Reborn as an Extra

Chapter 326: Forest of Chaotic Illusions! Part-1.

”Are you sure this is the way out? I am quite certain that I have seen this place quite a few times now... Itʼs as if we are circling around the same place over and over...”

Hearing Liaʼs words of concern, Selain sighed and said,

”Okay, I will come clean then... We are lost; we are stuck in this ʼForest of Illusionsʼ and it seems that if we try to go out, we somehow end up where we started...”

Selain glanced at the compass in her hand and sighed.

The compass was clearly working just fine, but the problem is that when she tries to go in the direction where the nearest city should be located, they both end up reaching the same place they started at.

”The odd thing is that if you try to leave, then the illusion activates, but if you try to go deeper in the forest, then itʼs normal as if the illusion doesnʼt even exist...”

”No matter how you look at it, this place is quite bizzare...”

Selain and Lia had seen quite a few animals that were walking on two feet when that shouldnʼt have been possible for them.

Then there was a flock of birds that were using their wings to swim in the lake instead of flying, and they also saw a crocodile that was somehow flying in the air when it didnʼt even have wings or anything.

It was literally floating in the air.

They saw carnivorous animals eating grass and herbivorous animals trying to kill each other. Everything in this place is so bizarre and weird that the whole forest gives off ominous vibes. The two of them dare not land on the ground, as the moment they try to go down, the trees start attacking them wildly by swinging their branches.

Lia glanced down and saw a tree strangle a group of chimpanzees to death, and then a massive mouth opened on the tree trunk and swallowed the group of chimpanzees.

”These things arenʼt trees... They are sentient creatures...”

Selain also nodded her head in response to those words.

”I can sense a strange mana fluctuation from them... Itʼs likely that the illusion in this forest is because of the existence of these trees...”

”But I think even if we destroy the whole forest, this illusion will not break, as itʼs already quite solid in this whole area itself...”

Just when Lia was confused about what to do next, Kai appeared on her shoulder and said,

”Find the core of this illusion; itʼs likely that this place is more of a ʼtesting groundʼ or something like that...”

”If you can find the core, I think it would be possible to leave this place...”

Selain was taken aback by the sudden appearance of a cat on Liaʼs shoulder, and her eyes shone with excitement.

”Whoa- such a cute cat! You have a very adorable, familiar Lia!”

Selain, being a young dragon, doesnʼt know about Kaiʼs real identity; she has no idea that this small cat has killed dozens of dragons in its time.

If it were any other older dragon who was knowledgeable enough, they would have been terrified by Kaiʼs mere appearance.

Lia, who knew about it all, scratched the back of her neck with an awkward smile on her face and said,

”Well, letʼs try out the solution he told us first... We should look for the core of this illusion... Although I donʼt know its authenticity, itʼs worth trying...”

Selain stopped staring at Kaiʼs fluffy and soft body and became serious again.

Kai, on the other hand, used Liaʼs mana to spread out his mana detectionʼs range and then tried to figure out the general direction of the so-called ʼCoreʼ.

After a few seconds, Kai shook his head and said,

”Okay, I have good news, bad news, and very horrible news... Which one do you want to hear first?”

Hearing Kaiʼs words, Lia was surprised.

Kai is a very powerful being; for him to say that he has ʼhorribleʼ news means that something really bad is going on.

It is quite rare for Kai to be so distressed.

”Er... l-letʼs start with the good news and then go to the others...”

Hearing Liaʼs words, Kai nodded his head, and his cat eyes turned serious as he said,

”The good news is that I can sense the general direction of the core... It also proves that there indeed is a core here, and we can use it to leave...”

”The bad news is that the core is located in the deepest area of this forest... which means you would need to fight hordes of monsters to reach that place... There are even flying monsters in the way...”

”The distance alone will take at least a week to travel at normal speed... Itʼs quite a bad news, as the whole forest is filled with weird but strong monsters...”

At Kaiʼs words, the expression on both Selainʼs and Liaʼs faces turned solemn.

