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Dragon Slayer Magic (滅竜魔法, Metsuryū Mahō lit. Dragon-Destroying Magic) is a type of Caster Magic and Lost Magic, which falls under the category of infamous Slayer Magic, the one, which allows its users i.e. Slayer Mages, to transform their physical bodies into new; the alteration which leads to the corresponding with the specific and powerful races, which can be found on the, in order to fight it and eventually slay it, hence the name of the magic; in case of Dragon Slayer Magic, the user is able to fight and possibly slay such creature as , known to be not a simple embodiment of Magic Power and Elemental Magic, but also as the kings of the world, one of the most powerful races which existed in the past.

Known for its quite magnificent power, destructive capability and other similar aspects, Dragon Slayer Magic is considered as one of the most powerful types of Magic in existence, something involved with ancient history and its development under harsh conditions and circumstances.

The Mage, who is proudly able to call themselves Dragon-killing Slayer Mages, in modern society is named and known as Dragon Slayer, Doragon Sureiyā lit. Dragon-Destroying Magicians), while at the time of ancient past up to the end of the , they were called as Draco Venator (,  Dorako Benatoru lit. Dragon-Killing Hunting Knights).

Overview
Dragon Slayer Magic is a type of Magic, which falls under the category of both Lost Magic and Ancient Spell; it can be utilized solely by those, who can be referred as Dragon Slayers and the Dragons themselves. This magic allows its users to transform their physical bodies into a Dragon's, granting them various characteristics that are typical for this powerful race, beginning with passive traits such as higher elemental resistance, ending up in full draconic transformation under certain circumstances. Dragon Slayer Magic is, indeed, a dangerous Magic to be learned, as this magic causes a specific transformation to the Mage’s body, both physical and magical, providing it with changes, which will affect merely all of its characteristics, increasing natural capabilities of the user and granting them a bunch of new ones.

As a result, the user can transform their body in any way they want, with features of their respective draconic nature; moreover, as Dragon Slayer Magic is usually elemental one, the Mage is able to utilize a particular element for different purposes, creating it from any part of their body, generating it in almost unlimited quantity and even manipulating the very core of their element, changing its properties or the whole element; the said element can be used in variety of life situations, and of course, in melee combat for both offensive and defensive ways. The incorporated element in Dragon Slayer Magic is vastly different from a standard Elemental Magic, in general because of incredibly heightened properties – each of them are unique to the particular element, and a Dragon Slayer is able to use it for any goal or kind of situation they face. Due to this, elemental prowess of Dragon Slayer is quite versatile and powerful.

Dragon Slayers have changed physiology because of the mechanics Dragon Slayer Magic has; this changed physiology suits the Dragon’s one, which allows them to become something new and unbelievable powerful. Dragon Slayers are completely immune to the effects of their own element, can adapt to it and the environment connected to this element, as their lungs become capable of spewing it, while their skin gains a protection against it as the scales of Dragons. Moreover, expending on this passive trait, they are able to consume external sources of their element, which helps them recover themselves, heal their wounds and, of course, replenish their strength and energy. The further difference comes in, as Dragon Slayers are immune to most types of their particular element. The main reason why they are possible to do it lies in their capability of nullifying any elemental-based attacks, which are thrown to them; as their body is cannot be damaged by their element, they can simply absorb it and enhance their performance. A quite funny note, that Dragon Slayers are able to actually feel the taste and quality of their element, when they come in contact with it. Yet, such consumption trait has its own limits – Dragon Slayer cannot consume and/or absorb their element, if it is produced from their body, and they need to consume it through their mouth. However, in some cases this limit may be surpassed, depending on the particular element or prowess of Dragon Slayer. The Dragon Slayer is much more powerful, than usual human, even trained one. This is caused because of the really harsh training they must come through, when they are tutored by Dragons; then, it comes to the passive augmentation of their body parts i.e. arms, legs; even their bones, muscles, lungs, blood vessels and etc. become much stronger. They are able to withstand much more damage, lift up much heavier objects, run faster and jump higher, than usual trained fighters can. With bare hands Dragon Slayer easily can destroy wood and stones, not to mention that they can leave dents and possibly holes in the metal without harming their skin – all of this is a proof, that Dragon Slayers are living weapon of draconic destruction, humans with draconic might. Another note is that Dragon Slayer possess keener senses, like sight, hearing, the most prominent is their sense of smell, which allows them to track their target easily and on great distances, and even discovering family relationship by indicating the similarities between the scents of two persons.

