Ice Dragon Slayer/Chapter 43: Fury of the King

Zancrow felt a chill run up his spine at Godzilla's threatening tone. The amount of sheer, destructive power he was exerting was enough to actually make the God Slayer slightly tremble with fear. He wasn't feeling any magic power coming from the Monster King, but something far more deadly, if that was even possible.
Meanwhile, Natsu was looking up at the Kaiju with a painful grin. "It's about damn time you got here. What kept you so long?"
"Took a while to locate where everyone was without my sixth sense, so I just followed the explosions." Godzilla glanced back at him with a smirk. "I suppose I should thank you for causing all of that ruckus, else I wouldn't have found you."
"Yeah, yeah. Don't rub it in." Natsu said as he rolled his eyes.
Godzilla turned back towards the dark mage and growled. "Stay there and keep back. I will deal with this trash."
Zancrow's eyes widened. "Trash? You think that I'm just...trash?!" His body became engulfed with black fire as he glared at the Monster King. "I don't know who you think you are, but challenging me was a big mistake, pal! I am a member of Grimoire Heart's Seven Kin of Purgatory! I am Zancrow the God Slayer, and you'll regret trying to get in my way!"
The dark mage brought his hand back and created a large sphere of black fire before tossing it at the Kaiju. "Flame God's Explosive Flame!"
However, Godzilla made zero attempt to dodge and simply watched the ball of fire fly towards him with narrow eyes. A large explosion shook the area when the fireball hit its mark and left a large smoke cloud in its wake, causing Zancrow to laugh.
"Hahahaha! That's what you get for challenging the might of Grimoire Heart! Besides, we're not the most power Dark Guild of the Balam Alliance for nothing!" he boasted before setting his sights on Natsu and Makarov. "Now with that out of the way, I think I'll take the time to enjoy myself by slaughtering you two once and for-"
Zancrow was suddenly interrupted when a figure charged out from the smoke cloud and punched him square in the jaw, causing him to go flying into another tree. The God Slayer grunted as he rubbed his sore jaw and got back on his feet, but what he saw next made his eyes go wide.
A sudden gust of wind blew the smoke away, revealing Godzilla. However, much to Zancrow's absolute shock, he noticed that the Monster King was barely even wounded, only sporting very minor burns that were already being treated by his advanced healing factor.
"Bu-but that's impossible!" the dark mage shouted with disbelief. "My divine flames are the deadliest in existence! They're meant to be strong enough to slay a God! How could some giant overgrown lizard actually be strong enough to take them head on?!"
Godzilla glared at him as his spines began to glow. "Here's a hint for you. Atomic Roar!" A bright blue beam of energy shot out from his mouth and flew towards Zancrow. The God Slayer quickly jumped out of the path of the energy beam as it blasted through several trees, just barely missing him. Zancrow turned around and observed the trail of destruction the blast left with shock.
He turned back around and looked at the Monster King with even more fear than before. "W-what the hell are you?!"
Godzilla's spines glowed once again as he continued to glare at the dark mage. "I am Godzilla, King of the Monsters, and you are not welcome here."
----"Ice-Make: Knuckle!" Gray swung his hands as several fists made of ice shot at Gabara from below. The Earth Conqueror, however, just barely managed to dodge, but Gray didn't let up and launched another attack. "Ice-Make: Ice Cannon!" This time, an ice bazooka appeared in his hands and he shot a powerful blast of ice from it.
Gabara grinned as he watched the attack approach him. "Oh? We're finally getting serious now, are we? Guess that means I should do the same!" He brought his arm back and another sphere of lightning appeared in his hand. "Thunder Jupiter" The Earth Conqueror threw the lightning orb and caused it to collide with Gray's attack. The two attacks clashed for a few seconds before Gabara's overpowered Gray's and struck the Ice Mage with devastating force and sent him flying.
"You'll pay for that, you bastard!" Gabara turned around to see who had said that and saw Loki. The Lion Spirit fist glowed with golden light as he rushed at him with a punch. "Regulus Impact!"
Gabara turned around to face the Celestial Spirit as his own fist sparked with blue lightning and lunged with his own punch. "Thunder Clobber!" The two attacks collided with each other as gold and blue light began to clash for dominance. Loke struggled as he tried to keep his ground, but Gabara didn't even seem to be having any trouble at all and just continued to grin. "Aww, what's wrong? Feeling a little worn down? Well don't you worry, cause I still got a few more tricks up my sleeve that'll leave you shocked!" he laughed at that last pun he made.
