Reincarnated As The Villainous Extra With SSS-Rank System-Chapter 9;Zephyroot.

Skysher opened his eyes, their distinct black glowing. His face acting against the gushing water, his whole upper body dripping wet. He felt dizzy, unable to get himself up from the river. His body felt cold, his bones shivering.

Suddenly Skysher started to feel better. Instantly the cold got replaced by natural and soothing warmth. His breathing stabilized and his eyes started glowing, a light-purple touch to them. And best of all, he was feeling energetic?

That's when the realization struck him. The zephyroot must've taken effect!

The zephyroot was a special and rare herb that was used to rejuvenate one's martial energy. It also helped when one was stuck to pass a certain level in the Martial ladder.

It also acted as a booster, boosting one's attributes and martial art for a small period of time.

However they weren't taken in their raw forms, instead they were refined and purified making them in form of pills. Which were expensive as hell in the Market.

This was because of the process it took to refine them, which was only mastered by a bunch in the Martial world.

While finding the raw plant form of zephyroot was considered lucky, it was also considered useless to the collector.

Consuming it was considered highly dangerous, and could cause the end of one's life.

The raw form-Once consumed would release so much energy to an artisan's body that it would break the consumer's Martial Core and end their life instantly.

Thus, those who collected it often sold it to buyers who would give them a fair pay, After which they would get refined and get sold thrice or quadruple the amount bought for.

Skysher sat there amused, Wondering how the hell he was still living when he was hit by lightning. And that was the smallest of his worries, just eating one zephyroot did this to him. Imagine what 49 more would cause!

Skysher's face turned dark just thinking about it, his heart throbbed faster and faster each second. His body surrounded by crackling lightning and his eyes glowing even more.

[System Alert]

>1/50 zephyroots devoured.

[Time left]

0;59;43

'Hell nah, I ain't eating no more of that shit.' Skysher fiercely stared at the System panel, his face a stone.

>What? Afraid of a little zap?

"A little?," Skysher snapped, Suddenly getting up, unknowing of his surrounding. He pointed out his index finger at the system ready to blow.

"I was literally struck by lightning, not a little zap but fucking lightning! The fuck do you think I am, a conductor?"

>Nice try, but a conductor has way too many uses for you to be referred as one! Even garbage is too noble for you!

Skysher heart stopped, his veins thrice their size. He gritted his teeth, his fists folding into a hard punch, shaking and his body started to crackle even more.

As Skysher lifted his hands, ready to unleash destruction, his sight suddenly caught a butterfly. "What in the~" Skysher became confused, his mouth gaped and his eyes blinked.

The butterfly seemed to move in slow motion! As if it was stuck!

Skysher took to his right, then to his left. But no matter where he looked, it was all the same. In slow motion.

The gushing water of the river flowing smoothly and low force. The leaves of plants moving a centimeter every minute. Everything had slowed down.

Skysher stood shocked, his mind racing for an answer then just suddenly, it all stopped.

Everything went back to the way it was supposed to be. The water gushing like before, the plant leaves following the breeze and the butterfly flapping it's wings.

This time, Skysher body returned to normal as well. His eyes dark and lifeless as before. His body energy less and Withouth the crackling lightning before!

Skysher was so lost that even his questions had questions. What the hell was going on?

[System Alert]

>The effect of the zephyroot has ended!

"Effect of the zephyroot?" Skysher looked at his body, finally getting an answer to his endless questions. "So that was the effect of the zephyroot!" he replied looking surprised.

>Yes! Now go devour more!

Skysher's face shrank. His eyes lifeless as he stared on the panel. "Didn't you hear, I'm done. I'm not going to devour any more zephyroots!"

>Stop whining. It's not like you'll die!

"Sure! What am I worrying about. I'll Probably walk out fine after getting zapped by 3 BILLION JOULES. Are you crazy!"

>Just like you saw right now the energy will get absorbed into your martial core. No harm will come to you! Except your own stupidity.

"Oh yeah! What makes you so sure it won't hurt! Like last time."

>You'll gain immunity to the lightning after getting zapped.

