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

Faced with this resistance, Uru charged directly to the front of the column to ensure the army continued its steady advance.

"Ice Form: Infinite Blade Leaf!"

She clasped her hands together, and the magic circle she cast instantly produced countless ice blades that pierced towards the believers.

Whoosh!

Those believers who were pierced by the ice blades didn't even have time to scream before they were instantly frozen into ice sculptures, unable to move.

Uru led the charge, casually tearing a gap in the enemy's defenses, leaving the army with minimal losses.

Meanwhile, in the deepest basement of the monastery, a middle-aged man dressed in black robes was trembling uncontrollably with nervousness after hearing the report from the believers.

"Damn it! Why did the Magic Council suddenly attack?!"

The middle-aged man wiped the cold sweat from his brow and rushed to the desk, sweeping everything on it onto the floor.

He quickly kicked the table away, then squatted down and opened the treasure chest underneath.

He quickly gathered up all the important items and documents, knowing that as long as he had them, he could use them to blackmail others into helping him make a comeback!

He ran to the bookshelf in the corner of the secret room, pulled the candlestick on the wall, and activated the hidden mechanism.

Bang~!

Behind him, a stone door disguised as a stone wall opened with a click, revealing a pitch-black passage.

The moment he entered the passage, a fiery red magic circle suddenly appeared in mid-air, igniting a fireball that hurtled towards the stone door!

Boom!

The fireball exploded the moment it touched the edge of the entrance, destroying the entire entrance to the secret passage. It instantly collapsed into countless rubble and dirt, and the entrance ceased to exist.

A few minutes later, the army that rushed into the monastery was held up for a while by the believers.

Uru, gliding down the ice track, arrived at the basement level and found a messy, secret room.

Looking at the completely sealed entrance to the secret passage, her brows furrowed.

"We were careless; someone actually managed to escape beforehand..."

Seeing all these parchment items scattered on the ground, discarded by the leader, it's likely that the escaped person managed to take the crucial information.

Just as she raised her hands, hesitating whether to blast open the secret passage and chase after him, a familiar voice suddenly appeared in her mind.

This is because someone used telepathy to convey his thoughts to him.

"No, I've always been here. The rest is up to you."

Upon hearing Ron's telepathic message, the anxiety he had been feeling instantly eased.

"That voice really makes me feel safe..."

A smile appeared on Uru's lips. After stopping what he was doing, he decisively turned around and left the secret room.

Lahar encountered Uru, who had come back up, and looked puzzled.

"Your Excellency Uru, how is the situation down below?"

Uru responded:

"Nothing has been found. Now, take control of the remaining spies and interrogate them one by one for information."

"Yes! Received!"

At this time, a few kilometers away from the hidden valley, in a desolate wilderness, there was a dry well that had been abandoned for many years.

Crunch~ Crunch~

The stone slabs on the dry well kept shaking, making a series of friction sounds.

Bang~!

Then the stone slab flipped over and fell to the side of the well, revealing a pair of hands covered in mud at the well opening.

The middle-aged man, covered in mud and dust, struggled to climb out of the well using his hands.

After emerging from the well, he collapsed onto a pile of dry grass, breathing in the fresh morning air.

"I finally...did it..."

He reached into his collar and touched the documents hidden there. Seeing that they were still intact, he couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, what use are those idiots in the Magic Council? They couldn't even find the secret passage!"

Now I can finally start over and gather believers again..."

"Your plan is too slow. I suggest you just surrender."

Just as he was feeling smug, he suddenly heard a voice coming from beside him.

His smile froze instantly, his eyes widened, and he turned to look in the direction from which the sound came.

Not far from him, a gray-haired boy was leaning against a nearby tree trunk, leisurely trimming his nails.

While Ron was busy with his hands, he glanced at the middle-aged man who had finally reacted and revealed a smug smile.

"Oh my, you look so disheveled! Where are you rushing off to?"

The joy that had just risen in the middle-aged man's heart instantly turned into boundless fear the moment he saw Ron appear.

Chapter 138 R System, Paradise Tower

"What, what exactly are you trying to do?!"

The middle-aged man from the magic cult questioned in alarm, a chill creeping down his back.

I remember that I was the only one who knew about this secret passage, so how could someone be lying in ambush here?

"Why would I wait for you here? Isn't it obvious?"

Ron blew on the nail clippings on his fingertips, never looking directly at him when he responded.

Otherwise, what do you think I'm going to do? You're not surnamed Jing, so what else can I do to you?

Having sensed the leader's direction early on using his telepathy, Ron seized him here ahead of time, following the path he was heading.

The man saw that although Ron looked like a teenager, he still dared not act rashly and knelt down in fear.

