An Extra’s POV

[Moments Later]

"Horrible! You're so horrible!"

"You really killed them? How disgusting! What a beast you are!"

"How could you do such a terrible thing?!"

Rey was met with reproach from the Elves the moment he stepped inside the barrier, causing his previously good mood to sour instantly.

'The hell...?' He clenched his teeth as he stared at them with stifled annoyance.

Ater had indeed informed him of the culture of the Elves and their no-kill policy. No matter how dire the situation was, Elves would never take another life.

It was a crime against Nature.

They viewed those who engaged in this act to be nothing more than beasts, so humans and the other races fell under this category. The only lives they were commanded to take were those of the Dragons, and the only reason they did so was because it was a declaration from the Oracle.

Everyone obeyed--no matter their disposition.

However, the Monsters that Rey mercilessly slaughtered weren't Dragons. They were an integral part of Nature, and he just prematurely deprived them of their lives.

In Elven Culture, that was unacceptable.

"They would have killed you, perhaps even me, if I didn't strike back. Yet you wanted me to spare them?"

"YES!"

Rey's quizzical expression only grew worse as he was further plunged into annoyance.

"Why?"

"Because Nature ought to be preserved. Those Monsters are unintelligent, like babies, so they have no real idea what they're doing. As the intelligent ones, it is our responsibility to be better."

"The fuck...?" Rey couldn't help but strongly disagree.

"So your excuse for not trying to kill the Monsters who would not hesitate to devour you, if given the chance, is that they don't know any better?"

"I-INDEED!"

responded to the group as he walked past

Those are the rules of the

Elves behind him, he sighed while giving

Elves gasped as they heard

they heard that their rules were wrong. As a result of that, there was undoubtedly shock mixed in with the anger they felt upon hearing

noticed this and sighed even harder, shaking

really don't get it,

was all for the balance of Nature. While this seemed altruistic and good at first glance, it was fraught with too many

attitude of the Elves would inevitably lead the population of Monsters to keep increasing while they did nothing to stop it. Eventually, the Monsters would overwhelm the Elves in both number

the Surface Level. There's also the major

only one way to Level Up, and

Up granted set Stats that often determined who was stronger, and who was weaker. The problem was that EXP was needed to

most popularly obtained by killing things with EXP in them, which allows the killer

everyone was able to accept that

are. It's why I took Deli, and not

wasn't that aging increased the Levels of the Elves,

hard in a particular field. Even if you've never killed in your entire life, if you participate in enough

process could also improve Stats without the need to Level Up. In essence, it was a slow-burn, but

life, so it isn't strange that they use this method.' Still, Rey

in good combat experience, but they could have become so much stronger if they just actively pursued

he considered the rules

in such a limited span of time was enough to convince Rey that the Elves were simply nerfing themselves for

rules were simply

Nature is arbitrary." He said,

this, all forty-seven of the Elves flared up—though Emil pretended to, since

"What do you know?!"

you say that,

are we even

Rey was tempted to once again cause them to

himself, he could prevent his smell from traveling beyond the close range himself. Using Sound Magic, he could still convey his words to the Elves, so the layered effect didn't

of this elaborate method, none of the Elves fainted even when they were so

grow stronger. That's how

theirs, beads of sweat formed on their faces and they