Fairy Tail: All Magic Converges in One Body

Melkkobia's lips twitched slightly; he had never seen such a shameless person.

"Okay, I'm not kidding anymore."

With his mischievousness satisfied, Hope stopped teasing the water dragon and got back to business. "You were staring at Lucy earlier because of her Celestial Key, weren't you?"

Melkkobia had nothing to hide: "I'm good friends with the Aquarius Protoss Aquarius. To be honest, I've studied Protoss Portals and created a key that can summon me based on this kind of spatial portal magic."

"I originally intended to give it to Aquarius, but unfortunately, I haven't had the chance for many years."

Hope's eyes lit up; this guy was a real talent.

Creating the key to summon oneself isn't actually that difficult; it only requires a tiny bit of understanding of spatial magic. The challenge lies in coming up with the idea.

On the importance of imagination in the development of magic.

Melkkobia opened a new world for Hope: if Protoss and dragons can have the keys to summon, why can't humans?

Chapter 286 Heavenly Lock

After a conversation, Melkkobia offered Hope the "Water Dragon Key" that allowed him to summon himself, along with the method for making the key, as payment for Hope's help.

Hope picked up the key, which was shaped like a small dragon wrapped around it. He already had enough information on how to make it; the key was actually of little use to him.

Melkkobia may be very capable, but if even Hope can't handle the enemy, shaking the key to bring him over is useless.

But this prop, which Hope considered useless, was a coveted treasure for others.

Unless someone can summon the Celestial King at his peak, Melkkobia can be considered the strongest summoned creature in the world.

Hope turned to look at the group that was still fighting fiercely over there.

At this moment, Gajeel, who had been disguised as himself using transformation magic, was being brutally beaten by Natsu while Erza calmly directed the operation from the sidelines.

"Left, left, yes, harder."

Gray had joined the fray at some point, while Mirajane and Kana were arguing about whether to use a leather whip or a long whip.

"I get the feeling... they're having a lot of fun." Hope's lips twitched. "Hey, that's about enough. We've already reached an agreement on our side."

Natsu poked his head out. "Hope? What are you doing over there? And who are we beating up now?"

The crowd dispersed, and looking at the guy who had been beaten black and blue, Mirajane, who had already sensed something was wrong, raised her hand to dispel the transformation magic. Only then did everyone realize that the person they had beaten up was actually Gajeel.

Natsu scratched his head, then suddenly realized, "Oh, I see! No wonder I always felt something was off when I was fighting. I should have used fire..."

Before Natsu could finish speaking, Gajeel sprang to his feet with a somersault, his body emanating black smoke.

"You bunch of bastards...you had a good time just now, didn't you?"

Gajeel's fists clenched so tightly they cracked, his gaze sweeping over everyone's faces before finally settling on Hope. "Especially you, Hope! You want me to take the beating for you, huh?!"

"You despicable bastard! You even blocked my voice, leaving me no chance to explain!"

Hope spread her hands innocently, "How can this be called taking a beating for me? This is an interaction between guild members to enhance their relationship. Look, when Natsu was riding on top of you and punching you just now, how sincere and engaged was his expression?"

"Sincere my foot!" Gajeel roared. "Is there ever a time when this guy isn't fully committed in a fight?"

"Calm down, calm down." Hope took a step back. "Think about it, if I didn't use the transformation magic on you, I would be the one getting beaten up. You'd feel wronged if you took the beating for me, the senior member of the guild."

"You joined Fairy Tail a month earlier than me, okay!"

"Don't even mention a month, I'm a senior even if it's just for a day!"

In the end, Gajeel calmed down in his extreme anger and went to comfort Levy alone.

Erza coughed lightly, abandoning her commanding posture, and changed the subject without changing her expression: "Anyway, the misunderstanding has been cleared up. Hope doesn't have that strange fetish, which is good."

"Wait, Erza," Hope said quietly, "you were giving such enthusiastic instructions just now, and now you think you can just dismiss it all with a misunderstanding?"

Mirajane smiled and put away the whip and long whip set that she had pulled out from somewhere, saying regretfully, "Oh dear, what a waste of my expectations."

Kana nodded frantically beside her.

Hope's eye twitched. "Mirajan, your choice of words just now was problematic. What do you mean by 'expectations in vain'? What were you expecting?"

"Of course I'm looking forward to seeing Hope get pinned down and thoroughly disciplined by everyone," Mirajane tilted her head, her smile innocent. "That would be so much fun."

"..."

Wow! There's even a segment about Ace and Aimu!

I should have known better than to let Gajeel take my place... I think I've revealed some strange hobby...

Hope took a deep breath and decided not to argue with this seemingly innocent but actually cunning woman. She turned around and tossed the Water Dragon Key, which she had just received and hadn't even had a chance to warm up, to Lucy.

Lucy hurriedly caught the keys, looking over with a bewildered expression, "Hope... what's this?"

"This thing is much better than the Protoss Key. From now on, the Water Dragon will be your summoned dragon." Hope then mentioned how Melkkobia knew the Aquarius Protoss.

Lucy then realized that she had gotten a great deal for free; she never expected to benefit from the Celestial Spirit companions one day.

Moreover, this is a dragon, far more powerful than the Protoss who cannot fight at their full strength due to their limited magical power.

