A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

“I don’t understand!” Silver looked at Kira in confusion. “The countries of Ishgard have never been peaceful. The second trade was less than a century ago. If the Magic Guild hadn’t caused such a ruckus back then, the countries wouldn’t have temporarily ceased their hostilities!”

At this point, he clenched one fist in his chest and opened the other, speaking to Kira with great authority: "The intervention of mechanical soldiers only accelerated the war and the process of reunification! From a historical perspective, the role of mechanical soldiers was more beneficial than harmful!"

Kira's sky-blue eyes flashed with a hint of helplessness: "Have you ever thought about what kind of turmoil would occur in the kingdoms of evil people or war-loving kingdoms if they were to extend their clutches to those who were originally kind and innocent? What kind of war would Ishgar face?"

Silver waved his hand dismissively: "Then why don't the others just buy mechanical soldiers too?"

This only made Kira laugh in anger, staring directly into his eyes: "Do you want to hear what you're saying? Others are buying too? Then you're not accelerating the unification process, but simply being selfish and using the lives of innocent people to prove your technology!"

“No…nothing’s right!” Silver shook his head and said, “Those kingdoms will start a war no matter what if they want to! Even without my mechanical soldiers, ordinary people will still suffer!”

Kira scoffed, "Nonsense! Haven't you heard the saying, 'Those who possess sharp weapons naturally harbor murderous intent'? It's quite possible that they didn't originally intend to wage war, but having such soldiers has only fueled their lust for power!"

This kind of guy needs a good beating!

"That's not fallacy!"

However, Silver still clearly couldn't understand Kira, saying, "If what you're saying is true, then magic is just like machines! They're deadly weapons for ordinary people too! I know that Fairy Tail has caused quite a bit of damage to ordinary people all along, hasn't it?!"

"The magical world has a council and various magic guilds! At the kingdom level, mages must obey the king's orders! Moreover, there are people in this world who can awaken their own magic. In this respect, magic is different from mechanical soldiers; its appearance is simply unavoidable!"

After pausing for a moment, Kira continued, "Magic is difficult to learn; those without talent simply cannot! But what about mechanical soldiers? Once the kings of various countries obtain such weapons, who will stop them?"

Silver retorted, "No! The machines are innocent! The guilty ones are the people who use them!! A righteous person would never harbor murderous intent simply because they hold a weapon!!!"

Kira shook his head and said coldly, "But the human heart is the most vulnerable to temptation!!!"

"..."

The air felt tense for a moment.

Silver remained silent for a long time before slowly speaking: "Can't the human heart withstand the test? Perhaps you are right, but I'm sorry, I can't understand that, because... I am not human!"

What did this guy just say? He won't do... no, he's not human?

Kira's eyes widened suddenly, a hint of surprise flashing across them, but he quickly regained his composure: "So what if you're not human? Does that mean you can treat people differently just because you're not human?"

Silver suddenly laughed: "Normally at this point, shouldn't you be asking me 'What is it if it's not human?'"

Kira rolled his eyes and sat back down in his chair: "I don't care who you are!"

Knowing they were unlikely to convince each other on this point, the two tacitly changed the subject.

Persuasion is ineffective; even physical punishment may not be helpful.

For Silver, it was impossible for him to give up all his efforts so far just because Kira persuaded him; Kira himself knew this too, as the scenario of the two fighting and the other changing his mind after he won was impossible in reality.

On the other hand, no matter how high-sounding his words were, Kira knew that he was never the kind of person who would interfere in things that hadn't happened yet. Besides, this was a matter for other countries, and Kira didn't want to meddle.

The council may lack high-level combat power, but they have a strong foundation! If the mechanical soldier issue really escalates, they will step in to stop it immediately.

Besides, even if mechanical soldiers are strong, can they compare to the Ten Holy Ones, Shield Wall, or Ceiling?

"I am a member of the Machine Race! Have you ever heard of this name?"

Mech race?

Kira was taken aback. He remembered that Vaal of the Twelve Aegis of the Holy Land was a machine race and an alchemist.