Dragon Slayer Magic is known to be the only meaning of hurting, fighting and eventually killing Dragons, who are shown to be mostly unaffected by other forms of Magic. In general, Dragon Slayers can hurt any Dragons, however the most positive effect they will have in a fight with the Dragon, who has their elemental affinity. For example, shown in an encounter of Natsu Dragneel and Laxus Dreyar with Atlas Flame, Laxus was able to deal some damage to Atlas Flame, because he is Dragon Slayer, however he couldn’t hurt Atlas Flame that much, as they have different elements; Natsu was able to completely overpower Atlas Flame, both consuming his flames and reinvigorating himself, and in the end returning the Flame Dragon to his senses from Dragon Supremacy Magic, because he is Fire Dragon Slayer. On the other hand, later, Natsu was able to somehow hurt Motherglare, but without great damage, and the clue was indeed in their elemental difference.

As there are many kind of Slayer Magic exist, it is known, that God Slayer Magic is somewhat higher in means of power and properties, as it tends to slay Gods; shown in a fight between Natsu Dragneel and Zancrow, at first Fire Dragon Slayer couldn’t eat any trace of Zancrow’s blackened flames, however the God Slayer was possible to eat Natsu’s fire and afterwards change the properties of his Spell later. In their next encounter Natsu found out the way how to actually consume the God Slayer’s flames – by doing a complete self-nullifying of his own Magic Power reserves, Natsu was able to create enough place for such powerful divine element, thus he was able to consume it, adapting his own body for it and eventually defeat Zancrow by mixing his own Magic with enhanced blackened flames; something, which was strong enough to defeat almost non-damaged Zancrow in one attack, devastate most of the surroundings behind him and possibly reinvigorate Dragneel’s magic reserves, even though he lost the ability to call upon these flames later.

Not stopping on such features, the body of Dragon Slayer is adapted to the different properties of their particular elements, as their body has not a simple protection against it, but is connected to it and even able to produce it. For example, while Fire Dragon Slayers can freely move and stay in hot environments up to the severe hot caves near the volcanoes, as they can withstand such hot temperature, water and ice-related Dragon Slayers can withstand the severe coldness of ice-based environment and cold deeps of the oceans, seas and etc. Another note, that Ice Dragon Slayer freely can walk into the hot place and not feel themselves uncomfortable due their passive capability of making the temperature around themselves cold enough to not be affected by the hot temperature; the same goes to the Fire Dragon Slayers, as they freely can walk without much warm clothes on them in, for example, snowy mountains, as they simple can make their body temperature and the temperature around them higher.

The final note in quite different physiology is that the bodies of Dragon Slayers are adapted to almost anything they may encounter. Even if it is for a small amount of time, they are able to consume and change the ratio of unknown to their body element and even use it for something; they are able to enhance their performance by absorbing different chemical elements, which may drastically change the overall form of their element, on such rate, that it won’t be as harmful to the body of Dragon Slayer, as it should be.

The spilled blood of Dragon Slayer can also affect their element, making it much powerful, than before. In several times, the power of their spells can be increased because of their blood used as a fuel to the element they produce themselves; something like this is referred as Blood Enhancement (竜血強化, Ryūketsu Kyōka), a specific and passive trait too, which may happen in any of Dragon Slayer’s battle. Sometimes, the user of Dragon Slayer Magic may attain an unusual control over their Magic, which eventually will lead to the improved performance or much versatile use of their powers. For example, seen within such individuals as Cobra, Takamiya Tengo and others, a particular Dragon Slayer can learn how to enter a Draconic Warcry form, where their element overflows their body, and increases their battle performance for specific amount of time; with their individual element, they are able to reach new heights and even more, new ways of how they can manipulate and use their element in order to defeat their enemy. In appearance this looks like a very dense and highly-pressured magical aura, which actually takes the form of their element and its properties.

