Reborn as an Extra

Chapter 440: Limiter Broken! The realm beyond mortals - Attained!

Alverto stomped his feet on the surface of the ocean and jumped away to make some distance from Rio.

"I am surprised though… even those friends of yours could barely keep up with me when they weren't working together…"

"Only after they buffed each other did they became capable of fighting with me on equal footing, forcing me to teleport them all away from here…"

"But you parried my attack all by yourself…"

An impressed look appeared on Alverto's handsome face.

'I was going to sneak attack and kill all of them one by one by separating them but this guy has blocked my way…'

'I guess I should send the others to deal with them for the time being; I need to focus on this guy first…'

[Soul Resonance!]

[Imperial Demon Spear Art: Thousand Soul Tribulations!]

Just when Alverto used his spear art to attack, Rio unsheathed his sword hanging on his waist almost at the same time.

[Sword Intent!]

[Sword Sage's Enlightenment: Sword Cannon!]

Rio held his sword as if he were holding a spear and threw it towards Alverto, who was about to use his skill.

The veins of his arm bulged; the sword flew towards Alverto like a cannonball!

*Boom!*

The speed of that attack was so fast that Alverto was forced to stop midway while trying to use his skills, and he was forced to dodge that attack to avoid fatal damage.

His eyes widened as he sensed a long-lost feeling invade his mind when that sword came flying towards him.

Death.

Alverto felt the touch of 'Death' in that instant, which he has never felt in several decades since the time when Ashtel attacked his lair.

[Soul Resonance: Soul Body!]

Alverto barely succeeded in turning his body into a soul body to avoid that attack in the nick of time.

*BOOOM!*

Alverto's right arm was blown to pieces as Rio's sword still managed to hit his right arm just before it could turn into a soul body.

'He changed the trajectory mid-attack!? M-monster…'

For the first time in several decades, Alverto felt the feelings of 'tension,' 'panic,' and 'awe' for someone.

"Hoh? Do you still have a form like that? You really are full of mysteries…"

Rio re-summoned his sword; he was quite surprised that Alverto dodged that attack, but the expression on his face remained just as expressionless as ever.

In fact, he seemed even more devoid of emotion than ever.

"What kind of sword art was that… I am not a sword user but even I know that swords aren't meant to be thrown like a spear…"

"Are you sure you are still a sword user, 'Darkstar' Rio…"

Hearing those words, Rio just shook his head and spoke in his usual emotionless tone.

"Well, I always re-summon my sword no matter how I throw it, so why not make a new sword art out of that, right?"

"Truthfully speaking, I got the idea from one of those demons you sent to fight me above… it was a spider demon and it kept throwing poison at me…"

"No matter what I did, it just kept maintaining it's distance and kept thrown poison from far away… so I had no choice but to make this skill to do an effective long-range damage…"

"It's neat though, isn't it?"

Rio rarely ever speaks much about any topic, but if it's about swords and sword arts, even he gets excited and ends up yapping a bit too much some times.

"Well, the same attack won't work on me again anyway, so it doesn't matter to me…"

Alverto's body returned back to solid form from the soul form, and he immediately tried to heal his bleeding arm.

[Soul Reson-]

But before he could even attempt to use his skill, Rio's sword was already at his throat.

[Sword Sage's Enlightenment: Third Form: Instant Death!]

Alverto was forced to stop mid-action; Rio didn't even give him time to try and stop the bleeding of his right arm.

He barely managed to raise his spear to try and defend himself, but the impact of Rio's sword hitting his spear was so powerful that his body flew away like a rocket!

*BOOOM!*

Massive waves were created in the ocean water just from Rio's attack alone.

*Cough!* *Cough!*

Alverto coughed a mouthful of blood as he barely stabilized himself in the air, and a look of shock appeared on his face.

The previous damage caused by Link and the others hasn't even healed yet, and Rio isn't giving him enough space to even breathe, which has worsened his wounds even more!

"Don't try to use such slow working skill in front of me… I have surpassed the term 'Speed' at this point…"

Alverto's eyes widened in sheer shock as he heard those words.

"Y-you… just now… You forcefully slashed through the time elementals and traveled towards me through time!"

