The Extra's Advent: My Villainess Fiancée is a Yandere

Chapter 175: A Heart-Tearing Scream

"Let’s continue."

Cael frowned as he looked at the gray wing. It looked lifeless, like a dry, dead wing that had been torn from something ancient.

There was no glow, no pulse, no sign of vitality. Just a gray, withered appendage that seemed out of place on Lysa’s body.

Then his eyes widened as realization struck him.

’Wait... wasn’t this the same wing the main body saw on Mira?’

Before he could think further, Lysa charged at him. Her crimson sword shifted, its form twisting and elongating until it became a spear.

She thrust forward with elegant precision, the tip aimed at his chest.

Cael’s eyes widened. He immediately used Moonlight Flash Step to move away, leaving an afterimage behind.

The spear pierced through the illusion, and it dissipated into silver light.

’What the hell?’

He could sense it. Lysa’s rank, which had been suppressed to [Silver 2], was now back to her original [Gold 2].

The suppression had worn off. Worse, the gray energy surrounding her was not mana at all. It was something else.

But Cael already guessed what it is...

’Unknown Energy!’

This was the first time Cael had seen unknown energy in action, and the second time encountering it.

Cael dusted off his shoulder and put away his sword into his space pouch. He let out a soft sigh and said,

"I am sorry for what I am about to do."

He decided not to hold back anymore.

Although she was not showing any killing intent, her attacks and actions were too dangerous for him. The unknown energy was a variable he could not predict.

Lysa ignored his words. She charged again, thrusting her spear with an elegant posture, her movements fluid and precise.

But Cael had already activated an SS-rank skill.

-Time Deceleration.

When she approached him, in his eyes, she was too slow. Her movements dragged, her thrust seemed to crawl through the air.

Cael took one step sideways. He clenched his fingers into a fist, using Wind Enhancement on his hand. Then he activated another SS-rank skill.

-Mana Overdrive.

In an instant, his physical strength and mana discharge increased. His fist became a weapon of immense power.

Then, without hesitation, he punched. His fist landed on Lysa’s cheek.

-BOOM.

Lysa was sent flying. She crashed through several trees, the sound of splintering wood echoing through the clearing before she hit the ground and lay still.

Then, without hesitation, Cael immediately deactivated his skills.

Fortunately, he had not pushed himself too hard. But as he looked at his fist, he saw two cracks appearing on his hand.

He put up a thoughtful expression.

’It seems clone bodies cannot use multiple SS-rank skills at the same time.’

But Cael had already thought of a solution. It was relatively easy to come up with.

Since clone bodies were also a type of mana construct, why not use Mana Sovereignty to strengthen the clone’s body and prevent it from dissipating?

He tried it. And it failed.

Well, even the main body had faced the same problems when using Mana Sovereignty directly on his body. It was too powerful. The body was too fragile.

But what if one used Mana Sovereignty not from inside the body, but from the outside?

Using environmental mana to strengthen oneself, like an enchantment.

At first, Cael did not have much hope. But surprisingly, it worked.

The main reason Mana Sovereignty harmed the body was because the body was too fragile to release Mana Sovereignty. Or rather, Mana Sovereignty was too strong.

For example, imagine a gun. The frame is the body. The bullet is Mana Sovereignty. If the frame is made of dry wood instead of metal, what happens when the bullet is fired? The wood shatters. The body ruptures.

But using environmental mana caused no harm to Cael.

He watched as the cracks on his hand began to mend, the skin knitting back together. The damage faded, and his hand returned to normal.

Seeing the cracks disappear, a smile formed on Cael’s face.

Then he directed his gaze back to Lysa, who was lying on the ground.

’Hm... she lost consciousness.’

Looking at her swollen cheek and her still form, Cael let out a sigh.

The only reason he had overpowered her instantly instead of exchanging more blows was because of her unknown energy.

Cael did not know what it was, but he had seen what kind of disaster it could cause.

