# 251 - Tartaros Arc: A Boy's Tale
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**[01:45] ---**
What are you guys doing here?
**[01:48] ---**
You sent us that letter, Erza-san.
**[01:53] ---**
Minerva joined a Dark Guild?
**[01:56] ---**
I think I'll let Sting know about it.
**[02:00] ---**
Now that you mention it...
**[02:02] ---**
Incidentally, Erza-san, the way you
wrote that letter was, you know...
**[02:06] ---**
Terrible.
**[02:08] ---**
At first I thought your
letter was cursing us.
**[02:12] ---**
Even thinking about it now
makes me feel nauseated...
**[02:14] ---**
Yukino fainted after reading three lines.
**[02:18] ---**
Because of that,
**[02:20] ---**
Rufus was prepared to die
as he deciphered it,
**[02:23] ---**
but it took a long time to get here.
**[02:27] ---**
Sorry.
**[02:30] ---**
My lady. Let's go back to the guild.
**[02:37] ---**
Return to your guild?
**[02:39] ---**
This world of magic is about to end.
**[02:42] ---**
But go ahead. I won't stop you.
**[02:45] ---**
Face was destroyed.
**[02:48] ---**
Just one of them.
**[02:50] ---**
Erza-san,
**[02:52] ---**
on the way here, we saw a lot
of creepy statues of faces.
**[02:56] ---**
If that's Face, there are tons of them
coming up out of the ground.
**[03:00] ---**
What?!
**[03:02] ---**
One hour. In one hour,
all of the Faces will start up.
**[03:08] ---**
That's approximately
3,000 magic pulse bombs.
**[03:13] ---**
They'll eradicate magic
all across the continent.
**[03:20] ---**
Everything will go as planned.
**[03:23] ---**
No matter what you people try
to do, it will be for naught.
***SIGN*** Tartaros Arc: A Boy's Tale
**[03:43] ---**
Dammit! Another pain-in-the-ass wizard!
**[03:48] ---**
I'm not a wizard. I wield Curse power.
**[03:51] ---**
Sink.
**[03:55] ---**
What the hell are you doing?!
**[04:00] ---**
Brilliant Flame of the Fire Dragon!
**[04:03] ---**
Downpour.
**[04:08] ---**
Dammit! Again?!
**[04:12] ---**
You're annoying.
**[04:14] ---**
You're the one with the smug look on his mug!
**[04:25] ---**
Crap. Bastard's got a tough skin.
What the hell's he made of?
**[04:30] ---**
Iron-based magic, eh? It's unusual,
but your attacks are simple.
**[04:36] ---**
But that's the impression I
already got from your face.
**[04:38] ---**
You don't gotta go there, jerkoff!
**[04:41] ---**
I'll clock you with the
Club of the Iron Dragon!
**[04:44] ---**
Boring.
**[04:48] ---**
You howl a lot for a weak human.
**[04:50] ---**
And you flap your gums
like nobody's business,
**[04:54] ---**
sharkskin!
**[04:56] ---**
Water Slicer!
**[05:01] ---**
Again?!
**[05:04] ---**
A body that's immune
**[05:07] ---**
to Juvia's skills... This is one hard battle!
**[05:12] ---**
A tale...
**[05:14] ---**
What's that?
**[05:16] ---**
Seilah said tales written
by humans are wearisome.
**[05:21] ---**
However...
**[05:23] ---**
...this tale of you humans in particular is
so comical that it's captured my interest.
**[05:44] ---**
Aquarius...
**[05:46] ---**
Celestial Spirit King...
**[05:48] ---**
I...
**[05:50] ---**
I... will continue... to fight!
**[06:01] ---**
I still can't move...
even at a time like this...
**[06:05] ---**
Everyone...
**[06:10] ---**
3,000 magic pulse bombs?!
**[06:15] ---**
I don't believe it!
**[06:16] ---**
What the hell is that?!
**[06:17] ---**
In one hour...
**[06:20] ---**
...magic will disappear
all across the continent?
**[06:23] ---**
Fro won't be able to fly anymore?
**[06:26] ---**
It's more than that. A great part
of our lives depends on magic.
**[06:32] ---**
There'll be chaos everywhere, yeah.
**[06:37] ---**
It's a bluff.
**[06:38] ---**
He can't operate Face by remote control.
**[06:41] ---**
It's impossible to activate
3,000 of them simultaneously.
**[06:46] ---**
Certainly...
