An Extra’s POV

Chapter 422

Back then, Noah had three choices.

Stay and hide.

Run and escape.

Charge and fight.

His instinct had been to hide, and his next thought was to run as fast as he could—as far away as he could.

But… he wasn't listening.

'I-if I can win. Then… I can try, right?'

His entire being despised violence. He wasn't very strong too, and his Skills were mostly useful for evasion and defense.

Yet… why did he want to fight?

'Ahh…' He realized it at that moment. '… Is this your doing, Rey?'

Noah realized how dissatisfied he felt—with himself, and with the scene playing out in front of him.

He had felt this way throughout his journey away from the Capital.

Despite that gnawing feeling, he constantly told himself that he made the right choice leaving his only friend behind so he could run away from responsibility.

However, when he stood there, hidden from everything in the world, Noah was finally able to confront himself.

'I don't like this… this version of me.'

The time he had the most fun, and felt most fulfilled, was when he was pretending to be some kind of powerful subordinate of Ralyks.

He liked the way people looked at him. Their respect, admiration, their fear… it made him feel warm inside.

It wasn't even like he sought their validation.

He wanted his own.

Noah shrugged smiled, narrating the

at the first Monster and gave

all the Skills in his arsenal to fight, and

"Faster."

He hastened his movements.

"Stronger."

his muscles and increased his

"Smarter."

up with perfect counters at the

"Better!"

the process—over and over again—until he ended up

day. I was able to become a little like the man I pretended to be." Noah laughed as he

perception of them was a little too generous. If I could defeat Monsters that Adventurers couldn't, then

Adventurers back, and after the joint testimony of the people

had become an Adventurer, registered as

joined one of the most influential Parties, managed to defeat the leader,

found himself trying out new things, exploring everything he previously ran

changing in hopes that one day… I will become like that ideal image I pretended

boy of your

laughed out loud once he heard that comparison. Jet's words weren't

want to be a better human being. Someone stronger, smarter, better than

to be like his

the long story, but that's pretty much

*********

'The hell…?'

matured as a person. 'So

a way, he

in a sense. Perhaps he didn't want to get left behind, or

it himself, but he felt

is pretty normal.

However, no one wished for their friends to do better

human nature, and Rey was the embodiment

you were able to change. That was a

something about his tone rang

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