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

that was so

to revisit the literature and see

things—like the outlawing of eating

was done to ensure proper sanitation of

the Capital. Places such as the

of financial limitations and transactional oversights were also

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

a way, she found this whole thing

much about a world

I should write a novel about all of this…' As she chuckled, a dark thought suddenly appeared

doesn't want to

cause her

it too much, though, she quickly brought her attention

inconsequential regulations recently placed on previously accepted practices, there were still a

of them was

to believe that the Kingdoms used to practice slavery up

was the rising conflict beteeen the Humans

rise of the

Dragons invaded, and the Human Kingdoms began to band

them was the abolition of

book, there were still some who engaged

among the highest kinds of criminals in

operated in secret—deep in the inner recesses of the

is just awful… selling humans

world, the stain

wasn't legal

issues with this place.' As

spot from a mile away, and seeing him made her smile return

'R-Rey?!'

so

doing here

came to the Library in the night. She still didn't know what he did in his spare time, and while she had been meaning to ask him about it, Alicia didn't think it was the right

a smile as he approached

'Hmm. Strange…'

her, she usually had

'He smells nice!'

this time

want to think he did—but he just

with

was thinking we should

raised her brow

very interested in

him to the current book she was reading once she