An Extra’s POV

Once Rey left the Eighth Floor and returned to the Hobgoblin Clearing, he was once again welcomed by their subservient bows.

Rey was already so used to this that he merely waved his hand and they respectfully dispersed to fulfill their respective roles.

He called for competent-looking Hobgoblins—twelve in number—and decided that they would be the team responsible for his Monster Core Harvesting.

Spending the rest of his limited time bringing them down to the Eighth Floor and explaining how they were to trail straight down and harvest all the Monster Cores that were left there, Rey could see that the Hobs understood him.

'Is it just me, or have they grown more intelligent?'

He shrugged it off as nothing, deciding to remain as skeptical as possible.

'I'll come back tomorrow to see how they fare. Hopefully they get this on their first try.'

That would remove a lot of hassle from his future endeavors.

'I would have told them to burn the corpses, but I don't want them to start a fire down there…'

It was better to give them one instruction at a time.

To ensure the Hobs could make it down and back up, Rey provided them with a rope long enough for such.

They would use the rope to descend and ascend—a task pretty simple for Hobs.

He knew it would be harder to climb back up due to the load of Monster Cores on their backs, but Rey didn't think it would be an issue.

"I should get going now…" Rey caressed BMM's Monster Core as he shoved it into his [Subspace], right beside his rack of Platinum Coins.

There were some items he just had to fit into his [Subspace], and not just leave them in the Hobgoblin Hideout.

'About forty-five sacs of Monster Core should remain with me in [Sunspace]…'

And then his Spatial Ring was also locked in there along with more stashes of Monster Core, his Platinum Coins, and finally… BMM's Monster Core.

'That leaves only three free spaces in [Subspace]'s Slots, but that's no big deal.

He already had the Royal Dungeon's staple mask and goggles on, so Rey proceeded to make his exit.

a lot stronger

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the Royal Estate and

it seemed there were a lot more than usual taking

probably

of other Skills to blend in with his environment

course,

shower. I hope

a bad feeling clogging his heart, and despite his best efforts to calm

He huffed, remembering how BMM made him feel

think I'll be fighting stronger Monsters than that

about it. It was a mix

also recognized that tons of preparations

his mind while his heart raced

his way to the Otherworlders' Living Quarters, which struck him

usually no guards

watch over

also the fact that they can't afford to waste

like this was perhaps the most

are there guards here now? Did I miss

his

Fortunately, it wasn't guarded.

As Rey opened the door, he had a

couldn't quite place

that only alerted him

feeling felt intuitive—almost

that, Rey

up and go to the

the knob

eyes saw, however, stopped him dead in his

'W-what's going on…?'

of his classmates were in the Living

Yes… ALL OF THEM!

were also there—about ten of them, all of them looking