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.

felt like

inside out,

"UWAAAAAHHHHHH! GUAGHHHHHH!!!"

two, he could feel every ligament

It truly felt like he

pervasive,

know the cause of his

Until—

[SYSTEM WARNING]

Duplicate Has

Duplicate will be deducted

remnant connection with the Duplicate, you will experience this

permanently plummet by

Will Commence As Soon As

"W-wha…?"

as

mind could hardly process

"…EY!"

"… RE…!"

"… REY…!"

felt like she

into an abyss, and he found himself sinking

his screech, but rather than the hard, cold ground, he

him, despite her own confusion on the matter. He could hardly see

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

had forgotten the sensation…

or do, only one word proceeded

"W…hy…?"

fell from his eyes as

began to lose its lustre. However, in those final

—FEAR!

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

to display any power that exceeded the current level that

to act considerably weaker than it

mean it was less durable and powerful. The only thing it was really restricted to

Duplicate was killed meant the culprit had enough power to deplete

this, and