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Chapter 46 - Forgiveness and Friendship

Vanessa: That's it embrace the dark side. Release all that hate on me.

Noct crawls on the ground trying to reach Erza and bring her back but he was stopped by the Queen. The Queen used her blood manipulation technique to alter Noct's nerves paralyzing him.

Witnessing the screams of her friend, Erza snapped and fell more and more into the dark side. Her attire and hat had turned into pure red and some lines under her eyes which resembled blood. At this point Erza had almost reached a point of no return as she was diving deeper into the dark side of Rin energy. She then used her Telekinetic ability to completely crush and twist her mother's castle nearly killing her. The Queen used the threads of fate to alter Erza's attack rendering it useless.

In just a blink of an eye, Erza was behind the Queen. This shocked her very much as even she wasn't able to sense or notice her. Erza snapped her finger and it generated a force so large that it destroyed the entire capital. The attack was able to ignore The Queen's fate manipulation for just a brief moment. The impact from the attack sent her miles away but she was able to regain her stance in time. The Queen then created whips using her blood art to which Erza replicated that same technique and used it against her. As the whips collided, Huge waves of winds started to form. With each Collision the speed of the whips increased further, further and further until it reached a point where one could only see or hear the sound of the whips seconds later after it collided. with the whips as a distraction, Erza left her position before he mother could notice then she Kicked her mother in the head so hard that it sent her flying. Erza created another whip and used it to hold her mother by the neck bringing the Queen back to her then face slamming her into the ground.

Kill her! Destroy her! Isn't this what you wanted! Kill!Kill! Erza started to hear Whispers in her mind. Due to her increasing rage she wasn't able to overcome the temptation of the dark side and as she was about to remove her mother's heart, Noct gave out a loud Cry.

Erzaaaaaaa screams Noct. He stands up and gradually approaches Erza. Is this what you want? Killing your mother?

Erza:Yes this is what I want and you cannot stop me Noct.

Noct:No I won't stop you. But ask yourself this question before you kill her. Is it worth it? After you kill her then what next? You proceed to kill every Witch in this Realm then what would be the difference between you and your mom?

Erza pauses for a bit and begins to think about Noct's question. She looks on the ground and sees a shattered mirror which shows her a reflection of what she has become. Seeing how she has changed and a monster she has become Erza was about to let go of the dark side and regain herself until.....

Helen:You can't even kill me. I have killed millions of people, I ocastrated the death of your friends,I wanted to bring an end to your sorry miserable life. oh and I don't regret what I did as I would do it countless times.

Helen tried to persuade Erza to end her life and it worked. Erza put all her anger, frustration and guilt into her fist and smashed it into the ground.

Erza:Am not like you mom. Unlike you I won't kill my own people and I won't live a life of loneliness as I have people important to me. I forgive you mom.

The Queen was shocked by what her daughter did. This was because she didn't have the strength to overcome her grief and fell to the dark side but her daughter was not only able to overcome its temptation but forgive her for everything.

Helen: Friendship and Forgiveness huh! I guess that was what I lacked.

The Queen started to sob and she held her daughter by the cheek then she uttered these words for the first time,"I Love You Erza". before her body started to disintegrate into energy. Erza started to sob telling her mother not to leave her because she loves her more than anything.

Helen:Is over for me. Become strong and protect your friends because without them only a path of loneliness and sorrow awaits. If only I was able to hold unto mine, maybe things wouldn't have ended up like this.

The Queen's body fully materialises into energy.

(Claps) (Claps)

That was one hell of a performance isn't it Liriel asked Nacoya.

Liriel:Hm

Erza turned and noticed that The Gyousei members were still alive. Even though she was a bit shocked and terrified, She let go of it for a second and tried to create some blood strings but Liriel just destroyed that entire reality. Now Erza was unable to even use her power as Liriel manipulated Reality in such a way that Erza's power never existed in the first place.

Erza:How is this possible I can't use my power.

Nacoya:Oh that is because of Liriel's Axis ability. He just made the reality where you had your power X and the reality whereby you lost it Y. Then he equated it to Z which is the new Reality. The same was with our deaths as his Axis ability is able to function on its own upon the user's death it automatically brought him back to life. Hey how did you kill me again.

Nacoya approached Erza and ripped out her heart then Liriel used his ability to reverse that reality. Almost creating a loop were they killed and resurrected Erza countless times. With each death the next would be different. To Erza this was a never ending torture as she couldn't even use her power and she just kept on dying and dying. Gradually Erza started to loose her sanity. She started laughing and shivering at the same time. Experiencing countless death and fear, her adrenaline and Blood cells had spiked causing a change in her body. Her skin had become pale and her hair had turned into pure white. Before Nacoya could deal the final blow there was a huge flash of light. The power from the light negated both Liriel and Nacoya's ability. This power was eminating from Noct as he had fully released the 30% power he had.

Liriel:What is this power? A power capable of switching off my ability how is this possible?

