Surviving as the Third-rate Extra: I Can Plunder Talents-Chapter 76: Unwanted Major Deviation from the Original Story

At this point in the story, Adelle’s true background was unknown.

However, with Kang Jiho, who transmigrated and replaced Lugh’s fleeting life in this world, perhaps he was the only human aware of the true identity of the Imperial Princess’s royal knight.

Adelle genuflected on the tarnished soil under the serene moonlight, giving off such a zealous and pious atmosphere.

The divine weapon in her grasp thrust the ground as she closed her gleaming golden eyes, and muttered a divine prayer.

The Primordial Light of Dawn of Creation

The Luminous Existence of Cosmos.

Mother of Omnipotence.

Nemesis of Horror.

Reciting the Goddess of Light’s Sovereign Name, she wished to be temporarily blessed with "Her" omniscient eye—something that could penetrate the veil of darkness of the vast Abyss Lands, especially if one desired to gaze outside of its sphere of influence.

[Illuminating Eye —> Omniscient Eye (Temporary)]

Adelle’s ’eye-related’ [Talent] evolved, albeit temporarily. However, locating Lugh was merely the first step.

That’s why she began to connect with her sole weapon of divinity as her figure glowed golden, consuming the handle and blade of the very thing in her hand.

[Hand of Heaven]

"Keuk—!" A mouthful of blood expelled from her mouth, a backslash of what she was trying to attempt.

Let me protect you, Your Highness!

Adelle’s conviction raged; her desire to cure the Imperial Princess’s unknown condition was evident.

"O’ Goddess! I need ’Your’ permission, please!"

[...]

For some reason, Adelle sensed an infinitely distant gaze.

The gaze was from nowhere yet it seemed to be coming from everywhere.

Adelle did not receive a verbal response. However, whether or not she could grasp what the Goddess of Light was thinking was a different matter.

[The Sealed Authority, "Hand of Heaven," has been temporarily unsealed!]

It was at that moment that indescribable symbols outlined themselves throughout the night sky, covering the entire world.

*

In the Hero Academy’s luxurious cafeteria open day and night, Delkira was about to return to her dormitory room when she abruptly stopped.

It was because it was the peak of the night that it was visible. Not only that, but even the ordinary people gradually noticed the unusual hovering symbols that seemed to form some sort of magic circle.

’T-This is—!’

Just as she realized what was happening, perhaps one among the few who could comprehend it, a familiar voice echoed through her head.

It was from her right-hand woman, Phantasma.

< "Your Highness, the Dark Veil is trembling! Something is tearing it apart!" >

Delkira responded as she quickly assessed the situation, < "It will not be destroyed, but look out for any invaders! Tell Kasha and Cain to be alert at maximum level! I have to go somewhere!" >

Phantasma did not question the next possible whereabouts of her master as she only complied with the command.

< "Yes, Your Highness!" >

Sensing that the long-distance telepathic communication was cut off, Delkira’s usual mischievous expression changed into a serious one as she thought,

’Adelle... What is your Goddess thinking, permitting you to use such a divine skill? You give me no choice.’

When the students and other people began to wonder what was happening as their eyes were glued on the illuminating sky, Delkira’s figure was silently swallowed by a dark crimson mist.

*

Around the same time, Alana and Maya were just resting after they trained for a few hours with barely any rest when someone opened the exclusive training hall’s door, revealing Himesha—the first-year student who received the recent criticism for being the daughter of the King of Grisha—holding a few bottles of water.

"Senior, senior! Look outside! S-something’s happening!"

"..."

"Why are you even bringing that much water, seriously?" Maya couldn’t get a minute without mumbling. However, the three of them went outside and eventually witnessed the enormous golden symbols written in the sky.

On the other hand, Alana Sol Astraea, as someone from the Hero Bloodline who had a deep connection with the Goddess of Light, something resonated within her upon seeing the unfathomable glyphs.

Her heart trembled. Yet she could not describe the feeling.

Her eyes softened, as if she was standing in the presence of something or someone very familiar.

Even if she could not fully grasp what was happening, her entire being was telling her that what their eyes were seeing was something divine and holy.

And with many people watching across the continent, perhaps it was their instincts telling them that this phenomenon was harmless.

Nonetheless, her curiosity prevailed.

Alana then heard Ranaya’s voice inside her mind, though what was behind this single word contained ambiguity.

