An Extra’s POV

"Huu…"

Once Rey was done collecting all the Monster Cores, he heaved a heavy sigh.

As misty breaths escaped his lips and nostrils, he could clearly see the gateway to the next Floor.

The doorway existed at the furthest end of the ring—almost as if it was being guarded by the Boss Rey had just defeated.

That was his next destination.

"I Leveled Up three times just now…" Rey mumbled, realizing just how much EXP he must have received from the Boss and his minions.

With every Level Up, it got increasingly difficult to do so again.

Considering the fact that Rey had Leveled Up a total of five times before reaching the Boss Room by killing hundreds upon hundreds of BigFoot Monsters, it was surprising that he was able to Level Up three times just from a hundred others and a Boss.

'The BigFoot Monsters here were holding weapons, so they're probably stronger than the ones I faced outside…' Was Rey's line of reasoning.

The Boss had to also be quite strong.

With those thoughts in mind, Rey was happy he didn't dawdle at all.

'I still have about two hours left. I can still challenge the next Floor, right?'

Rey knew he was pushing it, but he liked his current streak.

He didn't want to ruin the momentum.

'If I can reach Level 30—no, Level 35—today… I'll be satisfied!'

He stared at the black gate that led to the next Floor. It wasn't covered in frost or anything, which surprised Rey.

That had to mean that the gate had special properties, or… the Floor that it led to was extremely hot.

Rey braced himself more for the second possibility.

"I'll have to speedrun this one…" He whispered, more white clouds of cold air escaping his lungs.

Time wasn't on his side.

*******

Alicia silently read her book in the library, flipping through the pages with a small smile on her face.

She wasn't smiling due to what she was reading, but because of something else.

… Someone else.

'In a few more hours, Rey will come here.' She didn't want to explicitly admit to herself why she was happy about this prospect.

But she was.

current book in her hands—a literature text regarding the common practices of the people of H'Trae which

had read this particular book before, but that was so long ago—back

wanted to revisit the literature and see if she could have a new, more informed, grasp on what she had read

of mundane things—like the outlawing of eating certain foods out

of the streets

applied to high-brow areas like the Capital. Places such as the Adventurer City were exempt

of financial limitations and transactional oversights were

too complicated for Alicia to grasp in the past, but she understood a lot

she found

was she learning so much about a world that she intended on leaving

back, I should write a novel about all of

doesn't want to go back…

to cause her bright smile

it too much, though, she quickly brought her attention back to the

lot of mundane, inconsequential regulations recently placed on previously accepted practices, there were still a few

them

the Kingdoms used to practice slavery

stopping the slave trade was the rising conflict beteeen the Humans

rise of

the Dragons invaded, and the Human Kingdoms began to band together, a lot of reforms were

them was the abolition of the slave

who engaged in

they were considered among the highest kinds of criminals in the

in the inner

just awful… selling humans

seemed no matter the world, the stain of

it wasn't

As Alicia had these thoughts,

spot from a mile away, and

'R-Rey?!'

so long now entered the

he doing

did in his spare time, and while

a

'Hmm. Strange…'

to her, she usually

'He smells nice!'

this time

didn't want to think he did—but he just didn't have the same

responded with a smile

hang out? I was thinking we

brow in even

out with her in the library. He was often very interested in reading as

thinking of introducing him to the current book she was reading once she was