Reborn as an Extra

Chapter 156 Uncovering an evil scheme... Part-4.

”Uh… I think I know what this altar is for… I have seen a similar looking magic circle in one of the books in the academyʼs library…” (Kira)

A look of hesitation appeared on Kiraʼs face, she said in a hesitant tone:

”T-this magic circle was used by the demons in the thousand-year war… to extract life force and artificially strengthen their soldiers…” (Kira)

Kira walked forward and pointed towards the various strange words written around the central area of the altar.

”I know this language…” (Kira)

Hearing Kiraʼs declaration, everyone looked at her with strange looks.

They all knew that Kira was indeed a theoretical genius, but nearly everyone in the whole group had a bad relationship with Fade and Kira both, thus no one spoke or even nodded their head at her words.

Kira shook her head and explained.

”The demon army of that time seemed to have unlimited troops, but most of them were low-ranked cannon-fodder which were not capable of fighting the high-ranked individuals of other races…” (Kira)

”Thus they used artificial methods to create stronger demons… by forcefully feeding them the life force of thousands of warriors that died on the battlefield… including the life force of their own kind too…” (Kira)

All of a sudden Rio moved forward and asked in an emotionless tone:

”Just like what they tried to do in the ʼDrift City massacreʼ seven years ago?” (Rio)

Kira was surprised for a bit at Rioʼs sudden question, she didnʼt know how Rio knew about that incident, but she nodded her head.

”Indeed, just like the Drift City incident. They established an altar and wanted to sacrifice the life force of all the people that were killed in the Drift City, but the awakeners arrived on time and destroyed the altar…” (Kira)

”The ritual was stopped midway, if they had succeeded they could have definitely created a new SS rank demon, although it would not have had the same strength as a genuine SS-ranker, but even if it was artificial it would still have been a genuine threat…” (Kira)

Rio nodded his head.

ʼNow things are clearing up a lot…ʼ (Rio)

”So, what I am trying to say is, this altar is quite similar to the one that the demon race uses to create artificial demons…” (Kira)

”And these orbs are quite likely the ʼfuelʼ, or you could say the condensed life force of the dead beings, that work as the ʼfuelʼ of this altar and helps in producing stronger demons…” (Kira)

Kira pointed towards the weird writing and said in a solemn tone:

”See, here itʼs written.. ” (Kira)

*Any, who seeketh the strength of the demon kings, may provide a just sacrifice*

”And the conditions of the sacrifices are also mentioned here…” (Kira)

*Sacrifice to ʼthe Corrupted orb of soul and remnant willsʼ, your ʼsoulʼ*

*Sacrifice to ʼthe molten orb of magmaʼ, your ʼfearʼ*

*Sacrifice to ʼthe mesmerizing orb of timeʼ, your ʼfutureʼ*

”As described here, these are the conditions and sacrifices you need to fulfill to obtain all the three orbs…” (Kira)

Hearing the three sacrifices, Liam murmured.

”It seems that Link got that ʼmolten orbʼ because he sacrificed his ʼfearʼ and jumped into the magma without any fear….” (Liam)

”To begin with, Link doesnʼt fear anything anyway, so he didnʼt actually need to make a proper sacrifice…” (Liam)

”Haha, I am amazing of course!” (Link)

”As for the ʼtime orbʼ, Mr. Damian sacrificed his own ʼfutureʼ, he didnʼt get to watch his daughters grow up and lost all the bonds he could have made in the future…” (Liam)

”Mr. Damian sacrificed his 10 yearʼs worth of ʼfutureʼ to that orb…” (Liam)

Hearing Liamʼs deduction, Damian who heard everything, felt quite complicated in his head.

”Sigh~ if only I hadnʼt touched that orb…” (Damian)

Then Liam narrowed his eyes and stared at Rio with a solemn expression on his face:

”The only thing is, how did you get that orb Rio? If these conditions are true, then wouldnʼt you have to sacrifice your ʼsoulʼ to take that orb…” (Liam)

When Liam questioned Rio, Rio just shook his head and replied in his usual emotionless tone.

”No, I didnʼt sacrifice anything… well, I have a skill that protected me from making a sacrifice… instead I think the soul orb might have sacrificed the soul of the undead that I was fighting earlier…” (Rio)

Hearing Rioʼs answer everyone was relieved, they were worried that Rio might have to suffer like Damian, but it seemed he was doing okay.

Liam nodded his head and deducted:

”It must be that the orb changed the target of sacrifice when it didnʼt work on you, and thus that undead knightʼs soul got sacrificed instead, after all, it was the closest and strongest soul in your vicinity…” (Liam)

”Yeah, thatʼs entirely possible…” (Rio)

Even after Rioʼs answer, Lia was still a bit concerned, she questioned Rio once again just for confirmation.

