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.'

of objects he could place in a slot, Rey found the

put as many Cores inside a Spatial Ring. I'll put as many Spatial Rings

at least hundreds of Platinum Coins for the sake of

heaps of Cores that greeted his

now, I'll just hide

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

on to the event

attention wasn't on

primary reason for coming to the Dungeon

lot stronger. I don't feel very comfortable stagnating

would give him very little EXP, thus defeating the point of helping them in the first

there was

with delight as he spotted the entrance precisely where the Hobgoblin Chief used to

Hobs and used [Flight] to

position, and right under it

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

a little stuck in a

go in now,

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

it.

Hobs. He just had to plunder their reserve of Monster Cores while waiting for his investment to bear

called for his attention now

was ready

'Let's go!'

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habitat of the

"G-guh!"

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

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

guess this is how it felt for them when I

had to be a lot worse since the Hobs had

It hurt still.

before the pain and temporary blindness