Lucy immediately took out the Aquarius Key, intending to summon Aquarius and tell her the news.

However, when Lucy thought about Aquarius, who was in a relationship with the Scorpio Celestial Spirit, and the absurdly slow time flow in the Celestial Spirit Realm compared to this world, she suddenly felt that there was no need to rush.

The main reason is that I'm afraid of interrupting Aquarius's date and getting a severe scolding from her...

"Alright, I've taken your payment. Time to get to work." Hope looked at Melkkobia. "Tell me the details of your magical outburst."

Melkkobia switched back from spectator mode and sighed, "I've lived too long, and the ever-growing magic has slowly exceeded my control. It's like a kettle that keeps pouring water into a cup; the cup is already full, but water keeps being poured in."

Simply put, Melkkobia's magic has become so powerful that it exceeds the limits that the body can withstand, which is why it has become uncontrollable.

Fortunately, the dragons' ridiculously strong and terrifying physique managed to hold them back. If this situation had happened to a human, they would have been doomed long ago.

For example, when Ultear was a child, she was born with powerful magic, which her young body could not withstand and was in mortal danger. That's why Ultear sought help everywhere and eventually trusted someone she shouldn't have, which led to a series of tragedies.

Laxus was in a similar situation, except that his father, Ivan, had not yet been blinded by desire and went to great lengths to buy a Thunder Dragon Slayer Crystal for young Laxus to share his naturally powerful magic.

Hope suddenly remembered something: Laxus's Dragon Slayer Crystal seemed to have come from the continent of Giltina.

"I almost forgot."

Hope walked up to Melkkobia, placed his hand on Melkkobia's shoulder, and closed his eyes to sense for a moment.

Melkkobia asked nervously, "Can it be resolved?"

"Small idea."

Hope opened his eyes, and a faint blue light emanated from the palm of his hand that was pressing on Melkkobia's shoulder, and the magnetic field power of 110,000 horsepower began to rotate.

In the world of magnetic fields, there is a technique that can seal the power of the weak, preventing the target's power from ever growing. In extreme cases, it can even lock the magnetic field power, turning the target back into an ordinary person.

Those who are afflicted by the "Heavenly Lock" will only die from their bodies exploding if they try to force their way out.

Unless another force surpasses or equals the number of blocks to unlock it, this life can be said to be over, with no further chance of growth.

And this move is called—

Magnetic field lock!

Chapter 287 Another Visitor

Melkkobia felt a powerful force brutally pressing down on the magic within his internal organs. The magic that had already slipped out of his control was now suppressed without any resistance.

"This...this is?!"

As Melkkobia's aura gradually faded, Sword Saint Dragon Kurnuki's eyes widened.

He was willing to provide information about the Moon Dragon because he felt that his saviors shouldn't do anything to his mother.

When he sees his mother, he can plead for her. For his son's sake, the Moon Dragon might not only spare the humans who came to attack her, but might even switch sides and help fight the other five dragons.

After all, the five dragon gods were at odds with each other.

This can be described as a win-win situation.

But that was based on the premise that Hope and the others posed no threat to the Moon Dragon.

But now...

Watching Hope sealing the water dragon's magic, Knuki felt he had gone too far.

I used to think Hope was just bragging.

No one told him that this unreliable human actually had the power to fight against the dragon, and judging from how Hope sealed the power of the water dragon, it seemed quite easy for him.

Oh no, this is going to mess with Mom...

The situation has changed, and the mother still needs to be found. However, Kurnuki feels he should think ahead about how to plead with the Moon Dragon in the future.

While the young swordsman Long was lost in thought, everything was going smoothly for Hope.

The magnetic field's power completely overwhelmed magic, so the process of sealing Melkkobia's magic with the "Heavenly Lock" was completely unimpeded.

A few minutes later, Hope withdrew her hand. "Done. I sealed one-tenth of your magic power. You can adjust yourself slowly; you shouldn't go berserk again."

In simple terms, the magnetic field "Sky Lock" is an artificially created limit. In this world, unless Hope removes the "Sky Lock," Melkkobia will never be able to become stronger again.

Melkkobia was quite satisfied with this.

Losing that one percent of uncontrollable magic power is actually a big deal for him. It means that his magic power will no longer run wild, and he no longer has to worry that Elmina will one day sink to the bottom of the sea forever because of him.

The problem that had been bothering me for so long was unexpectedly solved so easily.

Melkkobia felt a sense of relief, experiencing an unprecedented ease within his body. He was stunned and speechless for a moment.

After a long while, he bowed his head deeply and paid his respects to Hope with the highest honors of the dragon race.

Thank you.

Hope waved his hand, "You pay me, I do the work, it's a perfectly normal business relationship, no need to make such a big deal out of it."

"Of course, if you're willing to do a full set of three kneelings and nine kowtows, I don't mind."

Seeing Hope, who was saying he didn't need it but was already sitting down waiting for him to bow down, Melkkobia's respect vanished instantly.

He underestimated this guy; how could someone be so shameless...?

“By the way, Melkkobia, there’s something I’d like to ask you.” Hope Hope suddenly remembered something and turned around to ask, “Among the dragons that came to the continent of Kiltina 400 years ago, were there any dragons with the lightning attribute?”

"You mean the Thunder Dragon, right?"