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.

and his brain felt like

inside out, causing his whole

"UWAAAAAHHHHHH! GUAGHHHHHH!!!"

his body was being split in two, he could feel every

fine. It truly felt like

overwhelming sensation, raw and pervasive, felt

know the cause of

Until—

[SYSTEM WARNING]

Has Been

and Levels allocated to said Duplicate will be deducted and permanently

your remnant connection with the Duplicate, you will

permanently plummet by

Commence As Soon As

"W-wha…?"

move as he saw what the System

mind could hardly process the

"…EY!"

"… RE…!"

"… REY…!"

scream, it felt like she was distant, too

an abyss, and he

after his screech, but rather than the hard, cold ground, he found a soft

own confusion on the matter. He could hardly see her worried face beyond the

had to be one of the most painful experiences;

had forgotten the sensation…

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

"W…hy…?"

from his eyes as they

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

—FEAR!

that meant there was something dangerous in the Capital, and that 'dangerous' thing was capable of

order it followed was not to display any power that exceeded the current level that

it was meant to act considerably weaker

The only thing it was really restricted to was its use of Skills and optimal

culprit had enough power

behind this, and