It’s Been 500 Years as an Extra, and the Original Story Still Hasn’t Begun - Chapter 35

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500 Years as Just an Extra,

The Original Story Still Won’t Begin

Episode 035

“Scatter!”

Swoosh!

An aura at least 5 meters long swept sharply across the terrace. As they were forced to drop to the floor and looked up, an elderly man suddenly appeared on what remained of the terrace railing, less than half of it left.

“Letting in a pack of hyenas just because the master is away, tsk tsk.”

This was a presence no ordinary old man could ever exude. The Squad Leader swallowed nervously and spoke to his subordinates.

“…Be careful. He’s an Aura Master.”

“Hehe, well now.”

Baron Gavin clicked his tongue at the men who hadn’t sustained any serious injuries.

‘I really have gotten old.’

He had expected to cut off at least an arm or leg or two, but that fellow who seemed to be the leader noticed with ghostly intuition and it failed. He was clearly no ordinary fighter.

“Attack!”

Dark red demonic energy shot toward Baron Gavin like an arrow. Instead, he threw himself toward the floor while wielding his sword with dazzling skill.

Clang clang clang!

Baron Gavin deflected all the arrows of demonic energy and raised his aura again. Even while facing four men simultaneously, he was actually pushing the men back.

‘Where did this crazy old man come from!’

Weren’t the strongest knights in Retis supposed to be the Grand Duke himself and the commander of the Tigel Knight Order? The assassins’ eyes filled with confusion as they frantically parried the surging aura.

“You even have leisure to be distracted.”

“Gah!”

Though he had clearly swung his sword diagonally, the aura rippling at the tip curved strangely like a whip and slashed from behind. One of the assassins who had been aiming for Baron Gavin’s shoulder collapsed with his chest pierced through.

“We’re pulling out!”

The Squad Leader, thinking there was absolutely no chance of victory, turned to flee.

Baron Gavin was a level above the commonly known Aura Masters. Someone had to escape the Grand Duchy and report the information to their superiors.

“Just when things were getting interesting, you have no sense of style.”

“Gaaaah!”

Baron Gavin mercilessly severed one assassin’s leg. Then he threw the sword he was holding in the opposite direction.

Shriiiek!

“Grrgh…!”

Another man who had a chunk of his side torn away by the aura died spilling blood.

Though all his comrades had fallen, the remaining one fled without looking back. It was the Squad Leader who had been giving orders to the assassins.

“Is it alright to let him go like that?”

“It’s fine. I have no intention of letting him off easy.”

Ailesia, who had appeared beside Baron Gavin at some point, looked around the area. The two assassins who had been injured in the chest and side respectively had died instantly, and only the one with the severed leg lay unconscious.

“The ones we caught last time, they all died, didn’t they?”

“Yes. They took their own lives by some unknown method.”

“It’s probably dark magic.”

“Dark magic? You mean that dark magic called forbidden sorcery?”

“More precisely, they probably didn’t take their own lives, but rather a curse activated in specific situations to end their lives, right? I’ll have to investigate to know for sure.”

Ailesia, who had been lost in thought for a moment, raised her magical power. She lightly touched the body of the still-breathing assassin with her staff.

“Just stop the bleeding on his wounds and lock him up. It would be better to interrogate him after reporting to Termion.”

“Won’t he take his own life like last time?”

“I’ve completely stopped the flow of time in his body. Unless I release it, he’ll remain in a vegetative state forever like this.”

Ailesia showed a slight smile and began walking. It was in the direction the remaining assassin had disappeared.

“Chief Steward, please catch the traitor. Can I leave that to you?”

“You mean that insolent fellow hiding in the Knight Order. What about you, Teacher?”

“If a subordinate caused trouble, I need to hold the boss accountable.”

She was waiting for the moment when the man who fled would contact his superiors. She had deliberately let him go with that intention from the start.

‘Let’s hear your voice, you damn dark mage.’

“Huff huff…”

The Squad Leader who survived alone ran frantically through the garden. Though he didn’t have the stamina to be exhausted by just this much, the burden of mission failure and shock at Baron Gavin’s ghostly skills weighed heavily on his legs.

“Damn it… It’s ridiculously vast.”

He frowned deeply as he entered somewhere in the small forest of the outskirts.

Though a direct confrontation would be difficult, he was confident in escaping. He leaped up between the thick trees and hid himself after finding a suitable position.

“Ruben reporting.”

[How did it go?]

A response flowed from the pendant the Squad Leader, Ruben, wore around his neck. The voice was so hoarsely cracked that it was difficult to guess the gender.

“It failed. The Grand Duchess wasn’t in her room, and three died except for me.”