He had personally seen it. People laughing and crying, helpless to stop their own emotions.

Although he had not experienced it himself, but he knew full well how awful that feeling must have been.

Even thinking about it sent shivers down his spine. So, he had decisively ended the battle.

Cael shook his head, pushing those thoughts aside.

’Now, how should I deal with her?’

Lysa did not say she was an ally of Luke. She did not say she was testing him.

Hell, even Cael, who was sure Lysa was testing him, was not sure now.

The attacks she had used were too lethal. The unknown energy was too dangerous.

But he could not kill her. What if she really was just an ally of Luke?

’Urgh. How annoying.’

...

Meanwhile, inside the realm.

It had been 8 days since Cael and Junior entered the realm. It took them more than 6 days to walk from the outer zone to the inner zone.

Now, they were finally in the inner domain.

And the inner domain was alive. The air was thicker here, heavier with mana.

-BOOM.

-BOOM.

Cael was locked in combat against a [Perfect Diamond] rank monster.

It was a... Gargoyle, a three-meter-tall rock golem that had come to life.

Its wings spread wide, and in its hands, it held a trident that crackled with a strange, dark energy.

Its eyes glowed with a dim red light, and its movements were heavy, each step shaking the ground.

Cael was having a hard time facing it.

First, because the gargoyle was not using mana at all. According to Junior, it was using something called demonic energy.

That made the situation tricky.

Cael’s Time Deceleration was useless because the gargoyle was already slow. Its movements were heavy and deliberate, but its attacks carried immense force.

Each swing of its trident carved deep grooves into the ground, sending rocks flying in every direction.

That said, the situation was not serious at all.

The reason Cael was fighting was that he felt a bottleneck. Once he broke through, he would become a [Platinum] ranker.

The gargoyle was the perfect sparring partner for him. Its slow, powerful strikes forced him to rely on precision and timing rather than brute force.

That was why his Frostflame Clone and Black Lightning Clone were not helping as they were protecting Junior, who had also reached a bottleneck.

It was only a matter of time before Junior broke through to [Gold].

The battle continued as Cael moved, his body flickering between shadows. He used Teleportation to appear directly in front of the gargoyle.

Before it could react, he used Moonlight to enhance his sword and cut off its neck.

The head fell to the ground with a heavy thud, rolling to a stop at Cael’s feet.

But before Cael could rejoice, the body of the gargoyle still moved. It swung its trident wildly, the weapon carving deep grooves into the ground.

The headless body stumbled forward, its movements erratic and unpredictable.

Cael was not surprised. This was not the first time he had battled a gargoyle. Over the last few days, he had encountered many of them.

Each one had a demonic core, but the core was always in a different place, sometimes in the chest, sometimes in the head, sometimes in the wings.

That made things troublesome.

"Tch."

Cael raised his hand. Instantly, more than thirty moonlight swords materialized in the air, their silver edges gleaming under the artificial sun.

Using Mana Sovereignty to strengthen the swords, he also activated Mana Overdrive to increase the damage.

The swords hummed with power, vibrating with barely contained energy.

Without wasting a second, Cael gestured his hand toward the gargoyle.

Under the rain of swords, the gargoyle crumbled. Its stone body shattered into pieces, and the demonic core inside its chest was broken.

The red glow in its eyes flickered and died.

Cael turned his head toward his party and let out a smile. He opened his mouth and was about to speak, when...

-ARRRRGGGGHHHHH!

A heart-tearing, painful scream echoed through the entire realm.

Cael’s eardrums almost ruptured. He fell to his knees helplessly, his hands pressed against his ears.

The sound was unbearable, a piercing wail that seemed to come from everywhere at once.

His clones were directly destroyed, dissipating into nothing.

Junior pressed his hands on his ears, but Cael could see thin lines of blood dripping from the gaps of his fingers.

After what felt like an eternity, the scream finally stopped.

The silence that followed was deafening.

Cael took quick, ragged breaths as he muttered,

"What the hell was that?"