Help! I'm just an extra yet the Heroines and Villainesses want me!-Chapter 69

One day, William woke up in his favorite novel.

He wasn’t sure how it happened or why all this was occurring, but he opened his eyes in an unfamiliar body, in a world that shouldn’t exist. William Everett from London was now William Cross, a noble’s son in a cultivation world. The confusion was overwhelming, he had no memories of this body’s past, no explanation for the transmigration, just sudden displacement into a story he’d read and criticized.

The novel he’d transmigrated into was a trashy academy story about Liam Hemsworth, a self-taught orphan genius who becomes the protagonist and wins over multiple heroines. William Cross was barely mentioned in the original story, just a minor character who died in Chapter three during a training accident.

Except now William was alive. And he had no idea what that meant.

His new family was cold and distant. His mother put him through brutal training after discovering his S-tier capacity, then sent him to Celestial Heights Academy. William spent those early weeks just trying to survive and understand the rules of this new world.

When he arrived at the academy, he was sorted into House Ascendant and given a roommate named Kai Wraith. Kai was also a first-year student, assigned to the same room in the misfit house.

Kai seemed normal enough at first. He was from a minor noble family, had decent cultivation potential, and attended classes regularly like everyone else. He was sarcastic sometimes, made odd comments occasionally, but overall seemed like a regular student trying to navigate academy life.

What William didn’t know was that Kai had also woken up in this world the same day he did.

Kai had been a software engineer in Seoul, reading the same novel during his lunch break. Then suddenly he was Kai Wraith, sixteen years old, starting at Celestial Heights Academy. He recognized the world immediately, knew Liam Hemsworth was supposed to be the protagonist, and figured he’d just stay in the background while the main story played out.

Then he met his roommate William Cross. Who was supposed to be dead.

Kai realized immediately that something was wrong with the plot. William Cross shouldn’t exist past Chapter three. But here he was, alive, transmigrated, clearly not the arrogant noble from the original story.

Kai suspected William was also a transmigrator but didn’t confirm it directly. Instead, he acted like a normal student — attended classes, socialized, trained regularly. He made a few sarcastic comments here and there when William said something that revealed his transmigrator nature, but nothing direct.

The months passed. William trained obsessively, improved rapidly despite his terrible control, and started attracting attention. Seraphina Ashenheart began training him personally after the tournament. Lyanna Stormweaver became his study partner. Claire Hivolt opened up to him during the Vale expedition.

Kai watched all of this happen while maintaining his normal student routine. He attended classes, participated in training, even made a few friends in House Ascendant. His cultivation progressed steadily, nothing exceptional but solid improvement.

Liam Hemsworth was performing exactly as the novel predicted, he was top of the class, naturally talented, respected by everyone. The main story seemed to be progressing normally despite William’s survival.

Then the Inter-Academy competition arrived.

It was a three-day event at a neutral location between all four academies. William had made the team by placing fifth in the Inter-House tournament. Kai hadn’t made the team, his cultivation was decent but not exceptional enough for the top ten.

The competition itself went smoothly at first. Team events, individual matches, everything progressing as expected. William performed well, Liam dominated, the academies competed fiercely.

Then during the competition, William started acting strange.

He would disappear for periods of time with no explanation. He seemed distracted, like his mind was somewhere else. Girls who interacted with him like Seraphina, Claire, Lyanna, even students Kai didn’t recognize, started behaving oddly around him. More intense, more possessive, sometimes almost violent before catching themselves.

Kai noticed but didn’t understand what was happening. It seemed like William had some kind of effect on people that was getting worse during the competition’s high-stress environment.

On the third day, in one of the underground tunnels beneath the competition venue, William was killed.

Kai had been looking for William when he heard sounds of a struggle. He rushed through the tunnels and found William on the ground, bleeding from multiple stab wounds. A figure in dark clothing was standing over him, blade still in hand.

