The Time I Got Reincarnated As An Extra - Chapter 129

Chapter 129: Pouring Blood On His Hands [2]
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Amon sat on a metallic chair, his arms tied to the chair arms.

His mana was currently sealed.

It was a small square-shaped room with grey walls all around.

It had been 1 hour since he was locked up here.

As soon as he had stepped out of the building, there was a sharp thud to his neck, which dropped him unconscious.

The next thing he knew, he woke up in this cell, not knowing where he was.

He only hoped that Alya had gotten his message.

It wasn’t long before the door of the room opened and 4 people walked in.

Amon immediately felt an oppressive aura descend on his body, halting his breathing a little.

He looked at them without any emotion.

He knew who they were.

The Unit Commanders.

People who were at least ranked Colonel in the Imperial Military.

Each one of them was a 6th order clovist and Amon could tell that from just a glance.

There were three men and 1 woman.

One of them, with a brutish body, a brown mustache, and hair walked up to Amon.

Without hesitation, he grabbed his collar and raised him in the air, even lifting the chair with him.

The four leaders behind him said nothing, only watching with blank looks.

“You, fucking, punk.” He said slowly, emphasizing each word.

But as if not giving him what he wanted, Amon kept silent, his indifferent gaze locked with the man.

Several seconds passed in silence before the man hurled Amon in rage at the wall behind him.

Colliding with the wall, Amon felt pain pass through his whole body.

He dropped down on the chair, before limping down on the floor.

All the while, his gaze kept locked with the leaders.

The man who had hurled him clicked his tongue.

“If you weren’t a student of Eldergrove, believe me, I would have torn your body into shreds.” The man spat.

Then, the woman spoke.

“Calm down James. We only need to wait for orders from the Imperiac and Eldergrove, after that, you can kill him as many times as you want.”

The third man also nodded.

“Shina is right. Considering how weak he is, I doubt they would give a care over his life.”

Amon kept silent.

His gaze was still locked with the man, or James if that was his name.

It seemed to be that he was the Unit Commander of the unit that he was in.

Coming close to him, the man stomped his large foot on Amon’s back before spitting in his face.

“Make sure to give the worst time of his life here in this cell before we get the orders.” He barked before leaving the room along with the other leaders.

As the oppressive air finally disappeared, Amon sighed.

With some struggle, he was finally able to sit back on his chair.

He looked at the cufflinks.

If he wanted to do so, he could easily escape out of this chair and room right now.

But currently, it wasn’t the time yet.

Amon reflected on what just happened before.

He had an idea of what The Harrowing Smile was now.

It was an Eldritch Horror. Or so was the name given to the creatures that resided in the Black Tear.

It wasn’t just a normal horror.

From what Amon concluded, it was at least a tier 6th horror.

It was a formless horror. And something like this was enough to speak about its strength.

It was only after recounting the previous events and what happened so far that Amon found out what it did.

The Harrowing Smile…

It fed upon people’s negative emotions and memories.

That day, when they were going on the trip, Amon had found Rebecca Scarlett in a sullen and down mood.

She looked as if she was going through a difficult phase.

These negative emotions were what led her to be the first prey of the Smile.

From what he observed, it would try to take on its target mind.

If the target succeeded in saving himself, then that was that.

But if they didn’t, then the target was simply a subject of the Smile.

After entering the territory, the Smile quickly attempted to take over Rebecca’s mind.

And being weak-heard at that moment, it didn’t take long for her to come under its control.

After the subject was under their control, the Smile would find the next weak-hearted target.

And at that moment, Rebecca’s friend was the weak-hearted target.

Most probably, they had gotten into a fight.

Targeting her friend, the Smile killed Rebecca, inflicting a deep sense of fear and stirring the emotions inside her friend.

After that, her friend was taken into interrogation while the Smile had found its next target.

Of course, Amon didn’t know all of this from the start.

It was only because of that time on the balcony that day, that Amon connected all the dots.

That day…

When Elizabeth was taking a shower, Amon was standing on the balcony, peering far into the administration block.

And it was only then, that he saw…

Two people emerging from behind the main administration building.

They were carrying a body in a large white body cover.

And he saw them, dumping the body into the trees that lined up against the boundary of the wall.

And at that last moment…

The cover on her face came off and Amon was able to see the person.

It was Rebecca’s friend.

A normal person would have been unable to see that clearly from so far but Amon was able to.

Ever since his constitution change, his eyesight was much sharper.

Rebecca’s friend was dead. And by seeing the exact wound as Rebecca had on her head, Amon was able to know whose work it was.

Just after they dumped the body, he also saw one of the two people reveal their faces before heading into the building.

It was Dylan. And he had a complicated look on his face as if he was contemplating.

That was when it all made sense for Amon.

It almost made him shudder again by remembering how formidable this horror was.

By just taking over a target’s mind and then killing it to infect the other person, it was able to continue its chain of killing.

A whole empire could crumble down from just this single horror.

All it needed to do was inflict fear and horror into their minds.

In any case, that was when Amon connected all the dots.

And also when…

He chose to use Elizabeth as bait.

Because of their previous interaction and them being alone in his room, Amon knew that Elizabeth was in a feeling of elation.

And the higher a person was in the emotion of happiness, the easier it was to break them down.

And that was exactly what he did as he tore up Elizabeth’s heart.

It might have been cruel but he didn’t care at that moment.

She was the only way for him to test his theory.

And it proved to be correct as he saw Dylan succumbing to the Smile as well.

But before he could kill himself and inflict fear on Elizabeth, Amon, who was feigning ignorance, quickly leaped in for the kill.

Nevertheless, even with Dylan’s death, the Smile wasn’t dead yet.

It was still there, in the minds of a target.

And it was Amon’s duty to find them now.

And for that, he had to first get out of this cell.

But there was another question…

And it was that how did an Eldritch Horror invade the walls.

And there were two possibilities for that…

One was it entering through the mind of a target which was what Amon hoped it to be.

Or…

That it was already in the walls, waiting for a weak-hearted target.

But there was still the part about how it ended up inside the walls.

And for that…

The only other theory that made sense was.

That there was a leak in the walls.

And the entrance of Smile from the forest was just the starting.

This was what Amon knew it was going to be.

‘Fuck.’