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

Once the noise subsided and the scaled rats could no longer charge out, the fear on the miners' faces finally disappeared.

Having survived the ordeal, they collapsed onto the ground, their legs giving way, and leaned against the rock wall, panting heavily.

They looked at their savior, their eyes filled with emotion and fervent admiration.

"Thank you, mage, you saved us!"

The miners had never seen Ron's magic before, nor did they understand the clay modeling magic he was demonstrating. However, having witnessed such wondrous techniques many times, they naturally categorized Ron as a mage.

Seeing that they still wanted to get up and bow, Ron moved closer to them and told them not to stand up.

During this time, the two white birds also landed on his shoulders.

"No need to thank me. I just happened to be asked by the mayor to come and rescue you, um."

The miners were stunned for a moment, then lowered their heads, their eyes filled with shame.

Unexpectedly, the mayor sent mages to rescue them. If they hadn't been the ones holding them back, the mages might have been able to eliminate the monsters much sooner.

"Rest here for a while, and then follow the main road out of the mine, okay?"

"We'll handle the rest of the monsters, okay?"

After Ron finished giving his instructions, the miners helped each other and slowly made their way to the mine exit.

After watching them leave safely, Ron reached out and touched the magical clay on his body, calculating the amount of clay left.

He brought a total of six bags of magic clay. He has used two bags and has four bags left, which should be enough.

However, he only had less than 20% of his magic power left. This magical clay still required too much magic power to be injected, and he needed to wait for his magic power to recover automatically.

However, Ron also gained a lot. He carefully looked at the prompt text that appeared in mid-air and counted the monsters that had been killed.

[Infinite Divine Intelligence Triggered Multiple Times]

[Increases maximum magic and mental power by 11.5 points]

[Current role-playing level: 94%]

Each of these magical beasts can provide 0.3 to 0.6 magic power and mental power, so it seems that more than 20 magical beasts have been killed in this explosion.

Unfortunately, the tunnel wasn't stable; otherwise, if I had released it to bomb the monsters, I might have gained even more magic power and mental strength.

Surprisingly, the current role-playing percentage has already increased to 94% in less than an hour.

After demonstrating his magic in front of those miners, his current role-playing level kept soaring.

It seems that this role-playing involves not only performances but also costumes, and fighting in front of people can also enhance the current role-playing experience.

Moreover, judging by the speed at which this combat increases my role-playing ability, it seems I can reach 100% in less than half a day.

Ron rested on the spot for a while, and when no one was around, he took out an item from the Multiverse Item Storage that could restore magic power.

[Blue Potion (D): Can be extracted and drunk directly. Restores mana steadily over 15 seconds. Single-use consumable.]

Ron drank the potion, and after the blue liquid in the bottle was used up, it disappeared from his hand.

Just then, the ground beneath Ron's feet began to shake violently.

He regained his balance, frowned, and walked to the stone wall.

He pressed his ear close to the stone wall, but he could no longer hear the sound of falling rocks or the cries of the scaled rats. They must have all been buried alive.

boom!

This time, Ron heard the sound and confirmed that it was coming from the main tunnel.

"This commotion...it seems Laxus is in trouble, hmm."

Ron gave the command, and the two white birds that had been perched on his shoulders took flight again, heading towards the entrance of the main tunnel.

Ron put his hands back into the cloth bag at his waist, and started walking, following the bird.

……

Sizzle sizzle sizzle!

Inside the main tunnel, a yellow lightning bolt shot toward its target, a leaping scaled rat.

"Lightning Fist!"

Laxus's fist, crackling with several thick yellow electric currents, struck the scaled rat's abdomen heavily.

Before the scaled rat could even scream, it was electrocuted and its body convulsed, white smoke billowing from its body.

After Laxus withdrew his fist, the Scaly Rat collapsed to the ground, unable to get up again.

The scaled rat's body still retained electrical currents, which continued to stimulate its muscles, causing it to twitch from time to time.

The ground behind Laxus was littered with these electrocuted scaled rats; they were all dead, though they were still twitching occasionally.

After Laxus finished clearing out the last target, he began to pant heavily.

He couldn't help but smile. Although the monsters had brought him some trouble, they were still no match for him.

Without thunderclouds in the mine, Laxus couldn't use lightning to electrocute the scaled rats.

These scaled rats are protected by their back scales, and he tried to release electric shocks on their backs, but it didn't cause much damage.

So Laxus had no choice but to find an opportunity to take them all down and deal with them one by one.

Although it took a bit of time, at least he has completely cleared the area.

The remaining task is probably to see if we can find more scaled rats and then eliminate them one by one.

He glanced at the white clay spider that was lying obediently on his shoulder.

The spider stared back at Laxus with its two small eyes, as if asking what he was looking at.

"That guy, he should be alright, right?"

Laxus just felt a violent tremor coming from the tunnel next door; Ron probably encountered some lone monsters.

However, since the clay spider is still here, it means he's alright for now. Hopefully, he can safely rescue those idiot miners.

Clearing out the monsters was still his primary objective, and in order not to let any lone monsters escape, he decided to venture deeper into the area.

Laxus casually wiped the sweat from his face, feeling that he still had more than half of his magic power left, and decided to continue deeper into the tunnel.

Laxus loosened his shoulders, kicked away the monster corpse beneath his feet, and made more room for his feet.

Thump...thump...

Just then, a slow, rhythmic sound came from deep within the tunnel.

Laxus frowned, looking puzzled as he peered deeper into the depths.

"What is that sound? Could there be other magical beasts present?"

The sound didn't seem like something a scaled rat could make.

Laxus then felt the ground tremble slightly with each thud from deep within, causing the sand and gravel around him to rise.

As he went deeper, the sound grew louder, and Laxus realized that it sounded like the footsteps of some kind of creature.

When he reached the corner, he saw a huge black shadow through the blue light, and his eyes widened in shock, freezing on the spot.