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

consumed him from the inside out, causing his whole body to shake

"UWAAAAAHHHHHH! GUAGHHHHHH!!!"

he could feel every ligament of his body

gruesome death ever—being destroyed, yet perfectly fine. It truly felt

sensation, raw and pervasive,

know the

Until—

[SYSTEM WARNING]

Duplicate Has

and Levels allocated to said Duplicate will be deducted

with the Duplicate, you will experience this death,

permanently plummet

Commence As Soon

"W-wha…?"

could barely move as

tired, agonizing mind could

"…EY!"

"… RE…!"

"… REY…!"

like she was distant, too far

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

rather than the

and caught him, despite her own confusion on the matter. He could hardly see her worried face beyond

one of the most painful

forgotten the sensation…

wanted to say or do, only one word

"W…hy…?"

from his eyes as

began to lose its lustre. However, in those final moments of partial consciousness, a new emotion

—FEAR!

Duplicate was killed, then that meant there was something dangerous in the

limited his Rey standin, and the strict order it followed was not to

such, it was meant to act considerably weaker

mean it was less durable and powerful. The only thing it was really

was killed meant the culprit had enough power

were only two likely culprits behind this, and Rey was equally frightened for