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 a

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

wild looks in their eyes, and it was clear they were monsters, but something about them

Hobgoblins conquered the NightWolves and

and Rey

just go around killing their enemies if they got the chance to, but the

had to guess, they learned how to use the Orichalcum here, and they launched a counterattack on the NightWolves using their

tricks to win. They were naturally stronger

extremely surprised by the

very durable mineral, and it must have helped protect the Hobs from

natural conclusion.' Rey smiled at the

utterly eliminating the NightWolves, the Hobgoblins

food. This way, the Hobs won't need to starve or

Rey saw it, these monsters were currently

to do anything about

feces of both Hobgoblins and NightWolves were

to gag.

even

sure you've had a good

the hundreds of Hobgoblins draw their Orichalcum weapons and look at him with fierce

him slightly, but he wasn't

attacking

beyond the three hundred

carved from pure Orichalcum was a Hobgoblin that was coated in Nightwolf fur. He had a crown that seemed like a mixture

that combined the fangs and

important-looking Hobgoblin was fatter than the rest, and he

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

right now, he's

the scepter in his hand—a stick made from Orichalcum, with a NightWolf Monster Core sitting

can harvest Monster Cores too?

tell that the Hobgoblins would have

on how long they had domesticated the NightWolves,

have them, it'll be

began to grow more motivated with