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

Chapter 117 Interrupting the Competition

As the match began, Ultear showed no mercy even when facing Azuma, raising her hands in a spellcasting stance and conjuring an ice-blue magic circle before her.

"Ice-themed Rose Garden!"

The moisture in the air condensed into countless huge, thorny ice vines and roses, sweeping towards Azuma.

Azuma let out a wild laugh filled with fighting spirit, then unleashed his tree roots, which burst forth from the ground on the arena, shattering the approaching ice crystals.

While dealing with Urutia's attacks, he unleashed another thick tree root to attack her.

Once Ultear realized the attack, she casually waved her hand, casting Ice Shape magic while also secretly casting Arc of Time, causing the tree roots to wither and freeze.

She continuously deflected Azuma's attacks, then unleashed ice-shaped magic to strike him.

He gave him a troublesome look, but the corners of his mouth just wouldn't turn down.

This intense pulling gave Azuma a long-lost feeling of exhilaration.

This is real combat. His previous opponents were all too weak and didn't even provoke his fighting spirit.

During the battle, he keenly sensed the gaps in Urutia's spellcasting.

Then, with a flash of his eyes, he detonated the ground beneath his feet.

boom!

The explosion sent up a cloud of smoke and dust, shattering the ice vines around him and blurring Ultear's vision for a moment.

Before Urudia could react, countless tree roots suddenly sprang up from the ground and restrained her.

Then the tree roots wrapped around Urutia's neck, and he was almost swallowed up by them.

She is now feeling difficulty breathing; the pressure from the tree roots is making it impossible for her to breathe.

Azuma, realizing the outcome was already decided, did not launch another attack.

"You lost."

She instinctively wanted to cast Arc of Time, but then realized she couldn't use Ice Shape magic to cover it up, so she made a faint sound instead.

"I... admit defeat..."

'

She looked at the referee in the distance, but found that he did not make a move.

The referee nervously checked his magical megaphone, seemingly oblivious to her faint surrender and ignoring her presence.

Ron, who was on the edge of the waiting area, was the first to notice something was wrong and stood up in confusion.

The speaker in the audience also frowned. What exactly happened on the stage?

At that moment, Azuma naturally heard Urutia's faint words of surrender.

He frowned slightly, his eyes showing regret at not being able to fight to the very end, but he accepted the result.

Out of caution and instinct, he dared not immediately loosen the tree roots before the referee made the official announcement. He decided to wait until she was unable to resist before releasing her.

Seeing that the referee did not make a ruling, Azuma reminded Urutia again, "Say it again, Urutia, your voice is too soft."

Urudia laughed in anger, "Even now, why aren't you letting her go?"

She then lowered her head as her breathing became weak.

As her mind began to cloud, she recalled her painful memories at the Magic Development Bureau, which made her miss her mother.

Why am I suffering so much in this life...?

It was all a scam. All that talk of forbearance and infiltration didn't matter to her anymore.

Urutia, who had been overwhelmed by negative emotions, finally lost her mind.

Since she can't return to her mother's side in this life, and since this world is inherently ugly...

At that moment, Urudia struggled to raise his head, revealing intense hatred as he stared at Azuma.

Then I'll destroy this life with my own hands!

She used all her strength, unleashing the Arc of Time with her right hand to forcefully break free from the withered tree roots, and raised her hand towards Azuma.

The immense magical energy emanating from her body was now overflowing from the arena!

"Um?!"

Azuma, who was waiting for the referee's verdict just a second ago, instantly sensed this magic, which made the hairs on his body stand on end.

This magic, her killing intent is real!

Faced with this sudden death crisis, Azuma didn't even have time to think about why she wanted to back out; she instinctively began to fight back.

In that instant, he clenched his fist and detonated all the tree roots wrapped around Urutia!

Great Tree Arc - Burst!

At the same moment the explosion occurred, Yajima on the platform finally noticed the out-of-control magic in the arena and instantly stood up.

"Oh no! Referee, stop the match immediately!"

call out!

However, Yajima's exclamation came too late.

Boom!!!

A deafening explosion instantly engulfed Ultear's figure, and a burst of white light erupted on the arena.

Urudia closed her eyes and accepted the end of her life with equanimity.

However, the burning sensation and impact she had anticipated did not come.

The tree roots wrapped around her neck turned to ashes in the explosion. Freed from her restraints, Ultear did not fall onto the stone slab. Instead, she felt a warm sensation surrounding her waist.

She opened her eyes somewhat bewildered and saw a strange phenomenon.

The surrounding heatwave from the explosion seemed to be blocked by an invisible, transparent barrier, which also pushed the smoke and dust away.

She looked up and saw a tall figure.

Ron had somehow already stood on the ring, holding Ultear in one arm and gently pushing away the aftershocks of the explosion with the other.

The flames raged wildly before Ron's power to stop them, but could not advance even an inch further.

Ultear stared blankly at Ron's profile, the magic she had gathered in her hand dissipating.

Her mind went blank for a moment, and she was speechless for a short time. She didn't even notice Ron holding her, but her eyes were glued to him.

Azuma only then came to his senses and was shocked to find that Ron had already arrived in the ring.

What happened? When did he arrive?

Even Speaker Crawford in the high stands stared wide-eyed, genuinely unable to see Ron's movement this time.

As the judges and other losers in the audience were stunned by this unexpected rescue, Ron lowered his head slightly and gave a reliable smile.

"Oh, looks like you're in a bit of trouble. Do you need any help?"

"Why did you come to save me?"

Ron raised his eyes to look at the flames in front of him and casually explained, "Because I heard you say you conceded. My hearing is perfectly fine, unlike that referee and that dark-skinned guy on the other side."

After the aftershocks subsided, Ron then dispersed the remaining flames and looked up at the referee, who had his head bowed.

"Hey, referee, they've conceded."

He then suppressed his smile and turned to look at Azuma, who was staring at him in shock.

"Hey, is all you do is bully women?"