Loki grunted in frustration. Dammit! We've already wasted too much magic power fighting this freak and we aren't even doing jack to him. There's gotta be some way we can beat him!
"Lights out pretty boy!" the Earth Conqueror cackled as he brought back his other fist and punched him hard in the gut. The Lion Spirit gasped in pain and was sent flying into a wall. Gabara cracked his knuckles as he eyed the fallen Fairy Tail wizards around him and sighed. "Jeez, you guys are so lame. I was hoping for a good brawl, but this? This is just embarrassing."
Lucy was panting for breath as she sat on her hands and knees, her eyes facing the ground. This guy...he's so strong. What are we gonna do?
"We're not done yet!" Gabara looked over and saw that Cana was still standing. "Don't think we're gonna go down so easily! I don't know why you're here, but I don't care! We will beat you!"
The Earth Conqueror just stared at her for a few seconds, then he started laughing hysterically. "Bwahahahahaha! Yeah right! How the hell do you expect to stop me when you guys weren't able to do jack before, huh?!"
Cana just smirked as she glanced up at what was approaching Gabara from behind. "Maybe not us, but our friends will."
Gabara looked confused. "Friends? What friends?"
"She means us, you meat head!"
Gabara spun around to see who had said that, but was instantly knocked down by a large, tan colored object that sent him flying past Cana and crashing into the ground. The Card Mage smiled as the new figure landed in front of her facing where the Earth Conqueror had landed. "About time you got here. What kept you, huh?"
The creature glanced over his shoulder at her and smirked. "Sorry to keep you guys waiting. Had a bit of trouble tracking you guys down."
"Oi oi! I know you!" They both looked over to see Gabara getting back up and pointing at them. "You're Varan from the Earth Defenders, aren't you?!"
Varan glared at him. "You got that right, what about it?"
Gabara's grin returned. "Well, It's about damn time one of you Earth Defenders showed up! Now we can have ourselves a real fight!" His horn began to glow as he reared his head back. "Power Horn!" A blast of blue electricity shot from his horn and flew towards Varan.
Surprisingly, Varan didn't seem worried at all. In fact, he was actually smiling. "Oh really? Think again." he said before looking off to the side. "NOW CAESAR!"
Out of nowhere, King Caesar dropped down in front of his fellow Earth Defender and crossed his arms. Then, to every ones shock, Gabara's attack suddenly changed directions and went straight into Caesars left eye.
The action shocked Gabara completely. "What the hell are you doing?! How the hell did you-"
"Refractory Eyes!"
Suddenly, as soon as the Earth Conqueror's beam was completely absorbed into his eye, another purple beam shot out from his other eye and blasted Gabara square in the chest. Gabara screamed in pain as he was blasted into a rock structure, causing it to shatter.
Gray and Loki's eyes widened when they saw that. "What the heck was that?!"
Varan continued to smirk. "That was Caesar's Refractory Eyes. Basically, he can use it to absorb an enemies energy beams through his eyes, amplify its power, then shot it right back at em."
The Fairy Tail wizards were left amazed. It seemed these monsters were packing more skills than they originally let on.
They soon heard the sound of moving debris and turned to see Gabara stand back up and dust himself off with his hands. "Not too shabby. You crummy Earth Defenders are even better than I thought. This is gonna so much more fun now."
King Caesar narrowed his eyes as he got into a fighting position. "Are you all ready?"
"We're ready." Varan replied while the Fairy Tail wizards came to their sides and nodded in agreement.
Caprico continued to watch the battle unfold from above. "So those are the ones the Earth Conquerors have been search for. Let us see how strong they truly are."
----Elfman jumped at Ebirah and swung his fist towards him, but the mutated lobster blocked it with his right pincer before swinging his left one towards him. Elfman jumped back to avoid the attack, but Ebirah managed to grab him by his leg with his right pincer and slammed him into the ground.
The Take Over Mage grunted as he slowly got back to his feet. "Damn, I didn't expect him to be this strong. This'll be tough."
"What's wrong human." Ebirah taunted. "Don't tell me your out of steam already."
