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, but

was… this

Cores didn't expire, so they could last

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

he calculated, the more

even use these things for? I have to know!'

of them over to explain this

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"I-I see…"

tone teetered between disappointment and

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

are smart. But

down on the

resting spot. That's

the night, and Hobgoblins derived a lot of warmth from

a result, this entire clearing made for a

of Monster Cores, and since they had to close their eyes when

room, they would put on blindfolds

morning arrived, they would leave the room before taking

his head, but also

directly absorb the energy that is stored

shame that they didn't think of doing

they were under some kind of major threat, they

was the mother of invention, after

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

for Rey,

have a lot of power. If I let myself

losing sight of what made them rise to that position

that happen to

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

was to become like

can go

Hob and

pretending to be asleep

She was actually sleeping!

'What the fu—!'

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