< "Hypocrites." >

*

The Eshu County, or at least the Main Fortress of it, had been successfully relocated in the Dark Forest, where only the evernight persisted under the eternal illumination of the ashen moon.

The manor was transported just beside the Lunar Castle, which became the main point of the territory.

Everything, thanks to Yuridika’s [Serenity] spell, was perfectly teleported to the atomic level to the point that it was outright sacrilegious.

The Lunar Castle contained five major points, and now, overseeing the unhealthy and corruptive forest through the balcony atop, something unprecedented happened.

The Dark Veil of the Abyss Lands was an expansive, stretching power of evil born from the Demon God’s reign tens of thousands of years ago.

It extended throughout the northern continent and layered itself in a spherical outline. That being said, this veil covered the skies, created a border from the outside, and even what’s beneath.

However, at this very moment, the dark sky was quaking as if something was pulling the veil apart like a glutinous jelly.

’You have to be kidding me!’

Witnessing the symbols now giving light throughout the Abyss Lands, causing the echoes of the demonkind—both intelligent and those who lived in instincts alike—to reverberate everywhere.

This skill... Fuck!

But why?!

I inwardly seethed. However, in my heart, I seemed to already know the reason behind this major deviation from the original story. Yet my mind could not accept it.

But the critical problem that would stem from this event would be that the unpredictability of the story would exponentially rise.

Though I already planned to deviate from the original route, it had to be a major event that I personally caused... Not by someone else!

I clenched my fist as Yuridika’s figure emerged from my side.

"It’s an ancient language..." She muttered, her eyes glued to the dim sky yet gleaming sky.

If someone from the Divinity Era, around a hundred thousand years ago, said that it’s an ancient...

My gaze never left the sky.

The Dark Veil was pushing the invading power of divinity, as it should be.

Letting out a deep sigh, as from this moment on were paths created with unknown destinations, I asked Yuridika for a favor, "Could you warp me? To the Eshu County."

She easily grasped that I was referring to the now-empty land where the original Lugh and Kaya peacefully grew up.

"Are you going to be all right?" Yuridika asked with a concerned voice.

The fact that I only mentioned myself meant she understood that I wanted to go alone. With that, my mouth opened, saying, "Probably not. But it has to happen. In the meantime, help me with it."

Yuridika nodded as I sensed my body being swallowed by a warp.

You are in there... Adelle, aren’t you? Is this really necessary to get my attention? For the sake of saving the Imperial Princess?

In the original story where Lugh died early, the Imperial Princess Rosanna was meant to die out of control due to her unknown condition, which was inevitably exploited by the Crown Prince Vaeron.

After Princess Rosanna’s demise, Adelle simply vanished without a word until one day, she suddenly returned to assist the True Hero of the Astraea Family, the Protagonist Alana against the demonkind during the long-lasting Human-Demon War that marked a turning point and shaped Alana’s personality.

Within ten seconds of Lugh vanishing, the trembling of the veil abruptly stopped, and the symbols above all dissipated into nothingness.

And from the beginning of activating such an Authority, only thirty seconds had passed.

*

In the former Eshu County.

Now in the middle of nowhere, I arrived some distance away from the genuflecting figure, whose body and expression showed exhaustion, a sign of the consequences of using the divine skill even if it was permitted by the Goddess of Light.

I was right. She’s here.

"I told Maya that I will do it. I will save the Imperial Princess, but why can’t you just wait?!" I said in a strong voice.

"The Imperial Princess has no time! You have to save her!"

Adelle did not question how the heart of Eshu County just disappeared, which she surmised to have been transported within the Abyss Lands due to the fact that she could not remotely pinpoint Lugh’s location, similar to how Maya could not when he was beneath the dark veil’s influence.

The only thing on her mind was the salvation of the one she served.

"Is it worth it?"

My question suddenly threw her off.

"Wh-what?"

"Do you know what you’ve done?! I am asking if you even thought for a second about the consequences of what you’ve done?!"

The look I received from her was confusion, as if a sudden realization hit her—why did I seem to know what she’s done?

"You... I was right." She mumbled.

"What do you–"

When I was about to ask what she meant, my figure suddenly halted.

My body gradually and quickly turned cold yet something warm escaped my mouth.

A mouthful of crimson blood.

Looking downward, I saw my abdomen pierced by a hand.

Turning around, my widened eyes witnessed a familiar figure...

Delkira!

With a haunting smile, she whispered, "You are the one killing my little Ents, aren’t you?"