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.

of NightWolf Monster Cores, but not to

was… this

they could last for years upon

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

calculated, the more his head

these things for? I

them

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"I-I see…"

disappointment

trailed as he watched the Hobgoblin he called

But not that

Hobgoblin in front of him was lying down on the Monster Cores and closing her eyes, pretending to

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

and Hobgoblins derived a lot of warmth from the

this entire clearing

warm by sleeping among the piles of Monster Cores, and since they had to close their eyes when sleeping, the

the room, they would put on

leave the room before

nodded his head, but also shook

energy that is stored within those Cores… they could have become much stronger than they are

a shame that they didn't think of

If they were under some kind of major threat, they would

the mother

considerably comfortable lifestyle, they never really thought of the Cores as

pretty amusing for Rey, but

of power. If I let

top of the food chain, they ended up losing sight of what made them

that happen

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

become like the very Hobgoblins he had

can go back

tapped the Hob and saw

to

She was actually sleeping!

'What the fu—!'

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should be leaving