[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-extra-who-shouldn-t-exist":3,"chapter-the-extra-who-shouldn-t-exist-the-extra-who-shouldn-t-exist-chapter-181":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Extra Who Shouldn't Exist",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1550204,2013,"Chapter 181 : Success or Failiure","the-extra-who-shouldn-t-exist-chapter-181",181,"\u003Cp>All of the dark tendrils enveloped Lily’s frail body, wrapping around her like living shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her still frame, frozen in suspended time, began to shift as the essence of the cosmos within Alex forced the world around her to resume its flow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air grew heavy. The chamber vibrated faintly, like the heartbeat of some unseen giant. Alex’s eyes never left Lily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Just hold on.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Success or failure—it will decide both of our lives.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, slowly, the tendrils began to sink into her skin, latching onto the veins corrupted with abyssal blackness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Piece by piece, Alex’s trait Abyssborne Sovereignty dragged the corruption out, threading it into himself—the corruption itself obeyed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost instantly, Lily’s lips parted, a faint groan escaping as her body twitched. Her eyelids fluttered with agony she could not voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex snapped, his voice sharp with desperation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now’s the time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He channeled the Cosmic Essence, weaving micro-threads finer than a strand of silk into her nerves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each signal of torment that tried to climb its way to her brain was intercepted, redirected like a river dammed and diverted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pain slammed into Alex’s own body instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result was immediate. His muscles locked up as if set aflame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His teeth ground together, his body trembling violently. Sweat poured down his forehead as his focus began to waver. His lungs struggled for air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system’s voice surged into his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Host, just a little longer. Endure this.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex’s vision blurred, but through the haze of suffering, something primal inside him stirred. His physique—his body itself—began adapting in real time to the torrent of pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every second was like drowning in fire, yet his body stubbornly adapted, hardened, absorbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Pain is nothing... nothing compared to losing her.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly—so slowly—her face began to regain its natural color.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pitch-black veins receded, drained into the dark tendrils. The corruption that had ravaged her skin was stripped away, absorbed into Alex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her rotten legs twitched as the corruption was pulled out from them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her arms followed. Inch by inch, the grotesque corruption was sucked away until her skin glowed pale and flawless once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flood of pure violet light—life energy—surged around her body. It wrapped Lily in a cocoon, mending what the corruption had shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, her legs reformed, her thighs strengthened, her fingers lengthened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rotten flesh became new, smooth, unmarred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex never blinked. Not once. For an entire hour, his eyes remained fixed on her, burning with focus and willpower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hands locked onto hers, as if letting go meant her death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After some time, Lily’s body finally lay whole, pristine, and beautiful again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a single scar remained. Her breathing softened into a peaceful rhythm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Alex knew the hardest part was yet to come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system’s voice echoed, hushed but grave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[We have to be most careful here, Host. Her mana core... it’s fragile. One mistake and it will shatter beyond repair.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know,\" Alex hissed through clenched teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop distracting me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dark tendrils writhed, shifting like serpents as Alex directed them inward, deep into her chest, into the very essence of her being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wrapped around her core—a tiny crystalline seed, glowing faintly but drowning in black filth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every movement required delicate precision. One slip, and her mana core would break into countless shards, leaving her crippled for life and destroying her body as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corruption resisted at first, writhing like a beast cornered in its den.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Alex dragged it out, an agony unlike anything before ripped through his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His nerves screamed, his muscles spasmed, and for a moment his mind teetered on the brink of breaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His passive skill Unyielding Will came into effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, he held on. His teeth bit down until blood filled his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body adapted again, reshaping under the torment, forcing itself to endure what should have been unbearable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two long hours passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally—the last tendril of corruption peeled away from Lily’s core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her body glowed with pure light, her breathing soft and calm. Her mana core, though inert, was intact. She was safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex’s body collapsed. He fell to his knees, then sprawled onto the cold floor, chest heaving as though he had been dragged through hell itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet as he stared at Lily’s peaceful face, a broken laugh tore from his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I did it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I fucking did it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fuck death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fuck the gods.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am the man!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s a success!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His laughter echoed in the chamber, half-insane, half-triumphant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A smug voice rang in his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Hell yeah! Now all we need is a medical degree, and we can become the best doctors in the world legally instead of going to jail for malpractice.