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

them in cages and

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

the NightWolves and turned them into their

system, and Rey couldn't help but

enemies if they got the

how to use the Orichalcum here, and they launched a

dirty tricks to win. They were naturally stronger than their prey,

surprised

Orichalcum was a very durable mineral, and it must have helped protect the Hobs from whatever Skills the NightWolves were

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

the NightWolves,

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 anything about their

NightWolves were dumped in a corner and left to

gag. The Hobgoblins

nose had even adapted to like

I'm sure you've had a

draw their Orichalcum weapons and look at him with

but he wasn't

attacking me? Well, if I had to

and looked beyond the three hundred Hobgoblins before

that was coated in Nightwolf fur.

combined the fangs and claws of

fatter than the rest, and he

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

and right now, he's sneering at

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

Monster Cores too?

Hobgoblins would have had the chance of harvesting a lot of Monster

NightWolves, Rey could imagine the Hobs

can have them, it'll be epic as

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