An Extra’s POV

"Urgh!"

A putrid odor wafted past Rey's nose as he reached the entrance of the Hobgoblin's base.

The clearing was right before him, and he already felt sick to his stomach.

'Goblins aren't particularly known for their hygiene, but this is on another level…' Rey crinkled his nose and narrowed his gaze.

His heightened perception made it difficult for him to ignore the stench, so he just had to endure it.

'Whatever! Let's just get this over with.'

Rey walked right past the entrance and soon found himself in a clearing.

The hallway had been plenty large enough, but compared to the massive auditorium he now stood in, it might have as well been a tightened compartment.

The expanse was large enough to contain thousands upon thousands of adult humans, with tons more room to spare.

And occupying this space were a horde of Hobgoblins waiting for him.

About three hundred of them.

'It's not surprising, considering how massive this place is…'

Rey thought that, but his eyes still widened at the sight of so many monsters in a single location.

Hobgoblins were a cooperative race, but this number was considerably large for a civilization.

'External factors such as disease, predators, and other things ensure that Goblin populations naturally dwindle.'

Adding that to their short lifespan, and they gave a perfect brew of why there weren't too many Goblins in the world.

'These ones don't have predators any longer, so that greatly improves their numbers…'

The question, however, was what happened to the previous apex predators of this Floor?

Rey only had to look around for a brief instant to know the answer.

His eyes twitched

could see dog-like creatures—all of them in cages and pens—located in multiple corners of the

had wild looks in their eyes, and it was clear they were

the Hobgoblins conquered the NightWolves and turned them into

an efficient system, and Rey

enemies if they got the

they learned how to use the Orichalcum here, and they launched a counterattack

They were naturally stronger than their prey, so it was a given that they would

probably extremely surprised by the resistance that the

must have helped protect the Hobs from whatever Skills the

this became the natural conclusion.' Rey smiled at the

the NightWolves, the Hobgoblins kept

they could use them as an endless source of food. This way, the Hobs won't need to starve or feed

the way Rey saw it, these monsters

they were yet to do

both Hobgoblins and NightWolves were dumped in

was disgusting, and seeing it caused Rey to gag. The

nose had even adapted to like

I'm sure you've had a

could see the hundreds of Hobgoblins draw their Orichalcum weapons and look at him

gaze touched him slightly, but

holding off on attacking me? Well, if

and looked beyond the three hundred

in Nightwolf fur. He had a crown that seemed like a

that combined the fangs

Hobgoblin was fatter than the rest, and

access to more food than the rest, hence making him much stronger than

and right now, he's sneering

his hand—a stick made from Orichalcum, with a NightWolf Monster Core sitting on top

can harvest Monster Cores

the current numbers of the NightWolves, Rey could tell that the Hobgoblins would have had the

on how long they had domesticated the NightWolves, Rey

them,

to grow more motivated with