An Extra’s POV

For the first time in forever, Rey felt the fear of death.

It was so raw and vivid, as he watched the Divine Beast close in on him with its mighty jaws and overwhelming presence.

Then—

~FWISH!~

In one swift translocation of space, he was able to shift a few meters backwards, completely avoiding the fatal strike from the mindless beast.

"Haa… haa…!" Rey's widened eyes, moist from the fear, gazed upon the Divine Beast as he breathed heavily.

None of his classmates were in sight, which meant their transportation was successful. Lucielle and Brutus were also not present.

'Good! That's good!'

Beads of sweat appeared on Rey's face, and his throat slowly began to itch. He swallowed the saliva that had formed inside as he kept his gaze on the terrifying monster in front of him.

'This thing… it's too dangerous!'

The more he observed it, the more Rey could see Ater's point about challenging a Divine Beast. Not only did it have better Stats, but most of Rey's Skills wouldn't even do anything to the thing.

'Fighting it head on is impossible. It's far stronger and faster.'

The reason Rey could keep up somewhat was due to the spatial manipulation and awareness that [Domain Of The Lord ] offered him. It was almost like precognition.

Adding that to his experience fighting Monsters, his battle prowess, and intelligence—compared to the mindless creature—he was able to somehow hold his ground.

That wasn't enough, though.

'The only way I can win is to somehow use my number of Skills, and even with them…' Rey clenched his teeth as he tried his best to breathe normally.

[Dead Calm] had never been under as much strain as it was right now.

'Come to think of it… I've not seen it use any Skill. Or maybe it has Passive Skills that I haven't noticed. If I can use the same Skills, then I can stand a chance here…'

Before Rey could check out his Skill List, however, he noticed something.

'H-huh?! Where is it looking?' The Divine Beast completely removed its attention from Rey and turned in a particular direction.

He already knew, just from a single glance, the location of significance that existed there.

Capital? No…

Rey remembered what he witnessed prior: the Beast targeting Alicia before he came

quite a bit about Summoning Magic and Taming, and in it were recorded behavior of

Taming Skill, its first instinct would be to attack the Tamer—though this depended heavily on the

potentially bring the creature into subservience and

usually came along with

have also done the same to me if it wasn't for that

or even summoned it at all, if he didn't see the Dragon Corpses

were… it was a desperate

Before Rey could think any further, however, he noticed the Divine Beast

the area to tremble, and everything around it began to leak out

'No, you do—!'

~BOOOOOOOM!~

even complete its thoughts, ascending high into the sky as it charged

'Divine Light Whip!'

summoned a long string of golden light, one end wrapped around his hand, while the other already swirling

thoughts roared as he planted his heel on the ground

now… the Beast's target was

focus to that location. It's currently distracted, which means

to Rey's surprise, the intense rope of light that was supposed to tightly

'E-eh…?!'

surface, the golden rope loosened and softened, all in an instant, causing the Divine Beast to freely proceed with its launch—even kicking away at the air

it couldn't fly, but its sheer speed

[Domain Of The Lord], swiftly changing his location

his Skill worked flawlessly, and in no time at all, he was right above the

or even breathe, however, considering how the Divine

and allowed the pure white energy to coalesce into

The result?

~BOOOOOOOOOM!~

on the Divine Beast,

'A-ahh! That was close!'

brow, he

~WHOOSH!~

charged downward, he noticed the Beast rush

would have missed it completely if he hadn't focused all his senses on the creature in an attempt to better read

tail in a hurry, using all his

"You're not…"

hurricane that would blow apart

his open