An Extra’s POV

"Oh?"

Rey was currently looking at the new and improved Hobgoblin civilization he had helped kickstart, and a look of pride was radiating through his face.

"It's been like four days since I last came here. You guys are doing well for yourselves."

For the first time, the place didn't smell—at least, not too much—when he entered the clearing.

And even now that he was standing among the kneeling Hobs, he could notice a lot of changes.

'Everywhere is so clean. They've made the pots as per instruction, and they're properly taking care of their waste.'

Everything was in perfect order.

'A few more things—like good clothing and variety of food—would be nice, but it's not a necessity for them to be useful to me.'

As a result, Rey decided to leave that thought at the back burner.

Right now, he had bigger fish to fry.

'Right now, this is the safest place for me and my property…'

He had initially thought it was a good move to take Monster Cores from the Hobs and hide them in his room, but now he could see how foolish that line of reasoning was.

'There's no better place to keep them than this place.'

If he hadn't caught the perpetrator, or if the malefactor had been someone else, he would have been in a lot more hot water.

Rey recognized that very well.

'From now on, I'll be hiding my stuff here…'

Of course, it wouldn't be a temporary measure.

'Once I get enough Spatial Rings—apart from the one I gave Noah for business—I'll store them in there and keep them with me at all times.'

objects

Cores inside a Spatial Ring. I'll put as many Spatial Rings in a sac… and they'll only occupy

to invest at least hundreds of Platinum Coins for the sake of getting all the

deal of finally being able to harvest all the heaps of Cores that greeted his sight every day, it

I'll just

a few days to completely clear all the Monster Cores in his room, but he

the

attention wasn't

about them, the primary reason for coming to the Dungeon today didn't involve

get a lot stronger. I don't

such an early stage since they would give him very little EXP, thus defeating the

was another

next floor!' Rey's eyes beamed with delight as he

the kneeling Hobs and used [Flight] to swiftly

placed at an elevated position, and right under it was the entrance to

up, but recognized it was of importance, so they built their throne around

chin as he became a little stuck in a decision he

go in

quick glance at the Hobgoblins, and while they were on and about in their activities, they were also

settles it. I'm

much nothing more he could do for the Hobs. He just had to plunder their reserve of

called for his attention now was the next

he was ready to

'Let's go!'

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what would accurately describe the natural habitat of the Hobgoblins,

"G-guh!"

as he took in the

so used to the dark that

this is how it felt for them when I used

to be a lot worse since the Hobs had practically lived in darkness for most of their

It hurt still.

take him very long before the pain and temporary blindness faded