Lia sighed and asked,

”And what is the ʼhorribleʼ news then?”

Kai sighed and said,

”The horrible news is... that the so-called ʼCoreʼ is likely a genuine ʼDemi-godʼ... As a literal

SS ranker, itʼs impossible for the likes of us to use or destroy that ʼCoreʼ as we are too weak for

that...”

A complicated look appeared on Liaʼs face as she said,

”So, what you are saying is that a literal SS-ranker has the free time to be sitting inside a forest for no apparent reason? Why are they even in this place, in the middle of nowhere?”

”Thatʼs so weird...”

Even Selain shook her head and said,

”Er, I have never heard about an SS-rank dragon that is living in the forest of chaotic

illusions...”

Lia suddenly glanced at Selain and asked in curiosity,

”Could it be that itʼs a wood type dragon... You know, a ʼGreen Dragonʼ or something like

that?”

Selain immediately shook her head at those words and said,

”Itʼs impossible; the so-called ʼGreen Dragonsʼ donʼt exist... There are no dragons who can control ʼwoodʼ or ʼplantsʼ like the Elfʼs...”

”They used to exist, but they went extinct long ago in the first few years of the thousand year demon extinction war... I have read about it in history books... but the reason for their extinction isnʼt mentioned...”

”I speculate it was likely related to demons...”

Just when Lia and Selain were talking about random things, Kai suddenly interjected and said,

”Well, if itʼs not a dragon, I think I know what it might be... Okay then! Letʼs go to the deeper area of the forest then!”

With that said, Kai disappeared once again, showing that he wasnʼt going to help Lia in person to get through this massive forest.

[Consider this training; maybe you can learn something new after fighting for a whole week

straight...]

Lia couldnʼt help but sigh at those words.

ʼUgh, my familiar is so useless... I wish I had summoned a beast like Liam; his summoned

beasts are so obedient and good to him...ʼ

ʼForget it; standing here wonʼt bring any results anyway...ʼ

Lia glanced at Selain and said,

”Although I donʼt want to, letʼs cooperate for the time being...”

Selain also nodded her head and said,

”Hehe, well, I donʼt mind helping you out; just keep in mind that I wonʼt back off so easily just

because you consider yourself Rioʼs girlfriend...”

The two of them flew straight towards the deeper area of the forest and brought out their

respective swords from their sheaths.

Lia smirked and said,

”No matter how hard you try, I wonʼt admit defeat in this matter. Rio saved my life more than

a dozen times, and I canʼt give him up to others... I would rather die than retreat in this

matter...”

Selain smiled playfully at those words and said,

”Oh, you are more determined than I thought... Forget it; I am more curious about the method

you used to actually charm a guy like him?”

”Unlike others, he seems so immune to charm and everything; how did you make him fall for

you, Lia Silver?”

Lia sighed at those words and replied in an uncertain voice,

”Actually... I donʼt know myself; it just kind of happened, I guess... Although I can read his expressions a bit, even I donʼt know what goes in his head most of the time...”

Lia remembered the time when she used to not like socializing; it was just two years ago, but now it feels like such a distant memory.

”I used to be such a rude and anti-social person... I wonder why Rio fell in love with someone like me... I guess I was just too lucky at the time...”

”I must have done many great deeds in my past life that I got to meet someone like him... He seems emotionless but is caring and protective, which kind of makes me think I donʼt deserve

so much love...”

”A guy with a warm heart indeed...”

Selain didnʼt interrupt Liaʼs continuous praises for Rio; she wanted to know more, so she kept

listening silently.

ʼSigh... These two are so in sync with each other... I seriously feel like a third-wheel now. I am

starting to think I have no chance now... It makes me kind of jealous just how much they praise

each other...ʼ

Just yesterday, Rio was praising Lia for saving him, and now Lia is praising Rio too. Itʼs as if both of them are just the perfect match for each other.

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Authorʼs Notes.

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