Reborn as an Extra Chapter 861: A Gem Hidden Beneath Dark Mud, Ratna of Eldor! Part-5.
Previously on Reborn as an Extra...
’Yes! How could I forget! I have always chosen to make my own ’path.’ Why restrict myself now? An anomaly does not need to choose or restrict itself; I can do whatever I wish to do!’
As Rio had expected, speaking with Ratna proved to be fruitful, as he immediately realized that he was actually ignoring the most reasonable option lying in plain sight.
He was an anomaly who could simply flip the table, reject all choices and restrictions, and make his own decisions! There was no need to play the game according to the rules of the world at all!
’But still, this is easier said than done... unless I find the reason why I am losing these emotions in the first place, it would be difficult to do anything...’
’At least I have an idea and a direction now; that’s already great progress compared to a while ago when I was wandering aimlessly without any directions...’
With a rare smile appearing on his face, he took out another teacup from his space ring and poured some tea for Ratna as a sign of respect.
"I am glad I came here... meeting you is a sign of good luck. You have already helped me find my direction for my third ’Choice’... I should do the same for you."
Rio looked straight into Ratna’s eyes and spoke,
"The reason why your tribe was driven here was because of the parasite swarm, right? So I am guessing that your third choice would be to confront that death swarm and destroy it instead of running away from it!"
"Am I right?"
Hearing those words, a smile appeared on Ratna’s face as he nodded his head,
"Ahhh~ I really like smart people; this is my first time meeting someone as smart as me. I finally don’t have to bother explaining every single little detail."
"It’s exactly as you said... The third choice is to confront the reason for this entire situation directly and solve the problem from the roots itself!
At those words, Rio’s eyes brightened, and he spoke,
"Good, to repay this favor, I will help you complete this third choice!"
"But of course, this is your ’Path.’ I can’t interfere with it too much; you need to walk on this ’Path’ yourself and destroy the death swarm with your own hands if you want to make this third choice a reality."
"So, let me help you ’buy time’ itself!"
With his teacup becoming empty, Rio stood up, put the tea set away, and brought his sword out.
The moment Ratna saw that sword, his eyes widened in shock, but before he could say anything, Rio placed the sword on the other party’s shoulder, as if he were performing a knighthood ceremony.
"From this day forth, you, Ratna Eldor, shall have no need to worry about corruption!"
Using his sword intent to boost the power of his soul and miasma manipulation skills, Rio changed the very structure of Ratna’s soul and body from inside out!
Rio changed the flow of miasma in Ratna’s body and made it so that the miasma inside his body would no longer cause him any more corruption.
His soul would have greater resistance to miasma, and the rate of corruption would slow down by hundreds of times compared to before!
Originally, Ratna was no two years old and only one more year left before he would go insane from miasmic corruption, but now, he could go on to live a full lifespan of a regular Eldor without needing to worry about going insane.
The effects of outside miasmic corruption will also become weaker for him, and his soul will be extremely resistant to various kinds of debuffs!
Even those so-called death parasites will no longer be able to latch onto his body and soul!
Rio had basically granted Ratna a chance of ’rebirth,’ and his entire body changed from inside out!
"What I have done is just enough to give you a light push towards your ’Path,’ but this is not enough."
"You need to struggle for your own success from here onwards on your own. All I can give you is advice... possessing a ’legendary skill’ grants you even higher resistance against miasma and can help you survive even longer!"
With that said, Rio put away his sword, and his face became expressionless once again.
"If you manage to succeed and survive, maybe we will get to meet once again... at that time, I will be glad to hear about your journey, fellow pilgrim."
Before Ratna could even thank him, Rio’s figure blurred and disappeared, and his presence faded away as if he had never existed to begin with.
"Such power... just who could this person be?..."
Ratna could not help but feel shocked by how powerful Rio’s control over miasma and soul was.
No one knew that changes in his body were better than himself, and Ratna could tell that Rio had completely changed his fate with just a few words.
"Thank you, benefactor... I will make sure to succeed and carve my own ’Path’... I hope the same will be true for you, and your wish will also come true just like me."
Ratna put away the teacup that Rio had left with him carefully as if it were a rare treasure, glanced at the place where Rio was sitting before one last time, and then headed straight towards the center of the encampment.
"I can’t keep dragging things anymore; now’s the perfect moment to make the decision."
With a flick of a hand, Ratna brought out his dagger, summoned his comrades, and began cleansing the entire tribe to make sure it would become ready for the upcoming challenge they had to face.
The old elders that had already gone insane and lost all hope of living were no longer fit to lead the tribe and needed to be eliminated.
Ratna was not a soft-hearted punching bag that would let others drive him to death lying down; he was going to change the fate of their tribe with his own hands!
