The Extra Who Shouldn't Exist novel Chapter 358

Chapter 358: Chapter 358 : The Dragon Kings Offer

There was silence everywhere.

Then Zara moved.

She swallowed hard and forced herself to speak. "Look behind you," she said.

Zarvok’s eyes narrowed.

He turned.

A silver‑haired boy was standing near Alicia’s fallen body.

Zarvok’s eyes widened for a brief moment. He hadn’t sensed the boy at all until now. For a creature whose perception had spanned entire battlefields for centuries, that lapse felt almost insulting.

’Unbelievable... how did he get past my senses?’ he thought. ’Is it a skill, a blessing... or something even higher watching over him?’

Alex didn’t look at him.

His gaze was fixed on Alicia—bleeding, motionless on the ground.

A pressure like a crashing wave burst from Alex’s body, sweeping across the battlefield. It howled outward like a tornado, smashing into everyone present. Dust and ash lifted from the broken streets, swirling helplessly inside that invisible storm.

Every human felt their bodies tremble, an instinctive urge to bow forcing their heads down. Armor rattled, weapons shook in unsteady hands, and even seasoned veterans felt their throats go dry.

Darkness poured from Alex’s form, swallowing the light around him as lightning cracked across the sky. The ground shook, stones lifting and shuddering under the weight of his aura.

Everyone could feel it.

Rage.

Raw, suffocating rage bleeding through the atmosphere, so dense it felt like breathing molten iron.

As Alex stared at Alicia’s broken form, he felt his reason slipping.

’She...’

He took a step forward.

’Like this...?’

His vision blurred red.

Then the system’s voice cut sharply into his mind.

[Host, this is not the time to lose control. She still has a heartbeat. Pulse is present.]

Lying on the ground, Alicia’s consciousness flickered.

Her vision was blurring, edges fading, but she saw him.

Alex.

A faint smile spread across her bloodied lips.

"I... did your job while you were gone," she managed to whisper. "Make sure to... compensate me for that..."

A very small smile touched Alex’s face, fragile but genuine, cracking through the mask of rage for a heartbeat.

Then everything stopped.

Time froze.

The wind halted mid‑gust.

Flames and smoke hung motionless in the air. Falling debris paused above the ground. Even Serena’s outstretched hand, halfway to Alicia, froze in place.

Alicia’s body also became still—suspended between breaths.

A white aura began to radiate from Alex, overlaying the darkness like a second skin. His newly awakened time affinity flared to life. Faint, translucent figures—time elementals—flickered into existence around him, orbiting his form like shards of distorted glass.

Alex knelt beside Alicia.

He placed his hand over the gaping wound in her stomach.

Time bent.

Around Alicia’s half‑dead body, a localized ripple spread. The blood flowing from her wound coiled backward, returning to her veins. Torn flesh reknit. Shredded muscles twisted and merged, reweaving themselves.

Scars unwrote themselves.

Bones realigned.

Every cut, burn, and fracture she had sustained along the battle began to reverse.

Her body moved through its own past in seconds.

In no time at all, her skin cleared, her breathing smoothed, her pulse steadied.

Her body became whole again—as if she had never been injured.

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A sharp clapping sound broke the frozen stillness behind Alex.

Slow.

Deliberate.

Zarvok’s voice followed, echoing through the unmoving world.

"Impressive... very impressive—for a human, that is."

He stood outside the immediate zone of temporal reversal, a being whose power allowed him to resist its full influence. His eyes glittered with interest.

Then he casually punched the air.

Space collapsed.

Cracks spread out from his fist, spider‑webbing through the frozen world. A massive black hole formed in mid‑air, its edges writhing with twisted gravity as it began to devour everything in sight—even in stopped time.

Buildings, rocks, suspended debris—all began to stretch toward it, warping as they were dragged in. The frozen flames were pulled like ribbons of light into the void.

Alex’s eyes widened for just an instant.

At this rate, everyone would die.

Zarvok watched his expression and smiled.

"What, did you think only you possessed reality‑bending powers, boy?" he said.

The Dragon King gestured lazily toward the growing singularity.

"Now choose. If you let things continue, they will all be devoured by that black hole. Their bodies crushed. Organs destroyed. A very painful death."

He spread his arms as if making a generous offer.

"But I am a reasonable ruler, who always thinks of the good of my people... and others," Zarvok continued. "So I will give you a choice."

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