Elfman gritted his teeth at the Earth Conqueror. "Let me tell you something pal, a real man never backs down from a fight! A real man always fights with everything he's got!"
"So your actually willing to fight to the very end, do you? Very well." Ebirah suddenly launched himself towards Elfman with his pincers crossed. "Crisis Scissors!" As soon as he was close enough, the mutated lobster slashed his pincers in an X-shape and slashed at Elfman. The Take Over Mage cried out in pain and collapsed to the ground.
Evergreen looked over to see her partner fall, but before she could call to him, she was forced to jump back to avoid a slash from Kamacuras' pincers. Evergreen glared at the mutated mantis as she sprouted her fairy wings and took to the air. "You know, it's rude to sneak up on a lady! Fairy Machine Gun: Leprechaun!" She swung her arms as multiple needles of light shot from her body and flew towards the the Earth Conqueror.
Kamacuras, however, suddenly sprouted his own wings and took to the air at shocking speeds, effortlessly dodging Evergreen's attack. Evergreen was visible stunned to see how easily the mutated mantis dodged her attacks, but Kamacuras wasn't about to let her recover from that shock as he suddenly appeared in front of her and raised both of his spear-shaped forelegs.
"Piton Crush!"
Kamacuras slammed his sharp appendages into Evergreen and sent her tumbling through the air until she crashed to the ground, landing next to Elfman. She groaned in pain as she forced herself on her hands and knees and looked up at the two Earth Conquerors. "These two...they're a lot stronger than they look."
"Yeah, they sure are..." Elfman said as he forced himself onto one knee. He looked up past the two kaiju and gritted his teeth when he saw Rustyrose simply watching them with a cocky smirk. "And that guy, he's just standing there watching us like we're just pushovers."
Evergreen's eyes narrowed as she looked at Rustyrose and the two Earth Conquerors. "I've got an idea. I'll distract these two freaks while you try to take him out."
Elfman stood up and punched his fists together. "Sounds like a manly plan! Lets do it!"
With that, Evergreen stood up as well and rushed towards the two kaiju. Kamacuras tilted his head with confusion. "Does she seriously plan on attacking us on her own?"
"If so, then she must have quit the death wish." Ebirah replied.
However, they both were surprised when Evergreen jumped up and began to surround the two kaiju in a strange golden dust that began to glow brightly. "Fairy Bomb: Gremlin!" Upon her call, the dust ignited into a powerful explosion that caused both kaiju to grunt in both pain and surprise.
Seeing that both Earth Conquerors were distracted, Elfman ran past them and began to charge towards Rustyrose, who appeared to be amused by the Take Over Mages attempt.
"Go ahead, drama queen! I'll knock that smile right off your face!" Elfman roared as he brought his fist back and prepared to punch the dark mage.
Rustyrose made no attempt to dodge, but continued to smirk as he slowly brought his hand up. "Poor, pitiable fairies. How predicable could you possibly be." He tapped the side of his glasses with his left hand before flicking his right hand up in the air. "Guardian Saint Beast: Belcusas the Thunderclap!"
Suddenly, an enormous, heavily-armored monster materialized out of thin air right in front of him and gave out a loud roar. Elfman skidded to a stop and stared in absolute shock. "Whoa! So manly!"
"Wrong description, you big dolt!" Evergreen scolded, though she too was surprised by the appearance of the giant monster.
The monster let out another loud roar before swinging one of his massive arms at Elfman and sending him flying. The Take Over Mage screamed as he crashed to the ground, but the monster continued his assault by stomping one of his large feet down onto Elfman's back, forcing him to cry out in pain as he was beginning to get crushed.
Rustyrose smirked proudly as he gestured to the large monster pinning Elfman to the ground. "Behold you foolish fairies! Gaze upon my Guardian Saint Beast! Belcusas the Thunderclap!"
"Elfman!" Evergreen called out, but before she could try to help her partner, Kamacuras zoomed towards him and rammed her right in the gut and knocked her back to the ground. The mutated mantis landed in front of her while Ebirah came to his side.
"To think that the Earth Defenders would join forces with such weak humans." Kamacuras snickered.
Ebirah nodded. "Indeed. I too find it hard to believe that someone like Godzilla would even consider working with humans at all."
