# 237 - Tartaros Arc (Prologue): Natsu versus Jackal
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The Tartarus issue has been on the back-burner,
but now is the time to address it.
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The enemy's identity is unknown.
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But if we destroy them now, the whole
Balam Alliance will fall apart.
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Now is the time for us, the Magic Council,
to wield our great power and fight.
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We have an emergency!
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What is it?
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Fool! We're in the middle of a meeting!
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Th-This is more important. I-Intruder...
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Sage Org!
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You are okay?
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No, no.
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I need you dead.
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We were after all nine members.
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Explode.
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D-Don't!
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Doranbolt...
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Escape!
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I can't!
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What good is it if you die, too?
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Nobody can escape... my explosions.
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Go, Doranbolt!
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My name is Jackal.
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I'm a member of Tartaros,
one of the Nine Demon Gates.
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Remember that in hell.
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Remember the name of the man
who slaughtered the Council.
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L-Live so you can avenge us...
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...Doranbolt!
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Sage Org!
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None of them are human.
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They're all demons from the Books of Zeref.
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The name of their master is END.
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He's the most powerful demon
from all the Books of Zeref.
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Rumble.
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Who is he?!
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Yajima-san!
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Boom.
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Whipper-snapper!
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Gust.
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The enemy is Tartaros.
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They're a cornerstone of the Balam Alliance,
like Oracion Seis and Grimoire Heart were.
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However, we destroyed both of them.
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And like them,
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Tartaros will regret making
an enemy out of us!
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Our comrades have been hurt.
Their pain is ours.
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Their blood that is shed
flows from our bodies just the same.
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This pain! This suffering!
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Turn it into fighting spirit and avenge them!
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We don't act out of justice!
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We act out of will!
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Take pride in our bond,
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and drive away your family's enemy!
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You should listen when someone
wants to tell you something.
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Natsu! Your hands!
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What the...?!
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My curse is the power to turn
anything I touch into an explosive.
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How many times did you touch me?
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Natsu!
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Stay back! Everyone move away from me!
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But...
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Natsu-san!
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Hurry!
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Natsu!
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Wendy!
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Natsu-san!
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Oh, no...
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Natsu-san!
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Tartaros's targets aren't
only current Council members,
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The members of Tartatos don't
use magic. We use curses!
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Curses?!
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but former members as well,
so when Fairy Tail learns this,
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Power that's ranked above magic!
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Mere wizards can't beat us!
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they split up and head out to act as
bodyguards for the former members.
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Explosive Helix!
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Lucy!
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Wendy!
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Then Jackal of Tartaros appeared
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in front of Natsu.
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Well, bye-bye!
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I've gotten the hang of it!
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Hang of it?
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Natsu!
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Natsu-san!
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See?
***SIGN*** Tartaros Arc (Prologue): Natsu versus Jackal
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Impossible...
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It can't be...
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It just can't...
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I'm fired up.
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You...
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What are you?!
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I'm Natsu!
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You...
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...touched me again!
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Ka-boom!
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Detonate!
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Natsu!
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Natsu-san!
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I told you I got the hang of it.
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It ain't gonna work anymore.
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What is he?
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How can a mere human...
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...make me...
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...quiver?
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Wait... Is he really human?
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This can't be!
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It's impossible!
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What is he?!
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Natsu-san, be careful! He's changing!
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He turned into a monster!
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Scumbag! What, does he intend
on wrecking the town?!
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No puny human is superior to us demons!
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Stop trying!
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Demons?!
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He said "demons"?!
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You're all demons?!
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Perish, humans!
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Is that what you're fightin' for?!
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We're different!
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We're fightin' for our comrades
that you people hurt!
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The enemy could be humans, demons,
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gods, it doesn't matter!
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Lend me your power, Laxus!
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Hammer...
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...of the Lightning Flame Dragon!
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Both of them made a shambles of the town.
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True.
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Natsu!
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After absorbing an explosion of
that scope, even Natsu-san...
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Is everyone okay?!
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We finished evacuating
all the area residents!
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Natsu!
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Is he all right?
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The enemy was powerful. It took all of
Natsu's might just to make it a draw.
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No, I won.
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It seems he won.
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You beat him, huh?
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We have to somehow get information from him.
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Boy... You really beat me.
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No one has ever done this before.
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It's frustrating...
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I'm sorry... Kyoka.
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At least... I'll take them to hell...
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...with me!
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W-What is this?!
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Don't tell me...
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He's going to blow up the whole town?!
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Don't!
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It's too late...
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I'm going to detonate.
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Nothing can stop it, not even death!
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I'll see you in hell!
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What should we do?
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At this rate, the whole town will...
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I won't let that happen!
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Happy!
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Hey...
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You...
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Happy! Fly away fast!
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We're not gonna lose to you guys!
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Dammit!
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Happy!
