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.'

had limited slots—fifty in total—and there was a limited size of objects he could place in a slot, Rey found the

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

had to invest at least hundreds of Platinum Coins for the sake

harvest all the heaps of Cores that greeted his sight every

I'll just hide my stuff

all the Monster Cores in

the event for

wasn't

reason for coming to the

stronger. I don't feel very comfortable stagnating for too

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

there was another

just 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 approach

at an elevated position, and right under

didn't know how to open it up, but recognized it was of importance, so

his chin as he became a little stuck in a decision

I go in now,

were

it.

for the Hobs. He just had to plunder their reserve of Monster Cores while

his attention now was the

was

'Let's go!'

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accurately describe the natural habitat of

"G-guh!"

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

the dark that he needed time to acclimate to this

this is how it felt for them

had to be a lot worse since the Hobs had practically

It hurt still.

very long before the pain and