Reborn as an Extra

Chapter 306: A Prophecy?

Underground Tavern, Novo.

*Knock*

The sudden knocking sound on the door brought Irvin back to his senses, and he stopped daydreaming.

The door opened, and Leo and Ars walked in, followed by Rio behind them.

The moment Irvin saw Rioʼs face, he nearly mistook that Kevin himself has come to visit him all of a sudden.

His eyes widened in shock. Rio looked so similar to Kevin that there wasnʼt even any need for a DNA test; itʼs very easy to tell if Rio is Kevinʼs son or not.

The most surprising thing about it all was Rioʼs amazing aura.

As a peak ʼAʼ ranker, Rio was emitting an extremely dense and solid aura, which could be mistaken for an S ranker if not observed attentively.

Just by entering the tavern, Rio caused the temperature in the surrounding area to get colder, and his dead-fish-like eyes seemed to be able to see through a personʼs soul in an instant.

A thought came to Irvinʼs mind at that moment.

ʼThis kid... Heʼs a monster...ʼ

Irvin has seen many geniuses in his long life, but Rio is the most insane of them all.

ʼHeʼs not even actively trying to guard... The sword moves seem to be engraved in his body directly! Heʼs ready to draw his sword at any second... Now I understand why he was able to parry Linkʼs attacks so easily...ʼ

Muscle memory is a crazy thing; if you train yourself in something for long enough, your body itself starts to remember that thing, and you donʼt even need to actively think about it to do that thing anymore.

By now, Rio has engraved his sword skills in his body so thoroughly that it can move on its own at the slightest notice of killing intent.

Rio isnʼt even purposely putting up his guard; his body itself is doing it on its own.

His sword skills are engraved in his every move, and even the most insignificant movements seem to carry the intentions of a sword.

This state of being in sync with the sword is what they call becoming ʼone with the swordʼ. Although Rio hasnʼt completed this ʼstateʼ yet, heʼs already progressing fast.

...

While Irvin was evaluating Rio with a shocked look on his face, Rio was also doing the same, except his face remained as expressionless as usual.

ʼAs I expected, this old man is an S ranker... But heʼs likely not too strong; his aura is in a state of decline; and he likely doesnʼt have a lot of years left to live...ʼ

ʼHe must have broken through during old age; currently, he can barely be considered an S ranker anymore...ʼ

From Rioʼs perspective, aside from the ability to stand in the air, Irvin likely doesnʼt have any other advantages over him.

ʼOkay, we can talk on equal levels then...ʼ

Although Irvin is in a state of decline, heʼs still a genuine S-ranker after all, and as Rio is strong, it wonʼt be wrong to say that they are both on equal levels and can talk without worry.

Only when you are on the same level as the other party can you add weight to your words; otherwise, they will likely be ignored.

This is how the world is.

ʼLetʼs see what he wants to say...ʼ

Rio walked over to the bar and sat down on one of the bar stools placed in the front. Rioʼs expression remained emotionless as he spoke.

”Greetings, I am Rio Flash, a swordsman...”

Irvin snapped out of his daydreaming at Rioʼs words and then nodded his head.

”Welcome, I am Irvin Terell, A humble bartender... What would you like to order, young man?”

Rio glanced at the various bottles of wine stacked in the display cabinets and shook his head.

”I donʼt drink; just give me any kind of juice if you have one...”

At Rioʼs words, Irvin smiled happily and said,

”Haha, as expected... Kevin also never liked to drink wine; good thing I prepared some expensive juice bottles, especially for this occasion...”

Irvin brought out the ʼKarela Juiceʼ that Kevin used to like. (That sh*t is bitter as f*ck!)

Rio knew all too well about that juice, but this is the first time he has seen it in this world. People in this world donʼt seem to like it that much compared to Rioʼs previous world. ʼWell, even in my previous world, they didnʼt seem to like it much...ʼ

Rio had damaged taste buds in his previous life, so he couldnʼt have tasted its bitterness even if he wanted to. Today is the first time heʼs actually going to drink it.

Irvin served the juice to Rio; he also wanted to give some to Leo and Ars, but the two of them declined immediately as they didnʼt want that bitter juice at all.

To Ars and Leoʼs surprise, Rio drank that amazingly bitter juice without even changing expressions on his face.

Irvin also nodded his head at Rio and said,

”Yeah, the boss liked this juice a lot, and you seem to appreciate it too; my choice wasnʼt wrong, it seems...”

