After coming face to face with, August accuses Brandish of being a traitor however, she manages to sway his mind and after he looks at the gathered mages behind her, he spots Natsu who he seems to recognize (due to the latter's relationship to Zeref). It soon turns out that Natsu was teleported to the dimension inside the ravines of time because of Acnologia devouring time magic and sending the dragon slayers there.

Dimaria turns and sees a man that says he's come to save her she is shocked when she realizes she was saved by a fellow Shield of Spriggan named Larcade Dragneel whose exact relation to the two Dragneel brothers is unknown. Natsu and Zeref continue with their battle with Zeref going mad with Natsu's steady progress stating the two would destroy each other while continuing to call him E.N.D. The Black mage was unfazed by this blow and cried as he realized that Natsu wasn't strong enough to kill him wondering how long he had to wait until Natsu was ready to kill him. After a fierce one sided battle, Larcade defeats Kagura before planning to use his magic on her and the other mages present. Dimaria took Lucy and Natsu hostage planning to torture them for their turning Brandish to their side. After defeating Dimaria, Natsu held Lucy and noticed she was unresponsive (not knowing this was due to Dimaria's magic) as he broke down his demonic powers and instincts took over and he went out to find his brother. Mavis begs him not to destroy the world they met in but he tells her that it will be one where her life wasn't ruined because of him just as finishes taking the magic from leaving her unconscious but is caught by Natsu. Eventually Natsu's friends leave at the behest of Mavis Vermillion who telepathically says his fate depends on them. As the fight between the two brothers continue, Natsu begins to improve and gets an equal footing with Zeref who expresses excitement at his brother's power. 400 years ago, Natsu was born as the younger brother of Zeref, and they lived peacefully in a small village with their parents.

Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Acnologia states he will use them to stabilize his power while Natsu (recalling his foster father's death at the dragon king's hands) angrily demands for him to be silent. Taking advantage of this, Zeref decides to reveal his true goal which be to use the Neo Eclipse a gate that is neither past or present.

Larcade then tells Sting that he will be the one to kill Natsu having decided on that for years. Alias There are fourteen people who are (partially or fully) aware of the family's relation and the true identity of E.N.D.

August is soon defeated when it turns out that he uses copy magic and Gildarts (with the help of Cana) exploits this news by using his prosthetic arm and destroys August's staff. Natsu soon collapses due to having a tumor develop in his body and Happy is forced to carry him back to the guild. When questioned about this, Larcade gives the gathered mages his full name and his status as Zeref's "son". Pleased by this display, Zeref thanked those who made it possible for him to finally die with those being Igneel, Anna, Layla, Mavis and his dear younger brother Natsu who hits him with a powerful attack. Erza cries while telling them that their master died using fairy law before hugging them. Barrier MagicMagical CamouflageFire MagicBullet Magic It turns out, that his primary magic is Copy Magic which does not work on Holder Magic and Gildarts is then able to knock out August. and said demon leading Tartaros until Zeref reveals Tartaros was really created by Mard Geer who found Natsu's book and used it to control the other demons. Tragedy struck them, when dragons attacked killing the parents and their youngest son. Then the two fight each other until Cana arrives and joins Gildarts. Now having the power of god, Zeref takes fire dragon slayer attack from an enraged Natsu which destroys part of the guild and seeming destroys Zeref in the process. Natsu and his group soon meet Brandish and shrunken Dimaria who expresses her fear of Natsu as he states his lack recollection on the beating he gave her. As this happens, Brandish re-enlarges Natsu's tumor after seeing his true strength and seeing him as a threat but she is soon taken down by another shield of spriggan Dimaria who is angered at Brandish's betrayal. However one day, while collecting herbs Zeref stumbled across the Fire Dragon King Igneel who unlike most dragons had no problems associating with humans. Zeref tried to kill Makarov hoping to enrage Natsu but Mest saved him. August is shocked at watching God Serena taken down in a instant before regaining his composure in time to prevent Jacob from attacking Acnologia warning him that the Dragon King's power outclasses theirs and how they must obtain Fairy Heart. When God Serena fights the other Gods of Ishgar and Jura he stops Jacob to interfere. However, August is stabbed by Brandish who was brainwashed by Mest causing August to take on a new form and retaliate with a powerful magic blast. Origin With that being settled, Natsu starts to run telling Lucy that he knows where Gray is. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. At the Fairy Tail Guild, Zeref remarks that Universe One is wearing off and Fiore would go back to its original state.

Tartaros, a guild consisting of Etherious, captured Lisanna, Erza, Mirajane and soon Natsu. Mavis asks then why was he afraid of Acnologia if that was the case as Zeref states even though he is not capable of dying his power is still no match for the Dragon King and if the latter had his way Mavis and Zeref will be the only people left doomed to be Acnologia's play things for eternity. from Mard Geer Tartaros.

With that Sting strikes Larcade engages in a fierce battle with the Shield of Spriggan who performs a powerful spell while stating none can resist it which is why his father has entrusted him with the task of defeating Acnologia. 0 Kudos uhhh I don't think their child was August. In reality, the real Sting saves Yukino and the others from Larcade and angrily comments on how he smells similar to Natsu as Larcade smirks at this. After his birth, he was abandoned by Precht Gaebolg, due to his immense level of magic power but managed to survive.
Tragedy struck them, when dragons attacked killing the parents and their youngest son.

He also protects Ajeel from Laxus Dreyar's attack and appears during the meeting. Natsu tells Igneel that he had been searching for him for years and now that he's found him the latter is dying. As they battle, the two argue over the other's actions and who was really correct in obtaining their goals before deciding to end it once and for all with powerful attacks. Zeref remarked that he wanted to settled things with Natsu but Acnologia interfered but promises to bring Natsu more despair should he live through the Dragon King's onslaught.

With that, he regains his reason as his partially transformed body turns back to normal causing him to slowly lose consciousness but he is caught by Lucy. After Universe One wears off, Natsu and the others are sent to Lucy's apartment where Natsu states they will begin their journey to their guild. Critically wounded Larcade questions Zeref's reason for attacking him, Zeref stomps on Larcade's wound while stating he has no child and reveals that Larcade is really a demon from the book of Zeref who was given the last name Dragneel due to him being the strongest of Zeref's attempts in creating E.N.D.

Afterwards, Larcade overpowers Sting and when questioning him as to why he was fighting for the sake of guild that wasn't his own; Sting informed Larcade it was for the sake of his friends and that of Natsu's. The battle now over, Natsu bids his older brother farewell and leaves the guild as Zeref looks on at Mavis. As he moves to fulfill his goal, Natsu (having been revived through Lucy writing in his book) stands and confronts the surprised Zeref once more. Natsu's mind drifted into his subconscious while there Natsu met with Zeref. Back to the fight between the two brothers, Zeref asks Natsu is that all the power he possesses as he voices his disappointment at his power before using his magic to bind Natsu. When Cana casts Fairy Law on him he remains uninjured. As this happens, Natsu, Lucy, Mest, and Happy are guided by Brandish to meet with August.