Transmigrating as an Extra Third-Rate Villain

Silently waiting for a minute, Liana and I watched the smoke flow out of the device and into the spirit, creating a thunderstorm-like cloud.

The cloud of smoke combined with the occasional lightning flash alongside the circle, which was now glowing a dark purple from all the sparks, made for a mythical-like scene.

My face, bathed in the purple light even through my mask, stiffened as the occasional lightning strike strayed from the circle and came close to me, hitting the edge of the magic circle.

On the other hand, Liana showed no changes in facial expression, even when a lightning flash struck down from the cloud right in front of her.

"...thank god, I have this mask.

"What was that?"

"nothing."

As the lightning storm cloud accumulated to the point where it was covering the entire hut roof, I dismissed the device and waited for Liana's gesture.

After another moment, Liana tapped me on the shoulder, indicating that everything was ready.

In the original book, the main cast has reformed and used a demon for the ritual, but that was no longer necessary as I was here.

Gathering the corruption in the palms of my hands, I didn't try to manifest anything; instead, I allowed the corruption to leak out of my hand and fall to the floor.

*DRIP*

*DROP*

*DRIP*

As the puddle of corruption leaked from my hand and entered the magic circle, instead of combining or attracting with the sparks of lightning, it resisted them.

The corruption repelled the lightning sparks, causing them to fly back and create a path straight to the circle's center.

A tiny river of pure blackness led straight to the tree symbol inside the magic circle full of lightning.

Corruption was the medium that Liana needed to change into a spirit, and lightning sparks were her power that would fuse together with the corruption.

As the corruption reached the tree symbol inside the diamond, I carefully managed it so that the corruption filled the tree, not leaking out.

Thus, a magic circle with a night-black tree surrounded by purple lightning was created.

Leaving the corruption inside the tree, I rubbed my hands and turned to Liana.

"It's done."

Staring at the magic circle, Liana replied.

"Looks a bit different from the memories I received from my ancestors... are you sure?"

"Who do you trust more? Someone from the future or some scrambled-up memories."

Although I had never seen or heard about the magic circle from the memories, I assumed, like the original book, it involved using the mana of a demon.

I had just replaced the demonic mana with corruption.

Giving me a single wave, Liana walked into the circle and stood right on top of the corruption, which I controlled and kept from spilling out.

Bathed in the purple light, surrounded by the sparks of lightning and the pitch-black tree below her to top it all off, Liana already seemed like a goddess or higher being.

Shifting my mask further downwards and pulling the cat into my hoodie, I carefully observed Liana as she clasped her hands together and jumped into the air.

However, her descent never came.

Levitating above the pitch-black tree and below the thunderstorm cloud, Liana sat criss-cross with eyes closed and her hands still clasped together.

As a lightning bolt bolted out of the cloud and towards Liana, the bolt passed through Liana and hit the corruption below her instead of hitting her.

The lightning bolt never disappeared... it was like I was frozen in time.

Familiar with this type of situation, I watched as the lightning bolt, unlike the others, didn't disappear after hitting its target but instead remained hovering over the corruption.

Like a stirring rod, the lighting finally moved as it swirled around the corruption puddle, causing a whirlpool to form in the puddle of corruption.

Liana, who seemed like a holographic being as a giant rotating bolt of lightning was going through her body, finally opened her eyes and stared down at the whirlpool forming below her.

As the thundercloud disappeared, leaving only the swirling lightning bolt, I stared upwards through the window and into the sky, which was no longer pitch-black.

A shooting star appeared for a second, entering my vision for a moment before disappearing back into the depths of the night-black sky.

Make a wish, you say?

At that moment, I extended my hands and touched the hut's walls, and, unlike earlier, when my hand simply passed through it, I could feel the cold, hard wood.

It wasn't just my soul and spirit here anymore.

Staring at the whirlpool below Liana, which was starting to resemble a portal, I felt a sense of ease as I realized I was no longer powerless in this world anymore.

All my abilities were back.

Peering with my eyes, there was no longer a force blocking me out. Despite the lack of lights, I could see everything outside the hut's windows.

In this world full of darkness, every detail was now visible to me.

Stretching my hands, I preemptively activated the grace period of the dash while staring at the oblivious Liana.

How was I going to save the world if I let the current strongest being in the universe slip away from me?

Quantum tunneling was a one-of-one ability, like my time manipulation, so how could I just let it go?

As Liana floated in the air, staring at the portal below here, which was finally starting to take shape, I walked into the magic circle, instantly causing my entire body to bathed in the same purple light.

Albert was quite an entertaining and cool character in the book, so when he was sacrificed, needless to say, the fans weren't happy.

In fact, the backlash was so bad that after the novel ended, the author was practically forced to write a "What If Story."

What if Albert was never sacrificed?

Then, the question is raised: how is the World Tree saved?

The author couldn't risk sacrificing another character out of the fear that he would have to create another "What If?" story, so what did he do?