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

a Spatial Ring. I'll put as many Spatial Rings in

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

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

just hide my

all the Monster Cores in his room, but he was

to the event for

attention wasn't on the

primary reason for coming to the Dungeon today didn't

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

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

was

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

and used [Flight] to swiftly approach

position, and right under

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

became a little stuck in

I go

and while they were on and about in their activities, they were also looking

settles it.

for the Hobs. He just had

for his attention now was the next

was ready to

'Let's go!'

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darkness was what would accurately describe the natural habitat

"G-guh!"

instantly shrouded his eyes and fell to his knees as he took in the unwanted stimulus

eyes had gotten so used to the dark that

is how it felt for them when I

be a lot worse since the Hobs had

It hurt still.

very long before the