On the other hand, dragon-killing magic is the one, which serves as a double-edged sword – with a great power there is a great price. An excessive use of this magic, which works with all of Dragon Slayers, may turn the user into an actual Dragon; in other words, the more Dragon Slayer makes a use of their powers, the less human they stay. This happens due to several factors, the primal one is that while learning Dragon Slayer Magic, a Dragon Seed (竜の種, Ryū no Tane) will appear in the body of the practitioner. Dragon Seed is a plant-like organism that forms inside the body of Dragon Slayer, either new one or quite experienced in his Magic. Dragon Seed is known as one of the three side effects of learning Dragon Slayer Magic, being the source of what begins the process of Dragonification.

Of course, with such great drawback as turning into a Dragon, there is a preventing tool exists. In order to stop the spreading of Dragon Seed, Dragons can enter the body of Dragon Slayers and sleep there in ethereal form for a large amount of time – as shown on the examples of ,, , and , their dragon parents slept in them almost for 25 years, taking into consideration the age of Dragon Slayers, and the time of Tenrou Island incident. In the end, this process will create special antibodies, which will affect both the body of the Mage and their Magic Origin, granting them a special type of Dragon’s Factor in their body. With Dragon’s Factor in their body, they will be able to not turn into Dragon, and rather use it in other ways. This secret art is known as Dragon Soul Seal, which can not only grant the user Factor of Dragon, but also allow them to wield the power of Primal Dragon Mode.

But nevertheless, not every Dragon tutor do such thing, so cases like  happens, as he is infamous Dragon Slayer, who literally massacred almost all of Dragon in Dragon Civil War, and left a bunch of them in half-dead condition; a big amount of dragon blood in which he bathed actually greatly augmented the pace with which he turned into the Dragon, yet without it he might come through the process much slower. The bathing in Dragon’s blood actually gives an immense boost in Dragon Slayer’s powers and capabilities; it is considered, that when Dragon Slayer kills their Dragon parent and bathes in their blood, they may become so powerful, that they will literally be Dragon in human body, not mentioning different power-up forms they are possible to maintain. However such case wasn’t proved yet and there are not so many Dragon Slayers in the world, as the one can consider.

Dragon Slayers
Dragon Slayers (, Doragon Sureiyā lit. Dragon-Destroying Magicians) are a unique type of people who utilize Dragon Slayer Magic as their primary magic and weapon. In the past, they were called as Draco Venatores (,  Dorako Benatoru lit. Dragon-Killing Hunting Knights), because they literally were hunting down aggressive and evil dragons.

As it was before mentioned in many aspects, Dragon Slayers are a unique type of people, who are able to wield the power of Dragons. Each Dragon Slayer has their own form of Magic, just like each Dragon is a master of their own element. Because Dragon Slayer Magic fully affects its practitioners in all aspects, Dragon Slayers have distinctive characteristics and features in both their appearance and physical performances.

In case of appearance, Dragon Slayers have slitted pupils, making them the bearers of Dragon-esque Eyes, and noticeably sharper teeth, the most prominent are prolonged canine one.

Because of their harsh trainings and post-effects from Dragon Slayer Magic, Dragon Slayers have trained, enhanced bodies and mind; their body as almost strong as the dragon’s one, and even within their elemental immunity and high physical performance, a person which can be considered as weak for Dragon Slayer, easily may break materials, which highly-trained fighter won’t even change in any way. Dragon Slayers are also not affected by standard illnesses, which other people may have, yet there are some cases, when even Dragon Slayer may become ill for a short amount of time. Because they have dragon affinity, it is harder for Dragon Slayers to have mental diseases, and being brainwashed by means of telepathy or other psychic powers. However, again, in some rare cases it is possible to disrupt the usual mental process of Dragon Slayer Mage and even take them under the control from the outside source and use them for, well, anything the controller want.

