246 - Tartaros Arc: King of the Underworld

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[00:17] ---
    Would you like some water, Jellal?
[00:19] ---
    No, thank you...
[00:22] ---
    What do you think?
[00:24] ---
    The wounds to his eyes are not that deep,
    so I'm sure he'll be able to see again soon.
[00:29] ---
    The damage to his body as a
    whole is more serious, yes.
[00:33] ---
    After all, he fought four
    members of Oracion Seis.
[00:37] ---
    There is no way he could
    have emerged unscathed, yes.
[00:40] ---
    Jellal...
[02:22] ---
    We're gonna get some rain.
[02:24] ---
    We can take shelter in that hut.
[02:27] ---
    Ridiculous.
[02:28] ---
    Then why not go to another house?
[02:30] ---
    It's a ghost town.
    All of the homes are vacated.
[02:33] ---
    That's not it. Hanging out here
    is a waste of time.
[02:37] ---
    Then where do you suggest we go?
[02:40] ---
    Anywhere but here.
SIGN    Tartaros Arc: King of the Underworld
[02:56] ---
    Sheesh. There's something
    wrong with you people.
[03:00] ---
    We finally got out...
[03:02] ---
    So?
[03:04] ---
    So? Listen...
[03:06] ---
    Do you realize that we're free?
[03:09] ---
    I don't understand what we're doing
    cooling our heels here. Do you?
[03:13] ---
    Don't ask me, man.
     It's a pain in the ass.
[03:18] ---
    Hey, Midnight.
[03:21] ---
    Hey!
[03:30] ---
    Hey, can you hear me?
[03:32] ---
    Shut the hell up.
[03:34] ---
    We can hear you fine.
[03:37] ---
    You telling me to "shut up"?!
    In the first place...
[03:39] ---
    I...
[03:41] ---
    ...am going to follow Jellal.
[03:43] ---
    You haven't changed.
[03:46] ---
    Follow him? Are you a little kid?
[03:49] ---
    We've been released from the
    Tower of Heaven and the Council's prison.
[03:53] ---
    We're free.
[03:57] ---
    I've already decided.
    I'm going to follow him.
[04:01] ---
    You jerks, too? I see...
[04:10] ---
    Well, do what you want. I'm gonna...
[04:12] ---
    I...
[04:14] ---
    I'm done serving people.
[04:18] ---
    I won't let anyone take this freedom away.
[04:21] ---
    Then...
[04:21] ---
    But...
[04:23] ---
    What?! You're not being clear.
[04:27] ---
    What are you laughing at?
[04:29] ---
    Oh, I just heard an unusual voice.
[04:33] ---
    You're still alive?
[04:37] ---
    Oh...
[04:38] ---
    I wondered who was here.
    Lo and behold, Oracion Seis.
[04:42] ---
    And here I thought you'd spend the
    rest of your lives in a cage.
[04:45] ---
    So what are you doing here?
[04:48] ---
    You!
[04:50] ---
    One of Grimoire Heart's
    Seven Kin of Purgatory!
[04:52] ---
    Rusty! Rusty Rose!
[04:55] ---
    Meldy? What are you doing
    with the Six Demon Generals?
[05:00] ---
    What happened to you?!
[05:04] ---
    If you didn't come here to pursue me,
     then I've got nothing to say.
[05:08] ---
    See you.
[05:09] ---
    Wait! What happened?!
[05:12] ---
    It's none of your business.
[05:14] ---
    But we were on the same side...
[05:23] ---
    You've gotten chatty.
[05:26] ---
    Wait. I'm interested in what
    you have to say, too.
[05:30] ---
    I can hear it. You're terrified.
[05:35] ---
    I can hear it faintly in your voice.
[05:38] ---
    What are you afraid of?
[05:42] ---
    Tell me.
[05:44] ---
    W-Wait!
[05:46] ---
    And what will you do if I don't tell you?
[05:49] ---
    Oh, you'll tell us. Right?
[05:56] ---
    Tartaros.
[05:57] ---
    Tartaros? The Nine Demon Gates?
[06:02] ---
    No...
[06:04] ---
    That's not all.
[06:10] ---
    After Fairy Tail beat us on
    Tenroujima seven years ago,
[06:15] ---
    we were a bedraggled bunch.
[06:18] ---
    Then Zeref appeared before us.
[06:21] ---
    It all happened in an instant.
[06:23] ---
    Master Hades was killed
    right in front of me.
[06:26] ---
    The next thing I knew,
    I was floating in the sea.
[06:30] ---
    I survived somehow,
     but couldn't find anyone else.
[06:34] ---
    I wandered here and there
    as my wounds healed...
[06:38] ---
    What about Hikaru?
