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 not

was… this was

expire, so they could

how Hobgoblin civilizations had come and gone to be able

the more his head

things for? I have to know!' Rey

call one of them over to

*******

"I-I see…"

between disappointment and an underlying

have known…' His thoughts trailed as he watched

smart. But not that

on the

resting spot. That's what

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

result, this entire clearing made for a

Monster Cores, and since they had

approaching the room, they would

would leave the room

learned, the more he nodded his head, but also shook his

even directly absorb the energy that is stored within those

didn't

I think it's only a matter of time. If they were under some kind of major threat, they would have figured

the mother of invention,

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

for Rey, but it

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

of the food chain, they ended up losing sight of what made them rise to that

that happen

so he wouldn't eventually be stomped

wanted was to become like the very

can go

tapped the Hob and saw

to be asleep at

She was actually sleeping!

'What the fu—!'

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I should be leaving