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God Slayer Magic | |
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滅悪魔法 |
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Metsuaku Mahō |
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God Slayer Magic (滅神魔法, Metsujin Mahō) is a Lost Magic and Ancient Spell used by mages known as God Slayers (
Overview
Devil Slayer Magic is similar to Dragon Slayer Magic and Devil Slayer Magic in that it imbues its users with an elemental magic that is imbued with the capacity to slay gods. The main method this magic is used is by shrouding one's body with their respective attribute or summoning it to utilize offensive, defensive, and supplementary techniques. They are immune to the element they are intertwined with and are even capable of eating their element to replenish their strength and magic power. God Slayers are unable to consume the element they create.
A unique property of this magic is that it allows its users to detect the presence of holy creatures or sacred places. They are also capable of desecrating sacred objects, removing their sanctity or divine properties. While the magic primarily combats devils, it is also equally effective against any sort of divine magic.
Like all slayer magics, learning God Slayer Magic can be quite dangerous. Using it too often or learning it rapidly can have consequences. One of the dangers of this magic is that it is believed that as a God Slayer grows in power, their soul is vulnerable and their morality and sense of humanity begins to shift. This can cause them to behave cold, absolute, and without a sense of 'right' or 'wrong', merely a sense of what 'is' to the element they control. Eventually, it is believed that God Slayers through the process of Deification, similar to Demonization can completely transcend their mortality, granting them enhanced control of their magic with the risk of eventually losing their personhood and ceasing to exist on the mortal plane. God Slayers can eventually learn to overcome this with patience, training, medical intervention, and even being given antibodies by their godly teacher.
When a God Slayer is able to fully embrace their potential transcendence and pledges themselves to their identity, they are capable of entering the ultimate state of God Slayer Magic, a mode similar to Dragon Force known as Apotheosis.
Learning God Slayer Magic
Notice: The following section is primarily fanon and can be ignored; it is merely for inspiration purposes.
While God Slayers do not have defined "generations" akin to Dragon Slayers, there are several ways to learn God Slayer Magic such as the following:
- One is to be taught by a God or God Slayer.
- The second is by learning the magic from a scripture or otherwise holy tome.
- The third is to be implanted with a divine lacrima.
- The fourth is to consume the flesh of a god.
- The fifth is to be self-taught.
God Slayer Abilities
Notice: The following abilities are completely fanon. They can be freely used by anyone as they are equivalents to the abilities possessed by Dragon Slayers.
Deification
Deification (神体, Shintai lit "Divine Body") is a side effect of God Slayer Magic and a common enhancement to a God Slayer's arsenal. While it comes with great power, it has its own consequences; symbolizing the beginning of a God Slayer's transcendence and their personhood slipping away. When undergoing Deification, the user's eyes begin to glow and their body seems to become dim and become semitransparent, like it is beginning to fade.
Deification grants the user absolute dominion over their element. They are capable of redirecting, completely neutralizing, and transmuting any example of their element in the area around it, even another's magic, curse, or spiritual art. This is limited in scope by the user's magic power. The more one uses Deification, the more their body begins to seem less corporeal and more ethereal, eventually turning translucent. It is said that if a God Slayer's body is completely overtaken by Deification, they will lose their personhood and disappear from the mortal plane. This phenomenon can sometimes be controlled with patience, training, medical intervention, and even being given antibodies by their godly teacher. Eventually some God Slayers are able to evoke Deification at will.
Apotheosis
Apotheosis (神化, Shinka) is term used for when one is capable of mastering their Deification. The process begins by a God Slayer allowing their body to be overtaken by deification, turning completely translucent and even vanishing for a moment. For most, this would signify their ascendance and loss of physical form. However, for God Slayers who have harmonized with their magic and carved out a space for their identity within themselves beyond their divine element are able to take complete control of it. Upon releasing their magic aura, the God Slayer appears again. Their eyes glow and their element can be seen coursing through their veins and swirling around their heart. Some even gain additional inhuman features depending on the nature of their magic. It is the most powerful state a God Slayer can unleash and is said to rival the power of minor gods.
Apotheosis greatly increases the destructive capabilities of God Slayer Magic and enhances their control of their element. It also allows them to access more advanced, powerful usages of their magic. Their physical capabilities and magic power are empowered as well. Its might can be combined with Deity Modes, such as consuming and activating a second element or unleashing Divine Emperor mode.
Deity Modes
Dual Element Deity Mode (モード二要素神, Mōdo Niyōsojin) is an advanced capability of God Slayers that allows them to consume an element other than their own to combine the elements inside their body and use the properties of both at the same time. This gives them more versatility, new spells, and enhances the power of their magic greatly.
Single Element Enhancement Mode (モード優位要素神, Mōdo Yūiyōsojin lit. "Superior God Element Mode") is an advanced capability of God Slayers that allows them to reach the ultimate heights of their element by modifying its properties such as turning lightning to red lightning or iron to steel. It also manifests as a phenomenon called Divine Emperor Mode (モード神帝, Modo Shintai) or Divine Empress Mode (モード神皇后, Modo Shinkōgō) in which the God Slayer invokes the truest depths of their element and accesses the full power of gods, much like Dragon King Mode.
Extras
- A recreation of the magic page written by GloamingEve to make the writing a bit more straightforward and canon-coexistent and to create free use equivalents to Dragon Slayer abilities.
- The abilities and generations are the brainchild of Eve, Artist of the Daleks, & Captain Flowers.
- In Fairy Tail, God Slayer Magic takes on a black hue. Whether that is true in your fanon is up to you.