[06:40] ---
    I have no idea where he is
    or what he's doing.
[06:43] ---
    No... I don't even know if he's still alive.
[06:48] ---
    I see...
[06:50] ---
    As you know,
[06:52] ---
    the Balam Alliance served as a
    non-aggression pact between the Dark Guilds.
[06:57] ---
    But then my guild, Grimoire Heart, split up,
[07:01] ---
    and yours, Oracion Seis, was incarcerated,
[07:04] ---
    leaving only Tartaros.
[07:08] ---
    What about it?
[07:10] ---
    I've heard a rumor recently.
[07:14] ---
    That Grimoire's sub-guilds have been
    being wiped out systematically.
[07:19] ---
    It didn't take me long to find out
[07:23] ---
    Tartaros was behind it.
[07:33] ---
    Enemy raid!
[07:36] ---
    Who are you bastards?!
[07:38] ---
    We're envoys of darkness.
[07:41] ---
    We've come to meet the leaders of Tartaros.
[07:45] ---
    Envoys of darkness, you say?
[07:47] ---
    Enough games! Identify yourselves!
[07:49] ---
    We have no obligation to identify ourselves
    to a guild that broke the alliance.
[07:55] ---
    Our business isn't with you bottom-feeders.
[07:58] ---
    I think you'd be better off shutting
    your mouths and stepping aside.
[08:01] ---
    Kill them!
[08:02] ---
    Don't let them through!
[08:04] ---
    You would die to protect a mere gate?
[08:08] ---
    Bleve!
[08:10] ---
    You foot soldiers are getting on my nerves!
[08:13] ---
    Howl of the Flame God!
[08:24] ---
    They were too weak.
[08:26] ---
    That didn't even serve as a decent warm-up.
[08:28] ---
    B-Bastards... Who...
[08:31] ---
    The Dark Guild, Grimoire Heart.
[08:35] ---
    We're coming through.
[08:43] ---
    This is a rather rude visit.
[08:46] ---
    What? We're perfect gentlemen compared to
     the guild that secretly attacked our sub-guilds.
[08:55] ---
    Welcome to Tartaros.
[08:57] ---
    I am Kyoka, one of the Nine Demon Gates.
[09:00] ---
    I am Rusty Rose, one of Grimoire Heart's
[09:04] ---
    Seven Kin of Purgatory, Balam Alliance.
[09:08] ---
    Azuma of the same.
[09:10] ---
    Zancrow.
[09:11] ---
    Balam Alliance? Grimoire Heart?
[09:16] ---
    As far as I know, those groups are long gone.
[09:20] ---
    Then maybe you're misinformed.
[09:22] ---
    Then who do you think we are,
    standing right before you?
[09:27] ---
    Losers, of course.
[09:31] ---
    The only guild that still exists from
    the Balam Alliance is ours, Tartaros.
[09:36] ---
    Only Tartaros? Don't talk nonsense.
[09:40] ---
    You didn't know?
[09:42] ---
    The Alliance was a non-aggression pact
     between all the Dark Guilds.
[09:48] ---
    What do you want to say?
[09:50] ---
    You bastards have been
    attacking our sub-guilds,
[09:54] ---
    murdering some of the members,
     and abducting others.
[09:59] ---
    Your conduct is outrageous.
[10:03] ---
    To be honest, I don't have time
    to deal with the likes of you.
[10:08] ---
    If you wish to continue your tirade,
     leave here at once.
[10:13] ---
    That was just our introduction.
[10:16] ---
    Now let's get down to business.
[10:33] ---
    Just the three of you stormed into Tartaros.
[10:37] ---
    You've got balls, anyway.
[10:39] ---
    But Rusty, that...
[10:42] ---
    If you're bragging about it as a
    misadventure, it isn't interesting.
[10:45] ---
    Leave the guy alone.
[10:47] ---
    So what happened?
[10:56] ---
    So?
[10:57] ---
    Even children who steal candy from
    their friends are punished for it.
[11:03] ---
    Oh? Punishment?
[11:05] ---
    You scum violated the Balam Alliance's
     non-aggression pact.
[11:09] ---
    So you're going to pay the price for it.
[11:13] ---
    The price, eh? What do you have in mind?
[11:17] ---
    We're going to take half of the
    Dark Guilds that you took over.
[11:20] ---
    Or, more accurately,
    you're going to return them.
[11:23] ---
    After that, we'll do you a favor and leave.
[11:27] ---
    And we'd better never see each other again.
[11:31] ---
    What do you say? That way the
    Balam Alliance will be reinstated.
[11:35] ---
    It's not a bad deal for you people, is it?
[11:40] ---
    Enough.
