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.

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

that was

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

a bunch of mundane things—like the outlawing of eating certain

ensure proper sanitation of the streets and to

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

limitations and transactional oversights

grasp in the past, but she understood a lot more

she found

about a world

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

doesn't want to

cause

much, though, she quickly brought her attention

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

them

to believe that the Kingdoms used to practice slavery up till even a decade

the rising conflict beteeen the Humans and other Races, as well as the most

The rise

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

was the abolition of the

were still some who engaged in the slave trade—both

they were considered among the highest kinds of criminals

secret—deep in the inner recesses

just awful… selling

the stain

it wasn't legal

As

from a mile away, and seeing him made her smile return

'R-Rey?!'

been thinking of for so long

he doing here so

time, and while she had been meaning

Rey said with a

'Hmm. Strange…'

to her, she

'He smells nice!'

this time was

didn't want to think he did—but he

responded with a smile

was thinking we should

raised her brow in even

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

him to the current book she was reading