Chapter 49: Ch 49 : The truth
"I want to fight Jellal." After finishing recounting her past, Erza spoke with her back to the others.
"Wait, Erza, the 'Zeref' that appeared in your story—?" Gray keenly picked up on the unusual name she had mentioned.
Erza nodded. "Ah, you should know about him too."
"The most brutal, most evil, and most powerful legendary dark mage in the history of the magical world. He can easily create terrifying demons, and his magic power is immense. Lullaby and Deliora are just two of the demons he created," Noel calmly explained.
"Jellal wants to resurrect that Zeref?" Juvia asked in surprise.
"Impossible," Noel suddenly said. "The dead cannot be resurrected. No method can achieve that because... that is a domain even the Gods cannot touch."
"G-Gods?" Lucy looked at Noel in confusion. "Do Gods really exist?"
Noel was silent for a moment before saying, "...Let's not talk about that. In any case, reviving the dead is absolutely impossible. It is forbidden."
Although curious about why Noel was so certain, Erza continued, "I don't know his exact motive. Whether it's possible or not is another matter, but according to Sho—one of my former comrades—when Zeref is resurrected, he can become the ruler of some kind of 'paradise'..."
"About your former comrades, I just can't understand—wasn't the real traitor Jellal?" Lucy suddenly said.
Erza shook her head and spoke with guilt in her voice. "After I left, he must have brainwashed them somehow. But I also ignored them for eight years... so calling me a traitor isn't wrong either."