Zeeta and the Wizarding World
Ifrit the Fire
[POV News.]
Is this where my journey will end...?
Is this where my fight will end...?
This is where I rest for good...?
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"I believe you!"
The words just kept whispering to my head. Arthur's father, Azure's brother, Ozy, and many others told me....
I wonder ... why...?
My whole body feels very cold.... Anyway, where am I now...?
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Zeeta blinked her eyes a few times. He saw the night sky unfolding along with the blue and red colors coming from the ground. He looked around and found that the two colors were so shining that they silenced whatever was nearby, like trees and some animals looking at Zeeta on her back. His body felt wet but he was not completely wet. It lies on the surface of the water reflecting everything around it, including a giant tree.
"What is this place...?" he murmured, who then sat down. He looked at his hand and tried to put it in the water. He was shocked afterwards too. "So... Why am I not wet...?
"Where exactly am I? What a giant tree it is. and...." Zeeta begins to be visited by winged creatures that glow white. "Who are you...?"
"Fufufu...."
It was just a laugh he heard from those mysterious creatures. They then approached him.
"W-what are you guys doing...?" ask Zeeta. He crawled backwards.
Four creatures approached him. As soon as they touched Zeeta, the water that was resting on him replaced the ground, shining blindingly at him and forcing him to close his eyes.
When he opened his eyes, he was no longer in the place that filled his heart and head with question marks. It was in the dark and empty dimension, which slowly appeared a spark before it and over time grew, creating a four-legged creature with a wolf head, which was, the horns and skin of the bull with red feathers and fire that enveloped his four legs. He growled, showing his ferocious face.
Zeeta who was initially panicking, slowly calmed down. He's setting his breath. "You... is the Spirit that my father entrusted me with, Ifrit...? What do you want...?"
"You're dead" he answered briefly.
"Eh...?"
"But I can bring you back to life."
"W-are you kidding me...? I die...? Why...?"
Ifrit pointed with his claws at Zeeta's hollow chest.
"ah!
"So....
"I understand...."
"The spirit of Yggdrasil who made you a container will soon die."
"E-uh?! Wh-why?!"
Ifrit's eyes glowed, giving Zeeta a vision of how Luna's fate would be.
"It's all.... Again I can't protect anyone and...."
Ifrit again growled. He then roared and breathed out his fire.
"Ugh!" Zeeta survives with barrier magic in front of both hands. However, he was defeated strongly and the fire devoured his entire body.
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"It's disappointing" said the Man in Black Versatile Dress. "I don't think he who is a threat to the world turns out to be this weak," he continued.
"Hmm, what is it?" ask Lucy, doubt it.
The man glanced at Lucy. "What do you mean?"
"What you're talking about is the descendants of the moon. Your words will only backfire on you."
"Hmph!
"Whatever you say, I cannot be defeated. Even I can beat you right now, but that's not our deal."
"Hahaha, I like confidence—no, what should I refer to as ...
"A pride, huh?"
Lucy grins wickedly.
"What do you want to say?!"
"A pride that exceeds the limits will not lead you to the higher heavens. If you can't realize that simple thing, what's the point of you living this whole time?"
"It's funny. As if you weren't arrogant about that power."
"I? Swaggering?
"Haha! Are you blind?"
"Don't equate me with your rot that you cover up with that justice, L'arc!
"Destroying every human being with a destiny greater than yours, who do you think you are?
"I admit, you are great because you have more than three Yggdrasil Spirits that make you a Container.
"I don't understand why they allow the actions you call justice, but I know they don't allow you to look further at what Yggdrasil looks like and not let you be the fate-determinist of the world, and now....
"You agreed with me to bring him together.
"You who do not understand why I do it, then you have no right to pretend you are at the top along with that arrogance.
"Nobody's been able to stop you for so long, but this is where the dark history will end."
The man turned his body and walked over to Lucy. "I understand. I really understand if you want me to shut that sassy mouth of yours forcibly, huh, Rancid Boy?!"
"I can handle you but I'm not the one who's gonna beat you. More importantly, you have a guest, you know."
"Hmm?" L'Arc flipped his body and saw Azure and Ashley coming from the magic portal.
"Cheeta!" pekik Azure's.
"Lu-Luna...?!" Ashley couldn't believe what she saw.
"Hmph! Only two insects, what kuladeni!" exclamation L'arc.
"Lucy! Why don't you do something?!" ask Azure to scream.
"Eh...?" Ashley felt a strangeness from the question.
"Don't panic so much, my disciple. How many times have I told you panic only makes your sensitivity to where it's going to diminish?" answer Lucy. He smiled and stayed relaxed.
And yet....
"W-Well! Hot.... what is...?" Azure looked towards Zeeta. He found his moon earrings glowing red.
"Son Azure, back off!" Ashley pulled the Azure back, just as a huge red pillar of fire exploded around Zeeta's body.
The man named L'arc was wide-eyed. "W-what happened to her...?!"
As the pillar shrank, all eyes could see the figure of Zeeta hovering in the sky with her hands pulled behind her hips and legs tightened. A red-hot aura enveloped him, making his skin gradually burn.
"Zeeta, what are you doing?!" azure screams, "quickly remove that aura or you—"
Zeeta turned towards Azure, revealing her eyes all over her eyes were glowing red.
"Si... Who are you...?" ask Azure.
"Currently, I didn't think the Spirit was REALLY going to intervene..," murmured Ashley.
"Ooh?" Lucy looks excited. "You know about Ifrit, Alexandrita?"
"What?! Ifrit, you say?!" I'arc shocked. "That's impossible! Ifrit is an ancient Spirit who maintains the balance of nature alongside other Ancient Spirits, Undine and Zephyr!
"Why is such a Spirit with him?!"
Lucy just smirked hearing L'arc didn't believe her.
Zeeta then starts to act. He clenched his left hand, which was then covered in flames. He looked towards L'arc. Realizing he was being targeted, L'arc immediately formed his arm like an 'X' mark'.
'WGIP!'
Zeeta appears behind L'arc, hitting his wide-open back with his fire-covered left fist. "UAAAAGGHHH!" his erang. His coat, vest, and shirt were burnt to the ground, and he had a scar on his back, before he bounced past Azure and Ashley.
"What is his power...?" azure Gumam.
"He's no longer Zeeta" said Lucy, approaching the two. "The figure is only focused on who has hurt him—in this case Zeeta—and will not give him forgiveness.
"Why, you?
"That's because Zeeta is dead."
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Azure gritted her teeth. "DON'T KIDDING! Zeeta will not be easily defeated! You yourself said, Rune is its greatest power, which no human in this world has!"
"You're right, but there's no point when that great power isn't on par with his opponent's speed, is it.
"I knew Zeeta had a chance to win, but the chance was broken once he was shocked by his speed.
"If you still don't believe me, look at that Yggdrasil Spirit. He was even defeated by L'arc, and his body slowly disappeared.
"That's the sign that Zeeta is dead. No more lines of connection between them." Lucy arrives in front of Ashley and Azure. Both of them looked at Luna whose body became a shred of mana and yawned.
"You think the heat that's covering her body doesn't hurt?" Lucy pointed at Zeeta. "Ifrit has taken the power of his body!"
Azure again gritted his teeth. "Although it's true!" in a hurry, Azure approached Zeeta.
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Meanwhile, Reina in the Great Magic Forest, continued to see how the battle in Nebula was going by putting her hand on a tree.
"Don't! If he approaches her, that terrifying future ... could be realized..," she said, "anyone!"