Ten thousand meters above Tenrou Island, a strange cube-shaped floating island stayed silently in the sky, with a large number of demons entrenched there.
This thing that looked like an island was actually a huge monster named "Underworld Beast," dominated by the true controller of Tartaros, the "Underworld King," with unparalleled Curse Power, serving as the base of Tartaros.
When the Underworld Beast awakens, it activates a special Curse called "Alea Iacta Est," turning all living beings inside it into its own nutrients.
But now, it was just a floating island.
Deep inside Underworld Island, in a dim room set up like a laboratory, ten huge glass jars stood side by side, filled with an unknown liquid from which bubbles constantly rose.
Disgusting tentacles dropped from the ceiling, covering each of the glass jars.
A girl wearing a white lab coat and a rabbit-ear headpiece was intently operating something; her name was Lamy, and she served under Kyoka, specializing in the regeneration and modification of demons.
Suddenly.
"Ah—!"
A scream full of despair came from one of the glass jars, making the rabbit ears on Lamy's head stand straight up.
She turned to look at the glass jar. "Lord Esel, are you barking... no, did you have a nightmare?"
Esel, inside the glass jar, wiped away non-existent sweat from his forehead. "Not a nightmare, I was simply turned to ash by a human."
"Wow, it seems your way of dying is no less impressive than Lady Kyoka's; she was frozen into ice and then shattered."
Hearing Lamy's words, Esel finally noticed that the glass jar to his left was running, and his little boss, Kyoka, was inside.
"Kyoka?! Even you..."
These glass jars were named "hells core," which allowed deceased demons to be reborn with new bodies, ensuring they could continue contributing to Tartaros's great cause.
Of course, this privilege was only available to demons of officer rank or higher.
What? You're asking about other demons? Aren't they just cannon fodder?
Kyoka, reborn in the hells core, had only woken up a few minutes earlier than Esel. Her expression was grim after learning that Esel had been insta-killed by a Fairy Tail Mage.
The new body was soon complete, and Kyoka jumped out of the glass jar, ignoring her naked state. "I'm going to see the Lord Underworld King. Fairy Tail's strength is far beyond our imagination. Also, notify Demon Heart that Ultear has defected..."
Lamy chased after her to drape prepared clothes over Kyoka, saying, "Lord Underworld King has already gone down to Tenrou Island."
"What? The Lord himself has moved personally?"
Lamy nodded. It turned out that before Kyoka and Esel died and returned, two other members of the Nine Demon Gates had died even earlier.
They were code-named "Dark" Trafusa and code-named "Calamity" Storm.
According to them, after entering Tenrou Island, they met a drunkard who couldn't catch fish. Trafusa, who uses the "Water Curse," mocked the drunkard mercilessly.
And then the two of them died.
It wasn't until they were being reborn in the hells core that Trafusa and Storm realized they had already died once.
The fact that two great generals under his command were insta-killed by the same human at the same moment piqued the Underworld King's interest, and he decided to meet that drunkard personally.
As for the losers, Trafusa and Storm, they decided to hunt other Fairy Tail Mages to regain their dignity.
"Since Lord Underworld King is taking action, I have nothing to worry about." Kyoka sighed in relief and finally put on her clothes.
She knew how terrifying the Underworld King's strength was; even the entire Tartaros combined would not be his match.
"Underworld King" Mard Geer... was the masterpiece closest to the ultimate demon "END" among the batch of demons created by Black Wizard Zeref 400 years ago.
Suddenly, other glass jars activated, and new demon bodies began to form in four of them.
They were Jackal the Explosion Demon, Keis the Necromancer Demon, and the already once-deceased Trafusa and Storm... "Damn it, that cursed fire human..."
Jackal woke up first, gritting his teeth. He had encountered Natsu on Tenrou Island, and his "Explosion Curse" was perfectly countered by the passive of the "Fire Dragon Slayer Magic."
Not being able to blow the person up was one thing, but the most disgusting part was that hitting him was like healing him; the flames from the explosion were all eaten by Natsu to recover his state.
Thus, Jackal was frustratingly beaten to pieces by Natsu.
Keis the Necromancer Demon, whose true form is a skeleton, masters the "Deathly Curse" to manipulate corpses and the "Darkness Curse" which grants immunity to physical damage.
Such a powerful and troublesome demon had a vulnerability forced upon him by Erza using Seven Extermination Dragons: Demon Death Sword, and finally, his bones were completely dismantled.
Storm and Trafusa didn't run into Gildarts this time, but they were defeated two-for-one by Mirajane, who had developed Double Take Over, using the power of "soul of lucifer" and "satan soul," suffering a second GG.
Listening to how their four companions died in the hells core, Kyoka and Esel's expressions became extremely ugly.
How long has the war even been going? Six of their Nine Demon Gates have already died in battle. Without the resurrection function of the hells core, Tartaros would be severely weakened.
The Fairy Tail Mages were much more powerful than they had imagined, and their numbers exceeded their expectations.
Fortunately, Lord Underworld King's strength can solve everything.
Besides, the master of Demon Heart, the unfathomable Hades, also wants to eliminate Fairy Tail.
Just then, the tightly closed door of the laboratory was suddenly knocked on.
"This is bad, my Lords!"
"An unknown magic gigant is attacking Underworld Island!"
"Our troops can't hold them back at all!"
While the cries were still echoing in the laboratory, a sharp metallic screeching sound of metal being torn tore through the thick walls; the entire Underworld Island shook violently, and dust fell from the ceiling.
"What's going on?!" Jackal's newly reconstructed body stumbled.
Kyoka turned into a Dark shadow and rushed out, with the other resurrected Nine Demon Gates members following closely.
When they rushed out of the dim passage and onto the exposed platform of Underworld Island, the sight made even these demons, accustomed to slaughter, contract their pupils.
Blinding beams of light pierced through the smoke. Every flash was accompanied by the shrill, short screams of demon soldiers being vaporized.
Underworld Island's deep purple protective shield was suddenly torn apart by a stream of light. It was a huge humanoid weapon they had never seen before.
The white and blue armor reflected a cold luster in the sunlight, and the huge wings on its back were fully expanded, trailing colorful light tracks in the air.
It was exactly the freedom gundam piloted by Hope!
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