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

With the help of a local mage, they quickly arrived at the bustling Second Hand Guild.

Ron and his companions looked up at the massive, hemispherical, fortress-like guild building and were filled with awe.

Wow, what a huge fortress!

"If we were to sneak in, it would probably take half a day, right?"

Gray shielded his eyes from the falling snowflakes with his left hand and couldn't help but sigh.

Leo frowned and turned to look at the male mage whose hands were bound by ice handcuffs.

"Hey, your guild is so big, which room is the Demon Egg hidden in?"

The male mage, unable to bear the cold from the handcuffs, hurriedly began to explain.

"It's in the central hall of the fortress, but it's easy to get lost if you're not familiar with the passageways. If I lead the way, it should take more than half an hour."

"No, we're in a hurry, let me do it."

Ron took the goggles out of the package with one hand and reached for the cloth bag hanging at his waist with the other.

"Since the target is right in the center, let's just keep going straight."

The male mage was stunned, a look of confusion on his face.

"Huh? How do we move forward when there's no path here?"

Ron then quickly molded several palm-sized pieces of white magical clay from his bag, threw the round clay balls directly at the outer wall, and silently recited the detonation command.

Boom!

Then came a loud explosion, sending rubble and snow flying everywhere, and Ron blasted a huge entrance into the outer wall.

"We can create our own path."

Ron adjusted his goggles and turned to the dumbfounded male mage.

The male mage's eyes widened even more at Ron's words. How could this boy have blown up his guild on his very first visit?!

Ron moved forward and entered the entrance he had created, and then another explosion rang out, blasting open another wall.

Ron continued forward, throwing magical clay at the walls as he went, preparing to go directly to the central hall!

Standing behind, Nano was also dumbfounded, her jaw almost dropping to the snow.

Uru and Gray exchanged glances, their expressions showing that they were used to it.

"We're no longer surprised by what he pulls out now."

Having witnessed his power in sealing Deliora, Ron had raised their threshold for surprise considerably, something Magic Clay had already seen before.

Uru smiled helplessly, pressed down on the male mage with one hand, and led the three of them, including Nano, along the passage that Ron had blasted open.

Meanwhile, in the central hall at the deepest part of the guild.

In the very center of the spacious hall, a huge cushion held a black sphere over five meters tall, occupying about half of the space.

The surface of the black sphere was constantly undulating, and if you listened carefully, you could hear a faint heartbeat.

"Too slow, too slow!"

A short mage wearing a tall hat and strange clothes looked annoyed and shouted at the guild members around him.

He was none other than Nez Boomers, the guild master of the boisterous Second Hand Guild. He stood on stilts, scanning his members with his heterochromatic black and white eyes.

"They only brought Nano back, and they promised to bring her back within a limited time. Now the time has passed, and she hasn't shown up yet?!"

If they delay the hatching of the demon eggs, I'll drive them out!

After venting all his frustrations, he turned around, looked up at the huge black sphere, and grinned with a lewd smile.

"Hehe, once we hatch this demon, possessing it will make us the strongest guild on Ishgar!"

Boom!

Just as the dwarf was lost in his fantasy, a sudden explosion startled all the mages in the hall.

Even Nez almost lost his footing, and hurriedly tried to balance his stilts.

After he regained his footing, he looked to the left at the stone wall from which the explosion had come. It was now blasted open with a large hole, filled with smoke and rubble.

"Enemy attack?! Who dares to use bombs on our guild's territory?!"

As the smoke cleared, Ron slowly walked in.

Following behind him were Uru and the others, along with Nano and a member of their guild.

The male mage couldn't help but shed tears when he saw the guild master.

"President, I had no choice!"

"Shut up, you traitor!"

Nez cursed at him angrily, then his gaze swept over Nano, who was hiding behind Uru, and he couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"I thought it was the council members who rushed over after receiving the news, but it turns out it's just a woman and a few kids. And you dare to barge in like this?!"

"Don't get me wrong, we just happened to be passing by and came to help this child get justice and stop your crazy plan."

Ron sighed and said with a cold expression.

"Arrogant brat, grab Nano here! And throw the rest of you in jail!"

At Nez's command, the noisy Second Hand mages in the hall immediately launched an attack, while others rushed towards Ron and his group as they cast spells.

Just as they charged forward, Uru unleashed magical power, casting magic circles with his hands in preparation for battle.

"Ice-Shaping Magic: Infinite Leaf Blades!"

In that instant, countless leaf-like ice blades condensed on Uru's magic circle using the moisture, flying towards the mages!

The mages who rushed to the front had their clothes pierced by the ice blades and were instantly pinned to the ground, unable to break free.

"Ice-Shaping Magic: Lance!"

"Ice-Shaping Magic: White Ape!"

Gray and Leo didn't stand idly by either; they each unleashed their own moves, attacking the mages.

In just a few breaths, the once-aggressive mages were all defeated by the three masters and disciples, and some of them lost their fighting ability.

"Wh-what?!"

Seeing that the battle situation was not going well, Nez frowned instantly.

He thought that there was only one female mage on the other side, which he could probably handle, but he didn't expect her strength to far exceed his expectations.

Even those kids are mages, and at such a young age they can hold their own against their guild members for the time being.

However, there's no need to worry. We still have a numerical advantage and can wear them down at any time.

"Feed".

A shout suddenly came from beside Nez, causing him to instinctively lower his head and shiver.

To his surprise, the boy wearing goggles had somehow appeared beside him.

When he discovered that his opponent was the boring-looking Ron, he couldn't help but grin and laugh.

"Oh, so they're coming straight at us now?"

Instead of running away, you actively approached me?