Kai attacked immediately but the assassin was faster, stronger, more skilled. They fought briefly in the narrow tunnel before the assassin disengaged and disappeared into the darkness.

Kai dropped beside William and tried to stop the bleeding. But there were too many wounds, too much blood loss. William died within seconds, staring up at Kai with confusion and fear in his eyes.

Then the world broke.

The tunnel started shaking violently. Cracks appeared in the walls, spreading like spiderwebs. The ground beneath Kai became unstable. He could hear screaming from above as the entire venue began collapsing.

But it wasn’t just structural collapse. Reality itself was breaking down. The cracks in the walls showed white void instead of earth. The ceiling dissolved into particles of light. Everything was falling apart on a fundamental level.

Kai tried to run but the tunnel disintegrated around him. The last thing he saw was the world shattering into blinding white light.

Then he woke up.

In his bed. In his room at Celestial Heights Academy. The first day of term.

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[Loop Two Through Five]

Kai sat up in bed, his heart racing, his mind trying to process what had just happened.

He checked the date. The first day. Six months before the competition. Before William’s death. Before the world broke apart.

He had gone back in time. And he still had his cultivation strength from before the reset.

Kai tested his essence flow immediately. The progress he had made over six months was still there, his capacity, his control, even his opened affinity gates. None of it had reset. Only time itself had gone backward.

William Cross arrived later that day with no memory of dying, no memory of the previous loop. For him, this was the first time.

Kai didn’t tell him. How could he explain that William had been murdered in a tunnel and the world had collapsed? It sounded insane.

So Kai acted normal. Attended classes, trained, watched William navigate the academy. But this time he paid closer attention during the competition. He followed William more closely, watched for threats, tried to identify the assassin before they struck.

The months progressed almost identically. William trained with Seraphina, studied with Lyanna, grew close to Claire. The same relationships developed, the same events occurred.

During the competition, Kai stayed near William as much as possible. He watched for suspicious figures, noted anyone who acted strangely around his roommate.

On the third day, William was killed in a tunnel again. It was a dferent tunnel this time but it had the same result, he was stabbed multiple times by an assassin who disappeared before Kai could stop them.

The world broke apart. Reality collapsed. White light consumed everything.

Kai woke up on the first day. His cultivation strength still intact, now even stronger from the additional six months of training.

Loop three: William killed in a tunnel during the second day of competition. Kai arrived too late to save him.

Loop four: William killed in a tunnel on the final day. Kai fought the assassin but couldn’t prevent William’s death.

Loop five: William killed in a tunnel during the opening ceremonies. The assassin was faster this time, killed William before Kai could even reach the location.

Every loop, William died in the tunnels beneath the competition venue. Every loop, Kai’s cultivation grew stronger from the accumulated training across multiple resets. Every loop, the world collapsed when William died.

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[Loop Six Through Twelve]

By loop six, Kai stopped attending most classes.

What was the point? He had heard the lectures multiple times. He knew the material better than the professors by now. His cultivation was advancing rapidly from the accumulated strength across loops, he was approaching levels that should take years to achieve.

He started spending more time in the tunnels beneath the academy, exploring similar spaces, trying to understand the geography so he’d be better prepared during the competition.

His personality shifted. The normal student facade dropped away. He became more sarcastic, more withdrawn, less interested in maintaining relationships that would reset anyway. He spent most of his time reading, training in isolation, and preparing for the competition.

William still went through the same progression each loop — training, improving, attracting the attention of heroines. Kai watched from a distance, his antisocial roommate routine solidifying.

Loop seven: William killed in the tunnels. Kai was stronger this time, fought the assassin more effectively, but still couldn’t save William.

Loop eight: Killed in the tunnels again. The assassin used a different approach this time, they had poison on the blade that killed William even after Kai drove the attacker off.

Loop nine: Killed in the tunnels. Multiple assassins this time instead of one.

