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.

literature text regarding the common practices of the people of H'Trae

had read this particular book before, but that was

lot had happened since then, and so she wanted to revisit the literature and see if she could have a new, more informed, grasp

she had encountered a bunch of mundane things—like

done to ensure proper sanitation of the streets and to prevent dirtying

like the Capital. Places

financial limitations and transactional oversights were also mentioned in

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

found this

much about a world that she intended on

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

to go

cause her bright smile

could dwell on it too much, though, she quickly

lot of mundane, inconsequential regulations recently placed on previously

of them was

used to practice

for stopping the slave trade was the rising conflict beteeen the Humans and other Races, as

rise of

the Dragons invaded, and the Human Kingdoms began to band

them was the abolition of the slave

still some who engaged in the slave

they were considered among the highest kinds of criminals in the United Human

secret—deep in the inner recesses of the

selling humans as

the stain of

wasn't legal

place.' As Alicia had these thoughts, she noticed someone enter

a mile away, and seeing him

'R-Rey?!'

thinking of for so long now entered

he doing here

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

a smile as he

'Hmm. Strange…'

got close to her, she usually had one single

'He smells nice!'

time

smelled or anything—at least, Alicia didn't want to

She responded with a smile

to hang out? I was thinking we should go to

raised her brow in even more

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

to the current book she was