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.'

there was a limited size of objects he could place in a

many Spatial Rings in a sac… and they'll only occupy one

had to invest at least hundreds of Platinum Coins for

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

just

completely clear all the Monster Cores in his room, but he was certainly going to

on to the event

wasn't

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

I need to get a lot stronger. I don't

since they would give him very

there was

have to descend to the next floor!' Rey's eyes beamed with delight as he spotted the entrance precisely where the Hobgoblin Chief

Hobs and used [Flight] to swiftly

was firmly placed at an elevated position, and right

know how to open it up, but recognized it was of importance, so they built

chin as he became a little

I go

were

settles it. I'm

the Hobs. He just had to plunder their reserve

attention now

was

'Let's go!'

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natural habitat of the Hobgoblins, the Eight floor was

"G-guh!"

his knees as he took in the unwanted stimulus for

had gotten so used to the dark that he needed time to acclimate to

felt for them when I used

the Hobs had

It hurt still.

long before the pain