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

~WHOOSH!~

dashed away from his

~BOOOOOOOOOM!~

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

attempt to deduce how they worked. He also strained

my senses. My Eyepatch is off too, so my perception

also couldn't understand where the explosions were

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

~BOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

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

were one

He heard a word whisper into his

'H-huh…?'

~BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

where Rey stood, causing him to fall

felt pain, but it swiftly disappeared thanks to his Class

overdrive as he struggled to make sense of everything

wasn't hiding or anything. The reason I wasn't able to pick her up with my eyes was because she

moving, an explosion would occur,

Until now, that is.

conflict here, Rey Skylar." The

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

how far could they really take

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

to get rid

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

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

himself,

Ascension], which ended up boosting his Stats to a heightened degree. He went

Stats, but their effects stacking up meant

needing

~Understood, Master!~

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

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

reason he was getting so much leeway was because she

keep it

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

wasn't done with his

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

[Perfect Divine Adaptability] in his arsenal. Playing his cards well, he could find a way to somewhat keep up with The Oracle if