Wahl's mechanical magic allows him to create special-effect soldiers with various combat modes, specifically designed to exploit the weaknesses of enemy magic. These mechanical creations, similar to Marvel's Sentinel robots, posed a significant challenge to Gray and his companions during the final Empire arc.

Kira had initially thought that the Val were just an isolated case, or perhaps even created by alchemy, but now it seemed that this was not the case, and that such a race truly existed.

Chapter 252 Machinery, Bones, Plague

Did the Twelve Shields stick their hands here?

No way! Isn't this the research institute for the Dragon Slayer Crystal? It should be a hidden dungeon! How come this is a side quest for the final dungeon?

This kind of plot development is definitely not normal!

Kira pondered for a long time, then realized he was probably overthinking things! He decided to first try to find out more information about the Machine Race from them; compared to the Twelve Shields, this was what he was more concerned about now!

"I've heard a little about you, but I don't know much. Are you perhaps machines that have become sentient? Or artificial intelligence?"

Upon hearing Kira's answer, Silver was visibly taken aback for a moment before replying, "I don't know what you mean by artificial intelligence... but it's more likely that machines have become sentient!"

"Should?" Kira noticed the unusual word in the other person's words once again.

“Yes, it should be!” Silver said confidently. “You humans may find it strange that machines have consciousness and can talk, but to us it’s perfectly normal! Even dragons and cats can talk in this world, so it’s not a big deal that machines can talk, is it?”

"It really is true!"

Suddenly, Kira realized something: "By the way, aren't you a machine race? How can you also implant a Dragon Slayer Crystal?"

Silver patted his chest proudly and said, "Of course! And the fusion will be perfect!"

Kira frowned and pressed, "Which attribute?"

The other party smiled again, a bright smile: "It's a machine! I'm a mechanical Dragon Slayer Mage!"

This is indeed a perfect match!

"A mechanical dragon?! There are actually mechanical dragons in this world?!"

This answer surprised Kira greatly. "Should this be considered a machine race dragon, or a dragon race machine? And, machine can actually be considered an attribute?"

Silver wasn't surprised by Kira's attitude, simply saying, "What's so surprising about that? I also know there are sword saint dragons in this world!"

I know that too!

"So what do you eat? What immunity do you have?"

"Metal!"

Kira suddenly realized: "No wonder you can control this castle! So, as a machine, you get motion sickness?"

Kira has a lot of problems today, but the current situation is just too bizarre.

“Yes, it will!” Silver said frankly. “My body goes haywire whenever I’m on a vehicle! Every time this happens, I have to readjust my programming to overcome this weakness, making me one of the few beings who is semi-immune.”

Kira paused for a moment, pondering to himself, "Adjusting the program... that sounds like a serious matter, like getting a new brain..."

“No! It’s not that serious!” Silver laughed. “I’m a machine, so adjusting my program isn’t a big deal! If we’re using the human body as an analogy, it’s like getting treatment.”

Kira muttered to himself, "Curing illness isn't a big change? Some people never even get sick more than a few times in their entire lives..."

……

While Kira and Silver were talking, four battles were also unfolding in four other rooms.

Room 1, Dark Night vs. Nicol.

The difference in strength between the human and the cat was huge. Although Nicole could restore her stamina and magic by eating bones, her attacks were unsuccessful and she could even be taken advantage of by her opponent. Therefore, the outcome was decided in less than 10 minutes.

"The Bone Dragon's Vortex!!"

The gray cat soared high, its white wings unfurling on its back. With a light wave of its claws, white bones, far harder than steel, appeared out of thin air, swirling down with a fierce attack towards the darkness.

"It's one thing for a cat to talk, but it can also use dragon-slaying magic?! Just how outrageous is this world?!"

Sora and Sawyer, the two spectators, had already hidden to the side, silently watching the battle. They thought to themselves, 'Such an attack would be devastating if it actually hit… Luckily, it's Dark Night, otherwise we wouldn't stand a chance…'

Dragon-slaying magic is indeed powerful, but even the most powerful attack is futile if it misses its target.

