An Extra’s POV

"I was watching you… Rey."

Alicia's breaths were heavy, her chest rising up and down every second as she looked at the boy she was talking to.

He was also equally tired—no, perhaps even more so.

"You just kept hacking and hacking. You didn't even show a hint of fear at all."

Of course, this was a quality she admired in Rey—the assertive nature he had underneath the seemingly plain appearance and personality he usually showed.

It was thanks to watching him constantly attack, despite the exhaustion he must have been feeling, that she was able to keep going despite feeling extremely drained.

She couldn't let up—not after seeing what Rey was doing.

And so, despite feeling lightheaded, tired, or downright sick, she kept her attacks. As a result, they were eventually able to defeat the Monster.

"T-thank you, Alicia. I just… had to do it!"

"Weren't you scared at all? I mean… you were so close to the thing."

"I… I wasn't scared." Rey said as he smiled at her.

"I knew we would win."

Alicia's face instantly morphed into that of surprise. She didn't think anyone could say such words given the situation.

All their options seemed to have vanished, and even their guardians were eviscerated. If it hadn't been for certain conditions, and the aid of Adonis' leadership, they would have all perished.

"You do realize that we could have easily been killed if we made the slightest mistake, right?"

"But we didn't." Rey responded, his smile growing even broader.

"I believe Sir Ralyks must have been very confident in our capabilities… enough to believe we could take down that thing."

Alicia's eyes widened even more upon hearing that name.

"So he… he actually…!"

Thanks to the intensity of the situation, she never really had the time or opportunity to process the bigger picture of things. But now… she was beginning to unravel everything.

"Are you saying he knew such a Monster was waiting for us here?" She blurted out, her voice so loud that it attracted the attention of everyone in the room.

this, everyone began to stare at each other in

Sir Ralyks

sent us down here despite knowing

nearly died,

be said about the matter, Rey spoke up with the loudest possible

I'm sure he trusted in our abilities and knew we would

quickly gave a

course, you'd support him. You got all the benefits of the

she stared at the one

It was Justin Baker.

shrank back in hesitation. However, that didn't

every

Let's just be

enough, Justin. We all know it was by chance, and I'm sure you wouldn't have complained if you were the one who got

Adonis speaking up,

the Monster was here. He's very thorough, and he said he had already looked into the Floors we would be challenging before leaving them up to us." Adonis

room as everyone decided to hear him out, despite their

us that we would be able to handle everything we would encounter down here. He must have also been referring to the Monster we faced

were still doubtful expressions on the faces of the Otherworlders, but a few of

I guess you're right." Clark murmured. "Even with all the powers it displayed, we still

And it was thanks to combining our powers." Eric

lost. But… we didn't make those mistakes." Trisha

of them could deny

Ralyks already knew we

it was difficult and incredibly dangerous. They actually thought they were

was exactly what they

of danger that prompted them to

as their powerful combinations and utilization of their most effective

real Raid is all about. I believe Sir Ralyks

went

everyone who spoke, though, there was one person who

was upset or experiencing some kind of discomfort,

out, they

*********

'Mission successful!'

as he took in the ambiance of the entire plane that surrounded

worked

a slight glance at Belle's sleeping state, heaving a sigh of relief upon

leaking out so much bloodlust when Justin and the others were badmouthing Ralyks. What has Ater done to