An Extra’s POV

Rey was pissed.

No, that felt like an understatement compared to what he was feeling at the moment.

His friends and allies were all gone, and he couldn't do anything to save them. All his classmates were also caught up in it.

'Alicia too… DAMNIT!'

The rage swelling from within him felt like it could explode him from within.

He hated how he was feeling. He knew he was being extremely insensitive to Esme, who was most definitely still confused about the whole thing.

But… he couldn't stop mulling over everything.

'What was that, though? A Dungeon Trap?' Rey wondered to himself.

If that was the case, then it made a lot of sense. This would be the first time something of this scale had happened—since such traps usually only transported one person or a small group—but that didn't discount the possibility of a much bigger trap.

This was a Grand Calamity Class Dungeon, so something of this scale had to be expected.

Yet… Rey wasn't satisfied with that explanation.

If it was a trap, then that meant there was no rhyme and reason to its effects. The Dungeon just reacted to their presence and used one of its defense mechanisms.

Plain and simple. But…

'It can't be that simple!' Rey found something gnawing at his heart.

He was tempted to leave things as they were, instead focusing on saving everyone, but he couldn't ignore an explanation that was rising from within his depths.

'Adrien! Maybe he… no, not maybe. He has to be the one behind this!'

Everything that had happened thus far couldn't have just been coincidences. Rey had tried his best to consider how they could all be natural, but this was the last straw.

Perhaps he was seeking out patterns where there were none.

some 'living' entity

that he was

BUT—

Teleportation… I think Adrien

this, one way or the other, so something of this

you mean

hearing Esme's question, he was too immersed in his thoughts to offer a

why? What could he gain from doing this?' Rey

games? How will this benefit

this was never about

what was going to be

die in

Floors here. Just rooms that

anyone I care about, gets trapped in a Zone that is a lot more dangerous than they can handle…

loudly as his eyes turned bloodshot. With his fists

Everything shook tremendously.

"… I'll KILL him!"

reach Esme, whose face seemed to be pale with hints of fear

it was being

'H-huh…? What?'

snapped out of his dark thoughts and stopped the intense bloodlust that was being released from him

loudly, almost as if she had been deprived of air for so long. She collapsed to the ground and fell on her knees, gasping

this, and his

sorry, Esme!" He swiftly apologized, rushing close to

he could reach her, she raised a hand

Don't worry…" She slowly raised her head, and streams of tears were falling from

to break Rey's

"I'm so… so sorry."

are. But…" She placed her two hands on his shoulder, gasping for

you ever do that

dangerous, almost like

mad at him before, but it seemed like

"Do you understand?"

causing her to sigh very