"What's that supposed to mean?!" Both kaiju were surprised to see Evergreen still conscious and glaring up at them. "I'll admit, you two are stronger than we thought, but that doesn't mean a thing! Calling us weak just because we're human is an insult to our guild! I can petrify the mouths of those who insult Fairy Tail so that they can never open them again, you know!"
Ebirah, however, wasn't fazed by her words and slowly raised his left pincer. "Is that so? Well, if that's how you really feel, then we'll just have to have you see for yourself just how superior we are to you."
"Ever, no!" Elfman shouted as he continued to get crushed under Belcusas' large foot.
Evergreen squeezed her eyes shut as Ebirah launched his pincer right into her-
"SKREEEEEENK!"
Ebirah suddenly cried out in pain when he felt something bite down on his pincer before he was lifted of his multiple feet and tossed into a wall. Kamacuras looked on in shock as he turned to see the one responsible for attacking the mutated lobster.
"Zilla!"
As soon as she heard Kamacuras speak that name, Evergreen opened her eyes and was shocked to see the said Earth Defender standing in front of her in a defensive position, snarling at the mutated mantis. She couldn't hold back a smile.
Rustyrose was visibly surprised by the sudden appearance of the new monster, while Elfman grinned and gave a thumbs up with his free hand. "Alright! Now that's how a man does it!"
"I'm a woman, Elfman." Zilla corrected before turning her attention to Kamacuras, her eyes narrowing. "I wasn't expecting to find Earth Conquerors here, especially now. Oh, and about what you said before, that's funny coming from you, seeing as you have also allied yourselves with humans."
Kamacuras glared hard at her. "So what?! You should've stayed away Earth Defender!" He sprouted his wings again and launched towards Zilla with his spear-like pincers ready to strike her. Zilla quickly jumped to the side as he swung his pincers at her and bit down on one of Kamacuras' arms. The Earth Conqueror cried out in pain as Zilla swung him with her jaws before tossing him towards Elfman and Belcusas.
Belcusas roared with surprise when Kamacuras struck him in the face and knocked him on his back while the mutated mantis flew farther until he landed on the ground. Elfman got back on his feet and came to Zilla's side while Evergreen did the same.
"So, what kept you?" Evergreen asked as she glanced at the Defender.
"Had some trouble tracking you with all of the energy this island's giving off, so I just followed the explosions." Zilla replied, not taking her eyes off her enemies.
"Still, thanks for showing up when you did." Elfman said. "Now we might just have a chance."
Zilla's eyes narrowed when she saw Belcusas stand back up again and growl at them, Kamacuras and Ebirah coming to his side and glaring at them as well. "Don't let your guard down yet. This isn't over yet."
Rustyrose watched the three prepare to continue fighting and smirked as he made another pose. "And so, the Devils and Fairies continue their dance of death. Which leaves only one question: Who will be the one who ends it first?"
----The battle was definitely not going well for Zancrow.
The dark mage was covered from almost head to toe in scrapes and bruises while his opponent barely had a single scratch on him. That part was all thanks to Godzilla having a super advanced healing factor that could heal most injuries in almost mere seconds. Zancrow could only stare at the Monster King with trembling eyes. Never during his entire time with Grimoire Heart had he ever faced such a fearsome and terrifying adversary who could survive his divine flames, which were supposedly meant to be strong enough to kill Gods.
Yet here he was, getting his hide handed to him by an 8 foot tall behemoth who displayed no signs of showing any mercy upon him. After all, the dark mage had just attacked and almost killed one of his newest comrades.
The King of Monsters was definitely not going to go light on him.
Having regained some of his courage, Zancrow lunged at Godzilla. "You don't scare me you glorified lizard! I'll burn you down to ash!" Black flames began to gather in both of his hands and created another flaming scythe. "Flame God's Scythe!" He swung the huge scythe at the Kaiju, but Godzilla quickly ducked under the attack before charging at the God Slayer and ramming him in the chest.
Godzilla then powered up his spines again and released another breath attack at the dark mage. Zancrow barely managed to dodge the attack, then jumped towards the Monster King again. "Flame God's Kagutsuchi!" A large sphere of black fire shot from his hands and engulfed Godzilla in a large explosion.
