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

~WHOOSH!~

dashed away from his position, only to find it exploding a tiny

~BOOOOOOOOOM!~

flew in any direction, but the loud explosion caused the entire area to tremble violently. 'Damn… what an impact.' Rey couldn't afford to

an attempt to deduce how they worked. He also

Eyepatch is off too, so my perception is at its peak right now. Yet…

couldn't understand where the explosions were coming

avoid the destruction that would certainly not be very pleasant

~BOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

Rey didn't understand at the moment was that there was no use searching for The Oracle

were one and the

attempts are futile." He heard a word whisper into his

'H-huh…?'

~BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

stood,

pain, but it swiftly disappeared

mind instantly entered overdrive as he struggled to make sense of everything

wasn't able to pick her up with my eyes was because she was

an explosion

Until now, that is.

conflict here, Rey Skylar." The Oracle sounded like she couldn't

his. The only thing he

how far could they really take

without Esme!" He growled, once again vanishing from his kneeling position before The Oracle could send him back to the

to get rid of

breath, Rey recognized he had to take the current match

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

resolved this within himself, he decided to go all

He went on to include

a small increase in his Stats, but their effects

needing your

~Understood, Master!~

Skills he stockpiled in his [Doppel], she could replicate parts of other Monsters and replicate

[Perfect Divine Ray] might cause her to get very lethal with

reason he was getting so

had to keep it that

[Perfect Domain Of The Divine] to create a considerable space around me for

wasn't done

and 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

focus on 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