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Oh, no...
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Happy...
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Hair?
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That was close...
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I can see it.
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That town...
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What did you suddenly stop for?!
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It seems to be afraid of something.
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Then something's here?
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Well?
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No good. We were too late.
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What?! Where's Sage Fogg?
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He's... gone...
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Someone apparently went on
a rampage through the town.
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I can't bear to look at it.
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Good lord...
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How about your team, Gajeel?
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Have you found Sage Belno?
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We were too late.
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There are no signs of violence here.
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We believe she was assassinated.
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Dammit!
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If we'd only gotten here a little earlier...
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Gajeel...
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Even Sage Fogg and Sage Belno...
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There's still Natsu's team,
which headed for Sage Michello.
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And there's Elfman's team,
which set out for Sage Yuri.
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No good. He's not breathing...
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Oh, no...
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Prepare a communications lacrima.
I'll report to the guild.
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Right.
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Still, how was he murdered?
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He doesn't have any visible wounds.
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Sage Yuri, you're alive...?
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What are you doing?!
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That was our communications lacrima!
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W-What's going on here?!
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What is this?!
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I guess Macro doesn't work
so well with the dead.
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Who the hell are you?!
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What did you do to Sage Yuri?!
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I helped him reach the realm of the dead.
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You're Tartaros!
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Human-penned tales are boring, aren't they?
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I'll spin you a tale.
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A tale of demons.
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Lisanna, she's gonna attack!
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Right!
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Elf-nii-chan?
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It's not me!
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My body is moving on its own!
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Lisanna! Lisanna!
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I... I can't breathe...
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What did you do?! Stop it!
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Stop it right now!
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In demons' tales...
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...you'll never find the word "mercy."
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Good! We finally got through!
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Lucy!
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The thing we brought got broken.
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This is one from the town.
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What's going on by you?
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Michello-san is safe.
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Though Natsu was hurt badly...
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I won!
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He defeated a member of Tartaros.
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I won!
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So it seems.
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The town is a wreck, though.
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And so is my hair...
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Did you get any info out of Michello?!
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Actually...
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White legacy...
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Face...
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I don't know anything...
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I really don't know anything...
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Face?
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Face... is one of the Council's weapons.
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Weapon?
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Why would the Council have that?
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It must be to maintain order
in the magic community.
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Right now, I think we should
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continue to hear him out.
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We have many weapons.
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The way we manage each one is different...
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...depending on its levels
of danger and necessity.
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For example, Etherion.
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It's a super-powerful magic cannon
that can target an entire continent.
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It has the power to decimate
a nation in a moment.
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Firing it requires the permission
of the nine current Council members
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and activation codes of ten senior members.
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In other words, with all the
current members murdered...
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...the Council can't use Etherion?
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Is one of their goals to neutralize Etherion?
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What kind of weapon is Face?!
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I know you're sworn to secrecy!
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But this is more important!
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Magical pulse bomb...
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It's a weapon that would destroy
all magic over the whole continent.
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Wha...?!
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Magic all over the continent?!
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Destroyed?!
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All wizards would get
magic deficiency disease.
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That's not all!
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That member said Tartaros' power
comes from curses, not magic!
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So it would be a world in which all wizards
would be suffering and unable to use magic,
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while only Tartaros could use their powers.
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To think they'd use a devastating
weapon like that!
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Where is it?!
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We'll destroy it before they get there!
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I... I don't know...
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I swear...
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I've heard that
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three former Council members used
Living Link Magic to seal it away,
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but only the former chairman
knows who those three are.
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Living Link Magic...
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Three lives are the key to unlock the seal...
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That's why those bastards are killing them without
trying to pump the members for information.
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Then in other words,
they don't need information.
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So does Tartaros already know
where Face is being hidden?
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If the three former members who are
keeping it sealed are murdered,
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Face will belong to Tartaros, Gramps!
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We need to find those three
and protect them, ASAP!
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The former chairman knows
who they are, right?
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I... I believe so.
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Nobody's figured out the former
chairman's address yet?!
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The enemy is targeting him, too, so hurry!
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It'll be okay! We found the addresses of 16
more former Council members along the way.
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They're now under the personal protection
of other guilds that agreed to help!
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The former chairman's address is among them!
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Send someone over there on the double!
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Relax. They're already on their way.
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Our two most reliable members!
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Erza and Mirajane are rushing over to
Crawford, the former Council chairman.
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But it's all a ruse of Tartaros.
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Meanwhile, in order to get
information on Tartaros,
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Doranbolt makes contact with
Cobra of Oracion Seis.
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Now, with unwavering resolve,
he makes an unforgivable decision.
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Next time: Tartaros Arc:
Immorality and Sinners.
***SIGN*** Tartaros Arc Immorality and Sinners
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The prayers of sinners will
reverberate through the wasteland.