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."

heard that voice, his instincts screamed at him,

~WHOOSH!~

lightning, he dashed away from his position, only to find

~BOOOOOOOOOM!~

to tremble violently. 'Damn… what an impact.' Rey couldn't afford

in an attempt to deduce how they worked. He also

detect her with my senses. My Eyepatch is off too, so my perception is at its

where the

to avoid the destruction that would certainly not be very

~BOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

no use searching for The Oracle and the

one

into his ear, and a hand held his

'H-huh…?'

~BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

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

it swiftly disappeared thanks to

to make sense of everything and find an escape from the situation he

anything. The reason I wasn't able to pick her up

moving, an explosion would occur,

Until now, that is.

be any sort of conflict here, Rey Skylar." The Oracle sounded like

and her experience most likely dwarfed his. The only thing he had going for him

far could they really take

Esme!" He growled, once again vanishing from his kneeling position before The Oracle could send him

going to get rid of me

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

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

resolved this within himself, he decided to

degree. He went on to include all the other Buff Skills

only caused a small increase in his Stats, but their effects stacking up meant that

I'll be needing your assistance

~Understood, Master!~

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

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. I don't want her to

reason he was getting so much leeway was

to keep it that

to control our domains, so while I can't possess everything here, I'll use [Perfect Domain Of The Divine] to create a considerable space around me for the purpose of overall mobility

done

being mitigated to the point of nigh-nullification, I should be able

had [Perfect Divine Martial Supremacy], [Perfect Divine Form], and [Perfect Divine Adaptability] in his arsenal. Playing his cards well, he could find a way