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 the people of

read this particular book before, but that was so

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

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

of

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

of financial limitations and transactional oversights

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

found this whole thing

a world that

when I get back, I should write a novel about all of this…' As

want to

to cause her

she could dwell on it too much, though, she

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

them was

to practice slavery up

trade was the rising conflict beteeen the Humans

rise of

began to band together, a lot

them was the abolition of the slave

to the book, there were still some who engaged in

highest kinds of criminals in the United Human

operated in secret—deep in the inner recesses of the Black

awful… selling humans as a

matter the world, the stain of slavery

it wasn't legal

was, I'd have some issues with this place.' As Alicia had these thoughts, she noticed someone enter the

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

'R-Rey?!'

of for so

doing

came to the Library in the night. She still didn't know what he did in his spare time, and while she had been meaning to ask him about it, Alicia didn't think it was

Rey said with a smile as he approached

'Hmm. Strange…'

Rey got close to her, she

'He smells nice!'

this time

anything—at least, Alicia didn't want

with

to hang out? I was thinking we should

raised her brow in even

in reading as much as he could,

the current book she was reading once she was