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."

Rey heard that voice, his instincts screamed at him, and he obeyed

~WHOOSH!~

from his position, only to find it exploding a tiny

~BOOOOOOOOOM!~

in any direction, but the loud explosion 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

the explosions in an attempt to deduce how they worked. He also strained

I should be able to at least detect her with my senses. My Eyepatch is off too, so my perception is at its peak right now. Yet… why

where the explosions

just kept racing away to avoid the destruction

~BOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

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

were one and the

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

'H-huh…?'

~BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

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

it swiftly disappeared thanks to

overdrive as he struggled to make sense of everything and find an escape

reason I wasn't able to pick her up with my eyes was because she was

an explosion

Until now, that is.

here, Rey Skylar."

stronger than he was, and her experience most likely dwarfed his. The

those… how far could they really take

vanishing from his kneeling position before The Oracle could

to get rid of me that

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

she doesn't want to kill

this within himself, he decided to go

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

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

needing your assistance

~Understood, Master!~

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

might cause her to get very lethal with

could tell that the reason he was getting so much leeway was because she

had to keep it that

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

still wasn't done with his

are both in 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 while

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