Hello again, it's been a while since I updated this story, but luckily I have return with another chapter for you all to either enjoy or hate.

Though… I get the feeling you guys may not like what's going to happen in this story. Maybe. Let's just say some people are going to die. You'll see what I mean and then you can tell me how I should kill myself for doing something like this.

Anyway, enjoy, or not, I don't care you all have your opinions.

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Chapter Twenty: Empire's Fall

Vistarion, this is the capital of the mighty Empire of Alvarez. It is here where the Emperor and the Spriggan Twelve live.

And it is here that a terrible fate would come upon this great city.

Near the borders of the city, the screams of people could be heard all around as fire continued to spread throughout the city. Many people, both civilians and soldiers alike, were already dead as their bodies littered the streets. A few airships could be seen lying in ruin on the city.

The cause of all of this damage and horror?

The N'raqi.

The powerful and unknown creature has arrived at the city, destroying anything that stood in its way. The Faceless One saw the capital of the Alveraz Empire as an obstacle, and would see to its destruction.

The creature of the Void continued it's way through the city, attack everything that stood in its way, either it be people, building, or machine, nothing could stand against the creature's might.

"There it is!" A voice called out, getting the giant creature's attention as it turned its head to the source of the voice.

The Faceless One saw four humans arriving at the damage part of the city. One of them was Wall Eehto, the Spriggan that managed to escape it the first time a few days ago. With him were a blonde haired woman, a green haired woman, and a brown haired male. These other three were Dimaria Yesta, Brandish Mu, and Ajeel Ramal, three more of the Spriggan Twelve.

"So this is the thing that's causing all of this trouble?" Ajeel questioned with a glare at the house-sized monstrosity.

"It's disgusting to look at." Brandish stated, not at all liking how the creature look. If the situation wasn't as dire at it was, the green haired woman might have gagged a little by the site of the being.

"No matter," Dimaria stated as she had a confident grin, "This beast won't even last long against the four of us." She finished stating, getting her blade ready for combat.

"Don't underestimate this thing!" Wall stated with a grim look, "Remember that Neinhart, Bloodman, and Jacob fell to this monster. Now is not the time to get cocky!" The human-looking Machinia stated as he glared back at the Faceless One.

Like he stated, two more of the Spriggan Twelve already fell to the creature's power. It happened during the past few days, after Wall informed the Emperor and the rest of the Spriggan Twelve the threat of this grotesque being. Both Bloodman and Jacob were dispatched to take care of this new enemy.

Neither of them made it back alive.

Despite this though, both Dimaria and Ajeel were confident that they could handle this problem once and for all.

"Oh please, with all of us, how could this thing beat us?!" Ajeel laughed confidently, the glare he had earlier faded away as a grin took hold on his face.

"Let's just get this over with!" Brandish spoke up with annoyance, wanting this thing gone so she could go back relaxing.

"Let's go!" Dimaria finished with a smile as both Wall and Ajeel charged at the Faceless One, while both the women prepared their magic.

'AT THE PALACE'

"Your majesty!" A guard spoke up in worry as he entered the throne room, where Zeref, August, Irene, and Invel were still at. The rest of the Spriggan like God Serena and Larcade have been sent out to fight, so it was only the remaining three Spriggans with their Emperor at the moment, "Much of the city had fallen! We're loosing more lives to that monster!" The guard explained as fear was evident in his voice.

Zeref had a grim look on his face as he and the other wizards processed this news. The Black Mage himself was at a bit of a shock, what kind of creature could have so much power that it overpowered that of the Spriggan Twelve? The only other forces that the black haired male could think of that have that much power was Acnologia and E.N.D.

"Any report on the other Spriggans?" Invel questioned the guard, wondering if they werd fending off the beast attacking their city.

Before that guard could answer the white haired male, another guard ran into the throne room, a look of pure shock and despair was plastered on his face.

"My lord! The Spriggans! They all have fallen!" The guard shouted in fear as he stopped to catch his breath.

This got the remaining three Spriggans and Zeref to widen there eyes in shock. All of them have fallen?

"None of them managed to defeat this beast?" August questioned, a look of worry appeared on the old man's face.

"I will admit, this is rather dire." Irene spoke up, as she too had a look of grim.

Zeref remained silent for a moment, before he stood up from this throne. This got the remaining Spriggans and the soldiers in the room's attention.

"August, Invel, Irene," The black haired male started to say, getting the three's full attention, "All of you help evacuate the civilians and get them as far away from the city as you can." He told them with a tone that left no room for argument.

"But my lord, what about you?" Invel questioned, wondering what his Emperor was planning to do.

Zeref merely started to make his way out of the throne room before he spoke once more.

"I will handle this creature myself."

