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 it would explode at any moment. This sudden sensation overwhelmed

him from the inside out, causing

"UWAAAAAHHHHHH! GUAGHHHHHH!!!"

every ligament of his body straining, and

ever—being destroyed, yet perfectly fine. It

and pervasive, felt perpetual in

Rey didn't even know the cause of

Until—

[SYSTEM WARNING]

Duplicate Has

allocated to said Duplicate will

your remnant connection with the Duplicate, you will experience this death, but

will permanently plummet

Process Will Commence As

"W-wha…?"

lifeless, could barely move as he saw

tired, agonizing mind could

"…EY!"

"… RE…!"

"… REY…!"

scream, it felt like she was distant, too far away

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

than the hard, cold ground, he found a soft cushion

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

to be one of the most painful experiences; and Rey had to experience it all at

the sensation… until

say or do, only one word proceeded out of his trembling lips—almost as if he was having a

"W…hy…?"

his eyes as

to lose its lustre. However, in those final

—FEAR!

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

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

such, it was meant to act

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

fact that the Duplicate was killed meant the culprit had enough power to deplete all

this, and