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 would explode at any moment.

him from the inside out, causing his

"UWAAAAAHHHHHH! GUAGHHHHHH!!!"

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

It truly felt like he

pervasive, felt perpetual in its

didn't even know the

Until—

[SYSTEM WARNING]

Duplicate Has Been

to said Duplicate

Duplicate, you

permanently

Commence As

"W-wha…?"

face, pale and lifeless, could barely move as he saw what the System displayed

could hardly process the

"…EY!"

"… RE…!"

"… REY…!"

he heard Esme's scream, it felt like

senses plunged into an abyss, and he found himself sinking as well—though only

screech, but rather than the

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

of you perish had to be one of the most

had forgotten the

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

"W…hy…?"

fell from his eyes as they began

pain began to lose its

—FEAR!

that meant there was something dangerous in the Capital, and that

it followed was not to

was meant to act considerably weaker than it actually

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

killed meant the culprit had enough power to deplete

likely culprits behind this, and Rey was