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.

book in her hands—a literature text regarding the common practices of the people

had read this particular book before, but that was so long ago—back when she just started

and see if she could have a new, more

encountered a bunch of mundane things—like

sanitation of the streets and to prevent dirtying

high-brow areas like the Capital. Places such as the

transactional oversights were also mentioned in

been too complicated for Alicia to grasp in the

a way, she found this whole thing

she learning so much about a world that

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

to go back…

thought was enough to cause her

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

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

of them

used to practice slavery up till even a decade

slave trade was the rising conflict beteeen the Humans and other

rise of

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

the abolition

who

they were considered among the highest kinds of criminals in the

usually operated in secret—deep in the

awful… selling

world, the stain of slavery

wasn't

with this place.' As

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

'R-Rey?!'

been thinking of for so long now entered the Library and instantly spotted

he doing

his spare time, and while she had

said with a smile as he approached

'Hmm. Strange…'

Rey got close to her, she

'He smells nice!'

this time

Alicia didn't want

responded with a

was thinking we should go to the

raised her brow in even

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

thinking of introducing him to the current book she