Reborn as an Extra - Chapter 185

Chapter 185: The Tree of blood! Part-4.
“Aria Shinaya Un Mirage, one of the two SS-ranked healers of the current times, is a water dragon, and Aaron’s real mother… she is good friends with the dragon king…” (Kai)

“The dragon king took action against me and Tomar on her request…” (Kai)

“Her healing capabilities are no joke, she was the one who healed the ‘World Tree’ after it was infected by… cough…” (Kai)

Kai suddenly stopped talking and didn’t finish his sentence.

“Ahem, forget it, you just need to know that she is crazy good at her work…” (Kai)

Although everyone else was curious about why Kai didn’t finish his sentence they didn’t ask about it either. They also knew that since Kai didn’t continue it must be some kind of sensitive topic.

“By the way, I have been wanting to ask, what’s Aria up to nowadays, Aaron…” (Kai)

Hearing Kai’s question, Aaron shook his head and replied in a helpless tone.

“Well, I have been in this cave for about a hundred years now, I have no idea what’s going on in the Dragon Valley right now…” (Aaron)

“Last time I saw her a hundred years ago, she was saying that she would go to some unexplored corner of the solar system for some research… I don’t know about the specifications either…” (Aaron)

Aaron shook his head and replied in a helpless tone:

“She has always liked to research various things, she might still be wandering around somewhere in the Oort cloud, the space is vast, who knows where she has gone…” (Aaron)

(If you don’t know what ‘Oort cloud’ is, then go back to school and study everything all over again!!)

“Ah, talking about research, I recently have noticed some rather strange phenomenon with my telescope…” (Aaron)

“Several Stars that used to shine brightly have now dimmed a lot, and even some of them have completely disappeared as if they never existed… this is a very strange phenomenon…” (Aaron)

Hearing Aaron’s words everyone felt confused, they all didn’t know much about these scientific things, except for Liam of course.

Liam nodded his head and replied.

“Yeah, an article was published by the ‘research panel’ recently which addressed this same issue, they are currently investigating it…” (Liam)

“Depending on the situation, they might have to send SS-rankers to those solar systems for scouting the area…” (Liam)

Aaron nodded his head and smiled with a pleased look on his face.

“As expected of the human race, you guys are always so fast on doing stuff like research and technological advancement…” (Aaron)

“Sigh~ if only the dragon race was also that much interested in research and technology…” (Aaron)

(No other race on this planet is more technologically advanced than the human race, not even the Elf can compete with humans when it comes to technology…)

Dragons believe in individual strength more than anything. They think of technology and research as mere tricks that lowly beings need to do to survive.

Well from their point of view, they are not entirely wrong either. Each dragon has the potential to reach at least S-rank, moreover, they all have crazily long lifespans.

Unlike the other races where most individuals are weak and ordinary, while only a few are strong and unique, dragons are all born with insane talent.

Every dragon is bound to become an S-ranker if it just sleeps for a century or two and waits to become an adult.

Although the population of dragons is low each of them is insanely strong.

The reason why demons dare not linger around in the territory of the dragons is because even they know that every adult dragon living in the world is at least an S-ranker.

No race on this planet wants to go to war against the dragon race for this exact reason. (Imagine going to war against a species whose every member is comparable to a natural disaster…)

The dragons aren’t even members of the alliance, yet they don’t fear the alliance at all.

They are literally capable of going against the whole alliance on their own, not even the demon race dares to offend them easily.

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“All things aside, what are you even doing here, so close to the human city? Did the human SS-rankers not find your existence?” (Kai)

Aaron shook his head and replied in a calm tone:

“Well, hmm if I remember correctly, an SS-ranker ‘Nicolas’ came over to visit me, he allowed me to stay here as long as I don’t cause trouble…” (Aaron)

“I was also quite surprised when you guys suddenly came over here… did ‘Nicolas’ send you?” (Aaron)

“Uh, the SS-ranker Nicolas Arsene died more than fifty years ago in the ‘Orc war’…” (Rio)

“What!?… sigh~ he sounded like a good person actually… to think he already died… You humans really do have a short life span…” (Aaron)

Aaron shook his head and said with complicated emotions.

