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

in cages and pens—located in multiple corners

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

NightWolves and turned them

was quite an efficient system, and Rey couldn't

enemies if they got the

the Orichalcum here, and they

tricks to win. They were naturally stronger

surprised by the resistance that

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

natural conclusion.' Rey smiled at the slimy green creatures

NightWolves, the Hobgoblins kept them

must have realized they could use them as an endless source of food. This way, the Hobs won't

way Rey saw it, these monsters were currently

they were yet to do anything about

feces of both Hobgoblins and NightWolves were dumped in a

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

their nose had even adapted to like

ruining your paradise, but I'm sure you've had a good run

could see the hundreds of Hobgoblins draw their Orichalcum weapons and look

slightly, but he wasn't letting up because of

holding off on attacking me?

looked beyond the three

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

that combined the fangs and claws

Hobgoblin was fatter than the rest, and he was

because he had access to more food than

their Chief, and right now, he's

his hand—a stick made from Orichalcum,

Monster Cores

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

had domesticated the NightWolves,

I can have them, it'll be epic as

to grow more motivated with