Fairy Tail: All Magic Converges in One Body

But now, after her defeat, she has actually offered to continue fighting.

This is not the behavior of a battle doll without emotions. Doesn't it mean that his self-proclaimed perfect Athena II not only can't beat the original, but is also a defective product with emotions?

"Don't you understand yet?"

Hope said calmly, "When the real Duke Barbarossa designed Athena, he already based it on emotion; he treated Athena as a 'person'."

"Although you have secretly figured out Athena's alchemy formula over the past 100 years, the 'emotion' that forms the foundation is something you can never completely eradicate."

"Tsk tsk, what an idiot who only knows how to copy homework."

Hope's words were like a fire, igniting the last vestiges of reason in the Golden Dragon. He angrily grabbed Athena Type II by the neck and lifted her high into the air.

"Impossible! How could a tool I, the divine dragon, forge be the same thing as the one that human forged!"

Looking at the black Athena in his hand, who was in pain but dared not struggle, Fake Duke used his other hand to unleash the light of alchemy and plunged it into her body.

"what--!"

Black Athena let out a painful scream as a large amount of the Golden Dragon's power, as well as all the power of the Iron Alchemist - Steel and the Smoke Alchemist - Source, surged into her body, strengthening her.

Jin Shenlong's actions were rough and brutal.

Black Athena's body trembled violently in the golden light. The alchemical circuits were forcibly widened, and the originally exquisite mechanical structure began to twist and deform under the infusion of the golden dragon's power, with some parts even breaking down. This was a manifestation of power overload.

As Athena watched this scene, the discomfort in her chest intensified.

"Stop!" she shouted. "Can't you see how much pain she's in?"

“Pain?” Jin Shenlong scoffed. “Tools don’t experience pain; she’s just upgrading.”

Hope's eyes turned cold.

"You keep saying that tools don't need emotions, but you don't even understand the most basic principle. It is precisely because of emotions that Athena can do things that you didn't expect."

Jin Shenlong snorted coldly: "Once my Athena II crushes you all, you'll know who's right."

Having said that, the Golden Dragon had completed the creation of the puppet. He dropped the Black Athena, felt the energy rising steadily within her body, and nodded in satisfaction.

"I'm giving you one last chance. Go and kill that defective product and those four humans! Otherwise... you'll be turning into scrap metal."

"I will definitely complete the mission, Lord Duke!"

Black Athena trembled violently and quickly made a promise. However, to Hope and the others, her voice carried a hint of fear and dread that even she herself couldn't perceive.

The next second, Black Athena moved.

This time, her speed was so fast that even Erza and Mirajane could hardly catch her. In an instant, she created an endless rain of swords, each one wrapped in rich golden magic.

Athena immediately engaged in battle.

However, she's had enough of close combat, and it's time to show off her ranged fighting skills.

Athena raised her hand, and ten floating cannons, forged from the sand, surrounded her. The magic of "Iron Dragon Slayer" and "Sky Dragon Slayer" continuously spewed from the cannons, engulfing the endless rain of swords along with a trace of the black Athena.

But Black Athena disregarded her physical injuries and forced her way through. Athena's gaze sharpened, and the two mechanical bodies immediately collided violently.

Sensing the magical power within Black Athena's contorted body, exceeding her limits, Athena said with a hint of worry, "Enough! Your body will collapse if this continues!"

So what?

The black doll's attacks became even more frantic. "I don't want to die! But I don't want to be discarded like trash by Lord Duke even more. Lord Duke is all I can rely on..."

"You still have me!"

Ignoring her own safety, Athena forcefully embraced the black Athena, who was beginning to show signs of overload, saying, "You're not a tool! You can be my sister too!"

Athena hugged her tightly, "Don't work for that fake Lord Duke anymore. From now on, I'll be your support. We'll travel together and make lots and lots of friends..."

Black Athena was stunned, a strange pang of sorrow rising in her chest.

This feeling is... do I have feelings too?

Can I have family members too?

Black Athena gently embraced Athena, and the overloaded magic gradually subsided. She slowly closed her eyes, her expression becoming peaceful, and like a child, she dragged her tired body into a deep sleep.

But finally, a voice clearly reached Athena's ears from her battered body.

"elder sister......"

Chapter 350 Schrödinger's Golden Dragon

Hope sighed softly, her hand slicing through the air like a knife. In the next instant, the connection between Black Athena and the Golden Dragon was severed from afar, and she was completely free.

Upon seeing this, Jin Shenlong was furious.

"Damn human! How dare you—!"

Before he could finish speaking, Athena had already put down her newly adopted sister and appeared in front of him in the blink of an eye, so fast that even the alchemical phantom that was bearing the pressure of the Golden Dragon's will could not keep up.

Athena placed her hand on the fake Duke's chest, the light of the five dragon-slaying magics flowing at her fingertips, her calm voice carrying a hint of anger.

"This attack..."