"Yea! How many times then?"

>Enough times that the effect can stays permanent!

Skysher was speechless. Even though he was against it, he understood the logic behind it. His Martial Core was so lifeless that basically it was dead!

Hence devouring the life rejuvenating zephyroot would bring it back to life! But the amount of times he needed to get struck by lightning for it to actually work!

If the system was telling him the truth, eventually he would get immune to the lightning. Basically the energy inside his body would start to resist against the energy from the lightning, gaining him immunity.

However, before he could even get to that amount of ridiculous resistant energy, he would have to get struck several times. Maybe 10 or 20 times. There was no way in hell he could do that If he passed out on one!

Skysher was cut to a corner. Even though getting hit by lightning 20 times in a row sent shivers down his spine, he knew he had to do it. For his own dignity. At the moment he was so weak, he put shame to it.

Skysher sighed, his gaze shifted to the system panel as he shrugged. His time was almost done, only having left with less than an hour. The start of his second challenge, Actually finding the 49 Zephyroots.

He needed to find them, and he needed to find them fast. Once again Skysher started moving, going back to where he first uprooted the zephyroot. Putting his dead brain cells to think.

Zephyroots were rare yet there was one right beside a river! Before Skysher thought if there was a location he was going to harvest zephyroots, it had to be the peak of the mountain. However now a mystery presented itself.

For him to figure out why a zephyroot was growing there in the first place, Skysher had to ask himself one important question.

Why were zephyroot rare?

After all, people could just grow it in their gardens right? I mean it is a plant. What was it that made it special? What made it to be rare?

It was simple actually. A lot of times, for a plant to be rare, it needed a special condition or special environment and zephyroot was no different.

For a zephyroot to grow it needed, Rich energy to surround it constantly. Extreme high pressure on the soil or ground it grew on and Water! Looking around, Skysher was surrounded by all of these.

There was a river beside him, the atmosphere was very rich in pure Martial Energy and he was on a mountain, the pressure was as extreme as it could be.

Throwing all these elements together, Skysher had come up with one final conclusion to his theory. He no longer needed to climb up to the peak of the mountain. There were plenty of zephyroot around to be collected right there.

>WOW! For once you use your brain and not whine.

Skysher felt intimidated by the claim but he had bigger fish to fry.

Right now one of his ultimate problem was how to locate the zephyroots. He knew they were around but where?

Other than that he was running out of time. He had only 40 minutes left on the clock and 49 more zephyroots to devour! It seemed impossible.

As if heard by the heavens Skysher's clue instantly came. He started to feel the same energy he had felt after getting bolted by the lightning, his senses rose as his eyes zoomed in to his next target.

A zephyroot!

Skysher smirked. "Maybe getting hit by lightning wasn't so bad after all," he remarked as he started to move again. One of his problems was now solved thanks to getting hit by lightning. Getting to know where exactly his targets were by sensing them.

With a wide smirk on his face, Skysher once again forgot how important it was to take caution on his surroundings. Withouth a care in the world he made his way to his destination.

Moving away a leaf that stood on his way, Skysher landed his eyes on his prize. Ready to devour it and move on to his next target. Out of nowhere, a lazy white monkey descended from a vine. It's eyes also set in the zephyroot.

It's white fur making it camouflage proof, everything around him reflected his presence. Refusing to give up Skysher rushed to get beside the monkey. The young monkey unknowing of Skysher pulled out the zephyroot, smiling to it's meal.

However, before it could escape. Skysher appeared behind it takin him by the neck. Looking fiercely at it, Skysher snapped the zephyroot from his hands asserting dominance.

The poor monkey started to scream as it made wailing noises meanwhile all Skysher cared about was his prize.

Suddenly the mood around Skysher started to change, the atmosphere became dim and suffocating. His heart raced as fear rushed into his body.

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Out of nowhere he felt the gaze of a powerful creature behind him. His body froze as he held on to both the monkey and the zephyroot. Feeling the predators cold breath behind him, Skysher knew he was done for.

It was the mother of the monkey!