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.

Dungeon." She moved forward, and in a single breath, she appeared right

"Here I come, Rey!"

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[The Present]

idea how lost I was when I came out of that place." Esme groaned as she plopped into the soft bed

the softness that her body had desperately missed for

beside where she was, standing as he watched her speak, was Rey. He was smiling, but

Esme kept speaking regardless.

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

face revealing some measure of

of Esme—was to begin his journey from the exit

was a chance that Esme could leave clues as to her whereabouts,

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

Adventurers City plan didn't work out, it had

… Until now.

couldn't even afford to leave any trace of myself, just in case I would attract stray

there? And stray Dragons?

She said, chuckling to herself as

she looked somewhat proud of

I was able to Level

staring at Esme

happened, huh? Why

this question, Esme's face

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

could feel it—something

really worried about

so after figuring out where I was, I figured flying south—as fast as I possibly could—would allow me to reach

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

water… well… she could use her Skill to

the food in her Spatial Ring and travel for as long as

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

was yet to let

the civilizations I would have to fly