**[06:47] ---**
...the human known as the chairman has
the authority to control them remotely.
**[06:54] ---**
If I recall correctly,
**[06:56] ---**
that chairman is dead.
**[06:58] ---**
Wha...?!
**[06:59] ---**
We have a necromancer in our guild.
**[07:04] ---**
What's that?
**[07:05] ---**
Someone with the power to control the dead!
**[07:08] ---**
He will manipulate the chairman's corpse
to turn on Face from the control room.
**[07:15] ---**
How dare you?!
**[07:16] ---**
Amid all this destruction,
that room was spared?
**[07:21] ---**
Erza-san, get over there.
**[07:24] ---**
Stop Face!
**[07:26] ---**
Leave him to us.
**[07:28] ---**
But...
**[07:30] ---**
Take care of my lady and the cats, too.
I know I can count on you, Erza-san.
**[07:34] ---**
We'll take this guy down.
**[07:37] ---**
Humans say the silliest things.
**[07:40] ---**
You're going to beat the Underworld King?
**[07:43] ---**
You humans?
**[07:45] ---**
That's right!
**[07:47] ---**
If you must.
**[07:54] ---**
Erza! Now!
**[07:56] ---**
Take my lady with you!
**[07:57] ---**
He's a formidable enemy! Be careful!
**[08:00] ---**
What?! He can't be as tough as Natsu-san!
**[08:03] ---**
Stop Face!
**[08:05] ---**
Right!
**[08:06] ---**
Sting... Rogue...
**[08:08] ---**
Fro is gonna fight, too!
**[08:10] ---**
Don't be a dope! We're going with Erza-san.
**[08:14] ---**
But...
**[08:15] ---**
I have faith in Sting-kun.
**[08:19] ---**
Fro does, too!
**[08:26] ---**
Roar of the...
**[08:28] ---**
...White Dragon!
**[08:35] ---**
Slash...
**[08:37] ---**
...of the Shadow Dragon!
**[08:58] ---**
I don't like it.
**[09:01] ---**
Mere humans wielding Dragon Slayer magic...
**[09:12] ---**
Yeah. There's somethin' I don't like, too.
**[09:15] ---**
You hurting our comrade!
**[09:19] ---**
Whirl.
**[09:24] ---**
What the hell...?!
**[09:27] ---**
Squall.
**[09:31] ---**
What's wrong? Is that all you've got?
**[09:34] ---**
Shut up!
**[09:36] ---**
Get outta my way!
**[09:38] ---**
You're in *my* way!
**[09:40] ---**
Apologize, Salamander!
**[09:43] ---**
You apologize, or I'll sock you in the jaw!
**[09:47] ---**
Both of you, cool down! This is no time
to be fighting amongst ourselves!
**[09:51] ---**
It's his fault!
**[09:57] ---**
Squabbling in the middle of a battle.
Humans are curious creatures.
**[10:02] ---**
Who cares?
**[10:04] ---**
That hurt, for cripes sake!
**[10:06] ---**
Those guys are cocky.
**[10:09] ---**
I'll finish this business with you later!
**[10:12] ---**
That's my line.
**[10:19] ---**
So what kind of tale will you show me?
**[10:24] ---**
Juvia has felt uneasy for awhile now...
**[10:28] ---**
Please don't let it mean something
has happened to Gray-sama!
**[10:39] ---**
3,000 Face statues?
**[10:45] ---**
What the hell kind of weapon
did the Council make?
**[10:50] ---**
So you brought me all the way
over here to tell me that?
**[10:55] ---**
Oh, please...
**[11:02] ---**
I thought maybe I would be able to see
a look of despair on your face.
**[11:06] ---**
Unfortunately I'm not even
feeling a twinge of despair.
**[11:09] ---**
That is too bad.
**[11:11] ---**
Merely killing you isn't amusing.
**[11:17] ---**
You know me, don't you?
**[11:20] ---**
Yeah. I know you well.
**[11:26] ---**
Same for me.
**[11:28] ---**
Your face... Your voice... I know them well.
**[11:34] ---**
I know them, but they belong to someone else.
**[11:37] ---**
Who are you?!
**[11:41] ---**
Answer me! Who are you?!
**[11:47] ---**
I think you have an idea, don't you?
**[11:50] ---**
I'm your...
**[11:54] ---**
...father.
**[12:17] ---**
You're my old man, you say?
**[12:20] ---**
That can't be.
