Reborn as an Extra

Chapter 401: The Chronos Incident Begins...

Academy, Rioʼs Room.

[Is there really any purpose in staring at the sun like that?]

ʼIt makes you feel ʼcoolʼ though... I just do it for the sake of it sometimes...ʼ

Standing near his roomʼs window, Rio was sipping tea in a leisurely manner while watching the sun rise with the same expressionless look on his face.

[I donʼt get you... You sometimes behave like an old man; how about going to some clubs and partying and stuff?]

ʼGoing to clubs wonʼt change anything; I will still look as dead as I was looking before... I might even ruin the fun for others...ʼ

[But I heard that going to clubs increases your chances of a girl flirting with you!]

Rio sighed at those words and shook his head.

ʼDo I even need any other girl to flirt with me... I already have one that has a lot of interesting reactions when you tease her... Oh, but you arenʼt allowed to tease her though...ʼ

[Yeah, yeah, I know, You and your Ms. Golden Tsundere... Itʼs like sheʼs the sole star shining in the pitch black and empty night sky that is you...]

While Rio was arguing with Shadow in his mind, he noticed a strange sensation in the air all of a sudden.

ʼHmm... The sky in the distance... seems kind of more redder than before?...ʼ

Before Rio could react, the entire sky went dark red, and a rain of blood started to pour from the sky.

Even Rio was shocked after seeing such a scene.

ʼTears of the world!? What the!? Why is this phenomenon happening now!?ʼ

ʼTears of the Worldʼ is a phenomenon in which the world itself rains blood from through the space-time fabric to show that itʼs deeply saddened or hurt by something.

In the novel, this phenomenon only appeared once, and that was when Link was killed off by Fade.

As Link is the chosen of the world, his death made the world itself quite sad, and the world bled in the form of the rain of blood.

This kind of rain doesnʼt have much effect even if you touch it and is completely harmless to even ordinary people, but its main effect is the impact it leaves on the mind of those who see

it.

Rio quickly put away the tea, grabbed his coat and space ring from the couch, and quickly put them on.

ʼSomethingʼs not right; this isnʼt supposed to be happening at all!ʼ

Link is completely fine now, and thereʼs nothing that should have triggered this phenomenon, as Rio already interfered with a lot of things and many things have changed.

At that moment, Rio could feel that the rain of blood bore no good for him, it definitely will bring some harm.

His intuitions immediately started to warn him that somethingʼs definitely not right; thus, Rio immediately got combat ready as he took his equipment.

[Ding! Strings of destiny have been tempered!]

[Ding! The Spire of Ascension has gazed upon your existence and has tried to draw you inside!]

[Ding! True Immunity triggered! ERROR.... ERROR!!]

[Warning! ʼA??m???ʼ has taken effect! Your skill ʼTrue Immunityʼ has been forcefully suppressed!]

[The Gaze of the Spire of Ascension has taken effect!]

Before Rio had the time to even react, a massive dark red portal appeared below his feet, and he felt inside the portal.

Even when he tried to use his skills to jump out of the portal and stop himself from falling, Rio was still forcefully dragged into it as the space-time fabric itself was pushing him into it.

This is the first time he has ever seen his ʼTrue Immunityʼ not work; at that moment, Rio had realized that he had gotten himself in some big trouble this time.

Capital City Astra, In the sky above.

”It forcefully teleported us away!?”

A look of shock appeared on Rajiʼs face.

Just now, all the SS-rankers from all over the world had gathered in the same place at once, as they had all noticed a massive source of disturbance in the space-time fabric.

All SS-rankers do this kind of thing when they sense that someone powerful is trying to mess with the planet and they deal with such threats together.

Right now, thereʼs only this one planet thatʼs so suitable to live on, and most people live on this planet, and if someone does something to it, it will take a lot of efforts to terraform a new planet from scratch.

The SS-rankers will have to work like crazy to solve such a crisis, and as of yet they havenʼt yet succeeded in venturing into outer space and finding new habitable planets, so itʼs important to protect this planet.