Zancrow landed back on the ground and eyed the smoke cloud carefully. 'There. That ought to have taken him down. Still, to think there was something out there who could stand up to my God Slaying Magic. Oh well, the bigger they are, the harder they-'
His train of thought was cut off when a hand shot out from the smoke and grabbed the God Slayer by the face. Godzilla roared as he began to violently slam Zancrow into the ground repeatedly before tossing him aside. Godzilla powered up his spins and fired his Atomic Breath again it struck the dark mage and sent him flying even farther away.
Zancrow grunted in pain as he crashed to the ground, pushed himself back to his feet and faced the Monster King. "Don't play with me!" he shouted. He then took a deep breath of air. "Flame God's Bellow!" He released another blast of black fire from his mouth that flew towards the kaiju.
Godzilla copied his actions and released his Atomic Breath, the blast of radiation colliding with Zancrows divine flames. The two attacks clashed before Godzilla's attack eventually overpowered the God Slayer's and sent him skidding back a few feet. Zancrow quickly lunged at Godzilla again with a flaming uppercut to the chin. The Monster King growled in slight pain, but recovered rather quickly and retaliated by punching the God Slayer right between the eyes, sending him reeling back in pain.
Watching from the sidelines, Natsu and Makarov looked on with amazement at seeing Godzilla easily overpower Zancrow with almost no effort at all. The Dragon Slayer watched with a satisfied smirk as the Monster King continued to push back the God Slayer while Makarov just looked completely blown away at the sight.
Zancrow hissed in pain as he rubbed his face where he had been hit before glaring back at Godzilla. "You bastard! I'll make you pay for that!" He lunged at him again and struck him with a flurry of fiery punches, but Godzilla simply crossed his arms and blocked most of them.
They did hurt a little, he had to admit, but they felt like mosquito bites compared to all the other hard hits he had taken over the years.
Godzilla then grabbed on of Zancrow's fists when he tried to land another hit and smashed his fist into the dark mage's chest. The God Slayer gagged in pain before he was smashed through another tree. Zancrow groaned as he got up again, his body ached all over and he almost felt out of breath. After managing to force himself back up again, he stared at the Monster King ahead of him.
"I-I don't get it..." he panted as he struggled to get his breathing right. "My Lost Magic is supposed to be able to annihilate anything in its way! So why is it so difficult to kill some stupid monster!"
Godzilla just glared at him as he ignored the dark mages insults. "I think its clearly obvious why."
"What?" the God Slayer questioned.
"You're clearly overestimating yourself." Godzilla answered.
Zancrow eyes widened with shock and slight anger. "What the hell's that supposed to mean?!"
"Do I have to spell it out for you?" the Monster King growled. "In your mind, you believe that because your so powerful, you just go around and wipe out anyone and anything that you deem unfit to live. But you have clearly overestimated your own power. Eventually, there will always be someone stronger to come around to smack you back down to earth."
In a way, Godzilla was basically describing himself as well. Back then, he to felt the same way. He remembered the many times he invaded numerous populated cities, unleashing his anger and hatred upon all who got in his way, not caring at all for those he hurt. But somewhere down the line, he eventually began to feel things he didn't expect to feel for humans.
Pity. Respect. Understanding.
He wasn't sure when he first began to have these feelings. Perhaps after all the numerous tussles he had with the human military and all the other types of Kaiju, he began to feel they had humbled him in some way. Or perhaps he began to realize that he was taking all his rage out on the wrong people and began to feel guilty about it.
But deep down, he knew one thing: That humans were not as terrible as he had come to believe and that he should use his unique skills to protect them.
Zancrow felt his anger reach a boiling point as black flames engulfed his entire body like a raging inferno. "You think there's someone who can beat me?! ME?! You have no idea who you're messing with you freak! I am Zancrow, the God Slayer and a proud member of Grimoire Heart's Seven Kin of Purgatory! I was granted this power by my Master Hades so that I could burn who insult our guilds pride to nothing but ash."
He suddenly lunged at Godzilla once again as the black flames around his body began to move to his hands. "AND I WON'T LET SOME LOWLY MONSTER STEAL THAT PRIDE FROM US!" The flames around his hands began to morph into monstrous jaws filled with razor sharp teeth as he swung both hands together.
"Flame God's Supper!"
