"are you crazy?"

Kana wiped away the remaining tears on her face, staring warily at Athena. "First, they sent people to ambush us, then they had a bunch of cannon fodder surround us, and finally you came out and inexplicably made everyone cry their eyes out..."

"If you want to fight, just come at me. Why all this fancy stuff?"

Athena's smile remained unchanged, unaffected by Kana's retort. "Sorry, I'm used to using 'Emotional Alchemy.' As for those alchemists and miners... our guild only issues commissions; how they actually do it is their business."

"After saying all that, we still have to fight in the end."

Erza entered battle mode, the Heavenly Wheel Sword Formation slowly rotating around her, reflecting the cold light of metal. "I've heard you have the power to fight the Five Divine Dragons, but I don't know if it's true or not, so let me give it a try!"

Athena remained standing still, her pure white mechanical body motionless, only her amber eyes slightly shifting as if observing something.

"Heavenly Wheel - Sword of Cycles!"

Erza struck first, unleashing dozens of longswords that rained down like a storm, blocking all of Athena's possible escape routes.

But the next second, Athena's figure disappeared into the heavy blockade.

It's not teleportation, it's not sudden acceleration, it's simply speed.

It was so fast that Erza could only catch a glimpse of a white afterimage.

"later!"

As Mirajane spoke up to warn Erza, Athena appeared behind her, her mechanical arm transforming and reforming into a long, silver-white blade that pierced straight into Erza's back.

Erza's combat experience was immense; she reacted almost instantly to her companion's warning, switching from Heavenly Armor to Vajra Armor in a flash. The heavy armor covered her entire body, and she shoved a giant shield behind her back.

The blade collided with the giant shield, causing countless cracks to appear on the surface of the diamond shield.

Erza stumbled back three steps, the stone pavement beneath her feet shattering inch by inch. Her strongest defensive armor had almost failed to withstand even a single blow from her opponent.

It truly lives up to its reputation as a "weapon" created to fight against the Five Divine Dragons.

In contrast, Athena remained completely still; the structure of her alchemical mechanical body granted her stability far exceeding that of ordinary people.

Her arm deformed again, the blade lost its strength, and her body transformed into a trident-like shape through alchemy, each swing carrying terrifying power and precise angles.

"Then how many times can you block such an attack?"

Before he finished speaking, the trident had already thrust out more than ten times, each time landing on the same spot on the giant shield.

In an instant, the Vajra Shield, which could withstand the magic cluster cannon, shattered into pieces. Erza, who was already mentally prepared for this, remained calm and immediately changed her heavy Vajra Armor into the light and swift Black Feather Armor.

The twin swords, Greedy Wolf and Breaking Army, are drawn from their sheaths in the "Seven Dragon Slayers".

Offense is the best defense. Erza doesn't like being passive, and she charged forward without flinching at Athena's offensive.

The clanging of metal against metal echoed through the street as Erza's twin swords clashed with Athena's trident dozens of times, each collision sending out blinding sparks.

Athena's mechanical body seemed tireless, and the power of each strike was terrifying, but Erza wielded a dragon-slaying weapon meticulously crafted by the Wise Dragon Belserion.

The most direct and purest destructive blade, "Po Jun".

As the battle intensifies, the physical attacks of "Greedy Wolf" become more powerful.

After only a few rounds of intense clashes, Athena's trident could no longer withstand the high-intensity attacks of the two Dragon Slayer Blades and broke in two.

"Interesting. It's actually a weapon made from dragon bones. Even the guild master probably couldn't achieve such exquisite craftsmanship."

Looking at the severed weapon, Athena still wore a faint smile. "Your combat skills are excellent, but..."

Her mechanical body suddenly erupted with a dazzling halo, forcing Erza, who was approaching, back several steps. At the same time, she slowly opened one of her hands toward Erza.

"Emotional Forging: Anger"

Erza's eyes suddenly changed, and a strange anger welled up from the bottom of her heart, but it was not enough to disrupt her offensive rhythm.

But Athena's operation had only just begun.

"Emotional Forging: Fear"

"Emotional Forging: Pain"

"Emotional Forging: Grief"

Multiple negative emotions erupted within her, and even someone as resolute as Erza lost her composure at this moment. This brief vulnerability was fatal to her.

Even emotions can be manipulated, instantly rendering Erza unable to fight. This is Athena, the pinnacle of alchemy and humanity's ultimate weapon of destruction.

But she didn't even use a third of her strength.

Chapter 344 The Mighty Athena

Athena forged another trident. Although its weapon strength was not as good as Erza's "Seven Dragon Slayers", she had the advantage of being able to forge an unlimited number of them.

The trident transformed into a beam of white light, aiming straight for Erza's throat.

"Roar--"

A deafening dragon roar resounded, and with a wave of Cana's hand, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon's Destruction Gale Burst Slammed into Athena.

