Chapter 385: The Nemesis: Hellfire
(Third Person POV)
"Shit." Jason said as he had Brandish on his shoulder, "This ain't good...and that bastard didn't let you do any significant damage.."
Wendy wiped her tears away, "S-Sorry..."
"It's okay, Wendy.." Lucy said, "You did your best."
Jason nodded, "Don't beat yourself up about it." He said, "I didn't want you fighting him alone, anyways."
Lucy then looked up at Jason, "What now?" She said, "We managed to beat her and we have another Shield to worry about. And then there's Zeref with Natsu...."
Jason looked at her with a serious face, "We don't need to worry about the Shield." He said, "What I wanted was to cripple their army to the point they have to stall their advance towards Magnolia. I know the Shields are strong enough to do it themselves but without their army, they will have to deal with nuisances like my defenses and such. That said, we have one Shield in our position, so this gives us an advantage."
Jason then looked up at the sky.
'I hope Irene is still out of commission..' He thought to himself, 'That would benefit us greatly..'
He then looked at Wendy and extended his free arm, surrounding her with a dark green misty aura.
"Sky God's High Enchanted Heal"
Suddenly, Wendy's wounds healed instantly. Her arm, which was covered in blood reverted back to it's normal healed form and the blood on her forehead disappeared. Wendy widened her eyes, recognizing the type of spell he used on her. It was an enchantment spell and she was surprised that Jason was using it.
"T-Thanks..." She said
Jason then looked up, "Bring that ship down!" He called out to Carla
Carla nodded, "Okay.." She said as she landed the airship down, "You're lucky Wendy didn't get hurt too badly!"
Jason jumped on top of the deck of the small airship, it was smaller than the Archangel's Might and the controls for it were at the front of the deck where Carla was sitting on a chair. He was followed by Wendy, Lucy, Sagittarius, and Happy.
He slowly placed Brandish down on the floor, "Take us back up." He told Carla
"Where to?" She asked
"Back to the army." Jason replied
"You want to go back there?" Carla said, "They managed to breach through and the Shield that attacked Wendy is definitely on guard, he almost shot me down!"
Jason nodded, "Go." He said, "He won't shoot us down. Felicity."
Suddenly, they heard a large static coming from the speakers that were on the airship. Carla didn't waste any time and took the ship back up in the air.
"Yes sir?" Felicity's voice was heard
"Is the Nemesis in position?" Jason asked
"Yes." Felicity said, "We're in the air positioned already. Sir, the Western Front has been breached. The armies that were stalled by the chokepoints have broken through."
"I'm well aware of that." Jason replied
Lucy and Wendy walked up to Jason who was standing in front of Brandish.
"Jason, what about Natsu?" Lucy asked, "He was taken by Zeref."
"Aye..." Happy said, "I'm really worried for him."
"Let's worry about him later." Jason said seriously, "Felicity, do you have our coordinates?"
"Yes." Felicity said
"Good." Jason said, "I'll use a marker for you to fire off a Hellfire Missile."
"Understood." Felicity said, "Readying Hellfire Missile."
Lucy looked at Jason, "W-What's that?"
"Don't worry." Jason said, "It'll put a good dent in their army."
"The army is in front of us, Jason!" Carla called out
Jason walked over to the front of the ship and looked down, seeing the massive army below them. He then noticed that magic projectiles began to fire at them at tremendous speed.
Jason then waved his hand, deploying a massive spherical barrier around the ship as the projectiles hit it and exploded.
"Fucking annoying..." Jason muttered to himself, "I'll make sure you assholes don't make it out of here..."
"Machine God SlayerxAdvanced Core: "
Jason's body then changed forms, taking one of a mechanical armored being with large mechanical wings that protruded from his back. His entire body was obsidian black as it was outlined by dark red lights on some parts which exuded a powerful aura.
"W-What's that form..?" Happy said with nervousness
"I'll disguise the marker with the attacks, Felicity." Jason's static voice said through the mechanical helm, "Get ready."
"Understood." Felicity said, "Hellfire Missile is ready for launching."
Jason pointed his arm downwards at the army, who were still firing volleys of magic projectiles that hit the barrier relentlessly.
Suddenly, the barrier opened and several massive mechanical spears that glowed with dark crimson electricity appeared out of nowhere.
"Divine Spears"
The spears then launched down at the army so fast that they appeared to be a blur to anyone who saw it.
The spears then crashed against the army, exploding with massive explosions of crimson electricity that blew everything away from them. Jason watched as the attack had caused instantaneous damage to the army, so much so that they were scattering already.
"Now." Jason said
"Roger." Felicity said, "Marker's been locked on. Calibrating Hellfire's damage parameters to 100% Aiming....."
"120%" Jason said, "Do 120."
"Of course." Felicity said, "Re-Calibrating Hellfire's damage parameteros to 120%. Calibration complete in 5...4.....3...2.....1....Calibration Complete. Target is locked on. Preparing to fire."
"Fire." Jason said
"Firing Hellfire Missile." Felicity said, "Time till Impact: 6 Seconds."
Jason then glanced back towards the others, "Take a look at this." He said, "6.....5....4...."
Lucy looked at him with a confused face, wincing at the explosions caused by magic projectiles hitting the barrier that Jason had re-closed.
"What..?" She said
"2.....1...." Jason said
Suddenly, they all noticed a massive projectile flying towards the army. Lucy squinted her eyes to see a large missile heading straight down.
"What is that?" She said
"The Nemesis: Hellfire"
The missile then burst open as it was several hundred meters above the army and fired off countless bright red projectiles straight down. The projectiles landed and caused several massive explosions of flames.
They were so massive that they almost reached the airship that they were on, the shockwaves so powerful that they hit the ship and almost flipped it over.
"Wha?!" Carla exclaimed, "What the hell?!"
Jason, who deactivated his Machine God Slayer mode, merely stood there and watched several massive clouds of flames and smoke caused by the explosions, noticing that they had shattered the ground and have greatly damaged the marching army.
"J-Jason!" Lucy exclaimed, "What was that?!"
Jason didn't look back at her, he kept looking down, hearing the loud screams of the soldiers down below. He knew that the missile had taken a lot more lives, crippling this advance. Even if Invel, the Shield that was leading them, had attempted to defend them, the Hellfire missile would've probably still do great damage. That and Invel was more than likely at the front of the advance as Jason attacked the rear.
Jason knew exactly what this meant. For the sake of preventing the army's advance, he knew he had to make drastic choices. This is one of the reasons he decided to build vaults and bunkers for the civilians; so that weapons like these don't cause unnecessary casualties. So Jason could do whatever it took to win, even if it meant slaughtering thousands upon thousands of enemies.
Jason crossed his arms, "This is...." He said,
"This is War."