[11:44] ---
    You're pathetic.
[11:46] ---
    Excuse me?
[11:50] ---
    What is that magic?!
[11:51] ---
    She must've cast some spell!
[11:53] ---
    I enjoy enhancing the senses of you humans.
[12:07] ---
    Lowlife...
[12:17] ---
    Arc of Embodiment... How sad.
[12:21] ---
    Your comrades are all gone.
[12:24] ---
    This ebony sword
[12:26] ---
    comes forth from the Underworld
    to cut through everything!
[12:43] ---
    W-What's that?!
[12:44] ---
    This is unsightly. Begone.
[12:52] ---
    The age of Zeref is almost upon us.
[12:56] ---
    When it does come,
    you'll die like a crushed insect.
[13:06] ---
    What's wrong? What are you afraid of?
[13:09] ---
    There is no more value
    in tormenting you here.
[13:12] ---
    You should return to the nest,
    along with your imaginary friends.
[13:21] ---
    Tartaros isn't just the Nine Demon Gates.
[13:24] ---
    There's something behind them,
     something terrifying.
[13:28] ---
    It doesn't have anything to do with us.
[13:37] ---
    The age of Zeref is coming.
[13:40] ---
    Is Tartaros trying to reach Zeref?
[13:44] ---
    Find out for yourself. I have no
    intention of going back there.
[13:49] ---
    Well, see you. I'll be on my way.
[13:54] ---
    Rusty...
[14:04] ---
    We're going to Tartaros.
[14:07] ---
    Jellal?
[14:08] ---
    You can't go in that condition, right?
[14:12] ---
    I'm going.
[14:13] ---
    No. I have to go.
[14:17] ---
    I'm going.
[14:19] ---
    We're not going to Tartaros.
[14:28] ---
    We're members of the Balam Alliance,
    even if it has practically collapsed.
[14:33] ---
    We can't break the non-aggression pact.
[14:36] ---
    After all that's happened...
[14:39] ---
    We are who we are. Dark or not,
    we had pride in our guild.
[14:44] ---
    We can't break a vow now.
[14:49] ---
    I see.
[14:51] ---
    But I must go.
[14:53] ---
    Even if it's on my own.
[14:57] ---
    I'll find you again one day.
[15:01] ---
    I promise.
[15:16] ---
    It's slippery here, so be careful.
[15:19] ---
    Right.
[15:21] ---
    Say, Jellal...
[15:23] ---
    Why are you so concerned about Oracion Seis?
[15:27] ---
    Because you made a promise to Doranbolt?
[15:31] ---
    They were prisoners.
[15:33] ---
    They were held captive in the
    Tower of Heaven long ago.
[15:38] ---
    In that sense, they're in the
    same circumstances as me.
[15:42] ---
    That's our beginning. Even if we're set free,
    it doesn't change anything.
[15:48] ---
    Though the details may differ,
    we all spent a long time in there.
[15:53] ---
    It's ironic,
[15:55] ---
    but the ghost of Zeref and the Tower of
    Heaven's spell bind us together as comrades.
[16:01] ---
    Yes. Maybe so...
[16:04] ---
    The prayers of their imprisoned selves...
[16:07] ---
    Even when we were fighting over
    Nirvana, I sensed that spell.
[16:12] ---
    And even now, they haven't changed.
[16:15] ---
    Prayers...
[16:16] ---
    Richard prays to see his younger brother,
    who was separated from him
[16:20] ---
    when he was taken prisoner
    in the Tower of Heaven.
[16:23] ---
    Sawyer prays to become so fast
    that no one can catch him.
[16:28] ---
    Solano prays to be released from the earth
    so she can disappear into the sky.
[16:34] ---
    Erik prays to share his unbelievable story
    with a friend who will believe him.
[16:40] ---
    Macbeth prays to sleep quietly in this world
     of resounding screams and whimpers.
[16:48] ---
    Their prayers became powerful magic,
[16:51] ---
    which was used by Master Zero,
    making them fall into a Dark Guild.
[16:55] ---
    Because I used the Tower,
     I'm partially to blame.
[16:58] ---
    But that was...
[17:01] ---
    No matter what Ultear says,
    I'm the one who did it.
[17:05] ---
    The darkness engulfed me
    because I was weak.
[17:09] ---
    At the time, Natsu said something to me.
[17:14] ---
    I recall it every once in a while.
[17:17] ---
    You can't become free!
[17:20] ---
    There's no freedom for anyone
    who's bound by ghosts.
[17:24] ---
    Free yourself, Jellal!
[17:27] ---
    I want to release them.
[17:29] ---
    That's one way I can atone.
[17:33] ---
    Atone...