”You didnʼt sacrifice right? Donʼt lie to me… w-we might be able to find a way to save-” (Lia)

Rio put his hand on Liaʼs head and said in a calm voice.

”Donʼt worry, I am fine… these demonic schemes are too weak to work on me…” (Rio)

With Rioʼs assurance, Lia finally put down her worries and acknowledged that Rio was okay. (Itʼs all thanks to ʼTrue Immunityʼ, it really is a miraculous skill isnʼt it…)

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”Aside from the sacrifices there seems to be other things written here…” (Kira)

*The orb of soul made of the power of dead souls*

*The molten orb is made from the power of fear*

*The time orb is made from the power of stolen future*

Liam frowned and deducted further.

”It seems that all these orbs are made up of quite a few ʼspecificʼ parts of a living being…” (Liam)

”The orb of the soul might be a condensed amalgamation of ʼsoulsʼ and ʼremnant willsʼ that died in the area of the battlefield…” (Liam)

”The molten orb might be the condensed form of the final emotions that the soldiers felt on the battlefield, which is obviously ʼfear of deathʼ…” (Liam)

”Other two are still fine, but this orb of time is more sinister than the others, it seems… it is condensed from the stolen future of the dead…” (Liam)

”Thousands of innocent people die in a war and their future ceases to exist… this orb might be preying on the ceased ʼfutureʼ of these untimely deaths…” (Liam)

Hearing all these deductions, everyone had a solemn look on their faces.

They all finally knew what the ʼEvil schemeʼ that the demons had planned in this place.

All of a sudden everything dawned on Liam and he finally connected all the dots.

”I get it now… if my deductions are correct then… the demons dropped the ʼPerfect Mana bombʼ in this place not because they wanted to kill the dark elves…” (Liam)

”They did it because they wanted those millions of lives to create an extremely strong demon….” (Liam)

”And this place is just a small imitation of the actual world...” (Liam)

”Which means, there must have been thousands of similar Altars created by the demons, which they must have used to harvest thousands of orbs created on the whole Maya continent…” (Liam)

Liamʼs deductions were spot on. He had already guessed the whole plan of the demon army.

”But did no one stop them from doing this atrocity?… how come the alliance of that time didnʼt notice about this ʼEvil Schemeʼ?…” (Liam)

Hearing Liamʼs confused tone, Kira replied in a solemn voice:

”There are no records present in the current time about what happened on the Maya continent, right after the bombing… if there were… I would have already read them…” (Kira)

”It is very likely that the records might have been erased on purpose by someone…” (Kira)

[Ding! Congratulations! You have uncovered the secrets of the ʼHidden Dungeon of Mayaʼ successfully!]

[Ding! You have successfully conquered the dungeon!]

[Ding! You have found out about all there is to know in this dungeon!]

[Ding! The path to the Boss area is opened!]

With the sudden notifications, a huge portal appeared nearby.

[Ding! You can now challenge the boss!]

With the sudden appearance of the portal, everyone was confused and they all glanced at each other with a look of doubt on their faces.

”It seems that we are on the right track guys… we have already fulfilled the conditions to enter the boss area…” (Liam)

”Moreover, we might find more about this ʼEvil Schemeʼ inside the boss area too… things are getting quite interesting now…” (Liam)

”Indeed” (Rio)

Everything that Kira and Liam explained went straight out of the minds of Riya, Fade, and Damian.

They didnʼt understand a thing, but they knew that they were about to reach the end of this dungeon.

So they also cheered up with the others.

Rio just remained expressionless as ever, but he understood everything, now he knew what was going on in this dungeon.

Now, only a few more questions remained to be uncovered.

Link and Ellie didnʼt put any mind into understanding it either, they were just standing there and nodding their heads, but they didnʼt care about most of the part either.

They only wanted to fight, anything else didnʼt interest them much.

Liam smiled and an excited look appeared on his face.

He pointed to the portal and said in an excited tone.

”Ellie letʼs go, now I want to find out everything about this dungeon! It has successfully raised my curiosity a lot!” (Liam)

Ellie nodded her head and led the way forward for Liam. (She transformed back into her human form earlier when they all landed on the altar…)

Rio tilted his head towards Lia and said:

”Now that we are already here, we should go and see it to the end…” (Rio)

Lia nodded her head and followed Rio into the portal.

”Well if Rio is going then I will too, letʼs go!!” (Link)

And thus, everyone entered the portal one by one due to various reasons.

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Authorʼs Notes.

Yo! Itʼs Your Beloved author here! I know this chapter is much longer than the other ones, but this is an important chapter guys, donʼt blame me if the word count is higher.

Question of the day.

Do you also think that Liam and Kira both have quite a good brain?

1.Yes

2.No

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