Beginning of the End 2

Natsu was hovering very high from the battlefield with his wings while having a pair of horns, and his hands up to his wrists turned to pitch black. He ominously raised his right hand in mid-air. The Daemons continued to run and fly away from the battlefield with pale expressions while Raaz ran to Sirius in panic, suddenly held his left hand and teleport away.

Natsu, who was hovering, closed his right fist and black smoke with red dust suddenly came out of his body, spread around him, and quickly engulfed the surrounding area. He thought to himself, “Mors Pheromones (Latin for Death Pheromones).”

The Gotts who got hit by the mysterious smoke turned to black from head to toe and became white particles. All Gotts who witnessed the scene screamed and ran away in fear but were quickly engulfed by the smoke and turned to white particles.

Natsu thought to himself while reminiscing his memories, “Since the ancestor from my mother's family was born from human beliefs that black cats can bring death upon them, they obtained the power to release pheromones that destroys the victim from the inside at an alarming rate until they die. But because of this power, my mother's family was hated by Daemons for being a cursed family since this power kills both friend and foe. It was nicknamed as the ‘Black Death’. I also remembered being hated by everyone around me for inheriting it but since I joined the Resistance, everyone accepted me for who I am. The very power that I hated for all my life ‘can be used to protect the ones who I cared about’. When my comrades told me that before, I was happy from the bottom of my heart. This time, I'll be able to save them!”

While the 'Black Death' fulfilled his duty as one of the Resistance's captains by first and foremost, protected his comrades from the danger on the battlefield, Psalm, on the other hand, crossed from one neighboring district to another from the South Pole District to gather the togaes (Latin for Civilians) with a healing type Nigrum Sanguinem (Latin for Black Death).

It was unfortunate for him to only receive about five volunteer Daemons per district but at least he was able to convince more compared to before, wherein he could only convince one or two at most to aid them during the aftermath of the battles.

The reason why the Resistance were so desperate to find healers among the togaes since the Praesidium (Latin for Guard) had recruited majority of Gehenna's togaes who were capable to heal, even if the ones who were considered as 'incompetent' for they could all train at the Academia to improve their skills as much as possible to able to put up a fight in the front lines as soon as possible.

This applied for all new recruits as well as the other Daemons who were enlisted for the Praesidium in order for them to gain experience and strengthen their skills and capabilities.

In an area far away from Natsu, all surviving Daemons were watching from afar as they witnessed the brutal scenery.

Daemon 1 said, “Amazing. As expected of Captain Natsu, he's so powerful. It's kind of scary, though.”

Daemon 2 complained, “What are you talking about? He gave his all to save everyone, you know. We know that he has that dangerous power, but he only uses that for emergencies and even warned us all the time so we could escape before firing it to the enemy.”

Raaz commented as he started to be irritated that he was forced to realize something by the scenery he had witnessed, “No matter how many times I see it, I'll still be amazed for how powerful Natsu really is. I'm kind of pissed off that he's that powerful even without mastering his Corruptio (Latin for Corruption) yet.”

"We'll just need to be more powerful to surpass him," Eryl said as he began to reminisce the experience in his childhood that he spent time together with his friends. "Since we three have cursed families for generations, we've been called by many Daemons as the 'cursed trio' when we were still young. We then promised to each other to become very strong to fully control our powers and to prove that even with our cursed powers, we can still use them to protect everyone.

"It was a very cringe worthy and embarrassing promise, but I'm glad that we made that promise. It's a bit infuriating that Natsu is starting to fulfill his first, though," Raaz sighed as he agreed to what Eryl just said.

Eryl just laughed without a care in the world, "It's been a while since you last complained so much. Will we get to experience an early short cold season for this year?"

Raaz's smile suddenly turned upside down and became irritated, "Shut up, smelly mutt."

"You too, bullsh*t," Eryl returned the favor by swearing... no, by telling an obvious pun with an angry expression that prevented everyone around them to laugh but felt extremely awkward instead.

Sirius felt awkward and thought to himself, "To think that these two still have the energy to argue with each other after all the fighting they did earlier. And the pun had started to lose its touch when he reused it just now."

As for the Daemons, they called their techniques as Nigrum Sanguinem (Latin for Black Blood). They were the classification of techniques that they used no matter how strong or weak they may be. The prime examples for this were the black orbs, black slashes that came out of their blades with various shapes and sizes, healing one’s wounds, the Boss’s Stantibus Celsior (Latin for Titan), and lastly, Natsu’s Mors Pheromones (Latin for Death Pheromones).

As for Natsu, Eryl, and Raaz’s hybrid transformations, they weren’t considered as Nigrum Sanguinem for their transformations were only extensions of themselves, just like a Daemon’s horns, tails, and wings.

