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 them

~WHOOSH!~

away from his position, only to find it exploding a

~BOOOOOOOOOM!~

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

an attempt to deduce how they worked.

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

also couldn't understand where the explosions

to avoid the destruction that would certainly not

~BOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

moment was that there was no use searching for The Oracle and the cause of the

were one

whisper into his ear, and

'H-huh…?'

~BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

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

it swiftly disappeared thanks to his

he struggled to make sense of everything and find an escape from

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

explosion would occur, which

Until now, that is.

to be any sort of conflict here, Rey Skylar." The Oracle sounded like she couldn't be bothered

his. The only thing he had going for him was his tenacity and

those… how far could they really

growled, once again vanishing from his kneeling position before The Oracle could send him

to get rid

take the

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

himself, he decided to go all

Ascension], which ended up boosting his Stats to a heightened degree. He went on to include all the other Buff Skills he recently obtained from the Monsters he killed

his Stats, but their effects stacking up meant that he was good

needing your assistance

~Understood, Master!~

she could replicate parts of other Monsters and replicate their abilities—making her a perfect partner in such a

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

tell that the reason he was getting so much leeway was

keep it

here, I'll use [Perfect Domain Of The Divine] to create a considerable space around me for the purpose of overall

done with

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

[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