At the same time, Mirajane has received both the "Soul of Lucifer" and the "Soul of Satan," and with a burst of magic, she has created a six-winged, white-haired fallen angel with two horns on its head, who is none other than the former Lucifer.

In her dual-soul state, Mirajane can temporarily materialize one of the demon souls to assist her in battle.

Two demons attacked Athena from the left and right sides.

Faced with the sudden attack from three sides, Athena had no choice but to abandon the pursuit. Her mechanical body nimbly flipped in the air, easily avoiding the Blue-Eyes White Dragon's attack, while using her trident to parry Lucifer's claws.

However, she underestimated Mirajane.

Looking at the three deep claw marks Mirajane left on her mechanical body, Athena couldn't help but exclaim, "Truly remarkable, the 'Receive' magic can actually be used for this purpose."

Mirajane remained silent. She and the materialized Lucifer launched their attacks simultaneously, forming a pincer movement from the left and right once again.

Lucifer's claws were wreathed in dark magic, while Mirajane herself conjured a destructive dark storm with her hands.

Athena suddenly put away her weapon.

"Emotions Forged for Peace"

She spoke softly, and a strange wave emanated from her.

Mirajane and Kana's fighting spirit inexplicably subsided, and even Lucifer, who had finally been released by Mirajane to fight, instantly calmed down, and his attack movements slowed down by half a beat.

That half-beat was enough for Athena to break free from the attack by the human and the demon.

However, besides humans and demons, there was also an emotionless creature attacking her.

The Blue-Eyes White Dragon, carrying out Cana's attack command, paid no attention to why its master and her companion had stopped, and launched a second Destruction Gale Burst, catching Athena completely off guard.

The deafening roar roused the three people from their emotional turmoil.

Erza and Mirajane seized the opportunity to attack Athena in the smoke, while Cana summoned a card monster, Red-Eyes Black Dragon's Black Flame Bullets, which rained down on Athena.

Sensing the murderous intent around her, Athena calmly used "Emotional Forging" once again.

This time, however, the emotion she forged was...

love.

The next moment, Erza and Mirajane's attack came to an abrupt halt.

Kana's two card monsters were also removed.

Instead of continuing their attack on Athena, they turned and rushed toward Hope, who had been watching the whole thing with hearts in her eyes.

"Hope! I really love you so much!"

When are we getting married?

"We don't have to get married, but could you at least have some of my food first...?"

"..."

Looking at the three women who seemed to be possessed by Juvia, Hope was momentarily at a loss for words, but she decided to just confuse the onlookers first.

Mirajane and Kana are acceptable.

But Erza's dreamy, seductive look was just... too cute. Hope instinctively pulled out her previous loot from her dressing room—a camera.

After a dozen or so clicks recorded the lovers' infatuated expressions, Hope used a separation spell to remove Athena's influence on them.

After realizing what she had done, Miran remained unfazed. Since she was already Hope's woman, what was there to be ashamed of in sticking to her?

Kana, who is usually very outgoing, blushed slightly before returning to normal.

On the contrary, Erza, remembering how she had been clinging to Hope and trying to act cute, blushed all the way to her ears and squatted down, shyly burying her head between her knees.

But Erza, true to her nature, quickly convinced herself and pulled herself out of her embarrassment; only her slightly flushed cheeks betrayed her lingering emotions.

Erza glared at Athena, annoyed that she had been humiliated in front of Hope, and charged forward again, grabbing her Dragon Slayer Twin Blades.

Mirajane and Kana also launched their own offensives.

Athena watched this scene and sighed, "Wouldn't it have been better to just lie down obediently? Why did you have to make me take it seriously?"

She stretched out two fingers and uttered two words.

"White, Annihilation!"

Erza, Mirajane, and Cana immediately felt weak and collapsed to the ground, their 'Costume Change,' 'Receive,' and 'Card' spells all becoming ineffective and dispelled.

The magical power within the three of them was compressed to the level of an ordinary person in a very short moment.

This means they can't even use magic.

"This is......"

"Fallis's..."

"The Power of White Annihilation!"

Erza stared in shock at the calm Athena. The reason why the Moon Dragon Selene had taken a liking to Fallis and forced her to work for him was because the "White Annihilation Power" had an effect on all five dragon gods.

But why does Athena also know this magic?

Looking at the other party's white mechanical body, Mirajane suddenly understood something.

No wonder Faris took over the White Magic Order so easily and became the second-generation White Magician. It's likely that Athena, the real White Magician, was secretly pushing this behind the scenes.

It was during that time that Athena learned Faris's magic.

Able to subdue enemies without a fight using "Emotional Forging," and suppress their magic to the level of ordinary people with "White Annihilation Power," Athena fell before she even displayed her full power...

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