Nacoya combined his two-paired swords and created a powerful longsword. He jumped at Noct and tried to attack him in mid air but Noct just stopped the sword with his finger.

Is useless he said Before shattering the sword into pieces and launching an energy blast from his finger which created a hole in Nacoya. Liriel tried to attack Noct from behind but he blocks the kick with just the palm of his hands without even looking at him. Noct turns and looks at Liriel with a huge murderous intent before he held his leg and threw him into mid air. Noct stood in the sky way before Liriel reached and punched him in the abdomen. Before He could reach the ground Noct was already there and he kicked him in the spine so hard that it broke his bone marrow and Ribs altogether. This panel of attacks continued until Noct finally kicked Liriel in the head Shattering his skull and sending him into the ground.

Liriel weakened and unable to use his power fell on his knees telling Noct to kill him. Noct filled with anger over what they did to Erza condensed a huge amount of energy into his fist and as he was about to release it, a voice shouted at him to stop. Noct stopped the attack seconds before impact generating a huge gust of pressure which destroyed everything in a straight line. Liriel who taught it was the end opened his eyes only to find out that Noct's fist hadn't reached him but what shocked him the most was the sheer force that was accompanied by his attack.

Noct turned back to look at the voice that stopped him and to his Surprise it was The Queen of The Witches as this was a her original form. The Queen immediately went to her daughter. Looking at how miserable, weakened and broken she had become The Queen started to sob bitterly. Nacoya threw his dice on the ground and luckily Noct's power effect had wore off and the dice landed on five. Five allowed one to reverse any misfortune the dicer is experiencing. With this Nacoya reversed all the damage and injuries both he and Liriel sustained. He also restored Liriel's power. Before Noct could notice that Liriel had regained his power it was already late. Liriel hit him with a blast of energy which sent him miles away.

I knew you were still alive Helen. As you dying would mean the end of this Realm. How did you even do that? Creating a clone with almost all your power, memories and that astonishing beauty of yours asked Liriel.

Don't take any step closer or else I would kill you said the Queen.

Liriel and Nacoya ignored her warning and tried to capture her but this was the biggest mistake they ever made. The Queen released her power which generated so much pressure that it rendered everyone immobile.

Noct: I..Is this the p...power of the Queen.

Helen used her Telekinetic ability to twist the body and muscles of Liriel and Nacoya. With her fate manipulation, Liriel was unable to use his Axis ability and Nacoya was unable to use his dice power either. The Queen nearly killed them before the heard a loud explosion at hozon no keimusho.

This alarmed the Queen and before she could move a mysterious man appeared Infront of him.

I knew they wouldn't be able to handle this properly that's why I decided to take care of this personally. I have been able to recover the body of my brother anyway.

Helen:How did you... No you are Athanir.

Athanir:Yep in the flesh. To be honest you did preserve the body of my brother quite well but I would have to take him back. Am going to use the Soul stone to revive him then after that destroy the Human race.

Helen: The soul stone? Do you think that's what your brother would want wiping out all the Humans.

Athanir:Why not. To be honest for someone who was just his lover you sure do know how to put your nose in family matters. It was your fault my brother abandoned us and didn't participate in the war when we needed him the most.

Helen:You do not understand anything Athanir your brother was dying and he wanted to bring an end to the war and ensure peace but you people didn't want that. Is your fault he died and I won't live to see him die again. Am going to stop you right here right now Athanir.

Athanir screams Helen as she tries to attack him.

Athanir chuckles and utters these words. "Rin Light Magic: Holy sword of extinction". A sword came out from the sky and pierced through the Queen before she could even reach Athanir. He kneels down Infront of the Queen and tells her this.

The reason why I didn't kill you all this time wasn't because I was scared of you but rather I found it important for you to live a bit longer as you were important to Arvitha that was why I decided to let you live a bit longer and even now am still being generous that was why I didn't kill you with that attack.

Athanir walks away from the Queen who was on her knees and bleeding. The moment he laid eyes on Erza he looked at her and said,"So this was their abomination huh! why don't I put her out of her mysery".

After saying this Athanir Created a ball of energy and fired it at Erza which blasted her into bits.

Noct gave out a loud cry but was unable to reach there in time as Erza was already dead.

Athanir:Cry,let your rage become the fuel to your growth and when you are ready I shall fight you but for now you stand no chance. Let's go Liriel, Nacoya.

As the group were about to walk through the portal Noct makes a last minute attempt to stop them but Athanir blast him away with just a snap of his finger. Noct watches as the group emerge victorious for the second time without doing anything. Turning around and only seeing either dead bodies of witches or the broken bodies of his friends, Noct goes on his knees and gives out a loud scream.

With the Death of her only light and the capturing of Arvitha Helen had no longer any reason to live. As she was about to give up and let go of everything she sensed something. It was a spark, after sensing the spark she regained her spirit, destroyed the sword and healed herself. She stood up and approached Noct patting him on the shoulder and saying.

Is not over Yet.