"This is the price you pay for deceiving me and bullying my sister."

"Feel the power that pierces through the dragon!"

"Sacred Judgment - Heavenly Craftsmanship Refines the World!"

boom--!

The fake Duke was instantly blown to pieces, and various alchemical materials scattered like golden raindrops.

Not only did the fake Duke shatter, but Athena's full-force attack was so powerful that it even cracked a huge hole in the wall of the Golden Owl.

You should know that it was a building transformed from the Golden Dragon.

Athena truly deserves to be called humanity's ultimate weapon of destruction.

However, the death of a mere, illusory alchemical phantom was nothing more than a superficial wound to the Golden Dragon.

The scattered material fragments suddenly stopped in mid-air, as if a pause button had been pressed, and then suddenly contracted towards the center. The fragments reassembled and were refined, and the fake Duke's face was gradually reshaped in the golden light mist.

The voice of the golden dragon surged from all directions, as if the building itself was speaking, or as if the air was vibrating.

"it's useless."

The fake Duke reappeared and reopened his single eye, the curve of his lips even more arrogant than before. "However many times you kill me here, I can be reforged that many times. This body is nothing but a vessel for my will, as insignificant to me as a hair."

Athena remained silent, her offensive continuing unabated. The five types of Dragon Slayer magic converged once more, blasting towards the newly reconstructed fake Duke.

This time, the multicolored beam pierced directly through the opponent's chest, and the enormous energy evaporated half of the hall.

However, before the fragments flying in the air could land, they began to recombine, and the next second, the fake Duke was once again refined by the Golden Dragon.

Meanwhile, the guild hall was restored to its original state.

"I told you, it's no use."

Jin Shenlong's voice finally regained its previous composure, "You don't understand what you're fighting against at all."

After two attempts, Athena knew she had no way to deal with the current golden dragon.

This building is not the Golden Dragon's true form, but an extension of his will; the fake Duke's body is not his vessel, but a projection of his thoughts.

The true form of the Golden Dragon is a concept that is both "existent and non-existent," a "conceptual entity" that is hundreds of times more difficult to encounter than a ghost.

This is the source of Jin Shenlong's invincibility.

Let alone Athena, even the Flame Dragon, whose flames can incinerate all matter, and the Moon Dragon, whose spatial magic can banish all entities, are helpless against a single "concept".

"Now you understand, right?"

Fake Duke's gaze shifted from Athena to Hope, then swept over Erza, Mirajane, and Cana.

"All your efforts, all your struggles, were futile from the very beginning. I can play with you until the end of time, but you—"

He raised his hand, and the golden owl's door vanished, turning the entire building into a completely enclosed space. "Once your magic is exhausted, I will personally refine you into puppets! Using the most painful transmutation method!"

Erza took out the Giant Gate Sword. She knew she would only be worn down by the Golden Dragon here, so she decided to try to use the gravity of the Giant Gate Sword to break through the enclosed space and get away from the Golden Owl first.

Mirajane also activated her dual-soul form and summoned the Demon Lord who carried Lucifer's consciousness, preparing to break through together with Erza.

Kana was no match for her two companions in terms of attack, so she simply used her strongest magic, and the "Fairy Radiance" pattern on her wrist immediately glowed.

Athena was pondering how to deal with the Golden Dragon, her alchemical knowledge flashing through her mind. Suddenly, she remembered a rumor from the alchemical world.

The ultimate goal of alchemy—the Philosopher's Stone.

Legend has it that the Philosopher's Stone has the power to make things that don't exist real; if you have it, you can definitely materialize the "concept" of the Golden Dragon.

However... there is no alchemist in this world who can forge the Philosopher's Stone.

If anyone could possibly do it, Athena thought it was probably only her creator, the unparalleled genius of the alchemical world, the real Duke Barbaroa.

Unfortunately, Duke has been dead for over 100 years.

Athena told her friends about her idea, but all she got in return was a few laughs from the golden dragon and the tense breathing of everyone.

In the silence, Hope's voice rang out.

"There's no need to go through all that trouble."

"Do you have a solution?"

Kana looked over in surprise, "I knew it! You only show up at the very end to impress everyone, just to show off."

Am I that kind of person...?

Hope muttered to himself, "I've never heard of the Philosopher's Stone before, and I have absolutely no idea how to forge it, but..."

Have you ever heard of Schrödinger's cat?

Seeing Hope's confident demeanor, Mirajane relaxed and said half-jokingly, "I only know one cat that loves to eat fish."

Hope looked at Erza again, but Erza glared at him instead. "Why are you looking at me? You don't think I've read a lot of books, do you?"

"If you're uncultured, you're uncultured. Why act so arrogant..."

"Ok?"

Sensing Erza's gaze, Hope quickly explained to them what Schrödinger's cat was.

This is a theory that when a substance is in an unobservable state, it is simultaneously in a superposition of being present and not being present.