Birth of the Black Knight

Chapter 15
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Jason walked through the town, looking at the chaos he had just created. A man tried to get out of the rubble of a destroyed building and Jason shot him in the head with Black Bullet.

"Happy birthday Jason," said Mephiles.

"Shut up," responded Jason. "I don't celebrate those anymore."

"Well I'm an Etherious and I still celebrate mine."

"Then you're an imbecile."

"Did you get what we came for?"

"Of course I did." Jason took out the tome he had picked up. "I can't believe this whole town was willing to die to protect this."

"Well to be fair, it is important to Tartarus."

"I'll destroy them someday," said Jason clenching his fist. "I'll destroy all you Etherious, and Zeref too, for creating such monsters."

"Well then it seems we have a common goal," said Mephiles.

Jason stopped in his tracks. "What do you mean?"

"The reason we Etherious want to return to Zeref, is to kill him.  The others think I'm weak because I need to rely on the power of humans, but they don't realize the incredible strength they possess.  Out immortal master Zeref is human, and the Dragon King Acnologia was once human.  They don't know how powerful they really are, but I do."

"What are you trying to say?" asked Jason.

"I'll relinquish my power to you," said Mephiles. "My curse power will be yours, it will mix with your magic making you stronger than ever, and you'll never have to worry about me trying to take over again, but only other one condition."

"What?"

"We leave Tartarus."

Jason's heart beat increased as he thought about the possibility of finally escaping Tartarus. He almost felt happy, at least he would if he could feel anymore.

"We'll start our own guild, but a legal one, or at least it would be on paper.  We'll use the forces we gather to build an army, and use it to find and kill Zeref."

"Sounds like a plan," said Jason. "But you're guild master, I might want to participate in the Grand Magic Games, and I get to keep this book."

"It seems as though we have a deal," said Mephiles.

Jason felt a surge of power go through him. His magic power was higher than ever.

"Let's go found a guild."