At this moment, Dark Night seemed to be radiating a dark purple magical membrane. As soon as the Bone Tide approached, it was turned around by a strange force and fell beside him, making a huge roar and cracking sound.

The twisting magic used by Dark Night not only affects matter but also magic; even while sleeping, he unconsciously uses magic to protect himself. He had sparred with Eric before; although the poison was potent, it couldn't harm him. He had almost mastered this technique as a passive skill.

If we exclude Zero, Dark Night is the strongest among the Oración Seis!

"Phew... I'm not fighting anymore! It's a complete waste of energy!" Nicol landed back on the ground, exhaling heavily, walked to a pile of bones and devoured them, saying without turning his head, "Your magic is so unfair, how can a cat fight back?"

Nicol wasn't Erza and lacked combat experience, so she failed to spot the flaws in the dark magic. 4

In fact, it was not a flaw that was easy to see through. Even Gerald was helpless against the magic of the night, let alone Nicol, who had lived here since birth.

As the battle on this side comes to a conclusion, the battle on the other side is also about to end.

Compared to the one-sided battle in room 1, the fight in room 5 was much more difficult.

pat!pat!

Eric's venom and Desizhu's plague bacteria collided and fused in mid-air, turning into a terrible, unknown mixture, which then fell like meteors, corroding countless pits of varying sizes on the ground.

"Huh...ha..."

Eric, panting, looked at the still calm-faced Desizou opposite him and said, "This guy is a little stronger than he looks..."

Not far away, Richard skillfully used earth magic to bury all the toxins and germs created by the two of them in the soil. At this moment, he was extremely grateful that he knew earth magic, otherwise he would have collapsed from the poison gas and germs long ago.

Seeing Richard's actions, Desizo gently reminded him, "This kind of action is useless. The spread of disease and toxins cannot be stopped so easily!"

Richard flew into a rage and yelled at him, "Of course I know!! But it's better than doing nothing!! If I don't do it, you'll kill me first!!"

The more advanced a mage's Dragon Slayer Magic becomes, the less durable their vehicles become—this is no secret to anyone with a modicum of knowledge. Desizhu has reached this level, while Eric hasn't; in this respect, Desizhu's Dragon Slayer Magic has already surpassed Eric's.

But that doesn't mean he's better than Eric!

The reason for this is that Eric's strength is not limited to Dragon Slayer Magic! More often than not, he uses sound perception combined with hand-to-hand combat, and Dragon Slayer Magic is not frequently used.

But facing the enemy before him, neither listening to their voices nor engaging in hand-to-hand combat was clearly of any use.

The Plague Dragon Slayer Mage's every move is a wide-range attack, and even if Eric hears it, it's hard for him to dodge; while Desizhu's body is covered in deadly germs, and anyone who gets close will be infected by the virus and die like the monsters they saw before.

In the end, he still had no choice but to use Dragon Slayer Magic to fight the man in front of him.

Eric's forehead and palms were covered in cold sweat: "That's terrifying!"

The toxins had no effect on him, but the germs... those are not things you can just eat!

Eric's magic in battle is created using his own magical power combined with the power of the Dragon Slayer Crystal, making it very close to the concept of "poison" itself. Furthermore, he can adjust the dosage at will, making it extremely difficult to cure. Essentially, only magic that is similarly close to the concept of "healing" can cure him.

However, since Eric's power originates from a poison dragon, it leans more towards biological poisons than chemical poisons. This makes targeted treatment much easier.

The fact that Perusia was able to successfully rescue the Thors after their attack was not only due to her superior medical and potion-making skills, but also because of this.

In fact, for the same reason, Dixizo dared not easily retaliate against Eric's attack.

Desizhu's Dragon Slayer Magic is similar to Eric's, and it is also close to the concept of "plague", but it is purer than Poison Dragon Slayer Magic.

Compared to the complex classification of toxins, plagues are basically caused by microorganisms and viruses, which are generally more contagious, have a longer incubation period, and cause greater harm after an outbreak.

However, that applies to the general public. Right now, it's a one-on-one battle between mages, so the outcome is naturally different!