Loop ten: Killed in the tunnels. The assassin was impossibly fast, killed William before Kai could react despite being right next to him.

Each loop, Kai’s cultivation grew stronger. His combat ability improved. His essence control became more refined. But it wasn’t enough. William always died in those tunnels, and Kai could never prevent it.

By loop twelve, Kai’s cultivation had reached levels approaching graduation-level students. He had accumulated years of training across the resets, his strength compounding with each loop. But his mental state was deteriorating.

He’d subjectively lived through over six years while only six months of time passed per loop. He had watched William die twelve times in dark tunnels, had fought assassins he could never identify or stop, had seen the world collapse twelve times.

He stopped trying to make friends. Stopped attending classes almost entirely. Just stayed in his room reading, training privately, and following William during the competition. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

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[Loop Thirteen Through Sixteen]

Loop thirteen: Kai’s cultivation was now stronger than most fourth-year students despite technically being a first-year. He could move faster, hit harder, react quicker. During the competition, he stayed in the tunnels themselves, patrolling them constantly to intercept the assassin before they found William.

William still died. The assassin somehow got past Kai’s surveillance and killed William in a section of tunnel Kai had just checked minutes before.

Loop fourteen: Kai tried keeping William out of the tunnels entirely. Stayed with him constantly during the competition, physically prevented him from going underground.

Someone else killed William above ground instead. They used a fifferent method and did it at a different location, but same result. The world still collapsed.

Loop fifteen: Kai went back to focusing on the tunnels since that’s where William died in most loops. His combat ability was now exceptional — approaching Liam Hemsworth’s level despite the protagonist’s natural talent. But the assassin killed William anyway, using techniques Kai couldn’t counter.

Loop sixteen: Kai was exhausted. Subjectively he’d been in this world for eight years. His cultivation was approaching master-level despite his young body. His combat skills were refined through countless fights with assassins across multiple loops. But his mind was fraying.

He barely spoke to William anymore. Just existed as the antisocial roommate who stayed in his room and followed William silently during the competition. He’d long since given up trying to maintain any facade of normalcy.

William died in the tunnels again on the third day. Kai fought the assassin with everything he had — techniques he’d refined across loops, strength he’d accumulated through years of resetting progression. He was stronger, faster, more skilled than the assassin.

But the assassin still managed to land a fatal blow on William before Kai could finish them off.

The world broke apart. Reality collapsed. White light consumed everything.

Kai woke up on the first day of term.

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[Loop Seventeen]

This time, when William Cross walked through the door, Kai barely looked up from his book.

"I’m Kai. That’s your bed."

His voice was flat, emotionless. He had said these words sixteen times. He had lived through sixteen variations of the same six months. He’d watched William die sixteen times in dark tunnels beneath competition venues.

His cultivation was now absurdly strong for someone who appeared to be a first-year student. If anyone tested him seriously, they’d realize he had strength beyond even some instructors. But Kai kept it hidden, only revealing his true ability when fighting assassins in the tunnels where no one else could see.

He went through the motions. Read his books, skipped his classes, stayed in his room. Waited for the six months to pass so he could follow William to the competition and try once more to prevent his death in the tunnels.

But then something changed.

William was different this loop. His training improved faster and his relationships developed in slightly different ways. He went to a party he’d never attended before.

There were small changes and minor deviations.

Then five days before the competition, someone tried to kill William outside the tunnels. On academy grounds, in the open.

Kai had been following William that evening — old habit from years of loops — when he saw the assassin approach in the garden path. This had never happened before. William never faced assassination attempts before the competition.

Kai intervened immediately, his accumulated combat ability allowing him to drive off the assassin easily. But the assassin said something before fleeing:

"He dies eventually. You know this."

That was new. Nobody had ever acknowledged the loop before. Nobody had ever suggested they knew William’s death was inevitable.

Which meant something had changed. This loop was different.

And maybe, finally, there was a chance to break the cycle and save William from dying in those tunnels.

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