Fairy Tail: All Magic Converges in One Body

Without further ado, Hope placed her hand on Athena's wound.

Golden light emanated from his palm, and the damaged parts began to repair themselves, reconnecting the broken circuits.

Athena was astonished to find that her body was recovering at an incredible speed, but even more incredible was that... Hope was using 'alchemy'!

When did he learn it?

But instead of saying it, Athena voiced a different question.

Why...why did you save me?

Do friends need a reason to be friends?

Hope countered with a question, her hands continuing their work as red, gold, gray, white, and cyan magic flowed into Athena's body along with the newly acquired "alchemy."

Athena remained silent for a few seconds, the light in her mechanical eyes trembling slightly.

“Friends…” she repeated the word, as if savoring its meaning, “Is this what it feels like to be helped by a friend?”

"That's called being moved."

Hope laughed and said, "Later, I'll have Cana teach you how to drink, Mira teach you how to be cunning, and Erza teach you... well, you'd better not learn Erza's violent tendencies."

"Hope—"

Erza's voice, filled with gritted teeth, came from behind.

"Just kidding, just kidding." Hope immediately raised her hands in surrender, then looked at Athena's fully restored body.

"Alright, now it's time to get down to business."

"Athena, you've been enhanced. Now go and exact a magnificent revenge on the bastards who deceived and exploited you."

Chapter 348 The Ultimate Weapon That Pierces Through the Dragon Clan

I'm fighting the Golden Dragon?

Let alone defeating the Golden Dragon's true form, Athena wasn't even confident of defeating this fake Duke, which carried the opponent's will.

Just as the question arose, Athena suddenly discovered a powerful surge of magic within her, which perfectly merged with her mechanical body.

In an instant, her power surged wildly, more than doubling.

"This power... Dragon Slayer Magic?"

Athena recalled the various red, white, and yellow magic that Hope had added to her body when she was healing her, but at that time her attention was entirely focused on her awakened emotions.

It was only then that she realized that what Hope had injected into her body were five types of dragon-slaying magic: fire, lightning, iron, holy, and void, along with the corresponding dragon power.

Wait... how come this person knows so many kinds of Dragon Slayer Magic?

Is this reasonable?

Athena subconsciously touched her previously pierced abdomen. Hope had silently and perfectly integrated such powerful magic into her body. She was truly amazing.

In fact, Athena was not complete when she was created.

Repairing the flaws required a vast amount of magic power, which is why the Golden Dragon set its sights on the Earth Dragon's core, only to find that the Earth Dragon had been completely wiped out.

The Golden Dragon's plan to complete Athena's mission failed before it even began.

Unexpectedly, Athena received Hope's help, a stroke of good luck...

Feeling the unprecedented power within her body, Athena was overwhelmed with emotion and couldn't help but declare, "Now... I lack nothing!"

As Jin Shenlong watched this scene, although he didn't know exactly what Hope had done to Athena, the aura emanating from Athena made him feel somewhat threatened.

"Hmph, just a failed experiment."

"Since the plan has been disrupted, then I'll show you what I got from Athena. Come out!"

As the words fell, a crack suddenly appeared in the building's ceiling, and a dark figure appeared like a ghost behind the fake Duke who was being controlled by the Golden Dragon.

It was an alchemical mechanical combat doll that looked exactly like Athena.

The only difference is that one is white and the other is black.

The golden dragon's voice was full of pride, "It took me nearly 100 years to understand Athena's method of creation."

“She was created from my own magical power and is the second type of Athena, possessing the power of the Golden Dragon God. She is different from your defective product that awakened useless emotions.”

Listening to Jin Shenlong's boastful talk, Hope was momentarily at a loss for words, unsure where to begin her critique.

As expected, ignorant people are always full of blind confidence.

Black Athena, or as the Golden Dragon called "Athena II," was surrounded by golden arcs of electricity. Her mechanical eyes behind the tactical goggles held only cold killing intent, devoid of any emotional fluctuation.

In Jin Shenlong's eyes, she was indeed the perfect weapon.

Standing next to Hope, Athena looked at the creation that was almost identical to herself except for its color, and a strange feeling welled up in her heart.

She muttered to herself, "I'm clearly the original, but I'm being called a defective product by a copy. It's really uncomfortable."

"That's called being unhappy."

Hope corrected her, "And you're wrong. She's the defective one. When Duke Barbaroa first created you, she intended you to be a person, not a weapon."

Jin Shenlong sneered: "Tools don't need feelings. They only need to obey a few of my orders. Athena II, crush them all."

Black Athena moved.

Her speed was astonishing, leaving a black afterimage in the air as she hurtled towards Hope. Her mechanical arm transformed mid-air into a massive black scythe, slashing down with a piercing shriek as it tore through the air.