**[12:23] ---**
My dad is dead! I saw it with my own eyes!
**[12:26] ---**
Deliora murdered him!
**[12:51] ---**
My name is Silver Fullbuster.
**[12:55] ---**
I'm your father.
**[13:00] ---**
Liar!
**[13:15] ---**
There's no way...
**[13:17] ---**
There's no way my dad's alive!
**[13:28] ---**
This is the stuff.
I imagined you'd have that expression.
**[13:35] ---**
I am your father, and that's no lie...
**[13:39] ---**
...but it's also a little more complicated.
**[13:43] ---**
What do you mean?
**[13:45] ---**
To you, my existence is
much more important now.
**[13:50] ---**
We're destined to fight!
**[14:08] ---**
Gajeel!
**[14:09] ---**
Yeah!
**[14:12] ---**
Boom.
**[14:20] ---**
This foreboding...
**[14:23] ---**
Gray-sama!
**[14:26] ---**
Everyone!
**[14:28] ---**
The same for me.
**[14:30] ---**
I'm not done.
**[14:32] ---**
Rest.
**[14:36] ---**
We're fine.
**[14:41] ---**
Besides, I caught a scent.
**[14:44] ---**
Yeah.
**[14:47] ---**
This scent...
**[14:51] ---**
It's them.
**[14:59] ---**
I see.
**[15:06] ---**
I can understand how Kyoka
would be tempted to play with humans.
**[15:11] ---**
Bastard...
**[15:13] ---**
Give us your worst, asshole!
**[15:15] ---**
You can't see a future in which you're dead.
**[15:18] ---**
Your principles of conduct are
governed by your emotions.
**[15:22] ---**
And you don't know how weak you are.
**[15:25] ---**
You're overwhelmingly ignorant.
**[15:30] ---**
You're stupid to the point of being adorable.
**[15:40] ---**
Still, this place is a disaster area.
**[15:44] ---**
Fro thinks so, too.
**[15:46] ---**
Maybe demons just aren't good at cleaning.
**[15:50] ---**
They're bad at it!
**[15:52] ---**
Do you know where the
control room is, Minerva?
**[15:56] ---**
I can't tell when the whole place
has been turned upside down.
**[16:00] ---**
It's too big to search from end to end.
**[16:03] ---**
There must be another way.
**[16:05] ---**
Erza, leave me here.
**[16:09] ---**
If I can't even guide you,
I'm just a hindrance.
**[16:14] ---**
I don't want to become more of
a burden than I already have.
**[16:22] ---**
Can't you hear me, Erza?!
**[16:24] ---**
I told you to abandon me here!
**[16:28] ---**
Stop beating yourself up already.
**[16:34] ---**
If you realize you made a mistake with
the way you've been living your life,
**[16:37] ---**
you just have to take the
next moment to start over.
**[16:42] ---**
I'm sure it's not so simple,
**[16:45] ---**
but I know several people who've done
that and face their pasts head-on.
**[16:56] ---**
Huh? Somebody's approaching.
**[16:59] ---**
Fro thinks so, too.
**[17:06] ---**
Happy! Lily!
**[17:08] ---**
Erza!
**[17:10] ---**
Long time no see, Happy-kun!
**[17:10] ---**
Minerva! And the Saber Exceeds!
**[17:13] ---**
Happy-kun! Happy-kun!
**[17:15] ---**
What are you guys doing here?
**[17:17] ---**
Sorry, but we're in a hurry.
**[17:19] ---**
We can be happy about our reunion later.
**[17:22] ---**
I would like to know the situation...
**[17:25] ---**
Actually, blah-blah-blah-blah-blah, yes.
**[17:28] ---**
I see. We'll go with you.
**[17:31] ---**
Anyway, Happy-kun,
I like your fashionable headgear.
**[17:35] ---**
Fro thinks so, too!
**[17:40] ---**
My lady?
**[17:42] ---**
Happy, did you say something
offensive to Minerva again?
**[17:48] ---**
What do you mean?
**[17:50] ---**
I didn't say anything!
**[17:52] ---**
I'm sorry...
**[17:53] ---**
Little bastard...
**[17:55] ---**
I'm sorry, I'm sorry...
**[18:01] ---**
We couldn't remove that mushroom for
anything, but you plucked it right off!
**[18:04] ---**
That's our lady, yes!
**[18:07] ---**
Fro thinks so, too!
**[18:08] ---**
What did you do to me?!
