"F-fake...Erza…" Erza said with a shocked expression on her face. Her shocked expression vanished as it was quickly replaced with a furious one. She looked at Meliodas angrily as she grit her teeth.
"How dare you compare me to your Earthland counterpart!" Erza exclaimed. "I'm no fake. I am Erza Knightwalker the Fairy Hunter! In fact, I'm the superior one! As you can see, I'm still standing here, unlike her who was turned into a lacrima!"
"Why don't you prove it then?" Meliodas responded with a taunting grin as he held his sword up.
"You'll die where you stand for going against the king!" Erza shouted. She pointed her spear at Meliodas. The spear began to change form, switching to a wide, bluish gray spearhead with the edges on the side curving inward. Mounted on the shaft, was a silver glowing orb.
"Mel Force!"
Meliodas's eyes widened at the name. 'Mel Force? Wait...isn't that-' Meliodas braced himself and put his arms out in front of him as a large gust of wind shot out of the tip of her spear, pushing him back across the courtyard. Meliodas sunk his feet into the ground, disheveling the ground and leaving two trails of kicked up dirt and grass where his feet were planted. From the dust trail left behind from the attack, Erza burst forth, charging towards Meliodas with blinding speed.
"Silfarion!"
The shape of Erza's spear had changed once again, this time taking the form of a triangular arrowhead type spear with a gold spiral base and red stripes. 'She got faster?' Meliodas thought as Erza charged at him.
Meliodas responded with his own speed and raised his own sword up. As Erza was about to thrust her spear into Meliodas' body, he parried the strike, retaliating with his own slash until the two of them began to rally slashes, creating large sparks as the blade of his sword grinded against the tip of her spear.
Erza quickly jumped back before charging in again, making a huge lunge at Meliodas with her spear pointed at Meliodas. Meliodas retaliated with a lunge of his own, his sword out in front of him. Just before the tip of her spear was about to collide with Meliodas's sword, it changed forms, becoming a triangular shaped blade with two curvy yellow lines located at the center.
"Explosion!"
Erza's spear emitted a large explosion from the tip, engulfing Meliodas in a large ball of fire and smoke. The explosion itself caused Meliodas' blade to snap and Meliodas quickly jumped out of the smoke.
Meliodas emerged from the smoke, with slight damage on his arms and parts of his clothes singed but it was nothing too serious. Before Meliodas feet could touch the ground, Erza lunged forward, the tip of her spear glowing as she aimed it at Meliodas head.
"This is where you die!" Erza shouted.
"Not good!" Meliodas commented as he realized he only had a handle left on his sword. Meliodas dropped the handle of the sword and prepared to face the oncoming attack. As the tip of the spear closed in on Meliodas's head, his features quickly changed. His eyes became pitch black and a black spiral henna appeared on his forehead. He raised his hand right in front of the spear and caught the tip of the head between his thumb and index finger.
"What?!" Erza exclaimed in disbelief as Meliodas held the tip of her spear. "However…"
The tip of the spear created a large explosion, engulfing Meliodas as he continued to hold onto the trip. Erza stared into the smoke of the explosion, her eyes widening as she realized she couldn't get Meliodas to let go of the spear. The smoke began to clear out, showing Meliodas unfazed by the blast.
"Gravity Core!" Erza's spear transformed once again, now possessing a long, dark blade as a large black orb manifested where Meliodas was holding the spear. The orb engulfed Meliodas before exploding, creating a massive crater in the ground. As Erza tried to withdraw her spear, she found she was still unable to pull it out of Meliodas's grasp.
'He just took Gravity Core head on?! How is still standing?' Erza looked at Meliodas in disbelief. 'And that nasty aura he's giving off...what the hell is he?'
Meliodas changed his grip on Erza's spear, using his other hand to grab the handle. From there he spun around still holding the spear and threw Erza as hard as he could. Erza kept her grip on the spear but couldn't stop herself from being launched across the courtyard as she slammed straight through a wall of the castle, followed by another wall and another wall.
Erza laid in the debris of the walls she was slammed into. In front of her, were the holes of several other walls she was thrown into until this one stopped her. As she got back up, she saw Meliodas walking towards her through the holes in the walls. She wiped the blood dripping down her head and smirked.
"I see...it appears I greatly underestimated your power. What is your name?" Erza asked.
"Meliodas." Meliodas replied as he walked closer. "Listen. I'm a bit reluctant to hurt you since you share the face of a comrade, so just put down your weapon and I'll go save my friends." Meliodas said with an amicable tone, his demonic features now gone.
Erza grit her teeth upon hearing that comment. 'Again…just like with Lucy…'
"I won't tolerate being compared to my Earthland counterpart any longer! I'll kill you right here with my full power!" Erza yelled standing up again and brushing the dirt off of herself. Meliodas shook his head as he got in a battle stance with his left arm raised in front of him.
"Saint Spear: Ravelt!" Erza yelled, charging in at Meliodas again.
Erza's spear changed into a straight pointed tip with four edges curving inwards and outwards, separated by a golden arrow extending out of both sides. In the middle of that arrow was a red gem.
"This is the Ten Commandments final form! With this, I will defeat you!" Erza shouted as her spear began to glow.
'Ten commandments? First Mel Force and now this? Is she Erza's counterpart or mine...' Meliodas shook the thought as his demonic features returned and darkness leaked out of his left arm. A large blade of darkness extended out from his forearm, imitating a large blade that was nearly as long as Meliodas.
"I don't know what exactly you're fighting for... but that doesn't matter to me. I will protect Fairy Tail!" Meliodas declared.
"For a world with eternal magic!" Erza yelled as she charged at Meliodas. More darkness began to pour out of Meliodas's darkness blade as he charged at her.
Meliodas and Erza clashed, creating an explosion of bright light that shone out of the castle. The shockwave from their crash caused the castle around them to shake, with some of the supporting pillars falling to the ground. As the light died off, Meliodas stood behind Erza, his darkness blade still intact. Behind him, Erza stood silent and motionless holding her spear, Ravelt. A few moments passed where not a single movement was made.
"Dammit...I can't...lose here…" Erza muttered, breaking the silence. Blood sprayed out from Erza's body as she fell to the ground, dropping her spear in the process. Meliodas turned around and faced Erza as Erza struggled to keep her eyes open and look back at him.
"I understand you're fighting for the sake of this world, but I am also fighting for mine." Meliodas said. Erza couldn't muster up the strength to speak as she watched Meliodas walk away from her, her eyes closing.