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.

His eyes twitched a

cages and pens—located in multiple corners

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

NightWolves and turned

and Rey couldn't help

around killing their enemies if they got the

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

naturally stronger than their prey, so it

NightWolves were probably extremely surprised by the resistance that the Hobgoblins put

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

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

the NightWolves, the

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

it, these monsters

yet to do anything

both Hobgoblins and NightWolves were dumped in a corner

seeing it caused Rey to gag.

had even

I'm sure you've had a good

could see the hundreds of Hobgoblins draw their Orichalcum weapons

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

on attacking me? Well, if

and looked beyond the three hundred Hobgoblins

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

also had a necklace that combined

was fatter than the rest,

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

Chief, and right now, he's sneering at

made from Orichalcum, with a NightWolf Monster Core sitting

Monster Cores

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

on how long they had domesticated the NightWolves, Rey could imagine the

can have them,

grow more motivated with each passing