It’s Been 500 Years as an Extra, and the Original Story Still Hasn’t Begun - Chapter 99

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500 Years as Just an Extra,

The Original Story Still Won’t Begin

Episode 099

“Until the carriage stops.”

Not to mention the chest filled with gold bars, even the small chest containing mithril coins was considerably heavy.

If she put even this into subspace right away, the coachman might detect the weight change and stop the carriage immediately.

“I doubt they’ll properly drop us off at our destination.”

“I’m more curious if we’re the only ones riding this carriage. Don’t you think there might be a couple people beside the driver’s seat, and about two hanging from the ceiling?”

“It wouldn’t be strange if assassins were galloping behind us on horseback either.”

Though the two had boarded the carriage and departed almost immediately, for skilled assassins, clinging to a carriage without leaving a trace was simple work.

With all the windows blocked so they couldn’t see outside, there was no way to tell if a few more people had boarded the carriage.

Of course, this was completely unrelated to Ailesia and Termion.

“Two above, three at the driver’s seat, two behind…”

Termion, who had spread his presence detection to check the external situation, chuckled as if finding it ridiculous.

“What should we do?”

“Well. What would be the best method?”

They could put the chests into subspace like this and immediately disappear with spatial transfer magic. But if that had been the plan, they wouldn’t have boarded the carriage in the first place.

“Say we get attacked. Capturing some of those guys and dragging them to the manor would be no trouble at all.”

“It probably wouldn’t mean much. They’re just underlings anyway.”

“We’ve thrown out the bait, so even if it’s not a big catch, I hope we get some bites…”

Unless proper evidence emerged, even if they caught the attackers and got confessions that the First Imperial Consort or someone else was behind it, it would be meaningless.

But it would be even stranger for assassins to carry items that would expose their identities. Even that could be dismissed as something framed by someone else.

“The carriage speed is gradually decreasing.”

“You can feel that? There’s barely any vibration.”

“I have my presence detection expanded. At this rate, it’ll stop within 5 minutes.”

It was just as Termion expected. Before long, the carriage’s vibration completely subsided, and the sound of knocking on the wall came from the driver’s seat.

“We’ve arrived!”

Ailesia and Termion made eye contact upon hearing the coachman’s voice.

“I’ll go out first.”

“Will you be okay?”

“I’m already reading all their movements.”

While Termion slowly drew his sword, Ailesia put the chests into subspace and put on her mask.

“They might attack from the ceiling the moment we open the door.”

“Don’t worry about that, just be careful.”

“Here I go.”

Termion grabbed and turned the door handle, then gently pushed the door open with his foot. At that moment, a gleaming blade swung through the opening gap.

Clang!

As Termion deflected the attack and leaped forward, Ailesia glanced up from her seat and flicked her finger.

Boom!

With a tremendous sound, the carriage’s ceiling exploded.

Having instantly blown away the two men who had been holding swords above, Ailesia stepped on the seat to climb up and looked around.

‘Quite a crowd has gathered.’

There were roughly twenty people surrounding the carriage with weapons, and about ten archers seemed to be hiding in the surrounding buildings. There were even three shadowy figures in black robes holding staffs.

“Isn’t this too serious for something hastily put together?”

“It wasn’t a small amount of money.”

“No, I mean are we the first ones to experience something like this?”

“…There’s no reason to show mercy then.”

Killing intent rose from Termion’s body as he muttered in a low voice.

No matter how deliberately they had targeted them, he hadn’t planned to kill on purpose, but if they’d been doing this habitually, that was a different story.

“Please don’t step forward. There’s no need to dirty your hands.”

Termion clearly remembered what Ailesia had said that day when an assassin had infiltrated the manor.

Since she said she didn’t kill people carelessly, he didn’t want to make her step forward as well.

“What’s clean or dirty about it? If they targeted someone’s life, they should stake their own lives too.”

“Elly will be sad.”

“Fine, just don’t get hurt.”