Rio nodded his head and thought to himself.

ʼWell, itʼs okay that I tried it once, but I certainly wouldnʼt want to drink it ever again...ʼ

ʼKarela Juiceʼ is very nutritious and beneficial for health, but that is only if you can bear to drink it while ignoring that bitter taste.

...

Ignoring the fact that Irvin made his guest drink a bitter juice, Ars said,

”We have brought Rio Senpai here as promised; now donʼt waste time; he will leave if you

keep dragging things...”

The tavern is empty today; aside from the four of them, there is no one else, so they can talk

as much as they want.

Irvin also nodded his head in response to those words.

”You two, go play outside; let us have a small conversation in private...”

Ars and Leo nodded their heads and went to the upper floor.

Seeing that the two had left, Irvin brought out a small diary from one of the cabinets and

placed it in front of Rio.

”Itʼs a diary of my adventures with your father; he used to be a kind and caring boss for our organization; we idolized him a lot... I have nothing else to give you but this...”

Rio nodded his head and flipped through a few pages of the diary.

Most of the things noted were just informationʼs about random dungeon raids and others, but there were also some interesting informationʼs that Rio didnʼt know about.

Like how they used to carry out assassinations or how they used to track down people without

ever getting caught.

Basically, the whole secret method of ʼStealth tracking and movingʼ was described in the

diary.

ʼThis kind of seems like an overall description of a skill... I think I might be able to recruit this skill if I try it myself...ʼ

If Rio can learn this skill, then he can improve his stealth abilities even further, so he directly put the diary in his space ring and nodded his head at Irvin,

”This is good enough. I appreciate the fact that you have recorded so many details about him in this diary. I will be able to know him better with this much information...”

Irvin sighed at those words and said,

”Boss was always the type of person who liked to hide his weaknesses; he never told us about your existence, as he might not have wanted for you to get exposed to danger...”

”But that also worked as a disadvantage; if I had known about you earlier, I could have

adopted you like Leo and Ars... sigh...”

Irvin indeed felt guilty that he never came forward to help out Rio when he was living through

difficult times.

At the guilty look on Irvinʼs face, Rio just shook his head and said,

”No worries, I donʼt blame anyone for all that; it was all the plot of that Demon Prince Alverto

who massacred the whole ʼDrift Cityʼ...”

”I will one day settle the score with him...”

Seeing that Rio had forgiven him, Irvin heaved a sigh of relief. Heʼs old, and he doesnʼt want

to make an enemy of someone as strong as Rio.

If Rio blamed him, he might harm Ars and Leo, so Irvin had to get Rioʼs forgiveness.

Irvin stared into Rioʼs eyes and said,

”Now that the side topics are out of the way, let me tell you the main reason why I asked you

to come here...”

Rio nodded his head and listened attentively,

”Tell me...”

Irvin glanced at Rioʼs sword and said,

”When Boss stole ʼthat swordʼ from the demon kingʼs treasury, a giant stone tablet was

located beside it, and the words written on it were...”

[Forged in the Great Furnace of Cyria!

Forged for the greatest being!

This sword marks the beginning,

And the end of a cosmic law!]

Rio frowned a bit at those words and said,

”Great Furnace of Cyria? I have neither heard about such a furnace nor have I heard the name

Cyria before...”

Irvin nodded his head and said,

”Boss looked into this himself for years, and what he gathered was that ʼCyria 229ʼ was once a planet where ʼDwarvesʼ used to live before Mana descended to this world...”

”They got teleported to this planet due to the disturbances that occurred in the space-time

fabric as mana descended into this world...”

”The dwarves might have more information about that planet... You will need to go to the

Dwarven Empire if you want to find the origins of this sword...”

Just when Rio was about to deny it, Irvin said,

”Boss said that this sword has the ability to reach a new realm, and only the dwarfs know

about its secrets... This sword is a treasure; you should try to find clues if possible...”

Rio contemplated for a few moments and then nodded his head,

”Well, I am not sure if they will really have any method to improve it, but I guess I will give it

a try some day... Thanks for the advice...”

...

Authorʼs Notes.

Yo! Itʼs your beloved author here! It seems Rio has added another new step to his journey...

Question of the day.

Have you ever drank that ʼKarela Juiceʼ before? How was it?

(Tell me in the comments)

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