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.

eyes

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

was clear

Hobgoblins conquered the NightWolves and turned them into their

an efficient system, and

around killing their enemies if they got the chance to, but the Hobgoblins were

use the Orichalcum here,

tricks to win. They were naturally stronger than their prey, so it was a

probably extremely surprised by the resistance that the Hobgoblins put

helped protect the Hobs from whatever Skills the NightWolves

a few months… maybe years… and this became the natural conclusion.' Rey

utterly eliminating the NightWolves, the

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

the way Rey saw it,

yet to do anything about

were dumped in

to gag. The Hobgoblins

their nose had even

I'm sure you've had a good run already.'

their Orichalcum weapons and look at him with

murderous gaze touched him slightly, but he wasn't letting up because of

off on attacking me? Well, if

face and looked beyond the

on a throne carved from pure Orichalcum was a Hobgoblin that was coated in Nightwolf

necklace that combined the fangs

Hobgoblin was fatter than the rest,

was because he had access to more food than the rest, hence making him much stronger

Chief, and right now, he's

Chief raised the scepter in his hand—a stick made from Orichalcum, with a NightWolf

can harvest Monster Cores too?

Rey could tell that the Hobgoblins would have had the chance of

NightWolves, Rey could imagine

I can have them, it'll be epic as

more motivated with each