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

~WHOOSH!~

lightning, he dashed away from his position, only to find it exploding a

~BOOOOOOOOOM!~

any direction, but the loud explosion caused the entire area to tremble violently. 'Damn… what an impact.' Rey couldn't

in the explosions in an attempt to deduce how

detect her with my senses. My Eyepatch

also couldn't understand where the explosions were

avoid the destruction that would certainly not be very pleasant

~BOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

was that there was no use searching for

were one and the

heard a word whisper into his ear, and a hand held his shoulder

'H-huh…?'

~BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

enveloped the area where Rey stood, causing him

He felt pain, but it swiftly disappeared thanks to his

to make sense of everything and find an escape from the

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

moving, an explosion would occur, which Rey

Until now, that is.

doesn't have to be any sort of conflict here, Rey Skylar."

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

those… how far could they really

leaving here without Esme!" He growled, once again vanishing from his kneeling position

not going to get rid of me

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

I'm lucky that she doesn't want

Rey resolved this within himself, he decided to go

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

his Stats, but their effects stacking

be needing your

~Understood, Master!~

didn't have the Skills he stockpiled in his [Doppel], she could replicate parts of other Monsters and replicate their abilities—making her a perfect partner in

front, so that's canceled. Using [Perfect Divine Ray] might cause her to get very lethal with

he was getting

to keep it that

The Divine] to create a considerable space around me for the

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

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 to somewhat keep up with The Oracle if he dragged things