"This is insane! D-don't tell me-"

Before Alverto could finish his sentence, Rio cut him off and spoke in a calm tone.

"Yes… My control over sword intent has progressed even further…"

Rio fought those thousands of Peak A-rank and Pseudo-S rank monsters in the upper floor continuously for a long time all alone.

Others may think that he was barely surviving, but Rio took that situation as a rare opportunity.

Not only did he create a 'New Sword Art' for himself by using those monsters as his practice targets, but he even enhanced his control over sword intent to a higher level.

'99%... This level of power is really too overbearing…'

The reason why Rio seems even more emotionless than before is because his sword intent has reached a level that is extremely close to 'Perfection.'

'Near perfect Sword Heart, Near Perfect Sword Intent, Insane talent and Extremely powerful Sword Skills… this body of mine has come a long way…'

'With all these, it would be

Even Rio couldn't help but feel a little proud of what he has achieved after all those hardships.

It's nearly been three years since he came to this world; at first he was just a weak, random extra, a background character with not much significance.

But now, he has enough power to change the direction of the plot of this world; he's become the biggest 'Anomaly' in this universe.

"Actually, I am quite thankful that I met you, Demon Prince Alverto…"

"I have learned a ton of skills and made immense progress ever since I came in contact with you back in Oaklum…"

Zach's death worked as a catalyst for Rio's insanely fast growth; he knew that if he wanted to protect his loved ones, he must get strong!

'In the first place, my main goal is the boss monster from the SSS level dungeon that will come out in the future…'

'Meeting Alverto has prepared me for an even more disastrous future…'

The Spire of Ascension without a doubt holds the power to destroy this entire solar system and kill billions of people in an instant.

But it's nowhere near the power of that absolute monstrosity that will come to haunt the world in the future.

If Rio can't even deal with this little hurdle, he has no right to claim that he will avert the problems of the future.

'In the first place, I am very doubtful that Fade would even save this world… I have read the novel but I never read the ending…'

'From what I have seen all along, this novel must have had a 'Bad Ending' as Fade likely couldn't stop its destruction…'

'If I want to live a peaceful life in the future… I need to be powerful enough that no one can disturb my peaceful life…'

As Rio became more and more determined, his aura solidified even more, and a strange calmness appeared in the area.

As if something great was about to happen, as if the world itself had felt that a sudden big change was about to occur, everything in the vicinity became extremely quiet.

The ocean surface became unusually calm, and no more waves appeared on the ocean surface.

The flow of wind stopped, and even Riko, who was already half-unconscious, couldn't help but feel a strange sense of premonition that something was about to happen.

[Ding! All Conditions fulfilled!]

[Ding! You have walked a step further on your 'Path'! You have achieved a great feat!]

[Ding! Your understanding of your 'existence' and your 'Self' has gone beyond the level of an ordinary 'Mortal'…]

[Ding! Using Sword Intent and Imperfect Sword Heart, you have carved a place for yourself in this vast world!]

[Ding! Your efforts have been acknowledged by ??? ??? A??M???!!]

[Ding! Congratulations! You have stepped beyond the 'Limit' of a 'Mortal' Being!]

[Ding! Congratulations! You have broken the 'Limiter'!]

[Ding! Advancing to Rank-S…]

An immense amount of mana started to surge; the entire Spire of Ascension started to tremble at the raging bolts of 'Sword Intent' unconsciously leaking out of Rio's body.

Rio's body started to rise in the air all by itself, and the entire area around him became filled with insanely powerful and concentrated 'Sword Intent'.

Even Alverto couldn't help but feel suppressed in front of that domineering 'Sword Intent'.

"I-Insanity! T-this!? This is ridiculous!!!"

Alverto tried to move his body and attack, but he couldn't even move his fingers at this moment.

The sword intent leaking out of Rio's body firmly suppressed him down to the point that he couldn't even try to harm Rio at this moment.

"How can a human ascending to S-rank have such insane momentum!? This is pure bullsh*t!!"

Alverto has seen many people ascend to Rank-S… But this is the first time he has seen such a spectacle.

This situation is so bizarre that he doesn't even have words to describe it anymore! Only one word comes to his mind when looking at the current Rio.

Monster.