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.

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

out, causing his whole body to shake

"UWAAAAAHHHHHH! GUAGHHHHHH!!!"

feel every ligament of his body straining, and every

like the most gruesome death ever—being destroyed, yet perfectly fine. It truly felt like he was dying.

pervasive, felt perpetual in

Rey didn't even know the cause of his

Until—

[SYSTEM WARNING]

Has Been

and Levels allocated to said Duplicate will be deducted

to your remnant connection with the Duplicate, you will

functions will permanently plummet

Will Commence As Soon As

"W-wha…?"

as he saw what the System displayed before

could hardly process the

"…EY!"

"… RE…!"

"… REY…!"

heard Esme's scream, it felt like she was distant, too far away

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

screech, but rather than the hard,

swiftly darted from her position and caught him, despite her own confusion on the matter. He could hardly see

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

forgotten the sensation… until

one word proceeded out

"W…hy…?"

fell from his eyes as they began

the dark realm of the unconscious, the pain began to lose its lustre. However,

—FEAR!

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

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

to act considerably weaker than it actually

durable and powerful. The only thing it

killed meant the culprit had

likely culprits behind this, and Rey was equally frightened for both