An Extra’s POV

"You…"

As Rey's defiant voice rang out in the hall, the Oracle's neutral face depicted a light frown. She furrowed her brows, causing creases to appear on her face while staring hard at the defiant human.

"... You weren't given a choice in the matter."

~ZZZTZ!~

All of a sudden, a glitchy effect manifested around Rey—almost as though space itself was collapsing on him.

However, within the fraction of a moment, he removed himself from that position and teleported a few meters from the spatial disturbance.

Swiftly turning his face from the glitch to The Oracle, he could already deduce what had just happened.

"Tch." Her clicking tongue added more to his suspicions.

"You just tried to evict me by force, didn't you?" Rey asked, a deep glare forming on his face as he began to address The Oracle with enmity.

"Yes. Your purpose here has been consummated, and you have become an eyesore."

Rey gritted his teeth as he watched The Oracle's condescending gaze upon him. A lot of emotions swirled within him, including a certain tinge of regret.

'I shouldn't have brought Esme here. I knew something was shady from the start, but if I could have known it was this bad, then…' He briefly glanced at Esme, who was busy sighing and shaking her head.

"Rey, just stop."

Despite hearing her saying those words to him, he just couldn't stop and listen.

'I know I'm being selfish, Esme. But… we need to talk about this at length first. This is all just happening too fast. We could be making the wrong call here…'

Rey wondered if he was the one being unreasonable? He just didn't want to quickly abandon their bond the moment they found something convenient.

Was that so bad?

Yet, the glares he received from both sides—Esme and The Oracle—somehow told him he was in the wrong.

"If you stubbornly choose to remain here, then…"

Rey's full attention returned to The Oracle as soon as he heard this, but once he turned to her location, she was nowhere to be found.

It was almost as though every trace of her had been removed.

"... You leave me no choice."

voice, his instincts screamed at

~WHOOSH!~

a bolt of lightning, he dashed away from his position, only to find it exploding a

~BOOOOOOOOOM!~

to tremble violently. 'Damn… what an impact.' Rey couldn't afford to think, as he swiftly left his position once again, only for blasts to appear

the explosions in an attempt to deduce how they worked. He also strained his eyes very hard to seek out

detect her with my senses. My Eyepatch is

understand where the explosions were

racing away to avoid the destruction that would certainly not be very

~BOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

was no

one

whisper into his ear, and a hand held his shoulder

'H-huh…?'

~BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

area where Rey stood, causing him to fall to his knees in a mere

pain, but it swiftly

to make sense of everything and find an escape

wasn't able to pick her up

an explosion would occur, which Rey constantly

Until now, that is.

Rey

was much stronger than he was, and her experience most likely dwarfed his.

how far could

am not leaving here without Esme!" He growled, once again vanishing from his kneeling position

to get rid of

he was out of breath, Rey recognized he had to take the current match completely seriously

much stronger than that Divine Beast. I'm lucky that she doesn't want to kill

Rey resolved this within himself, he decided to go

Stats to a heightened degree. He went

increase in his Stats, but their effects stacking

needing your

~Understood, Master!~

replicate parts of other Monsters

say we are both stalemated on the Magic front, so that's canceled. Using [Perfect Divine Ray] might cause her to get very lethal with me, since it's a kill move.

could tell that the reason he was getting so much

keep it that

The Divine] to create a considerable space around me for the purpose of overall

wasn't done with his

regeneration are both in the SS-Tier, and with pain being mitigated to the point of nigh-nullification, I should be able to actually withstand some of her attacks while

benefits, he had [Perfect Divine Martial Supremacy], [Perfect Divine Form], and [Perfect Divine Adaptability] in his arsenal. Playing his cards well, he could find a way to somewhat keep up with The Oracle if he dragged