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Chapter 45 - Chapter 45

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The air crackled with the acrid stench of burnt magic as Weiss stumbled forward, Nami and Lucy clinging to his arms. Their Eclipse Covenant

The air crackled with the acrid stench of burnt magic as Weiss stumbled forward, Nami and Lucy clinging to his arms. Their Eclipse Covenant pulsed erratically, a fragile tether of gold and void binding their souls. On the horizon, Igneel's corrupted form loomed, hellfire dripping from his jaws as Natsu's screams tore through the smoke-choked sky.

"We're not syncing with him," Nami hissed, her Storm's Heart spitting celestial sparks. "Flame-brain can't even dodge!"

Lucy's Eclipse Key flared, her free hand yanking Natsu out of Igneel's firestorm. "He's all we've got! Unless you want to kiss Zeref's resurrected pet goodbye!"

Weiss ignored them, his gaze locked on Igneel's hollow eyes. The Adamantine Leviathan's memories surged—Im's blade plunging into dragon flesh, the Void Century's first betrayal. Same chains. Different era.

"Natsu!" Weiss roared, his voice layered with the Eclipse Sovereign's resonance. "Your fire—now!"

Natsu lunged, Dragon Force flames spiraling around him. "Old man!"

Igneel's claw swatted him aside like a gnat. "Pathetic."

Soulforge Sync

Weiss seized Natsu's wrist, the Soulforge hammer igniting. "You want him back? Burn brighter."

"I'm trying!" Natsu snarled, flames licking his tears.

"Not enough!" Weiss slammed the hammer into the deck. Golden runes erupted, fusing Natsu's fire with the Eclipse Covenant.

Nami and Lucy screamed as the sync deepened, their souls fraying at the edges.

Soul Link Drain: 94%

"Focus!" Weiss barked. "Natsu—remember him!"

Natsu's flames faltered. For a heartbeat, Igneel's hellfire dimmed.

In the inferno, a memory flickered—Igneel's true voice, warm and rumbling. "Fire isn't destruction, son. It's… renewal."

Natsu's fists ignited white-hot. "I'll renew you!"

The punch connected, purifying flames searing through Igneel's corrupted core. The dragon roared, not in pain, but recognition.

"Natsu…"

The hellfire died. Igneel's skeletal form crumbled, his essence dissolving into embers.

Natsu collapsed, smoke curling from his fists. "…Did it work?"

System Alert

Ding!

Soul Integrity: 8%

Eclipse Covenant Fractured

Photon blasts lit the sky as Kizaru dueled Mariejois's defenders. "Tick-tock, dragon boy! Im's waking the throne!"

Weiss followed his gaze. The Adamantine Leviathan's skull glowed atop Mariejois's central spire, tendrils of void energy lashing the heavens.

"Too late," Im's voice echoed, their body merging with the skull. "The Sovereign rises."

The ground split, birthing a colossal dragon-shaped abyss. From its depths crawled a creature of bone and starlight—Im's true form.

Harem's Last Stand

Nami's clima-tact shattered. "Out of juice."

Lucy's Eclipse Key flickered. "Same."

Weiss staggered between them, the Soulforge hammer disintegrating in his grip. "Then we do it raw."

They clasped hands. No keys. No weapons. Just three souls, frayed and furious.

The Eclipse Covenant detonated, a supernova of gold and void consuming Im's abyss. The Adamantine Leviathan's skull shattered. Im screamed—a sound like collapsing stars.

When the light faded, only ash remained.

The Fairy Hargeon drifted in silent waters. Natsu snored atop a pile of charred timber. Erza and Kizaru argued over photon-laced sake.

Weiss sat at the bow, Nami and Lucy slumped against him.

"You owe me… a new clima-tact," Nami mumbled.

"And a vacation," Lucy yawned.

Weiss said nothing. The system's warning flickered in his periphery:

Soul Integrity: 3%

Stasis Imminent

But for now, the sea was calm.

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