An Extra’s POV

"G-Glitch Skill?"

Rey's brows furled up as he stared at Esme, obviously confused by what she was asking. "What's that? A Skill that causes Glitches?"

Perhaps she meant that the Skill's name was Glitch. The answer to that was no, obviously.

"No! Like, the Skill itself is glitching. Something like showing random letters, numbers or symbols." She responded. "Did it have something like that?"

"H-huh…?" Rey didn't know what Esme was talking about.

This was the first time he was hearing of Skills like that.

Did such Skills even exist on H'Trae?

"So you didn't see it, huh? That's odd… you even look confused about what I'm saying."

Esme's response only plunged Rey into more confusion.

"Hold up. What are you sayi—?"

"I mean, I thought you would at least know of it, even if you didn't know of its existence… right?" She mumbled, mostly to herself, now pacing around the room.

"I'm not following…"

"I've only ever seen the glitch once too. And I used it as an explanation for you doing all those things you did, having such unbelievable powers despite not having too many Skills on your Status Window."

At this point, Rey grew impatient and grabbed Esme by both hands, stopping her pacing.

"What exactly are you saying here?" He stared into her eyes, pausing to look at the confused expression on her face.

"You have a glitch Skill, Rey. So I thought that if the Skeletal Dragon had one too, it would explain why it was able to resist your power."

"Eh? Really?"

This was news to Rey. He had checked his Status Window more times than he could remember, but he saw no signs of a glitch Skill.

"Yes! It's—!"

"GAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

Rey suddenly screamed, his body trembling violently as he took several steps away from Esme.

like he was on fire, and his brain felt like it

consumed him from the inside out, causing

"UWAAAAAHHHHHH! GUAGHHHHHH!!!"

was being split in two, he could feel every ligament of his body straining, and every portion

death ever—being destroyed, yet perfectly fine. It truly felt like he was dying. But no… this was

overwhelming sensation, raw and pervasive, felt

even know the

Until—

[SYSTEM WARNING]

Duplicate Has

and Levels allocated to said Duplicate will be

Duplicate, you will experience

will permanently plummet

Will Commence

"W-wha…?"

move as

agonizing mind could hardly process the

"…EY!"

"… RE…!"

"… REY…!"

like she was distant,

senses plunged into an abyss, and he found himself sinking as

his screech, but rather than the hard, cold ground, he found a soft cushion

caught him, despite her own confusion on the matter. He could hardly see her worried face

had to be one of the most painful experiences; and Rey

had forgotten the sensation… until

despite the several things he wanted to say or do, only one word proceeded out of

"W…hy…?"

eyes as they

sank into the dark realm of the unconscious, the pain began to lose its lustre. However, in those final moments of partial consciousness, a new emotion gripped

—FEAR!

his Duplicate was killed, then that meant there was something dangerous in the Capital,

limited his Rey standin, and the strict order it followed was not to display any power that exceeded the

such, it was meant to act considerably weaker than it actually

The only thing it was really restricted to was its use of

meant the culprit had enough power to deplete

were only two likely culprits behind this, and Rey