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

The giant ink bird caused a violent explosion upon impact, and the ink mixed with a large amount of magical bomb clay blasted a small black mushroom cloud directly onto Deliora's face!

"Hoo-hoo!!!"

The magical beam from Deliora's mouth was forcibly interrupted, causing a backlash at its mouth. It was blasted back three steps by the force of the explosion.

Uru's furrowed brows revealed astonishment and shock in his eyes.

Taking advantage of this brief respite, she dissipated her own magic and withdrew the casting gesture for [Absolute Freeze].

"Luckily, I made it in time."

Just then, Uru and Gray suddenly heard a voice from behind them.

The two were startled and turned to look.

Ron was now standing on the half-collapsed second-floor ruins beside them, looking down at them.

His black trench coat was pulled behind him by the cold wind and fluttered in the breeze.

Beside his feet was a kunai engraved with a magic incantation, which he had thrown out in advance as he leaped down from mid-air to cast the Flying Thunder God Technique.

"Young man, leave here first, don't get in my way."

Ron's gaze swept over Gray, who was slumped on the ground, and he couldn't help but speak up.

Gray paused for a moment, then looked at Ron with a puzzled expression.

You don't look much older than me, are you? Aren't we the same age?

"Who are you?!"

He looked up at Ron, who was acting like an adult, and couldn't help but ask a question.

Ron nimbly landed on the wall in front of the two men, then stretched his neck with his hands.

"Me? Just a mage passing by."

Just then, Ron saw Uru charging towards him and was slightly taken aback.

"A mage? You must be kidding me!"

In his haste, Uru grabbed Gray and pulled Ron, who was standing there dumbfounded, over to protect the two boys behind him.

"Although I don't know what method you used to interrupt it, that sneak attack just now wouldn't have killed it!"

She looked anxiously at Ron and said:

"If you go with Gray, I'll stop it with my life!"

"roar!"

The thick fog on Deliora's face dissipated, and it roared to the sky, proclaiming its return.

Although the explosion only caused minor damage to Deliora's outer skin, it thoroughly enraged it.

It scanned its surroundings, finally locking onto Ron and his group, and charged towards them.

"Oh no, it's targeting us again!"

Uru quickly made a spellcasting gesture, hoping to perish together with it before it could attack.

Ron frowned. He made a fist with his left hand, and a long strip of light quickly condensed in his palm, transforming into a slender samurai sword out of thin air.

The knife has a chain with a crescent-shaped end at the hilt, which reflects a cold, icy blue light in the firelight.

"It seems I still need to take you away first."

At that very moment, Ron stepped to the front, shielding Uru and the others behind him, and held his Zanpakuto horizontally in front of him.

Uru stared in shock at Ron, who was at the very front, and then put his hands back down.

"Stop fooling around..."

"Swastika, Daiguren Hyōrinmaru!"

As Ron roared, a cold and powerful magical force surged wildly within his body!

Ron's magical fluctuations unleashed a violent, chilling wind, causing Gray and Uru, who were nearby, to close their eyes and cover their faces.

Click!Click!

As soon as Uru and Gray opened their eyes, they looked shocked.

Ron's body changed. A pair of huge dragon wings made of ice materialized on his back, and a long and sharp ice dragon tail swung across the ground. His left arm was also covered with ice gauntlets.

"Let's go!"

Ron suddenly turned around, his left arm around Uru's waist, while his right hand gripped Gray's inner shirt collar tightly.

The enormous ice dragon wings on its back suddenly flapped!

The three transformed into a streak of ice-blue light, rising into the sky just a second before Deliora descended!

boom!

The instant they took to the air, Deliora's massive body charged towards them, the impact shattering the ruins of the second floor where they had been standing.

Deliora, having missed its target, raised its head. It locked onto the three people still in flight, opened its massive maw once more, gathered a beam of magical energy, and attacked them!

"Don't move."

Ron was even more agile in the air than the giant ink-painting bird before. As he dodged left and right, he slightly raised his left arm, which was covered with ice and snow gauntlets, and lit up an ice-blue magic circle.

"Barrier Magic: Mirror Gate!"

hum!

Several magical barriers, as clear as transparent glass, instantly unfolded beneath them.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The magic beam chased after them and finally slammed into the mirror door. The barrier that deflected the attack held for a brief moment before it shattered on the spot because it could not withstand the destructive force!

However, this also successfully reduced the power and speed of the beam significantly.

Ron skillfully led the two through the refracted beams of light, dodging all the attacks.

Seeing Deliora, who was still roaring, about to charge up again, Ron clicked his tongue in exasperation.

"This demon is troublesome; let's seal off its movements first!"

He hovered in mid-air, and because it was inconvenient to carry people, he hugged the two of them even tighter.

He simply flicked the Hyōrinmaru in his wrist towards the demons chasing them.

"Ice Dragon Tail Spin!"

Roar~!

A colossal ice dragon, formed from icy air, roared as it descended from the sky from Ron's blade!

The ice dragon opened its mouth and bit down hard on Deliora's legs.

The cold magic caused the moisture in the air to condense, and a thick layer of ice instantly rose from the ground, freezing Deliora's lower body to the ground!

Deliora struggled desperately, but for a moment she was unable to break free from the even more solid ice pillar.

Taking advantage of the lull, Ron led the two men to a smooth landing on a snow-covered hill a few kilometers from the battlefield.

Ron released Gray onto the soft snow and also let go of Uru's waist.

After Ron released his grip, Uru took a few deep breaths and stared in shock at the mysterious young man before him.

As an ice mage specializing in ice-based shape magic, she knew perfectly well that the boy wasn't using any shape magic at all!

He simply swung his katana casually, without even needing to construct the shape of ice or use any spells, and he was able to easily unleash powerful ice magic!

Either the magical weapon in his possession was of exceptionally high quality, or the boy's mastery of ice and snow far exceeded her comprehension.

Where did this genius mage come from?

Ron kept a wary eye on Deliora, who hadn't yet freed his lower body, while also looking intently at Uru.

"Alright, now can we have a proper talk?"