Ruben was certain his subordinates were dead. Not only Baron Gavin, but that woman who had been in the Grand Duchess’s room was no ordinary fighter either.

[Was there a fighter of that caliber among those remaining in the Grand Duchy?]

“Baron Gavin was an Aura Master. And that woman is no ordinary person either.”

[You mean the Grand Duchess’s tutor?]

“She deflected demonic energy head-on. I estimate she’s at least Upper Mage level.”

[She might have used a special artifact, so we shouldn’t jump to conclusions. What’s your escape plan?]

“I plan to leave the manor and use a spatial movement scroll.”

[Good luck.]

After finishing the communication, Ruben finally caught his breath. Perhaps because he had stopped briefly to talk, his heart that had been pounding as if it would burst returned to normal.

“Phew, it’s a long way to go.”

“Where are you going? In a hurry?”

A sweet tone as if coaxing a lover for a date. The moment a clear voice that made him want to answer unconsciously pierced his ears, Ruben swung his sword toward the back with all his might.

Clang!

Ailesia, who was floating in the air, easily blocked his attack with the staff in her hand. Ruben, greatly alarmed, tried to swing his sword again, but for some reason couldn’t move at all.

“You really have zero manners. They say etiquette is more an intelligence problem than a character issue.”

“Gah…! What did you do to my body!”

“Would you tell me if you were in my position?”

She wiggled her empty left hand. With a snap, the sound of a string breaking, the pendant Ruben wore around his neck was caught in her hand.

“This is a communication magic tool? Pretty good craftsmanship.”

Ailesia examined the pendant in her hand from various angles as if she had no interest in Ruben at all. Meanwhile, feeling his body gradually becoming able to move, Ruben immediately drew up his demonic energy.

‘That smell again.’

Ailesia slightly frowned at the acrid burning smell. Just like the previous intruder, this smell seemed to be a unique characteristic of dark magic.

“Hup!”

Ruben, who kicked off a tree and leaped into the air, concentrated all his energy into his sword. Dark red demonic energy blazed along the blade like the aura of knights.

“Stupid and clueless too.”

Ailesia lightly waved her staff with an annoyed expression.

Binding Earth’s Subjugation

『Restrictive Gravitation』

Thud!

With a dull sound, thick dust clouds rose from where Ruben had crashed. Ailesia slowly descended to the ground and poked his body with the tip of her staff.

“You’re not dead, are you?”

Though his pulse was somewhat irregular and his breathing shallow, he seemed fine. The strangely bent arms and legs were a bit disgusting, but well, he brought it on himself.

She lightly injected magical power into the pendant and thoroughly examined its internal structure. It was to find out where the receiving location was.

‘Long-distance communication magic devices usually have one set of coordinates fixed.’

A method where both parties communicate while changing positions with each other not only consumes tremendous magical power, but also becomes useless beyond a certain distance. After confirming the location, Ailesia immediately activated the pendant and spoke.

“This is an urgent message.”

[What’s the matter?]

“I’ve discovered important information. The Grand Duchess listens very well to her teacher, doesn’t she? How admirable.”

[…Who are you. Are you that woman who’s the tutor.]

Though one might expect agitation, the person on the other end of the communication device responded with a rather calm attitude. They had even deliberately modulated their voice to sound like an adult male, but their perception was no ordinary matter.

“Who knows? I have nothing to say to you, so bring the person in charge.”

[It seems you’re acting cocky trusting in your meager magic skills, but leave the Grand Ducal House while I’m asking nicely. If you keep your mouth shut, I promise not to harm you.]

Can’t they tell who’s asking whom nicely right now? With a superior like this, no wonder the subordinate has terrible judgment.

Ailesia asked the other party in a thoroughly sarcastic tone.

“Does it feel good chattering away while holed up in the Imperial Palace like a little rat? What are you supposed to be? Is the Emperor sitting next to you or something?”

How many seconds passed in silent response? Suddenly, the pendant heated up intensely and emitted a brilliant light.

FLASH!

“Hah…”

Through the thick smoke, Ailesia’s deflated sigh could be heard.

Where the flash had subsided, a massive crater about 5 meters in radius had formed, but Ailesia, who had been at its center, was completely unharmed without a single scratch. Only her hair was slightly disheveled from the explosion’s aftermath.

“Look at these bastards.”

To place self-destruct magic on a communication magic device—it was truly a despicably vicious trick that made her teeth grind. The assassin she had barely captured alive had vanished without even leaving a corpse behind.

She lowered her head with blazing eyes. In her palm remained only the charred fragments of the pendant.

“So this is how they want to play it?”

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