Chapter 399 reactions; spoilers in comments

[deathsought]

No... not now...

{ Welp. }

Tartarus... Natsu... I'm sorry.

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[reiseiten]

[Kyouka can't say she's ever had the questionable pleasure of encountering the Black Dragon, but as one of the Etherious she can't help but recognize the signs that herald his appearance. But surely...]

Zeref-sama. Is that...?

[deathsought]

Yes. { If he absolutely had to be reunited with his demons, he'd have preferred it be under much better circumstances than this. } Acnologia, the Black Dragon of the Apocalypse.

[reiseiten]

[Acnologia. There are very few things that Kyouka will readily admit to making her nervous, but the Black Dragon is most certainly on the very top of that list. Still, she is Etherious, the leader of the Nine Demon Gates on top of that and she most certainly has pride in both. She is proud to be a creature of Zeref.]

If you require us to fight, we shall be ready, Zeref-sama.

[Even if the current timing is less than perfect, with Hell's Core destroyed and so many of the Nine Demon Gates out for the count.]

[deathsought]

Acnologia is something that I'm not even sure I can defeat.

{ An admission that Zeref readily makes. }

That monster is perhaps my greatest regret.

[reiseiten]

[And that he does admit it so easily only speaks to what a monster Acnologia truly is.]

Even so... please permit us to fight by your side.

[Isn't that what they have been created for after all?]

[deathsought]

Of course.

[theadversary]

Oh, cheer up.

[deathsought]

You have no idea what that... thing is capable of.

[theadversary]

Is whining about it going to help?

The answer is 'no' by the way.

[deathsought]

If it were as simple as you suggest, I would have done that a long time ago.

[theadversary]

You mean grown some testicular fortitude? Honestly, it's not hard.

[deathsought]

I meant dealing with the Dragon.

[theadversary]

So did I, but I'm talking baby steps.

[kingofhades]

Why is Zeref-sama apologizing to the enemy?

[ He is not happy, and no let's not remember how nervous he felt when he sensed Aconologia. ]

[deathsought]

{ How best to answer that... }

I wouldn't wish Acnologia on anyone. Friend or foe. That... thing is my greatest mistake.

{ Though the exact nature of their history is still not entirely know. }

[kingofhades]

[ Unfortunately, as old as he was, he might not have been very knowledgeable about Acnologia, but the Dragon itself made even someone like Marde, a bit unsettled. It was as if the end of the world is beckoning. ]

Zeref-sama, making mistakes. How unheard of.

[ He replied as a matter of fact. Maybe he was too enamored with his creator sometimes. ]

[deathsought]

Acnologia is not one of my demons. It is a dragon, one that has no reason whatsoever to listen to me. It needs to be put down.

[kingofhades]

Don't fret, Zeref-sama. I won't let such things foil my plans.

[deathsought]

Even E.N.D. himself would have trouble with Acnologia. But at this point, even I do not see another option.

{ Would Face even affect dragons? That's something Zeref himself doesn't know, either. }

[tenkuunomiko]

N-No....way.

[deathsought]

... It was only a matter of time before it found me again, after Tenroujima.

[tenkuunomiko]

We have to defeat it.

I don't want what happened at Tenroujima to happen again. Why does it search for you, Zeref-san?

[deathsought]

Acnologia and I have a very complicated history. That is all I can say for now.

[tenkuunomiko]

I see, will it pursue you as long as you are around, Zeref-san?

[deathsought]

It is difficult to say. But that does appear to be the case, yes.