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

out, causing his whole

"UWAAAAAHHHHHH! GUAGHHHHHH!!!"

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

yet perfectly fine. It truly felt like he was

pervasive, felt perpetual in

know

Until—

[SYSTEM WARNING]

Duplicate Has

to said Duplicate will be deducted and

the Duplicate, you will experience

permanently plummet by 50

Commence As Soon As

"W-wha…?"

face, pale and lifeless, could barely move as

could hardly process

"…EY!"

"… RE…!"

"… REY…!"

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

abyss, and he found himself sinking

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

confusion on the matter. He could hardly see her

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

the

do, only one word proceeded

"W…hy…?"

fell from his eyes as they began

realm of the unconscious, the pain began to lose its lustre. However, in those final moments of partial consciousness, a new

—FEAR!

the Capital, and that 'dangerous' thing was capable of

strict order it followed was not to display any power that

such, it was meant to act considerably weaker

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

culprit had enough power to deplete all of Rey's

likely culprits behind this, and Rey was equally frightened for