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."

that voice, his instincts screamed at him, and he

~WHOOSH!~

his position, only

~BOOOOOOOOOM!~

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 to appear in those positions

the explosions in an attempt to deduce how they worked. He also strained his eyes very hard to seek out

should be able to at least detect her with my senses. My Eyepatch is

couldn't understand where the explosions were

away to avoid the destruction that would certainly not be

~BOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

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

were one

heard a word whisper into

'H-huh…?'

~BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

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

but it swiftly

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

able to pick her up with my eyes was because she

explosion would occur, which Rey

Until now, that is.

Rey Skylar." The Oracle sounded like she couldn't be bothered

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

far could

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

get

out of breath, Rey recognized he had to take the current match completely seriously if he was ever going to win—or

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

himself, he

thing he activated was [Divine Power Ascension], which ended up boosting his Stats to a heightened degree. He went on to include all the other

Stats, but their effects stacking up meant that he

I'll be needing your

~Understood, Master!~

the Skills he stockpiled in his [Doppel], she could replicate parts of other Monsters and replicate their abilities—making her a

Divine Ray] might cause her

could tell that the reason he was getting so much

to keep it that

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

wasn't done with

point of nigh-nullification, I should be able to

[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 out for long