strong
to protect my friends.
**[17:45] Kiria**
How noble.
**[17:47] Kiria**
I do not mind crossing swords with
a sword master like yourself, but...
**[17:52] Kiria**
I'm known to be mean-spirited.
**[17:56] Kiria**
I'd love to see another side of you.
**[18:09] Erza**
A shockwave?! But...
**[18:14] Erza**
W-Wait a minute!
**[18:16] Erza**
Why am I dressed... in a swimsuit?!
**[18:21] Lucy**
That's what we've been wearing.
**[18:23] Erza**
No, don't look.
**[18:26] Erza**
I'm embarrassed!
**[18:27] Happy**
What's wrong, Erza?
**[18:29] Charle**
Something's off!
**[18:30] Kiria**
Well then, shall we continue?
**[18:35] Erza**
H-Help me!
**[18:37] Erza**
Don't kill me!
**[18:39] Wendy**
Erza-san?!
**[18:40] Kiria**
I think you mean,
"Please spare me, Kiria-sama."
**[18:44] Erza**
S-Spare me, Kiria-sama, please...
**[18:48] Lucy**
Erza? What's happening?
**[18:51] Kiria**
I cut her strength itself.
**[18:57] Erza**
Please... forgive me.
**[19:00] Wendy**
Erza-san, pull yourself together!
**[19:03] Kiria**
The formidable sword master
is not so formidable anymore, huh?
**[19:08] Kiria**
I think you need to show more respect.
**[19:16] Erza**
Hurts... It hurts...
**[19:19] Wendy**
Leave Erza-san alone!
**[19:24] Kiria**
A child like this is a Dragon Slayer?!
**[19:29] Charle**
Wendy might be small, but
she's a wizard in her own right!
**[19:33] Lucy**
Being small doesn't matter!
**[19:39] Kiria**
What a small and petty trick!
**[19:41] Wendy**
Excuse me... Can you stop saying "small"?!
**[19:47] Kiria**
Blade Dragon's Tearing Roar!
**[19:51] Wendy**
Erza-san!
**[19:54] Mercphobia**
Karameel, look out!
**[19:55] Karameel**
Great Water God!
**[20:04] Kiria**
I told you there was nothing I couldn't cut.
**[20:08] Gray**
Ice Make... Lance!
**[20:11] Gray**
Hammer!
**[20:15] Skullion**
Ashes to ashes.
**[20:17] Skullion**
My magic turns everything to ash.
**[20:22] Skullion**
What magic is this?
**[20:25] Gray**
Long Sword of Ice Demon Zero.
**[20:29] Gray**
Ashes or not, I'll freeze what can be frozen.
**[20:34] Skullion**
Precisely.
**[20:35] Skullion**
But sea or ice, anything with
a physical form can turn into ashes.
**[20:42] Skullion**
Corpse Dragon's Utter Ash!
**[20:46] Gray**
I don't believe this!
**[20:47] Skullion**
All shall disappear.
**[20:49] Skullion**
Turn into ash and rot away into obscurity!
**[20:51] Gray**
That's some crazy magic!
**[20:53] Gray**
At this rate, Ermina itself will disappear!
**[20:56] Gray**
Ice Make... Silver!
**[20:59] Skullion**
Ice, too, turns to ashes.
**[21:01] Gray**
And I will freeze the ashes again!
**[21:03] Skullion**
This magic... Demon genes?
**[21:06] Skullion**
Fascinating.
**[21:08] Skullion**
But our staple is dragons, not demons.
**[21:12] Skullion**
Forgive me for taking you off
the dining table without eating.
**[21:19] Skullion**
Black Ash!
**[21:36] Skullion**
All too easy.
**[21:40] Cana**
Juvia, can't you do something
about the rain?
**[21:43] Juvia**
It's not Juvia's fault!
**[21:45] Juvia**
And that was not Juvia's fault, either!
**[21:47] Levy**
It's fine.
**[21:51] Levy**
Hmph.
**[21:53] Lily**
According to my deductions,
this is going to drag on.
**[22:00] Touka**
I hope Natsu-sama comes home soon!
**[22:06] Jellal**
I've finally found you.
**[22:10] Jellal**
Touka, the White Mage.
***SIGN*** Next Time
***SIGN*** Dyed White