Reborn as an Extra

Chapter 406: An Extremely Unfair Battle... Part-1.

The Spire of Ascension.

Floor 100.

Not all floors of the Spire of Ascension are made like mazes, where the walls are made up of mithril and adamantine.

Floor 100, which is the topmost floor of the Spire of Ascension, is a vast solar system in itself.

There is a sun, moon, plants, etc... just that thereʼs no life in this solar system; itʼs completely empty.

This is a perfect place for not only one, but several SS-rankers to go wild without caring about anything at all.

”I take it that you have completely betrayed humanity then...”

Sitting on a small boulder, Ashtel sighed while saying those words. After getting sucked into the portal, he found himself standing on this empty and barren planet.

Neo was standing opposite him, not far away, and it is clearly the real body this time.

”Where is this place?”

Ashtel glanced around him, and with his mana detection and amazing eyesight, he noticed that thereʼs no living beings on this entire planet except for the two of them.

Neo smirked at that question and spoke in a smug tone.

”This is inside the spire of Ascension; we are currently at the very top floor...”

Ashtel smirked at those words.

”This place is completely empty; thereʼs no hostages or anything at all; how are you going to make me hold back if you donʼt have some hostages?”

Neo and Ashtel suddenly laughed out loud at each other together.

”You really know me quite well, donʼt you, Ashtel! I always make thorough plans, so obviously I wonʼt do things so sloppily...”

”Usually, I would need hostages to blackmail my enemies, but that wonʼt work on you, so I donʼt think itʼs necessary...”

Neo has fought many battles together with Ashtel; heʼs completely aware that Ashtel is not a kindhearted person either; he is capable of being cold-hearted when the need arises.

If the threat of the enemy exceeds certain limits, Ashtel can afford to sacrifice the hostages to deal with the enemy first.

”What I donʼt understand is, why not take my son Link or someone else close to me as hostage? That would have been more effective, right?”

”Have you lost your mind now that you have joined the side of demons?”

Just like Neo knows all about Ashtel, the same is true for Ashtel too; he knows that Neo is the type of person who can go to any lengths to get his goals accomplished.

Neo sighed at that question, leaned his back against a giant boulder, and spoke in a calm tone.

”I would have also liked to do so actually, but you see, this Spire of Ascension doesnʼt belong to me... It wonʼt obey my commands; it belongs to the demon I am partnering with...”

”His name is Alverto, a demon prince whoʼs first in line for the demon throne...”

Ashtel frowned at those words and asked in a curious tone,

”You keep mentioning this ʼSpire of Ascension,ʼ but what exactly is this thing?”

Neo sighed at that question and replied immediately,

”Normally I wouldnʼt have told you about it, but my plane is already 99 percent completed; the only part thatʼs left is that I need to stall you here for the next three hours...”

”I was originally thinking it would be quite the hassle, but you are just making my work easier by doing this pointless talk... so letʼs keep going...”

Ashtel just shrugged his shoulders at those words.

”Indeed, normally I would have shattered your skull by now, but I am quite curious right now about whatʼs giving you such confidence, so I am going to wait and see...”

Neo smirked at those words of Ashtel,

”Your arrogance will be your demise. Ashtel Rex, you are too overconfident in your abilities, it seems...”

”Forget it... Letʼs continue where we left off...”

”The Spire of Ascension is basically a giant ʼMediumʼ; itʼs a medium to get in touch with the ʼcoreʼ of the world...”

”The power that sustains the world, the power that from which everything came to exist... The Spire of Ascension is a medium to get in touch with the power of ʼOriginʼ!”

Neo stared into Ashtelʼs eyes and continued,

”I believe even you know that the power of ʼOriginʼ is the supreme power in this world... Thereʼs nothing that can defy it in this entire universe...”

”Mana, miasma, laws of the world, the living, the dead, etc.-everything came to exist from the ʼOriginʼ, its power is so immense that itʼs immeasurable!”

Neo shook his head at that moment.

”Thatʼs all I know about the Spire of Ascension; Alverto only gave me these few clues; he said whomever can successfully gain the favor of the ʼOriginʼ, can rule the world easily!”