**[18:10] ---**
This is no ordinary mushroom.
**[18:13] ---**
I believe... the value is...
**[18:17] ---**
How much? How much?
**[18:20] ---**
This is one of the Nine Demon Gates.
**[18:23] ---**
I'm sure he knows where the control room is.
**[18:26] ---**
Right.
**[18:28] ---**
I've never been treated with such disrespect!
**[18:30] ---**
That's our lady!
**[18:31] ---**
Our lady!
**[18:32] ---**
Good work, Happy.
**[18:34] ---**
Aww...
**[18:35] ---**
It was nothing, really.
**[18:37] ---**
Is this what they call a self-satisfied look?
**[18:40] ---**
We have less than an hour before
Face is activated! Let's hurry!
**[18:44] ---**
Destined to fight, you say?
**[18:51] ---**
Well, where should I begin the story?
**[18:54] ---**
Yeah. I'll tell you about this body.
**[18:59] ---**
This body is a vessel.
**[19:01] ---**
It's a corpse that happened to be around.
**[19:06] ---**
The members of Tartaros are all
demons from the Books of Zeref.
**[19:10] ---**
Of course, that includes me.
**[19:12] ---**
My true form isn't a human.
**[19:16] ---**
But there are a lot of inconveniences
in going around in the form of a demon.
**[19:22] ---**
That's why I usually take human form.
**[19:26] ---**
And when I was going to choose
a human for that task,
**[19:29] ---**
there happened to be a fine corpse nearby.
**[19:32] ---**
I've been using this body ever since.
**[19:37] ---**
I thought getting this body
was a coincidence.
**[19:41] ---**
But maybe you and I were drawn together.
**[19:44] ---**
You don't know how patiently I've waited
for the day to kill you with my own hands.
**[19:51] ---**
You can go pack sand, you bastard!
**[19:54] ---**
You dare use my father's body...
**[19:57] ---**
You've given me a reason to hate you,
but you've got no reason to hate me!
**[20:02] ---**
Wrong.
**[20:03] ---**
I won't be satisfied until I murder
all of Ur's disciples.
**[20:09] ---**
See, I was sealed away for
ten years because of her.
**[20:19] ---**
My name is Deliora! You haven't
forgotten, have you, Gray?!
**[20:39] ---**
It can't be...
**[20:41] ---**
Ur killed Deliora...
**[20:44] ---**
That's right. She did kill me.
For all of ten years.
**[20:48] ---**
But Tartaros had Hell's Core,
a physical regeneration machine.
**[20:55] ---**
Are you really that Deliora?
**[20:59] ---**
If you don't believe me,
shall I show you my true form?
**[21:03] ---**
The form I was in when
I murdered your parents!
**[21:13] ---**
That feeling is getting stronger...
**[21:16] ---**
A dire premonition felt
before we even came here...
**[21:20] ---**
Have to get over to Gray-sama fast...
**[21:23] ---**
Gray?
**[21:25] ---**
I see.
**[21:27] ---**
That boy is special to you.
**[21:33] ---**
All tales have a beginning... and an end.
**[21:38] ---**
For the boy, the beginning was
**[21:41] ---**
the day Deliora stole everything from him.
**[21:45] ---**
What are you talking about?
**[21:47] ---**
Deliora stole his house, his friend,
his mother and father...
**[21:51] ---**
Amid the calamity and the flames
that ignored his prayers,
**[21:56] ---**
the boy's tale began that day.
**[22:01] ---**
And Gray's tale comes to an end today.
**[22:08] ---**
What did you just say?
**[22:12] ---**
I can see it.
**[22:14] ---**
Succumbing to despair again when faced
with the power of inhuman calamity,
**[22:18] ---**
the boy at last chooses the
same future as his mentor.
**[23:55] ---**
He keenly felt the loss
of his family and mentor.
**[23:58] ---**
Deliora robbed the young Gray
of everything kind in his life.
**[24:02] ---**
Now Gray's fury is directed at the
resurrected demon borrowing his father's form.
**[24:07] ---**
However, he's in a tight spot
**[24:10] ---**
when his attacks are ineffective
against the resurrected demon,
**[24:13] ---**
and Deliora's terror returns.
**[24:16] ---**
Next time:
Tartaros Arc: Gray Versus Silver.
***SIGN*** Tartaros Arc: Gray Versus Silver
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The truth is mixed together with
the kindness and sadness.