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.

on fire, and his brain felt like

him from the inside out, causing his

"UWAAAAAHHHHHH! GUAGHHHHHH!!!"

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

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

overwhelming sensation, raw and pervasive, felt

know the cause of

Until—

[SYSTEM WARNING]

Has

said Duplicate

connection with the Duplicate, you will experience this death, but not truly

will permanently plummet

Will Commence As Soon

"W-wha…?"

lifeless, could barely move as he saw what the System

mind could hardly

"…EY!"

"… RE…!"

"… REY…!"

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

abyss, and he found himself sinking as well—though only halfway

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

from her position and caught him, despite her own confusion on the matter. He could hardly see her

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

forgotten the sensation… until

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

"W…hy…?"

fell from his eyes as

dark realm of the unconscious, the pain began to lose its lustre. However,

—FEAR!

then that meant there was something dangerous in the Capital, and that

it followed was not to display any power

meant to act considerably weaker than it actually

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

Duplicate was killed meant the culprit

behind this, and Rey was