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 he was on fire, and his brain felt like it would explode at any moment. This sudden sensation

the inside out, causing

"UWAAAAAHHHHHH! GUAGHHHHHH!!!"

he could feel every ligament of his body straining, and

fine. It

raw and pervasive, felt perpetual in

Rey didn't even know

Until—

[SYSTEM WARNING]

Duplicate Has

allocated to said Duplicate will be deducted and permanently

the Duplicate, you will experience this death, but

permanently

Commence As

"W-wha…?"

barely move as

could

"…EY!"

"… RE…!"

"… REY…!"

heard Esme's scream, it felt like she was distant,

he found himself

than the hard, cold ground, he found a

on the matter. He could hardly

Percent of you perish had to be one of the

the

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

"W…hy…?"

eyes as they began

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

—FEAR!

the Capital, and that 'dangerous' thing

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

to act

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

that the Duplicate was killed meant the culprit had enough

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