An Extra’s POV

[Months Earlier]

"This marks the 11th day I've been stuck here, without any sign of Rey appearing, or any contact from him at all…"

This voice, tired and weary, reverberated within the vast and ancient walls that surrounds the one who spoke.

Echoes danced in the air constantly.

"Food and water supply ran out a while back, as they weren't meant to last this long. Even though I rationed them, that was hardly enough."

As the lips of the speaker moved, a warbling object before her glowed.

It was recording her every words, which in turn cast a bright light on her face as it did so—revealing her beautiful face.

Esme was seated at the center of the massive hall on the ground floor of the Grand Calamity Dungeon, her sight solely focused on the exit that stood right before her eyes.

"As I speak, I have finally made up my mind to finally leave this place. I have left a message here so if Rey ever returns, he'll be able to know of my current decision."

She stood up from her position, her attire a long faded cloak that covered her entire body. The hood could also shroud her face, but she let it down for now, allowing her long hair to cascade as she stole one final glance around her.

She had spent an awful amount of time all alone in this place, gathering the rest of the spoils that she and Rey didn't collect together.

Thankfully, Miasma in the Dungeon didn't prove to be too much of an issue for her thanks to her Enchanted Items as well as her ample supply of Mana that deflected it all.

The more time passed, the thinner the corrupted energy in the air was, so at some point it became nearly nonexistent.

The result was her being as healthy as possible—save for malnutrition and exhaustion.

'I've been scouring the entire Dungeon by myself, searching for the Ground Floor for so long. I finally found it, so…'

There really was no compelling reason for her to remain in the Dungeon.

"Rey is most likely in danger; which is the only reason I can think of that he hasn't returned yet. I have no idea what is happening in the outside world too, so there's that."

Everything at the moment pointed towards her leaving.

this is farewell to my life in the Dungeon." She moved forward, and in a single breath, she appeared

"Here I come, Rey!"

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[The Present]

out of that place."

breath, feeling the softness that

was, standing as he watched her speak, was Rey. He was

Esme kept speaking regardless.

definitely wasn't the Adventurers City. It was a remote region to the North—close to where the war with the

Rey finally spoke, his face revealing

move—after returning from the Adventurers City and finding no trace of Esme—was to begin his journey from the exit of the

as to her whereabouts, so it

was that tracking her down that way would be a bit difficult, considering

since the Adventurers City plan didn't work

… Until now.

getting back there. I couldn't even afford to leave any trace of myself, just in case

there? And stray Dragons? You encountered

chuckling to herself as

sort of replaced her tired expression, and she

thanks to their sacrifice that I was able to Level Up

mumbled, still staring at Esme while

what happened, huh? Why you didn't arrive on

asked this question,

thin tension in the air slowly began to gain prominence, and a particular

feel it—something was wrong

the Monsters and Dragons was helpful and all, but I was really worried about

as possible, so after figuring out where I was, I figured flying south—as fast as I possibly could—would

the food problem thanks to killing Monsters and cooking them—the edible

for water… well… she could use her

she could store the food in her Spatial Ring and travel for as long as possible to reach her

happened?" Rey pushed, his expression as composed as he could make

darkened face was yet to let

the civilizations I would have to fly