[17:37] ---
    What's wrong, Erik? Did you hear something?
[17:41] ---
    Nothing.
[17:42] ---
    But after all this time, I don't want
    Jellal calling me by my real name!
[17:46] ---
    Erik's shy is why.
[17:48] ---
    Shut up, Solano.
[17:56] ---
    Watch out!
[18:03] ---
    Th-This is... Dimguil's Tower?!
[18:08] ---
    Yes, that's right.
[18:10] ---
    Created by the Arc of Embodiment.
[18:14] ---
    Rusty... So this was your aim!
[18:18] ---
    Meldy, Grimoire Heart isn't gone yet!
[18:21] ---
    The two of us can rebuild the guild!
[18:24] ---
    What if I say no?
[18:26] ---
    We'll wait until you say yes.
[18:30] ---
    But first, he'll die.
[18:32] ---
    And you'll suffer, too.
[18:38] ---
    Come with me, Meldy.
[18:41] ---
    I won't show you any mercy until you agree.
[18:44] ---
    What's wrong with you?! The Meldy
    I knew would have fought back!
[18:48] ---
    You can use your Sensory Link.
[18:52] ---
    I don't need to use that to know
    how miserable you are, Rusty.
[18:57] ---
    What?!
[18:59] ---
    You're held captive by the past.
    You can't call that living.
[19:04] ---
    That's nonsense! I've spent the last
    seven years searching for my comrades!
[19:08] ---
    That's the only thing I've been living for...
[19:11] ---
    Rusty, face forward.
[19:14] ---
    That's what living really is!
[19:22] ---
    Meldy! I don't want to kill you!
     Come with me!
[19:26] ---
    There's no other way!
[19:28] ---
    Let's go, Meldy!
[19:30] ---
    Come on, everyone's waiting!
[19:33] ---
    Wrong! That's the past, Rusty!
[19:38] ---
    I live in the present.
[19:42] ---
    I travel around, putting my life on the line
     to make up for my past crimes.
[19:47] ---
    That's the guild I belong to now,
    Crimson Sorciere!
[19:52] ---
    Then you leave me no choice.
[19:54] ---
    I'll have to destroy
    the place you belong first.
[19:57] ---
    Meldy, wait!
[20:00] ---
    With those eyes, what can you do?
     For Meldy's sake...
[20:04] ---
    ...leave this world forever!
[20:10] ---
    Meldy! What happened?!
[20:12] ---
    How long are you going to
    keep those damn bandages on?
[20:23] ---
    Meldy...
[20:24] ---
    Are you healed? Can you see?
[20:28] ---
    It appears that way.
[20:31] ---
    You guys...
[20:32] ---
    There's no place for us to go, especially.
[20:36] ---
    Whatever. We've decided to kill time
     by hanging out with you.
[20:42] ---
    We don't want freedom if it's
    handed to us on a silver platter.
[20:45] ---
    This time for sure, we'll
    obtain true freedom ourselves.
[20:51] ---
    Okay.
[20:53] ---
    Rusty Rose. You also need to decide
    for yourself how you're going to live.
[20:58] ---
    But if you don't want to be
    tormented by solitude anymore...
[21:04] ---
    If you're prepared to keep fighting
    the sins that you bear...
[21:07] ---
    ...then the door is always open
    for you to join our guild.
[21:10] ---
    We'll welcome you then.
[21:23] ---
    I have to get to the Master fast!
[21:27] ---
    Hang in there, Natsu and Lucy!
[21:32] ---
    Well, Natsu?
[21:34] ---
    No good. I'm not picking up
    Mira's scent at all.
[21:38] ---
    Dammit!
[21:39] ---
    Let's head west more!
[21:41] ---
    Yeah! We'll find her for sure!
[21:44] ---
    Mira!
[21:46] ---
    Where are you?!
[21:57] ---
    Demon of the Books of Zeref...
[22:00] ---
    Alias Etherious...
[22:03] ---
    A human demon is no match for you.
[22:07] ---
    Right, Master?
[22:11] ---
    It is about to begin.
[22:14] ---
    The darkness will overflow the
    gates of the Underworld...
[22:18] ---
    ...and bury all the light in this world.
[23:56] ---
    Seilah put a Macro on herself
    to release her power,
[24:00] ---
    and is trampling Mirajane.
[24:03] ---
    During this desperate situation,
[24:05] ---
    Mirajane flashes back on days
    spent with her family long ago.
[24:10] ---
    The power of a strong, kind bond
[24:12] ---
    calls forth a miracle that removes a demon.
[24:16] ---
    Next time:
    Tartaros Arc: Alegria.
SIGN    Tartaros Arc: Alegria
[24:20] ---
    That power is for the sake of her family.