An Extra’s POV

"Now then…"

Rey walked away from the Hobgoblin bunch and left them to their duties while he explored something else he had noticed in the process of fighting the Hobs and freeing the rest.

It was an opening that led somewhere else.

'I'm curious…'

One of the reasons for that was because the place was open. That meant it had to be available to the general populace.

Other than that, it was also glowing a little, so that meant it had to be special.

'Let's check it out!' Rey smiled as he approached the entrance.

He had to bend a little since it wasn't originally designed to fit a human. However, all things considered, the experience wasn't too uncomfortable.

The closer Rey approached the end of the hallway, he could sense what awaited him was.

'Don't tell me… no way!'

His eyes widened, but he quickly squinted them thanks to the light that radiated from the end.

Finally, Rey reached the end of the hallway and emerged into another massive clearing.

"Hehe… hehehehe…"

Rey slowly opened his eyes, ensuring he acclimated well to the light as he took in the ambiance that greeted him.

"Hahahahahaha…"

As his eyes now flickered open, he graced his sight with piles of Monster Cores.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"

His laughter echoed throughout the great clearing, and his eyes could not stop shedding tears as he watched the immense stockpile of Monster Cores.

It was insane!

'There's at least hundreds of thousands of them here!'

They were in so many piles, and it was crazy just how abundant they were.

a lot of NightWolf Monster Cores, but

was… this was

expire, so they could last

had come and gone

calculated, the more

these things for? I have

should call one of them over to explain this

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"I-I see…"

tone teetered between disappointment and an

he watched the Hobgoblin he called interact with the

smart. But not

lying down on the Monster Cores and closing her eyes, pretending

their resting spot. That's what she's telling

crazy cold in the night, and Hobgoblins derived a lot of warmth from the

a result, this entire clearing made for a very comfortable

and since they had to close their eyes

the room, they would put

they would leave the room before taking off their

the more he nodded his head,

energy that

a shame that they didn't think of doing

it's only a matter of time. If they were under some kind

mother of invention,

to their considerably comfortable lifestyle, they never really thought of

for Rey, but it

have a lot of power. If I let myself be complacent, I could become like these

chain, they ended up losing sight of what made them rise to that position in

can't let that

had to keep improving—grinding—all so he wouldn't eventually be stomped

wanted was to become like the

can

the Hob and saw her

she wasn't pretending to be

She was actually sleeping!

'What the fu—!'

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I should be