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

"That disaster was...resolved?!"

The refugees who witnessed all this on the distant snow-capped mountains stared wide-eyed in shock.

The undead demon Deliora was finally sealed within crystal-clear ice, its enormous body appearing incredibly clear to everyone under the moonlight.

Frozen in the ice, it was now lifeless.

Uru looked up at the huge cross-shaped ice pillar standing in the center of the ruins and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Is it over?"

After relaxing, Uru looked at the boy who had created the cross-shaped icicle with a look of awe.

"I can't believe it! It actually pierced through Deliora's skin and instantly froze it. This damage far exceeds what my Shape Magic could do..."

Uru's eyebrows furrowed into a downward slant, and he smiled helplessly.

It seems I'm getting old; there's always someone better.

shuh~

Ron pulled the Hyōrinmaru out of his chest, and loosened his wrist as well.

He was now continuously casting spells in his Bankai state, and his mental strength was nearing its limit.

Click~

Just then, a faint cracking sound reached Ron and Uru's ears.

Ron and Uru's pupils contracted simultaneously, their gazes fixed on the source of the strange noise.

Cracks appeared in the ice crystals on Deliora's head, and the cracks slowly extended along the broken lines.

Click! Click! Click!

As the first cracking sound rang out, cracks appeared in the ice crystals all around, swirling within the massive cross-shaped ice pillar.

The ground they stood on trembled slightly with the sound of cracking.

Deliora's eyes lit up with a dark purple light, and life force surged up on its body again as it tried to break free with brute force!

Uru's heart skipped a beat as she sensed the demon's magic flowing through her, and she was about to awaken again.

"How is this possible?! Even this level of freezing can't kill it?"

Just as Uru was surging with magic, Ron's wings flapped again, and in an instant he arrived on the ice crystal on Deliora's head.

"Uru, use ice to stabilize the cracks in the other places, then find a chance to leave immediately."

Seeing that Ron had no intention of leaving, Uru took a deep breath and cast Ice Shape magic in other directions!

Ron arrived at the ice crystal on Deliora's head, and floating in the air, he revealed an expression of "I knew it."

"Since we can't freeze you from the inside, we'll have to seal you away."

Ron took a deep breath, gripped the hilt of Hyōrinmaru with both hands, and raised it high above his head.

"A Burial of Flowers in Icy Weather!"

Ron once again used up the little magic he had left to cast his final spell.

Buzz!

Hyōrinmaru emitted an icy blue light that shot straight into the sky!

The dark clouds above the ruins changed as the light touched them.

A huge rift slowly tore open in the clouds, allowing the moonlight to shine down on Deliora without obstruction.

Uru looked up in shock and saw countless ice flowers suddenly falling from the sky, slowly drifting down with the cold wind.

Although the scene was beautiful and dreamlike, Uru still had a bad feeling. Why did Ron tell her to leave quickly?

After repairing the cracks in the other parts, Uru glided across the ice and quickly left!

Ron looked down at Deliora, who was still trying to break through the ice, and swung down the Hyōrinmaru in his hand.

Click!

When the first ice crystal petal landed on the cross-shaped ice pillar on Deliora, the ice flower instantly bloomed into a giant ice flower the moment it touched the ice.

When the ice flower encountered a crack, it instantly repaired it and condensed again.

Then came the second, the third, the tenth, the fiftieth...

The falling ice flowers around Deliora formed an even thicker layer of ice than before, suppressing the tremors caused by Deliora once again.

As the last ice flower fell, these ice flowers had already formed a huge ice crystal tower on Deliora's body.

Seeing that the purple light in Deliora's eyes had not yet faded, he smiled helplessly.

With little magic left, he had already dispelled his Bankai state and fell from mid-air.

He finally landed his feet on Deliora's face and pulled out a small black and yellow metal ball from the package once again.

This palm-sized metal sphere is the final step in Ron's plan.

【Advanced Poké Ball (A): From Pokémon, can be extracted, has a higher catch rate than a regular Poké Ball, unconditionally catches creatures below A rank, and has a small chance of catching creatures above A rank. It will self-destruct after releasing a creature, a one-time use item】

Ron tossed the high-level ball in his hand and began to mutter to himself.

"I originally thought these balls were actually quite useless and didn't serve any purpose."

But then I thought, if I never open it, wouldn't it be a great sealing tool?

He gently pressed the button in the center of the advanced ball, which instantly enlarged to a size that was just right for him to hold with one hand.

Ron then forcefully threw the Ultra Ball at Deliora's forehead. The Ultra Ball bounced up upon impact, opening up its interior.

Buzz!

A beam of red light shot out from inside the Advanced Sphere, expanding to a size of over ten meters, directly enveloping Deliora, who had been turned into an ice sculpture!

The entire ice sculpture and Deliora rapidly shrank under the red light, turning into a ball of red energy that was forcibly absorbed into the sphere.

clack.

The high-level ball closed in mid-air, then fell straight down with Ron onto the soft snow with a soft thud.

The red button in the center of the advanced ball flashed red and then shook.

It shook once, then a second time, then a third time...

Ding!

Then a pleasant notification sound rang out, the flashing red light on the advanced ball finally went out, and the ball became calm and stopped shaking.

Ron finally breathed a sigh of relief, his legs giving way from the lack of magic power, and he collapsed onto the snow.

He sat up and reached out to pick up the cold, high-quality ball.

He looked at the high-level ball in his hand, which had only a low probability of being caught, and couldn't help but roll his eyes and start complaining.

"Screw you! If I had a Master Ball, would I need to go through all this trouble?!"

I also need to severely injure it and put it into a frozen state, for fear that it will break out of the state again and be locked up by snow.

I finally managed to get an A-rank Poké Ball, and if I fail, where can I complain? To the underworld?!

After venting his frustrations, Ron closed his eyes, raised the Ultra Ball in his hand, and struck a victory pose!

Finally captured... no, finally sealed successfully!