The flaming jaws consumed the Monster King as Godzilla felt the intense flames begin to eat away at his body and made him roar in intense pain. Zancrow was laughing like a complete maniac as he watched his opponent suffer. "Bwahahahaha! That's what you get for underestimating the power of Grimoire Hearts magic! Now burn!"
But as he watched the fire continue to slowly burn away the kaiju's body, the dark mage noticed something was off. When he managed to get a closer look, he realized that Godzilla's spines were glowing brightly, yet his mouth remained firmly shut. This confused Zancrow to some degree; if he wasn't going to fire his breath attack, then what was he doing?
Natsu also noticed what Godzilla was doing and his eyes went wide. That was because he remembered when he last witnessed the Monster King do something like this while in his memories. He was also slightly surprised that he was able to remember it at all.
Zancrow noticed the glow surrounding Godzilla's spines begin to grow brighter and brighter by each second, almost making his sphere of black fire look like a shining star in the night sky. "What the hell are you doing?!"
His answer came in the form of a massive blast of blinding blue light that was followed by an intense shock wave that rattled the entire area and completely blew away the flames like they were nothing. Godzilla roared as his spines continued to glow along with his eyes.
"Nuclear Pulse Blast!"
Zancrow skidded back on his feet as Godzilla landed back on the ground covered with slightly more serious burns, which were once again being treated by his healing factor, even though it would probably take a little longer.
"That's...no, there's no freaking way!" the God Slayer shrieked.
Godzilla continued to glare at him as the last of his injuries began to heal. "Do you get it now? I can see that you hold your guilds reputation with much pride, but it seems that prides has clouded your mind from what's important. That deep down, no one is invincible."
"SHUT UP!" Zancrow roared as he began to gather a mass of air into his mouth. "I'll show you just how wrong you really are! Flame God's Bellow!"
He unleashed another massive torrent of black flames from his jaws, though Godzilla didn't move. When the flames were within just a few feet from him, the Monster King roared.
"NOW NATSU!"
----Fairy Tail OST: Fairy Tail Theme (Tenrou Island Version)...
----Without any warning, the Dragon Slayer appeared in front of Godzilla and completely devoured the flames right down to ever last ember. Zancrow was once again visibly shocked beyond belief. "No, impossible! A Dragon Hunter shouldn't be able to eat my flames!"
'Amazing... By using every last drop of his own magic power, he became a vessel capable of consuming inedible fire!' Makarov thought in awe.
Natsu wiped his mouth with his arm, his eyes hidden behind his spiky pink hair. "I get it now. I had no clue there was a special trick to eating certain types of fire."
Makarov's eyes went wide. 'No way! I wouldn't call that level of magic a 'special trick'! He emptied his body of magic power, while the enemies began to build up inside!'
And without warning, Makarov exploded with anger. "HOW COULD YOU BE SO FOOLISH NATSU?! DO YOU WANT TO DIE?!"
Natsu clenched his fists as crimson fire engulfed his right hand, while black flames engulfed his left. "Of course I don't, gramps! And I won't let anyone else either! No ones dying, at least not on my watch anyway! We're all gonna make it back home to Fairy Tail!"
Zancrow raised his hands in an attempt to attack the Dragon Slayer. "Oh no you don't! I won't let you scare me! Time for you to say good-!"
He was interrupted when Godzilla suddenly slammed his massive tail into his chest and sent him flying skyward. Without skipping a beat, the Monster King turned his attention back to the Salamander and called out to him, "Let's go, Natsu!"
"Hell yeah!" Natsu let out a draconic roar as he jumped up and landed on Godzilla's tail before he tossed him towards the flying God Slayer! Natsu roared again as he spread his arms out. "Dragon and Divine Flames! Come together to become one!"
Zancrow could only watch in shock and horror as he slammed his hands together and engulfed him in an explosion of crimson and black flames.
"DRAGON GOD'S BRILLIANT FLAME!"
Zancrow screamed in agony as he was blasted away somewhere deeper into the forest. Makarov's jaw dropped to the point that it looked dislocated. He watched as Natsu landed back on ground beside Godzilla with utter amazement.
'I don't believe it...They actually won.' He thought to himself. 'Maybe I was wrong after all... With these two, we may actually have a chance.'
Natsu and Godzilla glanced at each other briefly before raising their heads high and roared in triumph.
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