"Reviving through Hell's Core is not without cost. My memories will be missing. That is not something I can accept."
Keyes the Black Archbishop's voice was very calm.
For the other demons, losing a little memory did not matter at all.
They had several hundred years of memories, and there were plenty of things they themselves no longer remembered.
Losing a bit more would make no difference and would not affect them at all.
But Keyes was devoted to magical research.
He valued his memories greatly.
He was unwilling to give up those memories. No matter which memories were lost, he could not accept it.
"What time do you think this is?! You're still caring about a few memories?!"
The shark-man Torafuzar was nearly driven mad by Keyes.
If this continued, all of them would die completely. Was he really willing to lose his life for the sake of a few memories?!
Buzz!
Keyes ignored the other demons.
He activated his Curse and directly opened a portal, preparing to leave this place immediately.
He wanted the other demons to buy time for him.
"So this is where everyone runs for themselves. How united."
Marco sighed, but he did not stop Keyes from leaving.
He would let this guy live a little longer first.
Of course, Marco had already left a psychokinetic mark on the skeleton. Even if Keyes ran to the ends of the earth, he would not be able to escape.
Buzz!
Marco mobilized his Cosmo, and golden light suddenly bloomed, shining so brightly that the demons could not look directly at him.
In the blink of an eye, Marco's figure flickered rapidly and vanished.
Seilah, Torafuzar, Jackal, Franmalth and Tempester released all kinds of abilities in a stress response, trying to block Marco and make one final desperate struggle.
However, Marco's power was simply too absurd for them.
It was like Gildarts facing the Black Dragon.
In only one exchange, with just a casual strike, Gildarts had nearly been beaten to death.
The gap in their strength was far too great.
Boom!
There was almost no suspense.
The desperate counterattack from Seilah, Jackal, and the other demons had no effect at all.
Amid the flickering golden light, the demons were easily killed by Marco.
"Let's go. Time to finish this."
After dealing with the demons, Marco looked toward Silver Fullbuster.
"We can't let Keyes go. That bastard is the most evil of them all!"
Silver Fullbuster became somewhat agitated.
Only Keyes the Black Archbishop remained of Tartaros, and that man absolutely could not be spared.
He had to be killed!
Silver Fullbuster had been revived by Keyes the Black Archbishop, so his hatred toward Keyes was the most direct.
At first, he had not broken free from Keyes's control and had been manipulated into doing many terrible things.
That was a pain buried deep in Silver Fullbuster's heart.
"Don't worry. I won't let him go. We just can't kill him right now and i still need your help."
Marco nodded.
He could understand Silver Fullbuster's state of mind.
"Haa... My apologies, Master Marco. I lost control of myself."
Facing the calm Marco, Silver Fullbuster took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down as well.
They truly could not kill Keyes right now, because it would ruin the bigger picture.
He was not afraid of death since he had already died once.
He only feared failing to eliminate evil completely, and only hated that he could not wipe out Tartaros once and for all.
Silver Fullbuster, who had learned Ice Devil Slayer Magic, had only one dream: to eliminate all demons.
Now, seeing the demon army Tartaros about to be completely destroyed, it was normal that his emotions were surging and difficult to calm.
From his perspective, all of this truly felt like a beautiful dream.
Carrying those surging emotions, Silver Fullbuster led Marco all the way to Tartaros's headquarters, where they saw that extremely strange floating island.
...
"Underworld Island is Tartaros's headquarters. In reality, its true body is a monster, a creature called Plutogrim."
Silver Fullbuster introduced the strangely shaped flying island.
At this moment, that island was moving with great difficulty, seemingly making one final struggle, trying to avoid being discovered by Marco.
"This island is controlled by the King of the Underworld's Curse Power. Without the King's power supporting it, even moving has become difficult for Plutogrim."
Looking at the slowly moving Plutogrim, Silver Fullbuster let out a breath of relief.
If Plutogrim had carried Underworld Island far away, he might not necessarily have been able to lead Marco to it.
"This world really does have all kinds of strange magical beasts."
Marco clicked his tongue in wonder at Plutogrim.
How should he put it?
This thing looked like a gigantic flying catfish. Its huge mouth was extremely conspicuous, and it had a pile of tentacles that were hard to tell whether they were legs or wings.