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex barked another laugh, rolling onto his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You bastard! You should be worshipping me first—I did all the hard work!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Hard work? You fucker, I was the one who came up with the ideas, guided your sorry ass through the process, and manipulated all those energies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without me, your brain would’ve melted! You’d be drooling in the corner right now. ]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex’s eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell did you just say?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You heard me, you bastard. From now on, pray to me ten times every morning when you wake up.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pause lingered in the room as Alex lay on the floor, chest still rising and falling heavily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He let out a small breath and muttered, half serious, half playful,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ten times? Seriously? You know I’m not a morning person, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system’s reply came sharp and smug.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Yeah, seriously. I’ll wake you up myself if I have to.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, silence. Then both cracked at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pfft—hahaha! Hah hah hah hah!\" Alex’s laughter echoed across the chamber, raw and unrestrained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside his mind, the system’s laughter rang in sync.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Pfft! Pfft! Ha ha ha ha ha!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was madness, it was relief, it was victory all rolled into one, and their hysterical voices filled the space until Alex was coughing from laughing too hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side of the room, the woman lying on the second bed trembled, her wide eyes never leaving the silver-haired boy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite the corruption eating away at her own body, despite the searing pain crawling through her veins, she couldn’t look away—not for even a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For two whole hours she had watched him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every scream he bit back. Every tendril of darkness he wrestled into himself. Every shred of agony he bore just to protect the girl in the bed beside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as she stared, only one thought consumed her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What... what the hell is he?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had heard it herself from the doctors—zero percent chance of survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily Dragonheart was already halfway to the grave, her body consumed, her core rotting. And yet... this boy...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This boy had reached into the maw of death itself and dragged her back out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her lips trembled, words slipping out like broken whispers before finally rising into a shaky voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Y-You... who the hell are you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some kind of divine being?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An angel? ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A demon king?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or maybe...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a god himself?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes glistened with fear and awe. \"I would not have a hard time believing you are any of those things.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex froze as he heard her voice, then his lips curled into a wild grin. He clutched his stomach and burst into harder laughter than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ha! Hahaha! Did—did she just call me a demon king?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system’s smug voice joined in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[She also called you an angel. And a god, you know.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, yeah, I heard that!\" Alex wiped a tear from the corner of his eye as he sat up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His silver hair gleamed faintly in the chamber’s dim light, and when his gaze turned toward the woman, her blood ran cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rose to his feet with a slow, deliberate motion and began walking toward her bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each step made her chest tighten further. Even as weak as she was, her body instinctively tried to push back, to retreat, but her limbs failed her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She trembled, pressing into the headboard of her bed as her voice cracked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"D-Don’t come near me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex smirked, sharp and dangerous. He tilted his head, amused by the fear in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Relax,\" he drawled. \"If I wanted you dead, I wouldn’t waste time walking.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside his mind, his thoughts sharpened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Well, we can’t kill her. But she’s seen too much... what should we do?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system responded almost instantly, voice low and confident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Host, I have a plan. Let me analyze her first.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex gave the faintest nod. Immediately, blue energy burst out from his body, threads of mana uncoiling like a predator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They slithered through the air and wrapped around the woman’s frail form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes widened in sheer terror as the glow enveloped her, sinking into her skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She screamed, thrashing weakly against restraints that weren’t physical but absolute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you doing to me?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex said nothing, just stood still, his silver hair falling over his face, shadows veiling the sharp grin tugging at his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice in his head broke the silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>`[Host, the corruption has already climbed to her neck. But she’s no ordinary woman. She’s a Grandmaster–mid rank, barely holding her mana core and heart together, preventing the corruption from reaching it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she won’t be able to maintain that barrier for long. At best, she has little more than a month. And since she’s been kept here for treatment, it means she’s someone important. You know exactly where I’m going with this, don’t you?]