Fairy Tail: You said you were just acting, are you serious?

With a flick of his hand, Ron sent dozens of grasshoppers leaping out from the corner and bounding toward the Rat King's blasted hole.

Upon seeing this, Laxus quickly activated his electricity and escaped from the range of Ron's bomb.

"Art is an explosion! Drink!"

Just then, a brilliant white light shone again on the Rat King's flared chin.

Boom!

The impact of the explosion instantly charred the Rat King's massive head, turning it into ashes that scattered with the aftershocks of the bomb.

The enormous body, headless, rolled on the ground with the aftershocks, finally collapsing in the distance, never to be heard from again.

The magic crystals radiating a deep blue light around them also flickered rhythmically and intensely due to this aftershock, their brightness changing unpredictably.

Laxus closed his eyes and covered his ears when he saw the white light, but the aftershocks still caused him to experience tinnitus.

After recovering, Laxus saw the body that had rolled far away and was deeply shocked.

His scales, which even lightning couldn't penetrate, were blasted through by Ron in this way.

Is this clay modeling magic really that powerful?

Ron, standing on high ground, closed his eyes as the waves blew him away, even blowing his wig off into the distance.

Ron opened his eyes and saw that the headless body was no longer getting up, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"I accidentally released too much magic, but luckily the main tunnel is still very stable."

As soon as he finished speaking, the red skin on Ron's body gradually faded, and the duration of the [Eight Gates Formation] was over.

After the Eight Gates buff expired, less than 10% of his magic power was reduced to less than 50%.

Ron lowered his head, searching for Laxus's figure. When he finally saw him, he waved to him.

"Laxus!"

Laxus looked up and spotted Ron.

"We've finished, time to go home, okay?"

Laxus was taken aback for a moment, then finally a smile of admiration appeared on his face.

"Ok!"

Chapter 34 Everything went smoothly

"Is everything packed?"

Outside the Dust Town parking lot, Ron asked Laxus.

After resting, Laxus regained his cold demeanor, but still nodded in response.

Now that the miners have been rescued and the swarms of scaled rats have been cleared out, they have no reason to stay there any longer.

"Magicians, please wait a moment."

Just as they were waiting for the next bus at the stop, the town mayor suddenly arrived.

He was followed by several miners and a group of unfamiliar residents.

The mayor and the five miners bowed to Laxus and Ron in gratitude.

"Thank you for the help of the mages. Thanks to you, our town has been freed from the troubles of the monsters."

The town mayor and the bloody, gruesome figure behind him...

"Thank you so much."

Laxus turned his face away upon hearing this.

"No need to thank me, it's what we should do."

Ron echoed Laxus, smiling at the mayor and the others:

"Yes, we also received a commission fee, so there's no need to go into that."

Ron and Laxus's commission has been increased by more than two times after the mayor's decision.

It wasn't just because the miners were rescued, but thanks to Ron, they found a new mine entrance through the main passage after the side tunnel collapsed.

The entrance to the mine they discovered revealed even more high-quality magic crystal rough stones.

This means that the economic value of their dust town has increased again, which has brought them great benefits. Therefore, the mayor is generous and has raised the commission fee again.

"No, you two are our benefactors, so these words are only right."

Shh!

Just then, the magic train arrived at the Mineral Dust Town station, emitting white steam, and came to a steady stop at the station.

"Let's go."

When Laxus saw the train arrive, he pulled Laron along and they went inside together.

Finally, amidst the farewells of the residents of Dust Town, the magic train set off to return home.

Inside the carriage, Laxus sat by the window, and Ron sat next to him.

At this moment, Ron was quietly gazing ahead, seemingly lost in thought and resting.

In reality, Ron was sorting out his gains from this trip and looking at the prompts in front of him.

[Boundless Wisdom triggered, increasing maximum Magic Power and Spirit Power by 2.8 points]

[Current performance level: 100%]

He got the Rat King's head, which also provided 2.8 points to his maximum magic and mental power.

This time, he gained a total of 14.3 points to his maximum magic and mental power, which saved him a lot of time, at least enough to save him from killing chickens and pigs for several months.

As expected, the character's current performance level has reached 100%, meaning the character card can be settled ahead of schedule.

