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.

and his brain felt like it would explode at any moment. This sudden

out, causing his whole body

"UWAAAAAHHHHHH! GUAGHHHHHH!!!"

split in two, he could feel every ligament

yet perfectly fine. It truly felt like

and pervasive, felt perpetual in its

know

Until—

[SYSTEM WARNING]

Duplicate Has Been

Levels allocated to said Duplicate will be deducted

remnant connection with the Duplicate, you

permanently

Will Commence As Soon As

"W-wha…?"

move as he

could hardly process

"…EY!"

"… RE…!"

"… REY…!"

felt like she was

senses plunged into an abyss, and he found himself

body fell to the ground after his screech, but rather than the hard,

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

the most painful experiences; and Rey had

had forgotten the sensation…

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

"W…hy…?"

from his eyes as

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!

dangerous in the Capital, and that 'dangerous' thing was capable of killing a

to display any power that exceeded the current level that Rey had

such, it was meant to act considerably

mean it was less durable and powerful. The only thing it was really restricted to was its use of Skills

was killed meant the culprit

culprits behind this, and