The road is always tortuous and upward, and so are thoughts.
After endless cycles and contradictions, Jellal's thoughts became clearer.
"What are you thinking about? You've been thinking for so long. It's so embarrassing for me to sit here and do nothing!"
Hearing Kira's voice, Zeref finally came back to his senses.
At this moment, there was more hope and eagerness in his eyes when he looked at Kira.
"Why are you looking at me like this all of a sudden? It feels weird!"
Kira felt a chill. The look in Jellal's eyes was just like the one he had when he first learned that there was a second way to solve a math problem. He felt both surprised and uncomfortable .
"Word magic, what kind of magic is that?"
It had been a long time since Jellal discussed magic with other people. Even the Magic King, Irene, and even Mavis back then had never had such treatment.
“Well…”
Kira thought about it and said briefly, "How is it? Do you see any hope of destroying you?"
Zeref chuckled and replied, "A little, but not enough!"
"That's pretty good!" Kira said. "The quantitative change in time will bring about a qualitative change in strength! You've lived 400 years longer than me. To kill you completely is not just a matter of catching up!"
They both knew what Jeref meant by "not enough".
magic!
Jellal, who has lived for 400 years, has too much magic power in his body. If you want to kill him by brute force, you must be more talented than him and have a long enough growth period.
Zeref felt the magic power in Kira's body. Although it was comparable to the "shields" in his hands, it was not enough to kill him, so he continued: "Strength growth is secondary. Even if you are strong enough to defeat me, as long as you can't solve the 'Curse of Anxelram', you still can't completely destroy me!"
"Ancient wisdom: use magic to defeat magic!"
Kira's tone was full of confidence, and there was even a convincing magic in it. Even Zeref couldn't help but have expectations of him, "Where there is a law, there is a way to break it! I will definitely find a way to kill you!"
If other people saw this situation , they would definitely find it outrageous: a person told another person face to face that he would definitely kill him, and that person did not get angry but laughed instead, and even expressed gratitude to the murderer. They are both complete lunatics.
"Although I don't know why you know me so well, if that's the case, then you should know that I have spent hundreds of years and still haven't solved this problem. How can you do it?"
Kira directly threw out a ready-made answer: "The simplest way is to bring two people with the 'Curse of Anxelram' together, and then they can be eliminated at the same time!"
"This method doesn't work for me!"
Zeref looked dejected, but also had a murderous look on his face. "Since you said there are few things about Fairy Tail that you don't know, then you should know that Mavis died because of this!"
"The same contradictory magic will definitely trigger a deadlock!" Kira shook his head and replied, "The rules are fine, so the problem can only be the quantity!"
"you mean……"
"What I mean is, if you can survive, it's either because the other person doesn't love you enough, or because the other person loves you too much!"
I don't love you enough, so the power of the curse is not strong enough; I love you too much, so I can't bear to kill you.
Zeref, who had spent some time with Mavis, knew the answer to this question clearly.
Without a doubt, it is the latter!
After hearing what Kira said, Zeref suddenly became enlightened and murmured, "Is that so... So... I am loved... Mavis..."
The air was suddenly filled with the sour smell of love.
After a long time, Zeref regained his composure, his eyes returning to indifference again: "But it's too late! There won't be another Mavis in this world!"
Kira said that he would not accept this kind of "domineering president loves loli" type of joke: "Of course! No one is second to anyone! But..."
"But what?" Jeff asked.
“However, you can be hit by this ‘curse’, and the first generation can also be hit by this ‘curse’, then naturally there can be a third, fourth, or even a fifth, sixth, seventh, or eighth. Just stack up the numbers and let all of them deal with you at once; or you can use the method of raising Gu to cultivate the strongest one. In this way... hehe..."
"I just don't believe that the energy of this 'god' is infinite!"
Hearing this bizarre and "inhumane" proposal, Jellal was not moved at all, but he still interrupted: "If you want to bear the 'Curse of Anxelram', you must first have extremely high talent, and secondly, you must break the boundary between life and death. It's not that simple..."
Kira casually grabbed two weeds at his feet, twisted them together, and said meaningfully: "Excellent bloodlines combined will naturally give birth to better bloodlines, just like them! As long as there are enough of them, there will naturally be so-called 'geniuses'!"
The topic that lingered on the edge of a knife and the tempting words slowly eroded the respect for life in the two people's hearts.
"Such a simple truth, how could you, who could create Atelias, not know it? Such a simple method, would you, who controls an entire magic empire, not have the conditions?"
Kira's words were without any emotion. At this moment, he seemed like a crazy researcher who was fully devoted to the exploration of magic. Even Jellal at this moment felt inferior to him in terms of his disrespect for life.
"If you don't do it, is it because you don't want to die in your heart? I know, there are always some people in this world who openly seek death, but in fact they just want to declare their strength to the world."
The nagging and provocative words gradually made Jellal lose his killing intent, and his eyes became cold and ruthless: "Can you afford the price of making me forget the importance of life?"
'This person knows everything about me, but he keeps testing my bottom line, just to make me forget the importance of life! He is provoking me! But why? What good will it do him to force me to do it?'
If the man in front of him was a little weaker, his magic was more ordinary, and less mysterious, perhaps Zeref would have attacked him directly. But his always accurate intuition made him give up the idea of ​​attacking Kira.
'Don't do it! Otherwise, something unpredictable will happen!'
"It's hard to imagine that such words would come out ."
"It's hard for me to imagine that such words would come out of the mouth of the legendary black magician."
The looks in their eyes became more and more ferocious, and the completely different natures of the magic power in their bodies were unconsciously emitted, constantly colliding in the air, rubbing out violent sparks, causing the heaven and earth to freeze and the space to shake.
After a long time, Jellal removed the magical pressure.
"This person may grow to the same level of strength and status as me and Acnorolia in the future!"
Just as Zeref would not easily declare war on Acnorolia, he would not attack Kira at this moment.
This is not because Kira has the strength of Acnorolia, but because Kira's performance is too mysterious. This feeling of knowing everything makes him feel very incredible.
"How about you go back to the Albares Empire now, return to your fields and start this hybridization experiment?"
Kira continued the previous topic, "Or do you prefer to call it the 'Emperor Growth Plan' or the 'Empire Development Game'?"
Zeref didn't continue to speak to Kira, but stood up and prepared to leave.
After taking two steps, he suddenly stopped and muttered, "It seems to be nearby!"
Kira heard it, but didn't understand it, so he frowned in alarm.
Then Zeref's voice sounded again: "You just said that you wanted me to show my appreciation for taking care of Natsu, right?"
This was the first time that Jellal took the initiative in this conversation.
Kira's heart suddenly shuddered, and he vaguely felt that something was wrong, but in line with the idea of ​​"losing the fight but not the battle", he still asked stubbornly: "Why? Are you planning to give me 100 million?"
"First, survive this war and prove that you have the potential to surpass me and Acnorolia!"
Zeref did not answer Kira's question, but just looked straight ahead, with three parts of interest and seven parts of ruthlessness in his eyes.
At the same time, he activated a mysterious magical power in his body, and without Kira noticing, the magic spread outward, sending out a signal that went straight to the sky!
"In this war between fairies and demons!"
…
At the same time, in an unknown distance, on a floating island, in a mysterious palace, a pair of eyes suddenly opened.
After an expression of disbelief, the figure on the throne suddenly burst into laughter.
"I sense your call, Master Zeref!"