However, with Laxus by his side now, he naturally had to go back before settling the score for this B-grade card.

After summarizing everything, Ron looked around and realized that there were only the two of them in the carriage.

Ron looked at Laxus, seemingly uninterested in speaking to him.

For some reason, after leaving the mine, he returned to his previous state.

He no longer needed to improve his acting skills. Exhausted, he closed his eyes and decided to rest for a while on his way back.

At this moment, Laxus crossed his arms and looked out the window, his peripheral vision occasionally glancing at Ron, who was resting with his eyes closed.

Laxus thought for a long time before finally lowering his hands and turning to face Ron.

"Hey, you're not asleep yet, are you?"

Ron opened his eyes at the sound and looked at Laxus with a puzzled expression.

"No, what happened?"

Laxus took a deep breath and said:

"You bastard, how many things have you been hiding from me?"

Ron: "...?"

Laxus's forehead bulged with veins, his eyes serious, and he gritted his teeth as he complained to Ron.

"It only dawned on me then that I realized that the clay spider that was perched on my shoulder was a bomb?!"

"If you had told me earlier that it would explode, I would have thrown it away in the tunnel."

Ron laughed when he saw Laxus struggling with the problem.

"What's so funny?! If it explodes, I'll be dead right there!"

Laxus frowned, wanting only to tell Ron about his frustration.

That clay can explode, you know. Anyone else would have the same thought.

After laughing for a while, Ron stopped laughing and began to explain, with Laxus watching him intently.

"Don't worry, as long as that spider is not under my control, it's just an ordinary clay animal and won't explode because of your actions."

That's true. If Ron doesn't activate it himself, the magic circle made of magical clay won't explode if attacked by someone else.

"I can rest assured that."

Upon hearing this, Laxus finally breathed a sigh of relief, and his expression softened slightly.

However, Laxus then coldly looked out the window and whispered:

"Also, thank you for that time in the mine. After all, I didn't originally plan to ask you to help."

"It was that rat king who subdued me; I owe you one."

Ron hesitated for a moment, but then agreed with Laxus. After all, it was rare for him to thank him, so he didn't want to spoil his fun.

"If that's how you see it, then just tell me next time you need a partner."

Laxus adjusted his posture, crossed his arms, and continued to gaze coldly out the window.

"I won't let you do it next time. Just watch me do it."

Ron sighed. Why was this guy so awkward to be around?

Ron's eyes lit up, and he picked up his travel bag and began rummaging through it.

"Speaking of owing, I do owe you something."

Laxus turned around and looked at Ron with a puzzled expression.

When did you start owing me something?

Then Ron took out a golden ticket with the word 'VIP' written in big letters on it.

Ron handed the vote to Laxus and smiled.

"This is the opportunity you had last time when you were lucky enough to be given a chance. Here, take it."

Laxus paused for a moment, then accepted the ticket.

Seeing Laxus carefully put the ticket into his travel bag, then turn his face to look out the window, this time without his usual coldness, he smiled.

Seeing Laxus's reaction, Ron smiled and began to explain.

"This is a permanent VIP ticket for the Pure White Theatre Company. We look forward to your visit, hmm."

"Tell me again when you reopen, and I'll think about it."

"I'll let you know on the first day it reopens, okay?"

"Could you please remove that 'um'? It's getting more and more annoying the more I hear it."

"No, um."

It's still more fun to tease kids.

Waaaaah! Waaaah!

The magical train, which was traveling on the tracks, sounded its whistle and headed back towards Magnolia City.

Chapter 35: It's you I've decided on!

By the time the magic train arrived at the main station in Magnolia town, it was already getting dark.

After saying goodbye to Laxus, Ron returned to his residence.

After taking a shower, Ron sat at his desk in his room and began to count the character cards.

[The character card's duration has expired; settlement is in progress...]

[Final Summary: 100% Performance]

[Perfect role-playing; all abilities of the current character card are available for selection]

Please select one of the abilities you wish to acquire.

Ron naturally chose ability four, [Clay Modeling Magic - Transformation], since this was the key to the explosion of magical clay.

Ron had already learned the bomb magic circle ability through his A-rank learning talent when he finished making the magic clay, which allowed him to barely make the clay model magic take shape.