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.

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

consumed him from the inside out,

"UWAAAAAHHHHHH! GUAGHHHHHH!!!"

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

It truly felt like he was dying.

and pervasive,

didn't even know

Until—

[SYSTEM WARNING]

Has Been

and Levels allocated to said Duplicate will be deducted and permanently

you

permanently plummet by 50

Will Commence As Soon As

"W-wha…?"

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

could hardly process

"…EY!"

"… RE…!"

"… REY…!"

heard Esme's scream, it felt like she was

and he found himself sinking as well—though

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

the matter. He could hardly see her worried face beyond the blurry lens that impeded

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

forgotten the

several things he wanted to say or do, only one word proceeded out of his trembling lips—almost as if

"W…hy…?"

from his eyes as they began to

lose its lustre. However, in those final

—FEAR!

then that meant there was something dangerous in the Capital,

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

such, it was meant to act considerably weaker

didn't mean it was less durable and powerful. The only thing it was really restricted to was its use of Skills and

the Duplicate was killed meant the culprit had enough power to deplete

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