Fairy Tail: All Magic Converges in One Body

Happy raised his paw and said cutely, "We won a bottle of expensive champagne in the store's raffle just now, but neither Natsu nor I know what's so great about it..."

"make a deal!"

Cana's eyes lit up, not because she couldn't resist the temptation, but because Natsu and the others were offering too much.

Hope, for my sister's happiness, I have no choice but to betray you!

Cana took the card from Natsu's hand, and with a gentle shake infused with magic, the two magic crystals that had been stored in the card's space fell out.

Cana is a sensible person; she only gave Natsu two magic crystals. In case the magic crystals were some precious treasure and Natsu took them and ruined them, the two of them and the cat could at least pay less.

Of course, if she couldn't afford to pay, she wouldn't mind having Hope—or rather, herself—pay for it with her body...

"Hey! Fire Dragon!"

Just as Natsu picked up the magic crystal, Gajeel and Gray walked over with a volleyball. In the last match between the three of them, Erza emerged victorious.

Now that Erza is away, Gray and Gajeel are thinking of teaming up with Natsu for a final showdown.

Natsu refused, saying, "What's so fun about volleyball? Let's investigate what's so special about these two magic crystals."

"boring."

Gajeel and Gray both cast disdainful glances at Natsu. It wasn't that they looked down on Natsu, but the word "research" was simply not a word that Natsu's character should use.

"How about I go find Erza? Natsu seems a bit off."

"I agree."

As the two who had quickly reached an agreement turned away, Natsu immediately shuddered. If he really let them go and call Erza over, then his theft of the Hope Card would be exposed.

I'm sure I'll die a horrible death then...

In that critical moment, a surge of extraordinary wisdom suddenly took hold of Natsu's mind. He snorted arrogantly, "I think you two have absolutely no culture. You've even lost the courage of a mage to explore the unknown."

Cana, standing nearby, was somewhat surprised. To prevent Gray and the others from calling Erza, they had actually resorted to provocation.

Natsu, is this your struggle to survive?

That's such a low-level tactic...

However, this provocation worked on Gray and Gajeel, because it was Natsu who said it. They could be mocked by anyone, but not by Natsu.

This is just the inexplicable competitive spirit among friends!

"Tch! It's just a mere magic crystal. Watch me examine it for you!" Gajeel immediately snatched a magic crystal from Natsu's hand and stared at it with Gray's wide eyes.

Having finally dragged the two into the fray, Natsu wiped the sweat from his brow and, along with Happy, began to scrutinize the magic crystal with wide eyes.

Seeing the focused expressions on both sides, Kana became a little nervous. Were they really going to figure something out?

A minute later, Natsu and Gajeel suddenly put down the magic crystal and rubbed their eyes.

Kana's lips twitched slightly. She realized that these two hadn't noticed anything; they were just staring blankly.

Perhaps sensing Cana's disdainful gaze, Gajeel quickly tried to salvage the situation, saying, "If you ask me, if you want to know what the magic crystal does, just take a bite and you'll know everything."

Cana, Gray, Happy: What a hasty approach! Will anyone actually believe it...?

"As expected of Gajeel, you're thinking the same thing as me." Natsu nodded in agreement, though he hadn't come up with any method himself, but he couldn't show it.

However, in everyone else's eyes, Natsu's disguise was still too poor. Cana, Gray, and Happy all facepalmed in disbelief; there was actually one idiot who believed it...

Natsu picked up the magic crystal. "I'm already ignited. Are you ready, Iron Dragon!"

Gajeel picked up the magic crystal, "Bring it on, fire dragon! I'll definitely discover the magic crystal's function before you do!"

Click~

Click~

To the astonishment of Cana, Gray, and Happy, two crisp crunching sounds came from Natsu and Gajeel's mouths—they had actually taken a bite out of the magic crystal!

"Kana-chan, let's go swimming~" Lucy and Levy walked over, wearing swimsuits and carrying swim rings and water balloons.

Seeing Cana's dazed expression, Lucy also noticed the two Dragon Slayer mages facing off and curiously approached them. "Natsu, why are you eating random things again?"

Levy also came over, looking at the magic crystal in Gajeel's hand, and said with some doubt, "Huh? The crystal in your hand looks a lot like the magic crystal that the Tower of Paradise absorbed after absorbing the 'magical spirit power' and turned into."

"But it's probably only similar; if it were really that thing, eating it would likely kill you..."

Upon hearing this, Kana and Happy were immediately shocked.

Others might not know, but the two of them knew that the two magic crystals were taken from Hope's card space, and they knew without thinking where Hope got the magic crystals.

Kana and Happy exchanged a glance.

That's it!

Chapter 114 On the Digestive Abilities of Dragon Slayer Mages

When Hope and Erza rushed over, they found two Dragon Slayer Mages rolling on the ground, clutching their stomachs.

Lucy, Happy, and Levy crouched in a panic beside Natsu and Gajeel, who were both pale-faced. Gray and Juvia had already run off to call a doctor, while Cana stood nervously to the side, clutching a magic card in her hand.

"What happened?!" Erza rushed forward, and her pupils contracted sharply when she saw the two magic crystals on the ground, each with a bite taken out of them.

Hope crouched down, his fingertips gently tracing the crystal's cross-section. His expression was solemn. Without a doubt, this was the magic crystal with pure magical power that he had broken off from the Tower of Paradise.