However, just as she was about to touch Hope, a white figure blocked her way.

It is Athena.

She raised her arm, and a trident was instantly forged, clashing with the black scythe.

boom--!

The moment the two weapons collided, the shockwave spread in all directions. Steel and Yuan Nei, who were already invisible, were shaken back and had to grab the wall to barely keep their balance.

Even Erza and Mirajane felt an intense sense of pressure, while Cana quickly shielded Hope in front of her.

A hint of surprise flashed in Black Athena's mechanical eyes.

The Primarch's power stats... have increased by at least double compared to before.

“Impossible.” Jin Shenlong frowned. “The Athena Type II was forged by me using my own magic power. It should be far superior to the original version.”

"That's correct in theory."

Hope stood there with his hands in his pockets, watching the show with a relaxed expression. "But the problem is, you used the previous Athena as a reference when you created her."

"And Athena, who is standing in front of you now, has just received the blessing of my five dragon-slaying magics and the power of dragons. Your data is outdated."

Jin Shenlong's face turned completely gloomy.

Black Athena clearly realized the difference in power and quickly changed her strategy. She abandoned her scythe form and instead forged dozens of slender metal tentacles, which, like octopus tentacles, stabbed at Athena from various tricky angles.

The tips of these tentacles gleamed with golden light, the power of the Golden Dragon.

Athena neither dodged nor evaded, and suddenly crimson flames erupted from her body.

Fire Dragon Slayer Magic.

The tentacles glowed red-hot the moment they touched the flames, and the metallic structure began to soften. Black Athena immediately severed the burned parts and retreated rapidly.

But Athena gave her no chance to catch her breath.

The Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic was activated, and golden arcs of electricity burst forth from her body, conducting along the ground, through the air, and even through the burnt fragments of her tentacles, instantly enveloping the entire body of Black Athena.

Black Athena's body trembled violently amidst the lightning, and for a fleeting moment, static appeared in her mechanical eyes.

Athena's figure vanished from the spot, and the next second she appeared behind the black Athena. It was the same technique Hope had used before—pure physical acceleration, also known as numerical crushing.

After Hope used magic to fix her flaws, Athena's own stats also improved by a level.

Black Athena reacted quickly enough, turning to defend, but it was too late. Athena's right hand was covered in a gray metallic sheen, and the Iron Dragon Slayer Magic punched into her chest.

The black mechanical body flew backward like a cannonball, crashing heavily into the wall of the golden owl, ultimately unable to rise again. Athena had only just used the third type of Dragon Slayer power.

She looked at the fake Duke controlled by the Golden Dragon, "The true ultimate weapon that pierces through the dragon race is me."

Chapter 349 Emotions Beyond Forging

Jin Shenlong's face was extremely pale.

The perfect weapon that he spent a century researching and forging was so utterly vulnerable in the face of this flawed original.

No, to be precise, it was that human named Hope who enhanced Athena to this extent.

Jin Shenlong glanced at the other two guild members who were hiding in the distance, trembling with fear. They were the Iron Alchemist Steel, who had a ninja style, and the Smoke Alchemist Gennai, who had a sumo wrestler style.

"Hmph, useless things, then let's make good use of them!"

The manipulated fake Duke's magic suddenly erupted, and Steel and Source immediately felt a powerful suction force. No matter how they struggled, it was useless. The two of them were painfully drained of all their power by the Golden Dragon.

The two withered bodies crashed to the ground, shattering into a pile of alchemical materials that had lost all their magic.

"They're alchemical golems?" Kana exclaimed in amazement as she looked at the materials scattered on the ground. The two creatures were so lifelike; she had thought they were human.

Mirajane had experienced this situation once before. "It's not a puppet, it's an alchemical phantom. Alchemical phantoms have personalities, which is why they are more like humans."

Athena, having withdrawn from the battle, remarked, "Although I knew they were both imposters, they were still quite interesting companions."

Erza frowned. "No matter what, the Golden Dragon is really wicked."

Hope watched this scene silently.

Apart from Athena, all the members of the Golden Owls are alchemical illusions created by the Golden Dragon using alchemy; in the end, they are all tools of the Golden Dragon.

The fake Duke approached the black Athena and looked at the black battle doll lying on the ground. The golden dragon's dissatisfied voice rang out: "Useless! You can't even beat a defective product."

After saying that, he stomped heavily on Black Athena's body, as if venting his anger.

"Lord Duke..."

Please give me another chance...

Amidst the stomping sounds, the weak voice of Black Athena could be heard.

Fake Duke paused slightly. This puppet, which he considered to be devoid of emotion, should, in theory, only carry out his orders and not make any requests to its master.