"Impossible!"
"You're spouting nonsense!"
A furious roar erupted from behind the crowd.
Covered in wounds and looking utterly battered, Lyon leaned precariously against a pile of rocks, barely managing to keep himself upright as he stared blankly at the ice-encased Deliora.
"How could Deliora be dead... I don't believe it!"
"If it's dead, then... then doesn't that an I'll... never be able to surpass Ur? You must be talking nonsense, you must be..."
Lyon seed to be breaking down, like a child stripped of all hope, his gaze fixed intensely on Ron.
It was this guy who, with a single light sentence, had made his obsession, goal, and motivation of the past ten years collapse instantly, turning them into sothing ridiculous and aningless.
However, whether Ron's words were true or false no longer mattered.
The moon drip ritual had been terminated, the attempt to dispel Iced Shell had failed, and he had been defeated by Gray. All of these declared the total bankruptcy of his plan.
Regardless of whether Deliora was dead, he no longer had the chance to challenge the demon before him.
All hope was shattered!
"Damn it!!!"
Lyon clenched his fist and smashed it hard against the stone pile he was leaning on, shedding tears of pain and resentnt.
And what about Gray?
Moved deeply by the final words Ur had left behind, he covered his face with his hand, tears flowing uncontrollably.
[The darkness in your heart, I shall seal it!]
Knowing that Deliora was dead, he finally understood the true aning of those words and truly let go of the nightmare in his heart.
"Ur..." Gray whispered softly, "Thank you!!!"
'Wait, this isn't right. This situation is all wrong.'
'I just said Deliora was dead, how did it develop into this?'
Ron looked at the dejected and emotionally broken Lyon, then turned to look at Gray, who was covering his face and muttering incessantly.
Though their emotions differed, without exception, both were staring at Deliora with tears streaming down their faces.
Ron considered himself a sentintal person, but the current atmosphere was... a bit awkward.
'It didn't feel like this when I watched the ani; I was actually quite moved back then...'
As expected, being there in person felt vastly different from watching through a screen.
'Could it be because there's no BGM?' Ron thought to himself. 'No, this atmosphere is too weird, I can't stand it...'
To break this tense and sorrowful atmosphere, he realized he had to speak up.
"Is no one curious about what my second discovery was?"
"Oh right, Ron said he had two discoveries, but he only ntioned the first one just now."
A single sentence from Happy, the hype-man, successfully drew everyone's attention.
Whether it was Erza, Natsu, Lucy, or Gray and Lyon who were imrsed in pain and sorrow, all of them shifted their focus to Ron.
Seeing their curious gazes, Ron nodded inwardly and gave Happy a thumbs-up.
"Gray, Lyon..."
He cleared his throat and paced in front of the two, a mysterious smile playing on his lips.
"Do you two... want to see Ur?"
Gray and Lyon felt as if they had been struck by lightning; they froze on the spot, losing all reaction.
"Ur?!" Lucy, on the other hand, cried out in surprise. "Didn't Gray say she already..."
She didn't finish her sentence, only looking at Ron in confusion before glancing at the ice layer sealing Deliora.
She seed to be asking: Are you joking?!
Gray and Lyon were equally puzzled, not understanding what Ron ant by those words.
Although Gray believed Ur was still alive, she had ultimately turned into the ice before them by casting Iced Shell.
How could they possibly see her alive again?
"Based on the analysis I just conducted—aside from discovering that Deliora is completely devoid of life force—I also stumbled upon sothing rather interesting: Ur's emotions."
Ron then briefly explained his analysis of the Iced Shell magic and his subsequent deductions.
"So..."
Ron looked at Gray and Lyon, repeating his question once more.
"Do you two... want to see Ur again?"
"I want to see her!!!"
This ti, Gray didn't hesitate for a second, nodding repeatedly.
Years of guilt and longing made it impossible for him to refuse such a massive temptation.
"I..." After a brief hesitation, Lyon also clenched his fists and said seriously, "I also want to see Ur!"
Although his inner stubbornness had led him down the wrong path over the years, Lyon still respected Ur.
With such an opportunity before him, he didn't want to miss it.
"In that case... Snap!"
Ron raised his hand and snapped his fingers.
With a soft sound, everyone felt a strong wave of sleepiness wash over them. Their heads grew uncontrollably heavy, and their eyelids felt like lead.
The first to fall asleep was Natsu. Almost the instant he heard the snap, he fell face-first onto the ground and started snoring loudly.
Next were Lucy and Happy, then the injured Lyon, then Gray, and finally Erza.
Seeing that everyone had fallen into a deep sleep, Ron looked up at the sky.
"I don't believe that even this will touch the boundary of life and death and allow you to interfere with ..."
He muttered to himself, his expression carrying a hint of smugness.
"It's just letting everyone have a dream. Though this dream... is very real!"
Ron glanced at the ice layer before him, then looked back at the group sleeping in various disarrayed positions.
"Everyone..."
He curled his lips into a slight smile and whispered to himself, his voice filled with anticipation.
"Sweet dreams tonight!!!"
As soon as he finished speaking, an extrely complex magic circle appeared beneath Ron's feet. With runes flowing and light flashing, the magic circle rapidly expanded outward, instantly encompassing the entire temple ruins.
The sleeping group felt as if they heard a pleasant and lodious Lullaby. It carried their thoughts and will, pulling them out of reality within a soft and mysterious glow and into a completely new dinsional space... This was Ron's application of the understanding he had previously analyzed from Lullaby regarding the resonance of soul and life.
However, Lullaby used resonance to invade the soul and life essence, using it to dismantle the life structure from within to absorb and consu life force.
Ron, on the other hand, used resonance to create a link between the soul and will of Ur within Iced Shell and Gray and the others.
Then, through sleep magic and the Arc of Ti, he constructed a shared, imrsive spiritual virtual space.
In this space, Ur's existence would be materialized.
This was the brand-new magic created by the fusion within his eyes, specifically the golden right eye.
A dream space woven by Ron's own hands.
Its na was—
"Dream-Weaving: Wonderland!"
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