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.

her hands—a literature text regarding the common practices of the people of H'Trae which had now

particular book before, but that was so

since then, and so she wanted to revisit the literature and see if she could have a new, more

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

sanitation of the streets and to prevent

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

limitations and transactional oversights were also

been too complicated for Alicia to grasp in

way, she found this whole

learning so much about a world that she intended

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

want to go

to cause

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

on previously accepted practices, there were still a few that were big

them

the Kingdoms used to practice slavery

rising conflict beteeen the Humans and other Races, as well

The rise

Human Kingdoms began

the abolition of

still some who

were considered among the highest kinds of criminals in the

the inner recesses of the Black

awful… selling humans as

world, the stain of

wasn't legal

some issues with this place.' As Alicia had these thoughts, she noticed someone

she could spot from a mile away,

'R-Rey?!'

boy she had been thinking of for so long

doing here

his spare time, and while she

Rey said with a smile

'Hmm. Strange…'

Rey got close to her, she usually had one single

'He smells nice!'

this time was

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

She responded with

out? I was thinking we

her brow in even

was often very interested in reading as

been thinking of introducing him to the