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.

moment she asked this, everyone began to stare at each

Sir

down here despite knowing all that? That's so messed

died,

about the matter, Rey spoke up with the loudest possible voice he

I'm sure he trusted in

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

support him. You got all the

Alicia's voice instantly rose as she stared at the one who said the

It was Justin Baker.

moment Alicia gave him her disapproving look, he shrank back in hesitation. However, that didn't mean he

every other Otherworlder in the room, probably hoping to find an

be honest with

enough, Justin. We all know it was by chance, and I'm sure you wouldn't

up, Justin began to

known 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

everyone decided to hear him out, despite

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

expressions on the faces of the Otherworlders, but

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

And it was thanks to combining our

made a single mistake, we would have lost. But… we didn't make those mistakes." Trisha also

speaking for a while, none of them

knew we could

difficult and incredibly dangerous. They actually thought they were going to

exactly

was that sense of danger that prompted them to

response to the situation, as well as their powerful combinations and utilization of their

Raid is all about. I believe Sir Ralyks

went

everyone who spoke, though, there was

they thought she was upset or experiencing some

after checking her out, they found out she was

*********

'Mission successful!'

smiled internally as he took in the

everything worked according

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

was leaking out so much bloodlust when Justin and the others were badmouthing Ralyks. What