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

this was

expire, so 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

things for? I have

should call one of them over to

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"I-I see…"

tone teetered between disappointment

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

But not that

was lying down on the Monster Cores

resting spot. That's what she's telling

Hobgoblins derived a lot of warmth from the Monster

entire clearing made for

warm by sleeping among the piles of Monster Cores, and since they had to

would put on

the room before taking

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

only these guys knew how to refine, or even directly absorb the energy that is

that they didn't think of doing any of

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

mother

never really thought of the Cores as

Rey, but it also caused him

If I let myself

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

that happen

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

was to become like the very Hobgoblins he had

can

tapped the Hob and saw

pretending to be asleep

She was actually sleeping!

'What the fu—!'

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I should be