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The guild hall hummed with tension as Weiss traced the glowing route on Nami's map, the ink pulsing like a heartbeat where it marked Fish-Man Island. Lucy leaned over his shoulder, her breath warm against his neck. "Poseidon's Tears… Sounds like another cursed gemstone."
Nami swatted her away with a flick of her upgraded clima-tact, Storm's Heart crackling. "It's my map, blondie. Back off."
"Your map?" Lucy's Eclipse Key flared in her palm. "Last I checked, Weiss risked his neck for it."
"Both of you. Quiet." Weiss's voice cut through the bickering, his Dragon Dominion resonating faintly. The system chimed:
Harem Sync Status
Lucy: Eclipse Key (Dragon Magic Charge: 89%)
Nami: Storm's Heart (Celestial Resonance: 92%)
Erza: ???
Erza, polishing her newly reforged sword, snorted. "Focus. Fish-Man Island isn't a pleasure cruise. Their royal guard sank six Marine battleships last month."
"And we're not Marines," Nami said, smirking. "Weiss can just… dragon-charm them."
"Not how it works," Weiss muttered, though a plan formed. Poseidon's Tears—legend said the artifact could command sea kings. If Im had manipulated its power during the Void Century…
A portal撕裂 open abruptly, seawater sloshing onto the floor. Jinbei stepped through, his brow furrowed. "Weiss. Neptune requests an audience. The Tears… they've been stolen."
Fish-Man Island: Coral Throne Room
The underwater kingdom glittered with bioluminescent reefs, but the usual vibrancy was muted. King Neptune's trident trembled as he addressed them. "The Tears were taken by a human—a woman with Zeref's mark."
"Ultear," Weiss growled. Grimoire Heart's timeline manipulator. Of course Zeref would target Poseidon's power.
Nami's Storm's Heart hummed as she scanned the throne room's murals—ancient carvings of a mermaid wielding the Tears to quell sea dragons. "Why steal it here? Why not attack Mariejois directly?"
"Because the Tears are inert without royal blood," Jinbei said grimly. "Neptune's lineage is the key."
Lucy stiffened. "So Ultear's coming back. To kidnap the king?"
"Worse," Neptune rasped. "She took my daughter, Shirahoshi."
System Alert
Ding!
New Quest: Rescue Shirahoshi & Reclaim Poseidon's Tears
Reward: Unlock "Poseidon's Wrath" (Temporarily command sea kings)
Warning: Harem Sync required for underwater combat
Underwater Ballroom Blitz
The team infiltrated Ultear's hideout—an abandoned coral ballroom, now teeming with Grimoire Heart mages. Disguised in glimmering scales (courtesy of Mirajane's transformation magic), Nami and Lucy prowled the periphery.
"Why am I the bait?" Lucy hissed, adjusting her seashell corset.
"Because you've got the drama queen vibe," Nami shot back, tightening her own pearl-encrusted outfit. "Now shimmy."
Lucy muttered curses but strode into the ballroom, Eclipse Key hidden in her hairpin. A mage approached, leering. "New recruit?"
"Dance first, questions later," Lucy purred, spinning him into a waltz. With a flick of her wrist, the Eclipse Key unleashed a localized black hole, sucking three mages into oblivion.
Chaos erupted. Nami dove behind a coral pillar, Storm's Heart unleashing a cyclone of electrified seawater. "Thunder Tide!" Mages convulsed as the bolt-charged waves fried their lacrima armor.
Weiss, scaled in his Dragon Overlord form, tore through the ceiling. "Ultear! Show yourself!"
"Pathetic," Ultear's voice echoed. She materialized atop a chandelier, Shirahoshi bound in chains of frozen time. "You think a dragon and his pets can rewrite fate?"
"Pets?!" Nami and Lucy snarled in unison.
Harem Sync Activated
Nami: Storm's Heart + Celestial Navigation = Astral Tempest
Lucy: Eclipse Key + Dragon Scales = Black Hole Nova
The combined attack shook the ballroom. Nami's tempest pinned Ultear while Lucy's black hole devoured her time chains. Weiss lunged, claws aimed at the Tears in Ultear's grip—
A laser blast vaporized the coral floor.
"Too slow,~" Kizaru drawled, materializing in a shower of photons. His foot pressed against Weiss's throat. "Mariejois wants that trinket, dragon boy."
Duel of Light and Void
Kizaru's speed was a blur, but Weiss's Dragon Dominion countered with spatial warps. Each clash of light and void energy tore fissures in the ocean floor, seawater vaporizing into toxic steam.
"Yata Mirror!" Kizaru's light shield deflected Weiss's claws.
"Dragon's Void Tear!" Weiss retaliated, ripping a hole in reality itself. Kizaru's arm fractured into light particles, but he grinned.
"You're fun.~"
Ultear, seizing the distraction, fled with the Tears. Nami and Lucy gave chase, Storm's Heart and Eclipse Key flaring.
"Gate of the Eclipse Dragon!" Lucy screamed. A serpentine void dragon materialized, its maw swallowing Ultear's escape route.
Nami's clima-tact struck true, shattering the frozen time chains. Shirahoshi fell into Jinbei's arms as the Tears clattered to the floor.
System Alert
Ding!
Quest Complete: Shirahoshi Rescued
Poseidon's Wrath Unlocked (Duration: 5 minutes)
Cliffhanger: The Tears' Whisper
As Weiss seized the Tears, a vision struck—Im, seated on a throne of dragon bones, their hand outstretched. "You cannot outrun eternity."
The crystal pulsed, and the ocean depths roared. A legion of sea kings ascended, their eyes glowing under Weiss's temporary command.
But beneath the waves, another presence stirred. A shadow older than the Void Century.
Zeref's laughter echoed. "The game changes, dragon. Welcome to extinction."
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