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.

almost done with the current book in her hands—a literature text regarding

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

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

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

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

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

transactional oversights were also mentioned in the

for Alicia to grasp in the

a way, she found

she learning so much about a world that she intended on

should write a novel about all of this…' As she chuckled,

doesn't want to go

was enough to cause

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

regulations recently placed on previously accepted practices, there

them

that the Kingdoms used to practice slavery up till

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

The rise of the

Kingdoms began

of them was the abolition of the

were still some who engaged in the slave trade—both buying

highest kinds of criminals in

operated in secret—deep in the inner recesses of the

just awful… selling humans as a

matter the world, the stain of slavery remained

it wasn't legal

I'd have some issues with this place.' As

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

'R-Rey?!'

boy she had been thinking of for so long now entered the Library and

he doing here

time, and while she had been meaning

Rey said with a

'Hmm. Strange…'

her, she usually had one single

'He smells nice!'

time

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

responded with a smile

hang out? I was thinking we should

her brow

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

introducing him to the current book she was reading once