Erza: So, let me be clear… you destroyed their flying Cube, fought three members, and killed one of them. Is that right?
Axel: Yes, did you want anything more?
Erza: Nope… I was just revising those. Good job guys… Axel day after tomorrow you are going to take the girls and keep a close watch on them. I want to know everything they can do or they are planning to do.
Erza, Mira, Cana, and Axel were in Erza's office discussing about what happened in their little skirmish with Tartaros. The rest of the girls were yet to return so they decided to wait for another day for them to come. After the girls come back they were going to keep a watch on Tartaros Guild.
Suddenly the door slammed open and Irene came in hurriedly. She had a slightly worried expression on her face.
Irene: I might know what their plan is.
Erza: Mom, how did you find that out?
Irene: You remember that we guys took an excavation quest, so when we were digging we found an odd-looking relic which has a human face on it and it was certain that someone else was there before we found that.
Erza: Uhmm… what does this Face thingy have to do with Tartaros?
Irene: That is what I have been coming to… I felt the presence of a demon there. Since I am Dragon I can easily sense those auras. I didn't know until later what that face Thingy did but I was able to find out what it did. This is a device made by Magic Council which can destroy the Ethernano present in the air. If there is no Ethernano in the air then their goodbye magic except us because we can produce Magic from our own bodies.
Cana: Wait… if the Council made these then we must have something about them in the File, right?
Axel: Yes, there is something about Face.
Axel pulled out the file from Erza'a table and opened the article on Face and showed it to everyone.
Erza: Fuck this shit…!! How the Fuck are we going to deal with this?
Mira: We need to find their locations. Only their general areas are given not the exact locations.
Cana: We can't let them use this weapon.
Axel: You are right we won't let them use these weapons but we need to find and destroy each one of them.
Erza took out her call her and informed everyone to come to the Guild as soon as possible. Axel went to Levy so that she could make several copies of the map. After 2 hours the rest of Axel's girls came and went directly to Erza's office.
Erza: Axel, you are going to stay and keep a watch on Tartaros, while we will be destroying the Face.
Erza marked different parts of the map for each one of them, Erza then told Makarov about what was happening and asked him to take care of the Guild since they would be leaving for their mission. All of them flew away in different directions right after that. All the girls knew how to find those Faces because Irene told them. If they search for Demonic Aura in the marked region it would directly lead them to Face.
Axel landed far from the Tartaros but it was still close enough for him to keep a watch on those demons. Axel sat down and decided to sleep Vega would notify him if any kind of movement is noticed from Tartaros.
~WITH IRENE~
She found the first Face which she had already located, she entered the cave and used the terraforming magic to destroy the Face. It took some effort on her part but it was insignificant to her full power.
Time passed while Irene kept locating the Faces and kept destroying them, it was already night but Irene was still not finished. She had already destroyed 32 Faces and this was the last in her quota. She soon found out the last Face, it was not so hard since she had become so proficient in sensing Demonic Aura now. At first, it was quite difficult because the aura was quite thin but after doing it for thirty times it was just a simple walk in the park for her.
She destroyed the last Face and decided to take some rest and after that help any of her sisters who needed it, if not then she would join with Axel. Irene sat down under and tree and let out a sigh.
Irene: Phew… finally done. Let's check on the others.
Irene took out her call card and called Erza first.
Irene: What's your status?
Erza: I have only 3 more to go. Are you done?
Irene: Yes, I am done.
After that Irene cut the call and called Ur.
Ur: Just five more to go, what about you Irene?
Irene: I am all done.
After that Irene called Ultear.
Irene: How is the Face hunting going?
Ultear: I have one more to go and I will be done on my part. Are you already done, Irene?
Irene: Yes, I am done.
After that Irene called Mira.
Mira: This is so tiring.
Irene: Want me to give a hand?
Mira: No, I am all done now… I am currently heading out of the hole.
Irene: Oh good to know.
After that Irene called Cana.
Cana: Ugh… I went out of booze.
Irene: You can drink later how many are left on your part?
Cana: I have two more to go.
After that Irene cut the call and let out another sigh but soon a mischievous smile appeared on her face. They were able to destroy all the Faces without notifying anyone and kept Tartaros thinking that they still had the main weapon against their opponents in the war. Unfortunately, they picked up the wrong opponent this time.
Irene: Tartaros is going to get a nasty surprise…