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.

to have kept a lot of NightWolf

was… this

didn't expire, so they could last for

how Hobgoblin civilizations had come and

more he calculated, the more

even use these things for?

call one of them over to explain this to

*******

"I-I see…"

between disappointment and an underlying

he watched the Hobgoblin he

are smart. But

was lying down on the

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

and Hobgoblins derived a

a result, this entire clearing made

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

the room, they would put on

leave the room before taking off

nodded his head, but

only these guys knew how to refine, or even directly absorb the energy that is stored within those Cores…

didn't

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

the mother of invention,

considerably comfortable lifestyle, they never really

for Rey, but

I

they ended up losing sight

can't let that happen

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

become like the very Hobgoblins

you can

Hob and saw her

she wasn't pretending to

She was actually sleeping!

'What the fu—!'

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I should