'OUTSIDE THE PALACE'

The Faceless One continued onward as more of the mortals around it either fled or perished. It currently was using its prehensile tentacle around a lifeless Larcade's neck, since it just finished ending the mortal's life. From the looks of thing, it seemed to have snapped the Spriggan's neck to kill him.

The N'raqi simply made another noise in its unknown language before dropping the lifeless body, already feasted on his soul just like the other Spriggans that dare to face it.

Before the creature could continue onward though once more, it spotted a figure slowly approaching the being.

This was none other than Zeref himself, as the black haired Emperor approached the giant minion of the Void. Eventually, the Black Mage stopped moving as he simply looked at the tall Faceless One before him, who also looked back at the mortal.

The stare down continued for a little while longer before Zeref spoke up.

"To think I would meet something that possessed so much power like you," Zeref started to say, as the Faceless One merely stared down at the smaller entity, "This level of power you wield is similar to that of my brother. I can't help but be curious as to how a creature like yourself managed to come to be." Zeref replied to the N'raqi before it, "Though I can't help but wonder, can even a creature like you defeat an immortal like myself?" Zeref finished speaking as he waited to see if the creature would respond.

The Faceless One didn't reply, as it only stared back at the black haired male. Zeref merely sighed as his magic began to flare from his body as he started to approach the beast.

"There's only one man who is allowed to kill me, so I'm afraid that you won't succeed here." Zeref told the beast, as the Emperor got ready to unleash his magic.

But then without warning, the N'raqi roared out, getting Zeref to be surprised by the sudden noise. Before he had anything to speak out about that, he noticed the creature lifted its larger arm above its head, as some type of shadow magic began to build up.

"What are you doing?" Zeref questioned, as more of his magic leaked out of his body, preparing for whatever this beast was planning to do.

Your extinction

A voice filled Zeref's head, getting him to widen his eyes in horror as he stared back at the creature before him, realizing what the Faceless One was about to do.

"No! I will not allow it!" Zeref shouted as his Death Magic flared up once more.

Zeref dashed toward the Faceless One as he prepared to fire off a Stygian Blast Circle from the palm of his hand. The black haired male jumped toward the creature's face before firing the attack right upon the N'raqi's supposed face. This caused a rather large explosion with engulfed the Faceless One, as Zeref landed back on the ground as she stared at the smoke before him.

However, a prehensile tentacle then appeared from the smoke before grabbing onto Zeref, catching the immortal mage by surprised as he struggled to break free from the creature's hold. The rest of the smoke cleared to reveal the N'raqi undamaged. If anything, it only seemed angrier as it continued to charge its attack.

"Gul'kafh an'qov N'Zoth!" The Faceless One's unknown language was heard from the creature, but before Zeref could question it…

Gaze into the heart of N'Zoth!

The language translated itself into Zeref's mind as he was thrown onto the ground beneath the N'raqi. The black haired male could only look as he saw the creature about to slam its powered up arm right onto him.

'Natsu…' Zeref thought to himself, the name of his brother, the true name of E.N.D, as a small smile appeared on his face at the though. Zeref may survive this creature, but he knows that neither he nor Acnologia can beat this creature. Only E.N.D can stand against this monster now.

Yes, no matter what happens, Natsu will be the one to finish this in the end. And that thought alone brought a sense of warmth to the immortal Mage.

And before Zeref knew it, the N'raqi slammed its grotesque arm right onto him.

*BOOM*

What followed next could be considered a small cataclysm.

The blast unleashed from the Faceless One went on to consume the entire city and everything around it within miles. Everything caught in the shadow-like blast was reduced to mere nothingness as even the ground was unable to resist the destructive force of the attack.

As the attack fades away, nothing but the sound of water from the nearby ocean was heard as it all rushed in to fill the emptiness that once held nothing but land.

In the middle of the now expanded sea, stood a tiny piece of land that remained, and on that was the Faceless One.

The N'raqi looked around at its surroundings, pleased with itself by the destruction it caused. Now that the city was out of the way, it would now continue onward to bring chaos and madness to this wretched world.

And with that, the Faceless One went on into the water. Planning to get to the other lands of this world by traveling through the depths of the ocean, it continued onward in its path.

A short while after that, near the land next to the flooded landscape, a hand launched out as a familiar black haired male pulled himself out of the water, taking large breaths as he recovered.

Looking back at the destruction the creature caused, he could only stare where his capital once stood before sighing. He could sense the rest of his Spriggans and others not far from here, which got him to smile, glad that they managed to follow through with their order.

'Natsu,' Zeref thought to himself as he begun to make his way to where his subjects were at, 'it's up to you now to stop that thing.'

And there we have it. Sorry if this chapter wasn't that good compared to past ones; I'll try to do better next time. And yes, I killed most of the Spriggan Twelve, including Brandish.

Because I am a horrible person.

See you all next time, whenever that will be.