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.

lot of NightWolf Monster Cores,

was… this

so they could last for

could only imagine how Hobgoblin civilizations had come and gone to be able to produce something

he calculated, the

do they even use these things for?

should call one of them over to explain this to

*******

"I-I see…"

between disappointment and an

trailed as he watched the Hobgoblin he called interact with

But not

of him was lying down on the Monster Cores and closing her

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

and Hobgoblins derived a lot of warmth from the

entire clearing made

the piles of Monster Cores, and since they had

approaching the room, they would put on blindfolds and

the

his head, but also shook

refine, or even directly absorb the energy that is stored within those Cores… they could have

they didn't think of doing

only a matter of time. If they were under some kind of major threat, they

was the mother

never really

for Rey, but

lot of power. If I let myself be complacent,

of the food chain, they ended up losing sight

that happen

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

was to become

can

and saw

to be asleep

She was actually sleeping!

'What the fu—!'

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I should be