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.

have kept a lot of NightWolf

was… this was

Cores didn't expire, so they could last for years

civilizations had come and gone to be able to produce something of

more he calculated, the more his

these things for? I have to know!'

one of them

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"I-I see…"

between disappointment and

should have known…' His thoughts trailed as he watched the Hobgoblin he called interact with the

smart. But not that

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

spot. That's what

the night, and Hobgoblins derived a lot

clearing made for a

Monster Cores, and since they had to close their eyes when sleeping, the Goblins weren't bothered

would put on blindfolds

leave the room before taking off their

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

knew how to refine, or even directly absorb the energy that is stored within

they didn't think of

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

was the mother of invention, after

their considerably comfortable lifestyle, they never really thought of

Rey,

I let myself

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

can't let that

improving—grinding—all so he wouldn't eventually be stomped down by some supreme power that he could not

become like the very Hobgoblins he

can go

Hob and saw her fidget

she wasn't pretending to be

She was actually sleeping!

'What the fu—!'

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I should be