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

but that was so long ago—back when

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

of mundane things—like the outlawing

done to ensure proper sanitation of

only applied to high-brow areas like the Capital. Places such as the Adventurer

of financial limitations and transactional oversights

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

found this whole thing

about a world that she intended on leaving

all of this…' As she chuckled, a dark thought suddenly appeared

to

to cause her bright smile

too much, though, she quickly brought her attention

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

of them

used to practice slavery up till

trade was the rising conflict beteeen the Humans and other

rise

Human Kingdoms began to band together, a

them was the abolition of the

who engaged in the

the highest kinds of criminals in the United Human

the inner recesses of the Black

awful… selling humans

world, the stain of slavery

it wasn't

with this place.' As

a familiar presence she could spot from a mile away, and seeing him

'R-Rey?!'

of for so long now entered the

he doing here

Library in the night. She still didn't know what he did in his spare time, and while she had

with a smile

'Hmm. Strange…'

Rey got close to her, she usually

'He smells nice!'

this time

anything—at least, Alicia didn't want to think he did—but he just didn't have

with a smile

out? I was thinking we should

raised her brow in

with her in the library. He was often very interested in reading as much as he could, and he even sought her consultation

of introducing him to the current book she was reading