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The sea was unnervingly calm. Weiss leaned against the Fairy Hargeon's rail, the sunrise painting the waves in hues of blood and gold. Nami and Lucy slept fitfully nearby, their hands still loosely tangled in his coat—a silent pact forged in exhaustion. The Eclipse Covenant's aftermath lingered in his veins like static, every breath a reminder of the system's grim tally:
Soul Integrity: 3%
Stasis Imminent: 12 hours remaining
He clenched his jaw. Not yet.
Kizaru's Bargain
Photon light flickered as Kizaru materialized beside him, a lacrima flask in hand. "Dragon boy~ You look… crispy."
Weiss didn't flinch. "What do you want?"
"A trade." Kizaru tossed the flask—a swirling vial of liquid starlight. "Soul Stabilizer. Mariejois's last stash. If you help me kill Zeref."
"Why?"
Kizaru's smirk faded. "My brother's soul is in that bastard's lacrima vault. I want it out."
The vial glinted. Twelve hours. A lifeline.
"Deal," Weiss said.
Nami stirred, her clima-tact sparking to life. "You're bargaining with him?"
Lucy jerked awake, Eclipse Key half-drawn. "Traitors get stabbed, Weiss."
"We need him," Weiss said flatly.
"We need you alive!" Nami snapped.
The deck trembled. Distant thunder—unnatural, wrong—rumbled across the horizon.
In the ruins of Mariejois, Zeref knelt, his hands buried in ash. "Rise, my final hymn."
The Adamantine Leviathan's essence coalesced, merging with shards of Im's shattered throne. The earth split, birthing a creature of void and scale—a dragon with six wings and eyes like fractured stars.
Dragon Designation: Eclipse Requiem
Threat Level: Cataclysmic
Nami's Storm's Heart flared, its cracks glowing. "We're not syncing again. You'll die."
Lucy's Eclipse Key hummed. "We find another way."
Weiss swallowed the Stabilizer. Fire ripped through his veins. Soul Integrity: 8%
"No time," he said. "That thing's heading for the guild."
They met the Eclipse Requiem at sea. Its roar shattered the waves, void energy corroding the air.
Nami and Lucy flanked Weiss, their resolve a blade.
"Sync or die!" Weiss barked.
"Fine!" they shouted.
Nami: Storm's Heart + Soul Stabilizer = Celestial Surge
Lucy: Eclipse Key + Adamantine Will = Voidfall
Light and darkness fused. Weiss's soul screamed.
Soul Integrity: 5%
The Eclipse Requiem lunged, jaws wide. Weiss met it midair, claws sheathed in starlight.
"Burn!" Nami's tempest engulfed its wings.
"Break!" Lucy's black hole crushed its spine.
Weiss struck the killing blow—a blade of pure void. The dragon disintegrated, its death cry a harmony of sorrow and relief.
System Alert
Ding!
Soul Integrity: 1%
Stasis Lock Activated
The guild celebrated. Natsu burned the last of Zeref's lacrima vaults. Kizaru vanished with a vial of ashes—his brother's remains.
Weiss sat alone, the Stabilizer's glow fading. Nami and Lucy found him at dawn, his body crystalline, soul encased in stasis.
"Wake up," Lucy whispered, Eclipse Key pressed to the crystal.
"Or I'll melt this thing myself," Nami threatened, Storm's Heart sputtering.
The crystal pulsed.
Somewhere, Zeref laughed.
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