One should remember that Daemons actually do not have flesh like the mortals on Earth since they were only born out of the humans’ negative emotions and malice, which means that they were physical manifestations of Impuritas (Latin for Impurity).

This would explain a lot when a Daemon loses a limb or two, they would just grow back after the healing type Daemons did their job. They only hide certain limbs and appendages to save their Impuritas for more important things or due to their own preferences.

While for the Gotts, they called their techniques as Pur Nesentliche (German for Pure Essence). They were basically the same as the Nigrum Sanguinem for Daemons but there were certain things that differ from it. For the Daemons, they used real weapons to help channel their Impuritas and release stronger and more refined techniques.

As for the Gotts, their weapons themselves were completely made out of their own Reinheit (German for Purity) so they could change its shape however they want or need to, depending on their circumstances on the battlefield. It’s also the reason why all their weapons emit a white glow and their far stronger than the Daemons for all of them have almost unlimited Reinheit due to billions of people on Earth worshipping them despite having different religions.

Just like the Daemons, Gotts were also a physical manifestation of Reinheit due to being born from the humans’ positive emotions and wishes so their wings, hybrid transformations (only for those who have), and the halos floating on top of their heads were limbs and appendages that they occasionally hide to save some Reinheit or purely for their own preferences.

They also need healing type Gotts to recover their lost limbs and heal their wounds besides from relying on their own natural fast regeneration before they would leak all of their Reinheit out of their bodies and may risk losing their lives.

Without any some kind of warning, Natsu suddenly fell from the sky as his wings and horns disappeared without a trace and his transformation was almost completely undone. All of the Daemons gasped as they saw their captain fell to his doom, but no one could do anything as they fear that they would risk losing their lives. Even if they did want to rescue him, they could not since they won't be able to make it in time, judging from their current distance from their poor captain.

When it looked like all hope was lost, Raaz quickly teleported away from his position without any hesitation and quickly appeared below the falling Natsu. He quickly and effortlessly caught Natsu to his arms and pulled out his huge bat-like wings then hover in the cold air like a bird.

Raaz thought to himself, "That... That was close! Since the smoke hasn't disappeared yet, he would've died by his own ultimate technique if I wasn't able to catch him in time." Even though he looked so calm and dignified on the outside, but on the inside, he was so nervous that he felt like his heart just came out of his mouth. He looked at the weaken Natsu that was on his arms as his transformation was completely undone and his hair turned back to the way it was, the shade of red like the sunset that he and Sirius usually enjoyed after a long day of work. His heavy breathing looked like he was about to have a heart attack, or he was in so much pain that it was impossible to endure.

Natsu said in a weak voice, "Thanks, Raaz... I used up... all my Impuritas (Latin for Impurity) when... I unleashed my technique earlier..." He was too weak that his voice was barely audible when Raaz leaned his ear closer to him so he could hear what he said.

Impuritas (Latin for Impurity) is what one call to the Daemon's negative energy that they gained from the humans' negative emotions, used for making all kinds of techniques that they used on the battlefield like those black orbs and black slashes. It's basically a Daemon's fuel of power. Otherwise, they would become very weak and may risked their lives if they ran out of it, so they have to be extremely careful in using multiple techniques.

Raaz's size changing double axe and Natsu's Mors Pheromones (Latin for Death Pheromones) were also techniques formed by using their mass amounts of Impuritas. Just like how humans have various amounts of stamina in each individual, Daemons also have various amounts in each of them and all of the leaders of the Resistance were born with large amounts of Impuritas, that is why they were fine with releasing strong techniques or multiple small attacks.

Raaz comforted him in a gentle voice, "Save your breath and rest. You've done well, Natsu."

A few seconds later, Raaz slowly flew towards Sirius and all the other surviving Daemons who were waiting for their safe return. Everyone's tense expression turned to relief in a blink of an eye when they saw both of their comrades were safe and sound. Raaz looked at Natsu with his eyes already half-closed while his red hair was covered in Raaz's jacket.

Raaz thought to himself in worry, "You used too much of your Impuritas (Latin for Impurity) that your transformation was undone. You should have spared some of them if you hate others seeing your real hair color that badly, stupid cat." He then spoke to Natsu in a blunt manner, "Don't you dare sleep until we get back to the base or we'll have to face another problem."

Raaz then finally reached and gently landed on the ground as he tucked in his wings to hide it. All Daemons excitedly ran to them while screaming. There were others who were extremely happy, and others welcomed them with non-stop tears that kind of looked like tiny falls were coming out from their eyes. Natsu stood up and was supported by placing his right arm towards Raaz's shoulders.

Natsu weakly complained, "I'm so tired."

Without warning, a loud voice was heard by every Daemon on the field. The voice announced as they were looking around to discover where the source of the voice was, "Pathetic. To think the Rotten Ones are already this weakened when we only released 60% of our Raid Force." When they finally found the voice, all Daemons were in total shock.