Fairy Tail: All Magic Converges in One Body

As for Natsu...

He looked at the confused-looking, not-so-bright-looking cherry-haired boy and said, "It's good that she's living happily in the guild she founded."

Jelf's gentle voice created an extremely eerie atmosphere. The anticipated life-or-death battle didn't happen; instead, a faint sadness permeated the air.

The one who broke the eerie atmosphere was Gray. "Hope, what exactly is the relationship between Natsu and END? Stop playing the riddle-maker! Tell me the truth!"

Because his hometown and family died at the hands of demons, Gray's attitude towards demons is not friendly. Now, when he is told that Natsu might be END, known as the strongest demon, he can hardly accept it.

"Uh... this is actually a bit complicated to explain."

"Simply put, Natsu is a human, a demon, and the son of a dragon."

Hope sorted out her thoughts and explained Natsu's background to everyone.

Natsu is Zeref's younger brother. 400 years ago, the young Magic Circle perished in an attack by an evil dragon.

Zeref, who loved his younger brother dearly, created many spells in an attempt to revive Natsu, including the "R System," but all of them ultimately failed.

But a genius is a genius, and Zeref still found a way to revive Natsu. However, the revived Natsu could no longer be considered entirely human; he had another identity.

Flame Demon - END.

Not long after his resurrection, Natsu, whose Demon Orb had just begun to manifest, challenged the Fire Dragon King Igneel, who had come to visit his brother. He was then slapped so hard that he lost his memory and even lost his life-saving Devil Grimoire.

This put Igunir in a rather awkward position.

To make amends to his friend, Igneel agrees to let Zeref adopt Natsu and teach him the "Fire Dragon Slayer" magic.

Then, Zeref used a spell to send five Dragon Slayer mages, including Natsu, to July 7, X777, 400 years later.

On the day Natsu arrived in this era, he was picked up by Makarov and joined Fairy Tail.

This is Natsu's first half of life.

The amount of information was too much; not only did Gray's brain overload on the spot, but everyone else also looked like they couldn't accept it.

Natsu is from 400 years ago... Zeref gradually became the feared Dark Magician in order to revive Natsu... Natsu becomes the Demon King END... The Fire Dragon King with the child... Magic that transcends time...

Each and every one of these incidents would be big news on its own.

What's worse, all these outrageous things happened to the same minor, and Natsu's real age is not even 20 years old yet...

If they didn't know that Hope wouldn't joke about his companions in this kind of situation, they might have thought he was just looking for fun again.

Natsu hasn't shown any demonic aura in recent years because he was resurrected as a demon 400 years ago and soon after was beaten and lost his memory by his dragon father.

Natsu not only completely forgot about his beloved brother, but also forgot that he was both human and demon.

Later, he lived with Igneel and learned Dragon Slayer Magic. The 'END Power' within him was suppressed by magic before it could be developed, and he fell into complete silence.

After learning that those things had nothing to do with the Gates of Hell or demons, Gray breathed a long sigh of relief, but his joy was short-lived.

There's a saying that goes, "I'm afraid my brother will suffer, but I'm also afraid he'll drive a Range Rover." Natsu still has enormous potential to be explored; what will happen to his arch-rival, Gray, in the future?

Gray couldn't accept the thought of Natsu's smugness and dominance over him.

It's decided, I'll just go find Hope and learn 'Ice Annihilation of Evil'.

After meeting Ul, he no longer insisted on using only the "Ice Shape" spell and was no longer resistant to learning other spells.

While magical transformations are appealing, demon-slaying magic offers far greater possibilities.

He really wanted to improve.

Looking at his companions who were gradually becoming more relaxed because of Natsu and Zeref, Hope shook his head helplessly. These guys are already starting to treat Zeref as one of their own... How naive.

The danger posed by dark mages far exceeds their imagination.

Hope looked at Jelf and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Want to talk alone?"

Gerald nodded. In fact, he was also very interested in Hope. He had a gut feeling the moment Hope appeared.

This person might be able to kill him.

Chapter 249 Chess Pieces?

On the cliff near the Tianlang Island camp.

The slanting sunlight cast long shadows of Hope and Jelf, the salty wind ruffled their clothes, and the faint sound of waves crashing against the rocks below could be heard.

Jelf looked at Hope with considerable interest, sensing the young man's strange magical power, a veritable hodgepodge of attributes.

Only by mastering a large number of different spells can one change their own magical attributes, but a mage's energy is always limited, so for the vast majority of mages, the key is to master the art rather than to acquire a large number of spells.

Hope waved the book "END" around. "Stop staring at me. I'm not interested in men."

Jelf snapped out of his reverie. "I'm sorry, your special magic reminds me of someone who also possesses a complex magic like yours."

"Oh? Who is he?"

Jelf gazed into the distance. “He is a child I adopted more than eighty years ago. I named him ‘August.’ His magic and talent are the best I have seen in the last 400 years.”

