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

~WHOOSH!~

away from his position, only to find it exploding

~BOOOOOOOOOM!~

impact.' Rey

deduce how they worked. He also

with my senses. My Eyepatch is off too,

where the explosions

away to avoid the destruction that would

~BOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

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

one and

word whisper into his ear, and a hand

'H-huh…?'

~BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

that moment, a loud explosion enveloped the area where Rey stood, causing him

He felt pain, but it swiftly disappeared

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

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

moving, an explosion

Until now, that is.

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

was, and her experience most likely dwarfed his. The only thing he had

far could they

vanishing from his kneeling position before The Oracle

not going to get rid

of breath, Rey recognized he had to take the current match completely seriously if

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

this within himself, he decided to

he 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 from the Monsters

in his Stats, but their effects

I'll be needing your assistance

~Understood, Master!~

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

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

reason he was getting so much

had to keep

possess everything here, I'll use [Perfect Domain Of The Divine] to create a considerable space

wasn't done with

being mitigated to the point

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