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 twitched

dog-like creatures—all of them in cages and

eyes, and it was clear they were monsters, but something

NightWolves and turned them into their

efficient system, and Rey couldn't help but

unintelligent monsters would just go around killing their enemies if they got

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

naturally stronger than their prey,

the NightWolves were probably extremely surprised

helped protect the Hobs from whatever Skills the NightWolves were dependent

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

eliminating the NightWolves, the Hobgoblins kept them

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

Rey saw it, these monsters

they were yet to do anything about

feces of both Hobgoblins and NightWolves were dumped in a corner and left to

caused Rey to gag. The Hobgoblins seemed to be enjoying themselves

nose had even adapted to like

paradise, but I'm sure you've had a good run already.' Rey raised one of his

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

gaze touched him slightly, but he

attacking me?

lifted his face and looked beyond the three hundred Hobgoblins before

Orichalcum was a Hobgoblin that was coated in Nightwolf fur. He had a crown that seemed

also had a necklace that combined the

fatter than the rest, and he was much

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

right now, he's

hand—a stick made from Orichalcum,

Monster

NightWolves, Rey could tell that the Hobgoblins would have had

domesticated the NightWolves, Rey could imagine the Hobs

can have them, it'll be

to grow more motivated