An Extra’s POV

"Fire Brid."

~VWUM!~

"Flame Wall."

~FWUUSH!~

"FIame Arrows."

~WHOOSH!!~

Rey advanced as he utilized the only three Fire Spells he could properly use.

The other Spells related to Fire Magic either drained too much Mana or would not be very optimal to use in an underground structure.

'And this isn't really so bad.' Rey told himself as he traversed the cavernous space.

As he trampled atop the burned bodies of his victims, Rey felt something curious tugging at his heart.

'Why am I not really moved? Isn't it odd?'

From what he had read or learned about situations like this, most first-timers ended up being very scared or nervous when confronted with monsters.

That was why Dungeon exploration was usually done in teams.

Experienced individuals would often lead the team in order to prevent an absolute breakdown or chaos among their ranks.

'Yet here I am, completely alone, yet I'm not losing my shit…'

Rey didn't even have a passive Skill that told him he had to be calm or anything, and it wasn't like he hadn't been jumpscared a few times since he began this adventure.

But, for the majority of the time spent here, he genuinely didn't feel nervous or scared.

'Is it because I read up so much about them that seeing the real thing didn't bother me anymore?'

That couldn't be the case, considering how many scholars often froze up when confronted with the real-life manifestations of the things they studied.

Rey explored various explanations, but after everything he settled on one.

"I don't know." He sighed.

All he knew was that he was enjoying himself, and it felt good to do so.

After Rey walked further for a while longer, he finally encountered an area with a lot more Mana Crystals than the previous areas.

The stones gleaned so brightly that it made Rey's Brid obsolete.

"There's lots of energy here. I guess that means I'm close to the Boss." He grinned.

Dungeon floor operated practically the same

had to be a

gone. However, considering everything else hadn't been fully explored, it was only natural to

far, I've been encountering nothing but Kobolds—some

to the Boss Room, the more powerful

much the law

"Let's keep advancing…"

up, ensuring he had proper

be useless because Kobolds rely more on their

be a waste of

his target, he noticed the Mana Crystals around him had gotten even

before, but they could be found practically

the nearly transparent Mana

having so many of them

he would make a small fortune if

why he wasn't doing any of

just focus on

"KUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR…"

Rey heard a grumble.

was so loud, and merely the sound of it caused his skin

on began to tremble slightly, and Rey found saliva forming at the end of his

is a little

had special space dedicated to them—Boss Rooms, as one would

all of them

open, with

the case with

eyes widened as he noticed the hulking figure

didn't I detect it earlier? Does it have the

least twice as tall as Rey, with fur

on Rey,

more he looked into

stopped moving, he

its bipedal form seem more nimble than usual, and its sharp claws were at least six

as

"GUUUURRRRRR…"

completely risen to his feet, he lifted

Once he

~WHOOSH!~

before Rey's eyes, it seemed like the Boss Monster

Kobold Boss was right in front of Rey,

'C-crap!'

it happened too fast for his eyes to properly register, and now

Rey

instant, a very powerful beam of transparent light covered his immediate

As a result…

~WHOOOOSSSHHH!!!~

to properly protect himself from the first strike of