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.

she asked this, everyone began to

Sir Ralyks

intentionally sent us down here despite knowing all that? That's

nearly died, you

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

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

people shot Rey mixed reactions, but someone in particular quickly gave a response as soon as

you'd support him. You got all the benefits

she stared at the one who said

It was Justin Baker.

look, he shrank back in hesitation. However, that didn't mean

not wrong. I'm sure we're all thinking the same!" He looked at every other Otherworlder in the room, probably

just be honest

and I'm sure you wouldn't have complained if you were the one

speaking up, Justin

would have known the Monster was here. He's very thorough, and he said he had already looked into the Floors we would be

out, despite their initial aversion

us that we would be able to handle everything we would encounter

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

"Even with all the powers it displayed, we still managed to come

And it was thanks to combining our powers."

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

for a while, none of

knew

They actually thought they were going to die.

exactly what they

to

situation, as well as their powerful combinations and utilization of their most effective abilities, they managed

all about. I believe Sir Ralyks was trying

agreements went

who spoke, though, there was one

she was upset or experiencing some kind of discomfort, due to her

they

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'Mission successful!'

internally as he took in the ambiance of

everything worked according

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

the others