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.

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

before, but that was so long

she wanted to revisit the literature and see if she could

a bunch of mundane things—like the outlawing of

sanitation of

Capital. Places such as the Adventurer City were exempt from this

transactional oversights were

Alicia to grasp in the

found this

she learning so much about a world that she intended

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

want to

cause her bright smile

dwell on it too much, though, she quickly

inconsequential regulations recently placed on previously accepted practices, there were

of them

Kingdoms used to

the Humans and

rise

and the Human Kingdoms began to band

of them was the abolition of

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

the highest kinds of

operated in secret—deep in the

selling humans

the world, the stain

it wasn't

this place.' As Alicia

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

'R-Rey?!'

been thinking of for so long now entered the Library and instantly spotted

he doing here so

She still didn't know what he did in his spare time, and while she had been meaning to ask him about

with a

'Hmm. Strange…'

to her, she usually had

'He smells nice!'

this time

least, Alicia didn't want to think he did—but he

with

to hang out? I was thinking we should go to the Town

raised her brow

often very interested in reading as much as he

of introducing him to the current book she was reading