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

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

in their eyes, and it was clear they were monsters, but something about them seemed…

the Hobgoblins conquered the NightWolves

quite an efficient system, and

monsters would just go around killing their enemies if they got the chance to, but the Hobgoblins were

use the Orichalcum here, and they launched a counterattack on the NightWolves using

win. They were naturally stronger than their prey, so

extremely surprised by the resistance that

durable mineral, and it must have helped protect the Hobs from whatever Skills the NightWolves were dependent

natural conclusion.' Rey smiled

the NightWolves, the Hobgoblins

an endless source of food. This way, the Hobs won't need to starve or feed off of dirt or one

way Rey saw it,

to do anything

both Hobgoblins and NightWolves were

gag. The Hobgoblins seemed to be enjoying

nose had even adapted

bad for ruining your paradise, but I'm sure you've

the hundreds of Hobgoblins draw their

but he wasn't letting

are they holding off on attacking me? Well, if I

his face and looked beyond the

in Nightwolf fur. He had a crown that

necklace that combined the fangs and claws

was fatter than the

to more food than the rest, hence

right now, he's

in his hand—a stick made from Orichalcum, with a NightWolf Monster

Monster Cores too?

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

long they had domesticated the NightWolves, Rey could imagine the Hobs possessing

I can have them, it'll be epic as

more motivated