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.

in her hands—a literature text regarding the common practices of the people of H'Trae which had now been

read this particular book before, but that was so long

and see if she could have a new, more informed, grasp on

encountered a bunch of mundane things—like

of the streets and to

the Capital. Places such

and transactional oversights were also mentioned

concepts might have been too complicated for Alicia to grasp in the past, but she

she found this whole

so much about a world that she

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

to go back…

enough to cause her bright smile

too much, though,

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

them

used to practice slavery up till

was the rising conflict beteeen the Humans

The rise of the

began to band together, a lot of reforms

was the

were still some who engaged in

they were considered among the highest kinds of criminals in the

in the inner recesses of the

just awful… selling

the stain of slavery

wasn't

place.' As Alicia had these thoughts, she

mile away, and seeing him made her

'R-Rey?!'

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

doing

did in his spare time, and while she

with a

'Hmm. Strange…'

got close to her, she

'He smells nice!'

this time was

anything—at least, Alicia didn't want to think he did—but he just didn't have

with a smile

thinking we should go to

brow in

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

thinking of introducing him to the current book