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

particular book before, but that was so long ago—back when she

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

far, she had encountered a bunch of mundane things—like the outlawing

was done to ensure proper sanitation of the streets and to

this rule only applied to high-brow areas like the Capital. Places

and transactional oversights were also mentioned

to grasp in the past,

found this

about a world that she intended on

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

want to go

to cause her bright

could dwell on it too much, though, she quickly brought her attention

inconsequential regulations recently placed on previously accepted practices, there

them

that the Kingdoms used to practice slavery

conflict beteeen the Humans and other Races, as well as

The rise of the

Kingdoms began to band together, a lot of

of them was the abolition of the

the book, there were still some who engaged in

the highest kinds of criminals

operated in secret—deep in the inner recesses

selling humans as

seemed no matter the world, the stain of slavery remained in their

wasn't legal

As Alicia had these thoughts, she noticed someone enter

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

'R-Rey?!'

of for so long now entered the Library

he doing here

what he did in his spare time, and while she had been meaning

a smile as

'Hmm. Strange…'

to her, she usually

'He smells nice!'

time

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

responded with a smile

I was thinking we should go to the Town

her brow in even

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

had even been thinking of introducing him to the current book she was reading once she was