`\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex’s grin widened, cruel and amused. Without hesitation, he flicked his wrist and drew out a folded parchment from his storage ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mana slithered across his fingers as he began writing, his strokes smooth and deliberate, every word carrying weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned the paper toward her, holding it inches from her trembling face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Read it carefully.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman blinked, then lowered her gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes raced across the words, her face paling with each line. The terms were like chains, dripping with veiled cruelty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her thoughts spun like a storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What... what the hell is this? A slave contract?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then her eyes reached the last two clauses, and she froze. Her pupils widened, heart lurching in her chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She raised her gaze slowly, disbelief etched into her voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Will you really... do that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex’s expression darkened into something hard, unyielding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. After all, it benefits us both.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now if you do agree to it... just say yes, and it will be done.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her lips trembled. For the first time, tears welled in her eyes and spilled freely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The figure whose name once carried fear, who had endured endless torment after her downfall because of the corruption, now wept as her voice came out frail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please... help me. I’ll forever be grateful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex smirked at her words, sharp and merciless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course I will. After all... I don’t give false hope.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gave a broken laugh at that, realizing he had thrown her own words back at her. With trembling hands, she lifted her palm to the parchment and signed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A surge of light flashed as the contract seared itself into their souls. The paper crumbled into shimmering motes, dissolving into their bodies. The pact was sealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Relief washed over her features. Her shoulders sagged as she let out a shaky breath, believing salvation was finally at hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before she could fully exhale, Alex’s hand snapped forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His palm clamped over her face, fingers digging into her cheeks like iron talons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Be prepared,\" his voice dropped into a low growl. \"This will be very painful. But since you’re a Grandmaster, I expect you to endure it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her muffled protest came sharp and fearful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mmmph—! But when you treated Lily, it didn’t look like she felt anything! Can’t you... treat me like her?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex tilted his head, his grin widening into something devilish. His blue eyes gleamed with mockery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well... you’re not Lily.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shadows around him writhed, and once more, the chamber filled with the wriggling tide of dark tendrils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They coiled and surged, slithering over her body, sinking into her flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An instant later, the room erupted with her screams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kyaaaaaaahhhh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahhhhhh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Someone—someone save me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex’s voice snapped back, harsh and impatient, like a cruel teacher disciplining a child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shut the hell up, you old hag! Let me focus—or do you want to die right now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her shrieks rose higher, echoing through the chamber walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the room, tension ran high. The silence from within had stretched into hours as Alex still did not come out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one wanted to open the door, but unease clawed at their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If only they knew what was happening inside...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chamber itself had become a scene from a nightmare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shadows writhed like living things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A boy with silver hair laughed with the manic glee of a mad scientist, while a woman’s inhuman cries tore at the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahhhhhhh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You bastard! I’ll kill you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aaaaaahhhh—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You demon—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alex snarled back, fury etched on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You crazy bitch—don’t bite my hand!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her thrashing only fueled his laughter, deep and unrestrained. The sound of pain and madness intertwined into a macabre symphony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And amidst the chaos, in the other bed, Lily slept peacefully. Noise-cancelling headphones had been placed on her head by Alex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face was serene, her lips curved faintly into a smile. Wrapped in gentle warmth, she drifted in sweet dreams, her soft voice murmuring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alex... don’t eat my chocolates... or I’ll murder you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-------\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Author here ----- Guess who this lady is and how is she related to anyone if someone guesses correctly an extra Chapter will be dropped tomorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>--------\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A\u002FN:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So how was the Chapter? Tell me in the comments!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks for the golden tickets:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>@Hmd95, @SleepyR26, @BlacKain,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>@dreamchasing, @Harry_Sangoi,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>@BluuuuTea, @Kyle_Kerswell, @Arist_Babi\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I really appreciate the support, guys. 😊\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-----\u003C\u002Fp>",2319,"2026-06-06T07:14:57.154Z",1,"novelbin.me","0188b9827e82441c9e473eb8325150d831ab6a3600b233f89f95a7fe3e98b587","the-extra-who-shouldn-t-exist-chapter-182","the-extra-who-shouldn-t-exist-chapter-180",418,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-extra-who-shouldn-t-exist-cover.jpg"]