These two idiots actually tried to eat the magic crystal raw! Is that something a normal person would do?!

"I'm...I'm sorry, Hope."

Happy flew to Hope, crying, "The Magic Crystal was something Natsu and I secretly took from your card... We didn't know it was so dangerous..."

Kana showed the card, and with a guilty expression, she spoke with difficulty, "Hope, I..."

Hope raised her hand to interrupt her, her gaze fixed on Natsu and Gajeel, who were groaning in pain. "Now is not the time to assign blame, and who would have thought that these two idiots would eat the magic crystal?"

Natsu's face was deathly pale, his expression pained, and his body was twitching unnaturally. Cold sweat was pouring down his face, soaking his clothes as if he had just been pulled out of the water.

Gajeel, on the other hand, was in even worse shape. Spiderweb-like bluish-white cracks appeared on his skin, a sign that his body could not withstand the external magic.

Erza gripped Natsu's trembling hand tightly. To her, Natsu was like a younger brother. She forced herself to remain calm and asked Hope, who had finished examining the two of them, "Is there any way?"

Hope frowned.

Dragon Slayer Mages can absorb magic power with the same attribute as their own Dragon Slayer Magic, but the magic crystals they brought out from the Tower of Paradise are different. They are "magical spirit power" that has been transformed into pure magic power, just like magic crystals. The magic power contained in them is not something that the human body can absorb.

Although Natsu and Gajeel only took a small bite of the magic crystal, the quality of the magical spirit power was too excellent, otherwise Jellal wouldn't have been targeting them... Even just a small bite of energy was enough to burst a person.

It's like pouring the ocean into a river.

If this continues, their bodies will collapse, and Gajeel already shows signs of physical collapse.

Hope placed his hand on Natsu's chest and his other hand on Gajeel's shoulder, and a pale golden magic circle unfolded from his palm, enveloping the three of them.

Erza, who had been thrown back, stared at the magic circle that had kept her, Lucy, and Levy out. "Hope, what are you doing?"

"guide."

Hope closed his eyes and concentrated, "Since their bodies can't handle it, I'll help them channel some of their magic out, but the rest they'll have to bear on their own."

Erza and Lucy thought it was a good idea.

But Levy, who had read many books, said anxiously, "This is too dangerous! Hope, you will be backfired by the magical spirit energy that has been converted into pure magic!"

Upon hearing Levy's words, Cana's expression immediately changed. "Hope, let me help too. If you're all alone, you'll be the first to give up before Natsu and Gajeel!"

Lucy chimed in, "Kana's right, having someone else share the burden will lighten your load a bit..."

Just as Lucy and Levy were offering to help, Cana noticed that Erza, who had been worried just moments before, was now completely indifferent and unmoved.

"Erza, aren't you worried about Hope and the others?"

"I'm not worried at all, and you shouldn't go up there and cause him trouble."

Erza pulled the three of them back, and seeing their puzzled and worried expressions, she smiled and explained, "Where do you think all that enormous magical power went after the Tower of Paradise absorbed the 'Magical Spirit Power'?"

Kana and the other two shook their heads. They had already sailed far away from the Tower of Paradise. They only saw that after the tower was attacked by the "magical spirit power", it turned into a giant crystal tower that shone brightly. A few minutes later, the crystal tower dimmed again.

"The Tower of Paradise converted and absorbed all the energy of the 'Magical Spirit Power,' and then... that guy absorbed it all." Erza pointed to Hope, who was starting to help Natsu and Gajeel channel their excess magic power.

Upon hearing this, the three of them looked shocked.

Putting aside the question of why Hope was able to absorb pure magic power that the human body could not withstand, he actually absorbed a massive amount of magic power brought by the "magical spirit power" all by himself.

Is this even human?

Even the dragons from over 400 years ago couldn't have done that...

Within the magic circle, pure bluish-white magic power was slowly extracted from Natsu and Gajeel's bodies by the 'Enchanting Technique' and then merged into Hope's...system.

[Successfully accelerated by 9 hours]

[Current time remaining for cracking the magic 'Celestial Body': 35 days, 11 hours, and 43 minutes...]

[Successfully accelerated by 12 hours]

[The magic "Gravity" has a remaining time of 37 days to be unlocked...]

[Successfully accelerated by 15 hours]

[Successfully accelerated by 6 hours]

[Successfully accelerated.......]

【….】

As Hope watched the progress bars for the "Celestial Bodies" and "Gravity" spells on the system panel slowly rise, a smile appeared on his lips.

However, the thought that the pure magic power within these two came from the rare, limited-edition magic crystals from the Tower of Paradise that he had collected made Hope's smile vanish.

My money!

Ugh... my rare, discontinued magic crystal!

But then Hope thought again that the two magic crystals that had been chewed on by the Dragon Slayer Mage should be more valuable to collect. She would take them to the guild every now and then to show off Natsu and Gajeel's bizarre actions.

Time passed second by second, and under the effect of 'Additional Separation', the scorching heat on Natsu's body gradually subsided, and the cracks in Gajeel's skin began to disappear.

Hope successfully extracted some of the magical spirit energy they had consumed, but he was powerless to remove the rest.

The powerful physical abilities of the Dragon Slayers have helped Natsu and Gajeel gradually adapt to that portion of magical energy and are transforming it into their own power.

This incredible digestive and adaptive ability is truly terrifying; it's no wonder that magic can help humanity defeat dragons.