”Alverto is a cautious man; I couldnʼt get anymore information out of him-”

At that moment, Ashtel interjected suddenly,

”And you donʼt believe anything of this bullsh*t at all, right?”

Neo and Ashtelʼs eyes met, and the two of them laughed out loud once again.

”You really know me well... Yeah, I donʼt believe any of this bullsh*t either; thereʼs no such thing called ʼoriginʼ itʼs just a myth made up by that vile demon...”

”The fact is that if there really was an ʼOriginʼ, this world wouldnʼt have been such a sh*tty state as it is right now!”

”Anyway, Alvertoʼs plan is to use the spire of ascension to get in touch with the ʼOriginʼ...”

Ashtel was a bit disappointed after hearing that.

”Itʼs just that simple? Itʼs kind of disappointing... I thought it was some grandiose plan or something...”

Neo shrugged his shoulders and replied in a calm tone,

”Well, I donʼt know the full extent of his plans, and I donʼt know more than what he has told me through random conversation... But yeah, thatʼs the gist of it...”

”Heʼs just a fool whoʼs trying to achieve something that pointless from the start. I always knew demons were delusional sh*ts, but their prince is even more of a weirdo...”

”I only joined that guyʼs side because of my own benefits; once I am done with you, the next thing I will do is go and kill Alverto, Jin, and all the other SS-rankers in the world...” ”While I am at it, I will also kill every single being who has the potential to become SS-ranker in the future just to be sure...”

The more Neo talked, the more amused Ashtel became.

”I think you really have gone insane or something; you are saying that not only will you kill me but all of the SS-rankers in the entire world? Are you out of your mind or what?” ”Even if you target the SS-rankers one by one, the alliance will eventually notice that several SS-rankers have gone missing, and then all of them will unite to fight you together...”

”I am confident that I can deal with the entire alliance alone, but can you do that too?”

Neo nodded his head with a smile on his face.

”Think about it, Ashtel. If I can kill you here who can beat the entire alliance alone, canʼt I just defeat the alliance too? You are just wasting time on purpose now by asking random

questions, arenʼt you?...”

”This is the exact reason I hate you so much; you are overconfident, you are brash, you donʼt care about others thoughts, and you make others obey you without giving anything in

return!”

”You are a selfish, piece of sh*t Ashtel Rex! The only reason why you are so strong is because you were blessed with great talents!! Without them, you are nothing! Nothing at all!”

Ashtel got up from his seat and laughed in amusement.

”Itʼs been a while since someone last cursed at me so much... I think the last time someone did

such a thing was during the fifty-year Orc...”

”I made a sculpture out of the other partyʼs corpse afterwards, you know...”

Ashtel sighed to himself and spoke in calm tone.

”Talented? Blessed? Hahaha, you think I was born blessed hahaha, seriously... You claim that

I know you well, but it seems you donʼt know me at all, Neo, not even the tiniest bit...” ”Well, I donʼt blame you; people only look at results after all; they donʼt look at how much hard work you have done to reach those results...”

”Forget it; I donʼt care what your or that demon princeʼs plan is; either stop me here, or I will destroy it all along with this so-called ʼSpire of Ascensionʼ that the two of you have worked so hard to summon...”

”I donʼt like the look of it anyway; it seems more like some kind of demonic and cursed entity instead of an instrument that can contact the true ʼOriginʼ...”

Neo also nodded his head at that moment.

”Yes, thatʼs what I was aiming for too... There isnʼt really any need for us to talk about each

other anymore; we are mortal enemies; we will kill each other just for the sake of it...”

”Thereʼs no other deeper meaning to it... Just like you canʼt allow others to go rouge and always try to make others stay disciplined and morally good...”

”I canʼt allow you to manipulate me to do as you tell me; I will do whatever the f*ck I want to!

If I want to force others to become my summons, I will do it without hesitation, and it has nothing to do with you!”

”You have been suppressing me and have been meddling in my business for too long now, Ashtel Rex! Itʼs time we settle it all for once and all!”

As Neo waved his hand, twelve more portals opened in the sky nearby, and twelve more SS- rank auras pressured on Ashtel all at once along with Neo.