Tempest of War

Chapter 10: Ultimate Rage

"YOU ALL FAIL ME! I WILL DEAL WITH THE VERMIN MYSELF!" Lord Cheney roars in anger as he absorbs his Shadowrath. His eyes turned a solid black. His scepter slammed into the ground shaking his citadel. Gajeel and Natsu's forces outside of the citadel felt the dark one's rage. They all braced themselves for some incredible attack, but the dark one simply walked out the front entrance with a huge frown on his face. Chelia and Queen Wendy had already fled back to Aviona to ensure their safety and to let their leg injuries heal. Gajeel and Natsu stare down the dark one as he approaches slowly.
"You fools mock my kingdom no longer. I will personally see to it that you die by my hands!" Lord Cheney roared in absolute rage and levitated. His form was changing; black dragon wings lash out of his back and his eyes turn a solid black. The ground beneath him became a void, an unending reservoir of dark energy that would follow him during combat. He pressed his fists together and roared; crimson lightning chained through all of those with weak minds - the warriors that were with them. All of them melted under their armor. Gajeel and Natsu stood unfazed by the display of massive power.  The dark one that float before them grew tired of waiting.
"For the greater good of Fiore, you must perish dark one.  You have been nothing but trouble since we were birthed into this world."  Emperor Dragneel said with flames burning in his eyes.  King Gajeel stood there silently as the dark one waited for an honorable sign that they accept his challenge.  The ultimate battle had begun as Gajeel and Natsu readied themselves by falling into their ultimate stance.
"The holy one fell before my torture.  You two shall fall as well."  Lord Cheney lowly growled as he forced Mercurius out of the ground and absorbed it's two remaining shots.  Surprisingly, Lord Cheney was capable of firing it from his hands as he demonstrated.  Both of the remaining lords spilt into two different directions, dodging the beam of absolute unholiness.  The beam tore into everything; severing bonds of materialization.  The two lords were surprised: the beam had not become capable of just pure eradication before.  Quickly, the two lords sprinted to both sides of the angered dark one.
"You two are fast. Mind holding still for me?!"  Lord Cheney asked agitates as he spreads his arms out and two beams unleashed their power from both of his hands.  It became a lot more difficult as the lords were often stumbling and becoming fatigued from having to dodge to beams of death at once.  The dark one seemed relentlessly empowered. He knew not what fatigue or exhaustion was.  The infinite reservoir of unholy energies fueled his every attack.  The two lords were quite skilled; thus, they launched a counterattack of flame and iron strikes.  The dark one flew back slightly, wiping the blood from his mouth.  Almost instantaneously, the dark one retaliated by charging the darkest forked lightning any person could ever "see" and struck the lords.  Both Gajeel and Natsu were launched back by the incredible force of the attack: their bodies collided with the nearest damaged blood crystal pillar.  The pillar had been weakened by the raging battles that had occurred days before this day.  Several warriors had lost their lives for the world to come to this moment.
"Damn...that hurt."  Emperor Dragneel said as he managed to stand his ground and recover from the intense blow.  Miraculously, Gajeel had no trouble getting back up as well.  The dark one launched a volley of dark streams of energy, pelting the two lords and forcing them to kneel.  The pain was intense, but Emperor Dragneel managed to launch a orb of flame, let it reflect off of another crystal and strike the dark one in the back in seconds.  Lord Cheney engaged in a fist fight with the Flame Emperor; several blows were traded, and  both men staggered.  Lord Cheney often blew back both Gajeel and Natsu using tremendous force to catch a breather.  Gajeel and Natsu both, after a constant fist fight, knock the dark one back into his citadel with a combination attack.  The citadel came crashing down on top of the dark one, obscuring vision of his body.  Natsu and Gajeel dusted off their clothes and began to walk away, assuming they had won.  The earth quaked as dark mist began to seep out of the crevices of the rubble.  Chunks of debris flew into the air, and a bellow reached out to the lords, making them freeze.  A shadowy sphere about the size of the citadel itself began to form above the rubble.  The dark one ascended into it from the wreckage, and looked upon the lords who then turned back around.
"This is the end.  For both of you and the others."  Lord Cheney said in the most sinister and demonic voice ever sounded.  The sphere began to pulsate and streams of darkness flowed into it, increasing the mass of it.  The two lords launched a barrage of ranged magic attacks at it.  They were all reflected off of the surface of the "black hole."  The two lords were beginning to tire out from trying to penetrate the sphere.  They're only hope was to dodge once more.  A bellow sounded, and the sphere raced toward them.  Both Emperor Dragneel and King Gajeel bolted in the opposite direction.  The sphere was gaining on them as they ran swiftly; they were about to attempt to split up.  The situation looked bleak because the size of the sphere was too great.  The humming energies of the sphere became louder as it approached them.  Suddenly, a foreign object pierced the sphere and a groan and gasp became audible.  The dark one fell to the ground, and the sphere split in two and exploded on itself.  The object was a golden javelin; it was slightly damaged and had blood on it.  The javelin was lodged in the dark ones chest, and the light emanating from it was slowly burning the dark one away.  Natsu and Gajeel followed the trajectory of it to a man with several gashes and bruises on his body; he was shaking and looked what he had done.
"You bought me time..." The man said as he crawled to them; the man became more recognizable as he approached.  Lord Eucliffe looked up at the two, slightly ashamed for letting the dark one take him weeks before.  The two lords smiled at him.  Lord Cheney was still struggling to pry the weapon out of his chest as it slowly burned.
"Alright alright you can cease that drama."  A familiar voice spoke to the dark one in an amused tone.  The cross armed fellow standing over him grinned and opened an eye. "Did you really think a super weapon could stop me?"  He asked the struggling man on the ground.  The glowing red eyes of both men met each other.
"You....all will burn in hell for this..." Lord Cheney said as his struggling slowed down gradually.  The javelin began burning his very soul and flesh.  Lord Erik pulled the javelin out and waved it through the dark one's singed body.  The dark one coughed and burned away.  It was over.  Lord Erik just grinned and tossed the javelin aside before turning back to the other lords who were behind him.  Natsu and Gajeel smiled at their comrade who they were surprised to know that he had survived Mercurius's wrath.  Slayn laid in ruin and the shadows of the land sank into the earth itself.  Lord Eucliffe barely managed to stand up with the support of Lord Erik and King Gajeel; the Flame Emperor led the way back to their respective kingdoms.  The Palace of Radiance was reconstructed about a year or so later after the fall of Slayn.  Wendy and her subjects celebrated the freedom of Fiore and healed all of those who had survived.  Emperor Dragneel held his wedding for his wife Lucy in Aviona as well.  King Gajeel's mines were plagued no more.  Lord Eucliffe was the priority candidate for Queen Wendy's powerful healing powers.  The land of Fiore rejoiced as an eternity of peace began to settle in.  The great war had come to an end.