“August has now mastered almost all magic. The remaining magics that he doesn’t know are those that require extremely special conditions to learn, but for him, it’s just a matter of whether he wants to or not.”

There are more experts?!

Hope thought that by using the system to gain magical power through cultivation, he was already a unique existence in this world.

Unexpectedly, he wasn't the only one on this road, and that person had gone even further than him.

"Let's leave this topic here."

Hope looked directly at the legendary dark mage. "Zeref, you've been searching for someone who can kill you because you're... cursed by the god Ankhseram, aren't you?"

Jelf's pupils contracted slightly.

Four hundred years ago, in order to find a way to revive Natsu, he entered Mildian Magic Academy when he was still a child. But for some reason, one day he was suddenly afflicted with the "Contradiction Curse".

This is an extremely vicious curse. The more you respect life, the more death energy you release. Conversely, if you do not respect all life, you will not release death energy.

But Jelf is a person who loves life.

Without a doubt, his love triggered a curse, and a terrible death energy claimed the lives of everyone in the academy except him at the time.

Zeref believed that the only way to end the curse was through his own death, so he created various demons to try to kill him, but all of them failed.

END may possess this power, but due to amnesia and time travel, Natsu's END power has been dormant for a long time.

Over the years, countless lives have been lost because of Zeref. The immortality granted by the "Curse of Contradiction" has exhausted the kind-hearted Zeref, and he has gradually learned to suppress his love for life, turning him into a cold person.

However, there are always a few days each year when Zeref cannot suppress his true feelings, so he will find a secluded place to hide away, using sadness to disturb his mind and thus temporarily lose his magic.

Isn't this the same reason Mirajane lost her magic back then...? No wonder she's a dark mage; even the curse of God can be exploited.

Hope muttered to herself, and continued, "Have you ever considered that the god Ankhseram is actually using you as a tool to collect deaths?"

Hope will tell you what she saw and heard in the parallel world, and Jelf looks up in surprise.

It's not that no one in this world knows of Edolas's existence; Zeref is one of the very few. Three hundred years ago, he even went to the world of Edolas himself, but he gained nothing.

Unexpectedly, hundreds of years later, he heard about the plans of the god Edolas from Hope.

A god of despair who is dead but not dead, deceives people into gathering the power of despair for him, thus returning to the world of Edolas.

From this perspective, the energy corresponding to the authority of the gods is extremely important to the gods themselves, so much so that it can be said to be fundamental to their existence.

And the authority of the god Ankhseram is...

"Life" and "Death"!

Hope's words made Zeref suddenly realize why the "Contradictory Curse" granted him immortality; it was all to harvest life and obtain death through him.

If that's really the case, then the gods are truly wicked.

Zeref looked bitter. He used the demon as a tool, but wasn't he also a tool of a higher being?

He sighed. Even if he understood, what good would it do? The mere 'contradictory curse' was driving him crazy, making him unable to live or die.

"You didn't call me here just to say this, did you?"

"of course."

Hope smiled slightly. "I can try to kill you."

Finally, we got to the main point, and a glimmer of hope appeared in Jelf's eyes.

In fact, after seeing Natsu again at the Tenrou Island camp, he was already on the verge of the curse going out of control, and at that time he was thinking of leaving immediately.

But Hope's arrival instantly calmed Zeref's heart. This young man, whom even he couldn't see through, possessed a power within him that even the cursed power of death dared not show itself.

However, he still needs to confirm it.

Jelf's attack came without warning.

The black mage, who had lived for over 400 years, merely raised his right hand, and dozens of black magic circles condensed in the air, each radiating a terrifying magical power.

"Dark Blazing Flame Array".

As the words were spoken casually, dark purple magical flames burst forth from the magic circle, tracing eerie arcs in the air and hurtling towards Hope from all directions as if they possessed a life of their own.

Hope did not move, but merely slightly rotated the magnetic field, and the invisible force field around him blocked the attack that seemed capable of burning everything.

The dark purple flames accumulated layer upon layer, yet they could not penetrate even a fraction of the way.

"interesting."

Zeref murmured, pressing his palm down, "Dark Magic: Divine Punishment!"

The black flames suddenly gathered, forming a black hole no more than half a meter in diameter. The surrounding rocks floated up and were sucked in, leaving not even a speck of dust behind.

This ultimate technique, which Hades kept hidden away, is not only capable of creating demons, but it is also a complete killing magic. However, to Zeref, it is just an insignificant skill.

"It's much more powerful than that old man's. No wonder he's an authentic user."

Hope's lips curled into a smile; he hadn't really had his fill of beating Hades before.

While the "Demon Heart" can provide Hades with a continuous supply of magic and life force, its so-called immortality is nothing compared to Zeref, the victim of the "Contradictory Curse."

Hope, with a fanatical smile, retracted his fist, and then...

"Zeref! Let's warm up first, don't let me down!"

"Mouth! Magnetic field rotation! Fifty thousand horsepower!"

"Hell Piercing Heart Sword!"