He raised his hands in surrender, and shouted tremblingly:

"I'll tell you everything as long as you don't kill me!"

"Really?"

Ron remained unmoved and casually replied:

"Then hand over what's in your arms intact, and I'll think about it."

Upon hearing this, the man who had been kneeling on the ground, not daring to raise his head, instantly stopped trembling, and the expression on his face froze.

How could he know that he was hiding these secret scrolls? These scrolls were his trump cards in the transaction; if he handed them over, he would lose his life.

He instantly raised his head and roared:

"Die! Orb of Demonic Flame!"

He cast a magic circle with both hands, and a blazing fireball instantly formed, rushing rapidly towards Ron.

"It seems he's still not convinced."

Ron shook his head, looked at the middle-aged man with his turquoise eyes, and raised his right hand to cast a magic circle.

【Copy Magic · Magic Theft】

In an instant, he stole the man's fireball magic, and at the same time, a similar fireball was formed in the magic circle, but the magic power it contained and its size were more than twice that of the other fireball!

"What! The same magic as mine?!"

To the man's astonishment, the other's fireball instantly engulfed his own.

The immense fireball, still raging, slammed into the middle-aged man.

Boom!

An explosion followed, and the man, his body charred black, rolled his eyes and collapsed to the ground, completely unconscious.

Ron put away the magic circle. As expected of an S-rank copy magic spell, his casting speed was incredibly fast.

This effect only occurs after you fuse the Replication Magic, use your popularity points to draw Rubick, and then obtain the Arcane Supreme.

"oops!"

Ron then realized something, patted his forehead, and forgot that the man was hiding a scroll on his body.

Hopefully, my enhanced fireball attack won't burn all his scrolls.

Ron rushed over, flipped up his collar, and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the scroll was undamaged.

Fortunately, the clothes this guy was wearing had a layer of magic-resistant material, and the scroll was also made of high-grade material that was not easily damaged; otherwise, he would have burned away the key clue.

He casually opened the scroll and glanced at it. It contained records of secret routes for transferring people, as well as several other hiding places of magical orders. It seemed that this time the harvest was quite large.

Moreover, the most crucial project name, R System, is written at the end of the scroll.

"This trip was worthwhile; it really was a clue to Paradise Tower."

Ron put away the scroll with satisfaction, then picked up the unconscious middle-aged man like a puppy, turned around and went back the way he came, heading back to the monastery.

Meanwhile, the Council's forces had already thoroughly searched all the cult's strongholds in the valley.

They discovered another hidden entrance to the cave, and upon entering, they found the missing persons being held captive.

The captain was instructing the troops to comfort and rescue those in the cells one by one.

The believers who had been arrested were thawed and shivered. Even after being questioned, they still couldn't reveal any information.

“They all say they don’t know anything, what should we do, Your Excellency Uru.”

Rahar reported to Uru with a worried expression.

Just as Ur was about to respond, he suddenly heard some commotion from the outer troops.

"Who are you! State your name immediately!"

The soldiers saw a young figure appear and warily raised their weapons, aiming them at the target.

boom!

Ron raised his hands to indicate that he meant no harm. As he lowered his hands, the middle-aged man fell to the ground again, suffering a second injury.

"Don't be nervous, put your weapon down."

Uru turned his head and saw that it was Ron, an acquaintance. He waved and persuaded the soldiers to put down their weapons.

Lahar was taken aback when he saw that it was Ron, not expecting him to be there.

Uru quickly began to explain:

"This is a mage from Fairy Tail. To prevent him from escaping our capture, I temporarily found an accomplice to keep watch in the shadows. He's one of our own."

Upon hearing Uru's explanation, the soldiers looked at each other. Since they were friendly forces, they obeyed his command and laid down their weapons.

Lahar, who was standing nearby, was not displeased when he heard Uru's words; instead, he smiled.

“If it is His Excellency Ron, then I naturally have no objection.”

Having witnessed Ron's strength firsthand, Lahar was quite at ease having this helper.

With Urru having a commander whose strength is close to that of the Ten Saints, and with Ron providing backup, the entire unit's trip should proceed without any difficulties or problems.

Ron smiled and nodded to Lahar as a greeting, then took out the scrolls from his pocket and handed them to Uru.

"Look at these, these magical orders seem to be doing something big."

Uru took the scroll and opened it, and Lahar curiously came over as well.

When they saw the Paradise Tower project, everyone looked shocked.

Rahar felt a chill run down his spine, and asked in a trembling voice:

"Is this R system for real?"

Ron explained from the side:

"That's right, this Paradise Tower, also known as the R System, is a forbidden magic that uses living people as sacrifices to resurrect the dead."