It seems that, for some reason, all powerful Dragon Slayers, who may be considered that of an advanced level, suffer from severe motion sickness, having problems with their sense of balance, ending up having troubles with ANY type of vehicle they are on. In the case with weak Dragon Slayers, who are formidable opponents in any way, they are able to ride any means of transportation with ease. But, when they are on the stage, when they are really powerful and dangerous, they are vulnerable to motion sickness. Until the vehicle is specially designed to accommodate Dragon Slayers, or if they believe the transportation is more of an ally (and even a living creature) than a vehicle, they will almost definitely experience motion sickness. When it comes to magical performance, it shows that every Dragon Slayer has enhanced Magical Power and dragon-related Magical Aura, which is far more powerful, than Standard Mage has. Moreover, Dragon Slayers are able infusing their Magical Aura with their own element, making it even more versatile in utilization for their purposes. Such ability finds its benefit in Draconic Warcry technique, which was mentioned before.

Learning Methods
Actually, there are only two ways the Mage can learn Dragon Slayer Magic. The first one is when the Mage must be taught by an actual Dragon, who utilizes Enchantment in order to affect their pupil and with it, train them hard. Have been personally taught by a Dragon, the ones who learned their Dragon Slayer Magic through this method are referred to as First Generation Dragon Slayers and quite often, the Dragon, who taught the Dragon Slayer their magic, is their foster parent of some. Behind this, there is another way how to become First Generation Dragon Slayer. As it is no secret, that Magic can be learned with the help of grimoires and different manuscripts, there are Dragon Words exist. Dragon Words (ドラゴンの言葉, Doragon no Kotoba) are ancient writings, which are similar to grimoires and transform the practitioner in the same way as Dragon tutors their disciple. Hard to find and even harder to learn from them, actually they give tremendous power on their own and even can power-up Dragon Slayers, who were already taught by dragons.

The second way is when the Mage must have Dragon Lacrima implanted into their body. Dragon Lacrima (, Doragon Rakurima lit. Dragon Magic Crystal) is a special Magic Crystal, which usually is implanted into the body of a patient; eventually, the ones who learned their Dragon Slayer Magic through this method are referred to as Second Generation Dragon Slayers. In its basic form, Second Generation is not only considered as New-Style and even futuristic one, but also as artificial, because they were not taught their abilities by a Dragon, they are considered artificial Dragon Slayers. Second Generation Dragon Slayer Magic is used by those who solely had Dragon Lacrima implanted into their bodies, and while they may considered artificial, the Lacrima itself gives a disease immunity, body enhancements and magic power enhancements similar to those wielded by First Generation. Even though such Dragon Lacrima, which is very expensive and quite hard to find, it should be noted, that this magic crystal has its own drawbacks and bad sides. First of all, it may be shattered in the body of the Mage, not only enhancing their body again, but actually hurting it, leaving them with some physical problems like internal wounds and or even some diseases, which won’t be cured on their own even in the body of Dragon Slayer. Dragon Lacrima, even when it is a crystalline substance, can be also eaten, rather than implanted. However, in this case Dragon Lacrima serves as a double-edged sword due to huge drawbacks it can give to the body.

On the other side, there are two more official Generation exists, which are roughly the sub-category of the previously two. The Third Generation Dragon Slayers are the one, who combine the abovementioned methods. They were taught by the Dragon and after that, have had their bodies implanted with Dragon Lacrima. This utilization of both methods like a one ends up with its own benefits like amplifying their magical performance on their own, having somewhat easier access to Dragon Force state and etc.; however, they cannot be the same as First Generation, as they are not the same, even if they were taught by dragons.

The Fourth Generation Dragon Slayers are the one, who utilize specific armor named as Dragon Slayer Equipment (, Doragon Sureiyā Ikuippumento lit. Destroying Armour of Fourth Era Dragon, shortened to DSE). DSE is known to be made out of Dragon Bones and has Dragon Lacrimas as the core of the power. Being somewhat similar to Requip Magic in some ways, DSE synchronizes with the body of the user, thus with continuous utilization granting them the same physical and magical alteration as seen with Second Generation. Being also called as futuristic one, this generation, however, cannot enter Dragon Force state, but allows to use alternative modes, which in essence the same for Dragon Force.

Trivia

 * Even though Dragon Slayer Magic has limitless functions in Edolas, and is valued as a priceless resource for everyday uses, this fact wasn’t mentioned in the article.