All of them gathered in one place today to stop Alverto, but to their shock, all of them were forcefully teleported away by that tower-like thing after that strange eye appeared on it.

Just when Ashtel was about to open a portal to go there once again, suddenly a massive dark red portal appeared below his and Jinʼs feet.

The two of them couldnʼt even react on time, and they were dragged inside the portals without having any chance to resist!

And just like it happened with Rio, the portal closed once the two of them were teleported

away by force.

Only Raji was left standing in the sky with a bewildered look on her face.

”Uh, W-whatʼs happening today!?”

She had no idea what just happened and why she was left behind and not teleported. ʼT-those portals were so powerful that they dragged even Ashtel into them!? This is insane...ʼ Today, Raji has been shocked too much, and sheʼs going numb by it all over.

Not only that shocking mysterious tower appeared out of nowhere, but now for the first time something in the world has appeared that rendered even Ashtel Rex helpless.

Even he was not able to resist its power!

Just when Raji was feeling more and more confused, she noticed that some of the familiar presences had suddenly disappeared from the academy.

Rio, Lia, and the rest of the team, Astra, all disappeared, and their presence vanished all of a

sudden.

ʼDid the portals swallow them too!? But why only them!?ʼ

Raji had no idea why only a few selected individuals were teleported; she scanned the entire capital city with her mana detection, and there was not a single other person who had

disappeared out of nowhere.

Only the members of Team Astra had disappeared.

ʼWait! There one more... this presence, Riko!?ʼ

Rikoʼs presence has also disappeared; up until a few moments ago, Raji could detect her, but

now sheʼs gone all of a sudden.

ʼI must figure out something; Riya has also disappeared...ʼ

Sheʼs not worried about the safety of others as much, but Riya is the only one whoʼs the weakest out of them all, and if she encounters some trouble, she will not be able to survive.

Thus, Raji was worried about her safety a lot.

Just when Raji was trying to think what to do about this situation, her phone started to ring

like crazy.

She hurriedly brought it out to see who it was, and it turned out it was a call from a military

general.

”Ms. Raji! The other SS-rankers are not picking up their phone; thankfully you picked it up!”

”I have grave news to tell you! A massive demon army has attacked the southern coastline of the nation! There are hundreds of S-rankers among them!”

”We require immediate assistance!”

Rajiʼs eyes widened in shock when she heard those words,

”What!? Where did so many demons suddenly come from!? Why didnʼt the alliance warn us that so many demons were heading in our direction!?”

It is nearly impossible to reach their nationʼs border in plain sight so easily; their high-tech detection equipment can even keep eyes on S-rankers in case they suddenly appear nearby. Thereʼs simply no way so many demons entered the border of the human empire without noticing, and all this happened at such a convenient time, just when Ashtel and Jin had

disappeared.

Itʼs too much of a coincidence that it seems like a well-planned conspiracy!

Raji immediately contacted the World Alliance, and what she found out was even more

shocking.

It turned out once the SS-rankers were teleported away by that mysterious building, all of their nations were attacked by demons all at once!

Now, they are all occupied with combating the demon attacks and have no time to worry

about others.

”What are the demons trying to do!? This is but a complete all-out war! They are literally attacking the entire world at once!”

Nobody had any idea why the demon armies suddenly launched such massive-scale wars and

attacked every nation that they could!

Moreover, people only noticed the demons when they had already entered their nationʼs

borders! Which is simply too bizarre!

ʼDonʼt tell me that the force that forcefully teleported us sent these demons to keep us busy

so that we wonʼt be able to interfere with it!?ʼ

Raji gritted her teeth and opened a portal to go to the southern coastline of the nation.

Now that Ashtel and Jin are not present, the responsibility to keep the nation safe has fallen

on her shoulders; she canʼt dodge this responsibility.

Thus, she had no choice but to go and help out in defending the borders and keeping the

demons at bay.

If they make it to the cities, thousands of innocent people will die, and Raji will be responsible for their deaths.

When Ashtel comes back, he will blame her for negligence, so she dared not delay. ʼLink, I will leave the safety of my sister to you once again; please keep her safe...ʼ