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

cages and pens—located in multiple corners

their eyes, and it was clear they were monsters,

the Hobgoblins conquered the NightWolves and turned

and Rey couldn't

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

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

They were naturally stronger than their

surprised by the resistance that the Hobgoblins put

and it must have helped protect the

natural

of utterly eliminating the NightWolves, the Hobgoblins

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 one

Rey saw it, these monsters were currently

were yet to do anything about their

Hobgoblins and NightWolves were

and seeing it caused Rey to gag. The Hobgoblins seemed to be enjoying

their nose had even adapted to like the

sure you've had a good run already.' Rey raised one of his

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

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

they holding off on attacking me? Well, if I

face and looked beyond the three

was a Hobgoblin that was coated in Nightwolf fur. He had a crown that seemed like a mixture of Orichalcum and

a necklace that combined the fangs and

fatter than the

to more food than the

and right now,

hand—a stick made from Orichalcum, with a NightWolf

Monster Cores

tell that the Hobgoblins would have had the chance

NightWolves, Rey could imagine the

I can have them,

more motivated with each passing