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.'

total—and there was a limited size of objects he could place in a slot, Rey found the perfect way to

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

at least hundreds of Platinum

heaps of Cores that greeted his sight every day, it was

now, I'll just

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

on to the event for

wasn't on the

about them, the primary reason for coming to the

need to get a lot stronger. I don't feel very comfortable

would give him

was another

Rey's eyes beamed with delight as he spotted the entrance precisely where the

the kneeling Hobs and used [Flight] to swiftly

elevated position, and right under it was the entrance

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

rubbed his chin as he became a little stuck in a decision

I go in

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

settles it. I'm

pretty much nothing more he could do for the Hobs. He just had

attention now was

he was

'Let's go!'

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the natural habitat of the Hobgoblins, the Eight

"G-guh!"

and fell to his knees as he took in the unwanted stimulus for the first

had gotten so used to the dark that he needed

it felt for them when I used

the Hobs had practically lived

It hurt still.

very long before the