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.

his brain felt like it

the inside out, causing his whole body to

"UWAAAAAHHHHHH! GUAGHHHHHH!!!"

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

perfectly fine. It truly felt like he was dying.

sensation, raw and pervasive,

know the

Until—

[SYSTEM WARNING]

Has

Levels allocated to said Duplicate will be deducted

connection with the Duplicate, you will

permanently plummet by 50

Commence As

"W-wha…?"

pale and lifeless, could barely move as he saw

mind could

"…EY!"

"… RE…!"

"… REY…!"

heard Esme's scream, it felt like she

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

rather than the hard, cold ground,

matter. He could hardly see her worried face beyond the blurry lens that impeded his sight, despite being completely

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

the

word proceeded out of his trembling lips—almost as

"W…hy…?"

eyes as they began to

began to lose its lustre. However, in those final moments

—FEAR!

was something dangerous in the Capital, and that 'dangerous' thing was capable

Rey standin, and the strict order it followed was not to display any power

act considerably weaker than it

only thing

was killed meant the culprit had enough

culprits behind this,