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.

consumed him from the inside out, causing his whole

"UWAAAAAHHHHHH! GUAGHHHHHH!!!"

in two, he could feel every ligament of his

death ever—being destroyed, yet perfectly fine. It truly felt like he was dying. But no… this was a fate

and pervasive, felt perpetual in

didn't even know the cause of

Until—

[SYSTEM WARNING]

Duplicate Has Been

Duplicate will be

Duplicate, you will

permanently

Process Will Commence As

"W-wha…?"

could barely move as he saw what the System displayed before

agonizing mind could

"…EY!"

"… RE…!"

"… REY…!"

like she was distant, too far away

and he found himself sinking

body fell to the ground after his screech, but rather than the hard, cold ground, he found

him, despite 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

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

had forgotten the sensation… until

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

"W…hy…?"

from his eyes as

he sank into the dark realm of the unconscious, the pain began to lose its lustre. However, in those

—FEAR!

was killed, then that meant there was something dangerous in the Capital, and that 'dangerous' thing was capable of killing a Duplicate

it followed was not to display any power that

it was meant to act considerably weaker

thing it was really restricted to

culprit had enough power

culprits behind this, and Rey was equally frightened