On its back was a massive cube, which was Tartaros's headquarters.
"Roaaaaaaar!"
As though sensing Marco and Silver Fullbuster's arrival, Plutogrim began roaring, trying to flee faster.
But without the most critical support of the King of the Underworld's Curse Power, carrying such a massive building on its back made flying extremely strenuous.
Buzz!
Bringing Silver Fullbuster with him, Marco teleported directly onto Plutogrim's back.
At that moment, Plutogrim stopped struggling altogether, as though it had accepted its fate.
Since Marco had already "mounted" its back, what was the point of running?
"Lead the way."
After landing on Plutogrim's back, Marco had Silver Fullbuster guide him from the front.
"Yes!"
Silver Fullbuster answered loudly.
At this moment, he was practically walking with his head held high, full of pride and vigor.
He felt that even if he died right now, it would be worth it!
His only regret was probably that he had not seen his son again, and had not passed his skills on to him.
Although Tartaros was the demons' main stronghold, there were actually still many demons scattered throughout the world.
Those that were not strong enough had no right to join Tartaros, but they could still inflict tremendous harm on ordinary people.
Over the years, as long as Tartaros did not summon him, Silver Fullbuster had always searched for demons outside and eliminated them.
He hoped Gray could learn his Ice Devil Slayer Magic and continue this work, until every demon had been destroyed.
Under Silver Fullbuster's lead, Marco entered Underworld Island.
He directly activated his X-ray vision and quickly locked onto the target, finding the so-called Hell's Core.
Inside Hell's Core at this moment, a small girl was looking helplessly at the seven members of the Nine Demon Gates inside the "cultivation tanks," while those seven members were arguing until their faces were red.
All of them wanted to be released first.
At this moment, whoever was released first would have the chance to escape.
The girl outside was the one responsible for regeneration and modification.
"Lamy! Let me out first!"
Kyôka of the Star Chains Heaven looked at Lamy and issued an order.
Lamy was actually also created by Zeref and was one of the demons from the Books of Zeref.
Her combat strength was not particularly strong, so she had not been listed among the Nine Demon Gates.
She was a member of Kyôka's team and had always been managed by Kyôka.
"But... but..."
Facing Kyôka's order, Lamy hesitated and did not immediately obey, because the other members of the Nine Demon Gates were also ordering her.
No one had told Lamy that "death" was already on its way here.
That was normal too, because the Nine Demon Gates were afraid Lamy would run away by herself.
That was something Lamy could absolutely do.
This girl was extremely unreliable and was not trusted by the Nine Demon Gates at all.
"What exactly happened? Why did all of you lose your bodies?"
Lamy was not stupid either.
Although her personality was jumpy and unreliable, seven members of the Nine Demon Gates had returned all at once, only Keyes and Silver had not come back.
Anyone with a brain would know this situation was abnormal.
In the past, many years might pass without even one person's body being destroyed.
"You don't need to know! Hurry up and let me out!"
Jackal, the Explosion Boy, shouted viciously at Lamy.
He felt furious.
What did Lamy think she was? How dare she stand there and argue with them?
"If you won't tell me, then none of you are getting out!"
However, facing Jackal's threat, Lamy was unusually stubborn and directly snapped back, even threatening them in return.
Lamy was truly bold.
Without knowing Keyes's situation, without knowing that Silver had betrayed them, and without knowing that their boss, Mard Geer, the King of the Underworld, had also had his body destroyed, she still dared to do this.
She truly was not afraid that those people would come back later and kill her, nor was she afraid that the Nine Demon Gates would kill her after they recovered.
"You bastard! I'm definitely going to kill you!"
Lamy's threat directly made Jackal explode with rage.
If he had regained his power right now, he would definitely have blown apart the cultivation tank and blasted Lamy into pieces.
"Too bad you can't do it~ La la la la~~~"
Lamy completely lost her mind and actually started twisting around in front of several members of the Nine Demon Gates, wearing a mocking expression.
Who knew where she found the courage?
Anyone who did not know better might think she had already understood everything and knew that these members of the Nine Demon Gates could only rely on her.
And this was exactly why those members of the Nine Demon Gates did not dare tell Lamy the truth.
With this girl's personality, and with the sheer absurdity of how she acted, they truly could not predict what Lamy would do. In any case, she absolutely would not live and die together with them.
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