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 him, and he obeyed

~WHOOSH!~

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

~BOOOOOOOOOM!~

caused the entire area 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 in those positions that he

to deduce how they worked.

I should be able to at least detect her with my senses. My Eyepatch is

understand where the explosions were coming

the destruction that would certainly not be very

~BOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

was no use searching for The

were one and

are futile." He heard a word whisper into his ear, and a hand held his

'H-huh…?'

~BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

enveloped the area where Rey stood, causing

felt pain, but it swiftly disappeared

rational mind instantly entered overdrive as he struggled to make sense of everything and find an escape from the situation he

to pick her up with my eyes was because she was simply moving

moving, an explosion would

Until now, that is.

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

dwarfed his. The only thing

how far

once again vanishing from his kneeling position before

not going to get rid of me

Rey recognized he had to take the current match completely seriously if he was ever going to win—or

want to kill me, but that doesn't mean I should get complacent

himself, he decided to go

activated was [Divine Power Ascension], which ended up boosting his Stats to a heightened degree. He went on to include all the other Buff Skills he recently obtained

in his Stats, but their effects stacking up

needing

~Understood, Master!~

he stockpiled in his [Doppel], she could replicate parts of other Monsters and replicate their abilities—making her

[Perfect Divine Ray] might cause her to get very lethal with me, since it's a kill move. I don't want her to

the reason he was getting so much leeway was because

had to keep

so while I can't possess everything here, I'll use [Perfect Domain Of The Divine] to create a considerable

wasn't done

to the point of nigh-nullification, I should be able to actually withstand

[Perfect Divine Form], and [Perfect Divine Adaptability] in his arsenal. Playing his cards