Anyway, in terms of being unreasonable, assassins were no different from monsters. If anything, these were worse in quality.

“Attack.”

The moment someone spoke, Termion rushed toward the nearest assassin one step ahead.

Slash!

There was no resistance. The gray aura rippling from his sword cut through both the weapon and the assassin’s body entirely.

“Damn! He’s an Aura Master!”

“Don’t panic! He’s alone!”

Soon, dark red light began rising among the assassins. Seeing this, Termion released his aura even more intensely.

“Ailesia!”

“I’m watching!”

Ailesia, who had been creating strong winds to block arrows, hurriedly threw herself out of the carriage. Arrows imbued with demonic energy had pierced through the wind and flown toward the carriage.

Crash!

The carriage hit by the arrows shuddered several times as if struck by fire magic, then crumbled to pieces. It was an unbelievable result for just a few arrows.

“These bastards really…!”

She could sweep them away in an instant with one spell, but the surrounding buildings bothered her.

They were clearly ordinary shops and restaurants, so what crime would the owners have committed if they collapsed?

But there was no time to hesitate. Not only arrows but also flames and lightning shot by the mages were flying wildly.

While Ailesia, who had deployed shield magic, took no damage, the street was becoming a real-time mess. Fragments were flying everywhere and the sounds of doors and windows breaking could be heard.

‘I made money anyway, can’t I just compensate them several times over later?’

The moment she made her decision, cold energy began swirling around her.

How many times had they been targets themselves, when they’d only hidden and shot arrows? Ailesia called out a warning to the invisible enemies in a rather friendly voice.

“Try your best to dodge from now on.”

Whoosh!

Ice chunks the size of human torsos shot out faster than arrows. It was an attack that thoroughly avoided Termion’s vicinity and only targeted those hiding in buildings.

Boom boom boom!

The ice arrows not only pierced their targets but exploded on the spot, scattering fragments and cold energy.

Because of this, even the assassins targeting Termion were often caught up in the blind attacks, getting injured or having their movements disrupted.

On the other hand, Termion felt his strength growing as the cold energy around him intensified.

‘What is this…?’

It was a phenomenon he couldn’t understand with his common sense. If it were simply because of the cold, he should have been overflowing with power every time he went monster subjugation in the Gardbale Mountains.

His usually semi-transparent gray aura had also become so dense that the sword blade wasn’t visible. It was proof that he was releasing aura much more efficiently despite using mana similarly to usual.

‘…It seems possible.’

Termion, who had instantly drawn up his aura, concentrated his mind.

Soon after, the aura that surged from the tip of his swung sword compressed like a wedge and split the air.

Thud!

The arm of an assassin hit by the aura disappeared without a trace. Not even a piece of clothing, let alone a drop of blood, was left in the vicinity.

“N-no way?”

“He… fired aura?”

The assassins all stopped moving at once. They couldn’t believe what they had just witnessed.

Generally, when one succeeds in perfectly materializing aura, that level is called Master.

When materialized aura can be maintained even when separated from the body or weapon, enabling ranged attacks, it’s called Blaster, a level above Master.

And there were only two people in the Empire who had reached this level.

The problem was that these two were celebrities known by every citizen of the Empire, and they were well over forty when they achieved the Blaster level.

“I heard he was at most in his early twenties, but a Blaster…!”

“…We retreat! Everyone survive on your own!”

The assassins, thinking they had no chance of winning, began scattering in different directions.

However, Termion wasn’t the only one confronting them here.

“Where do you think you’re running to?”

Unbreakable Barrier

『Wall of Iron Citadel』

Kurrrrrung!

Brilliant golden magical power surged from Ailesia’s staff.

The rocks that burst through the ground instantly grew like trees, perfectly blocking all directions.

“You may have come as you pleased, but leaving won’t be the same.”

“Quite a lot of people don’t know that.”

The assassins, with their escape routes blocked, turned around and charged again, but Termion simply swung his sword with a relaxed expression.

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