The Extra of The Lunerra

Chapter 387 - 20: The Unleashing Potential

*(A/N: I wrote a bunch of chapters while I was gone even though I couldn’t publish them. I have like... 25 and a half chapters right now. So I’m prepared this time and scheduled everything.

I will not apologize or expect forgiveness. I don’t deserve any of it at this point... I know.

There will be an another chapter in a few hours, though. Just so you know.)*

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"Jack and Cassandra... are slowly starting to move."

I took a tiny sip of my coffee and couldn’t help raising my eyebrows slightly as I looked at the blonde girl with blood-red eyes right in front of me.

"Do you know what they are trying to do?"

Lucia shook her head from side to side. She looked thoughtful, probably trying to guess what we should do.

I put a small smile on my face.

"You don’t have to worry so much. Just giving me this information is enough, actually. Jack and Cassandra... they’re not the ones we need to worry about that much. Instead..."

I put my coffee down on my desk and put my hands together.

"How strong are you, right now? Your performance in the arena was really good, so I can guess a little, but I’m also curious."

Lucia was silent for a moment, her eyes focused on her own coffee on the table. Then, though, she sighed.

"I’m C- grade. It happened a few days after I left the dungeon. But... I don’t feel like I’m that far away from C grade."

"Oh?"

Was she this strong when she was in the game...? I don’t really remember...

The moment when Lucia really started to get stronger, at least in the game, was during the Elhair-Cevilian War. Celine and Julian were the same way.

Did that dungeon... have too much influence on her?

I can see the positive effects, but... could it also have had some negative effects?

"When you were in the dungeon..."

Lucia’s eyes suddenly focused on mine. It was so sudden that I couldn’t help but pause, but I continued anyway.

"Did you feel useless?"

Lucia stood still for a few seconds.

"Having to hide behind Adrian, feeling like a burden... unable to do anything but watch him while he struggles. Is that why you strive to get stronger now? To never feel like that again?"

Every second she couldn’t answer, I became more and more sure of myself. And... all I could do was sigh deeply.

"Don’t forget this feeling, Lucia."

"Huh?"

I put a big smile on my face again.

"Don’t lose sight of your goal, that’s what I’m saying. It is always the goal that takes you higher than where you are. The desire not to be a burden on others, the desire to stand by others... It is quite nice to try to get stronger with these goals. I will tell you one thing, though..."

I leaned back slightly, looking directly into her eyes. I kept my smile on my face, but continued seriously.

"Try not to be crushed by your goals. Because... there will always be someone stronger than you. You can and will be a burden to someone else at any moment... whether you want to be or not. But as these situations happen one after another, don’t let yourself fall further into the darkness, don’t spend all day training and lose yourself. That’s what I’m talking about."

Even now, she spends a very large part of her day in the training building. And... she’s doing it for a long time, which is not healthy.

That’s why I’m having this conversation.

Lucia stood still for a few seconds after my words. Then, she let out a deep sigh, just like I did.

"I get... what you mean. Does it look that bad from the outside...?"

It was at this moment that Lucia slowly opened her eyes and the mana in the room flowed smoothly again.

"Sorry, sometimes I forget how time flows when I get carried awa-"

She paused, her brow furrowing rapidly, a worried expression on her face.

"Aiden? Are you okay?"

I too paused with her words, my eyes widening slightly as I suddenly felt myself start to sweat.

"Huh? Uh..."

I stood up slowly, smiling slightly as I turned my eyes to her.

"I’m fine... I’m fine. I just had something on my mind, you reminded me of something important."

I paused before heading toward the door.

"Keep getting stronger, Lucia. The method you found... I think it’s very effective. Just... like I said, don’t lose yourself in the pursuit of your goal."

Lucia shook her head with a puzzled expression, as if she didn’t understand what had happened. And with that, I left the room.

’Sith... can you tell whose Apostle Sue is?’

He shook his head from side to side as he moved in front of my eyes.

’No.’

I strained my mind, thinking about the skills she had gained, the change in her stats, and then I paused.

Extremely high charm, a skill to control people, a veiling ability that affected her appearance...

’Attraction.’

The answer is attraction. Sue has become... the Apostle of Attraction.

My brow furrowed. I was lost in thought, oblivious to my surroundings.

Because... there was hardly any information about the Lord of Attraction in the game. She wasn’t among the Lords I’d seen exist, but she was among the known ones.

And... what I knew was not good.

The only thing I knew about the Lord of Attraction was that she was a traitor and she was punished for it. How was she punished? I don’t know. Where was she punished? I don’t know. What was her name? I don’t know.

Total nothingness.

And... Sue became an Apostle of this ’nothingness’.

Someone branded a traitor by the game, by the gods of this world.

’Sith, what do you know about the Lord of Attraction? Tell me everything.’

’Actually... I don’t know much.’

He waited a moment, searching his memory. After a short time, he continued.

’Attracta, that should be her name. She is chained somewhere as a punishment for disagreeing with the rest of the Lords about something. I don’t know anything else.’

’What are the chances of it being... a B grade dungeon?’

Sith narrowed his eyes. He understood what I was trying to say, his expression more serious than ever.

’High. There may have been restrictions placed on her chains so she couldn’t escape. If her power has dropped to B grade because of the restrictions, the dungeon will see her as a mere creature. Or even... a boss.’

"Tch."

After what I heard, I quickened my pace even more.

Finally, after a few minutes, I reached... Sue’s house.