“We dragons just sleep all year long and enjoy our life to the fullest, on the other hand, you humans have to work so hard to ascend… yet you don’t live your life to the fullest… it’s such a shame…” (Aaron)

“Well, ideals and beliefs are more important for humans than their own life…” (Kai)

“Yeah, they can kill thousands of their kin just to protect a few loved ones… they hate each other and yet can cooperate with each other when the need arises… a strange race indeed…” (Ellie)

Rio and the others dodged the weird looks that the three of them were giving them.

“Ahem, it’s not like we don’t cherish our life, it’s just that ambitions are important you see…” (Liam)

“My ambition is to reach the peak of my summoning capabilities… I want to wander around all over the world with Ellie…” (Liam)

[Ding! You have found your ‘Path’!]

[Ding! All Conditions have been fulfilled!]

[Ding! Ascending to Rank-A….]

Before anyone could understand what was going on, an immense amount of mana started to gather around Liam’s body.

Everyone was shocked by this sudden turn of events.

“What the!? He broke through in the middle of talking!?” (Link)

The underwater cave was filled with dense mana, thus there was no need for Liam to worry about lack of mana at all, and unlike Rio and Link, he didn’t create a tornado of mana around him either.

(Due to the already high density of mana being present in this place, he didn’t need to attract mana and condense it in the form of a tornado to absorb it…)

(The mana was already dense enough in this cave and he could directly absorb it…)

…

Ellie hurriedly cast a barrier and isolated everyone away from Liam.

“Although it’s quite surprising that he suddenly broke through, I will guard him here… I won’t let anyone reach him…” (Ellie)

Everyone was surprised by Liam’s sudden ascension, but they all nodded their heads in understanding and didn’t disturb him at all.

Even Aaron nodded his head in amazement.

“This kid seems to be exceptionally talented, he seems to have had a sudden ‘epiphany’ and thus he directly broke through while still talking to us…” (Aaron)

“Seriously, the human race never seizes to amuse me more and more… the more I know about them the more surprised I become…” (Aaron)

Kai rolled his eyes at Aaron’s words and replied.

“It’s not like all of them are like these few kids, these kids are the most talented ones among the current generation…” (Kai)

(Kai purposely didn’t say that these few kids are being referred to as the ‘Second Golden generation’ by others nowadays…)

“Well since we have nothing else to do, how about you guys come visit the thing I have been researching here for more than half a century?” (Aaron)

“Hoho, I am interested in that too, let’s see what a dragon is so focused on…” (Kai)

Seeing that it would take some time for Liam to complete his ascension, everyone had a tacit understanding and they all decided to leave the place to put Ellie at ease.

Aaron stretched out his hand and the red-colored ring on his finger shined brightly.

*Clink*

A mechanism seems to have been activated.

The bookshelves near the wall slid aside and a huge stone door enhanced with magic slowly opened.

A staircase appeared in everyone’s view when the door fully opened.

Without hesitation, Aaron stepped in and led the way ahead.

“Well, you see I had to work quite hard to create this place, I have enhanced every single wall and door here with S-rank magic…” (Aaron)

“It’s like a proper secret base here, Except for SS-rankers, I don’t think others can even enter this place without my permission… it’s a nice and cozy place…” (Aaron)

“I never feel bored here…” (Aaron)

While walking down the stairs, Aaron kept talking and continued to explain the place to everyone, perhaps not being able to talk for a century made him more talkative today.

Nonetheless, everyone followed behind him with a solemn expression on their face.

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Hidden Chamber

At the end of the staircase, a massive chamber appeared, a gigantic tree with dark red leaves was located at the center of the place.

Aaron pointed at the ceiling and said in a gentle tone.

“That may look like the night sky, but it’s just a stone ceiling, I have used illusion magic on it… and that tree you are seeing is the thing I have been researching …” (Aaron)

“I call this thing… the tree of blood…” (Aaron)

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Author’s Notes.

Yo! It’s your beloved author here! Things are starting to get more complicated as time passes…

Question of the day.

What would be your reaction if the person you are talking to suddenly starts ascending like Liam?

1. Shocked

2. Envy

3. Other