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!~

a bolt of lightning, he dashed away from his position, only to find it exploding a tiny moment

~BOOOOOOOOOM!~

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

to sense patterns in the explosions in an attempt to deduce how

my Divine Form, I should be able to at least detect her with my senses. My Eyepatch is off too, so my perception is at its peak

where the explosions were coming

destruction

~BOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

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

were one

whisper into his ear,

'H-huh…?'

~BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

the area where Rey stood, causing

but it swiftly

sense of everything and find

to pick her up with my eyes was

stopped moving, an explosion would

Until now, that is.

here, Rey Skylar." The Oracle sounded like she couldn't be bothered by Rey's

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

even those… how far could they really

Esme!" He growled, once again vanishing from his kneeling

going to get rid of me

was out of breath, Rey recognized he had to take the current

doesn't want to kill me, but that doesn't

resolved this within himself, he decided to go all

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

his Stats, but their effects stacking up meant that

needing

~Understood, Master!~

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

her to get very lethal with me, since it's a kill move. I

the reason he was getting so much leeway was because

keep it

the ability to control our domains, so while I can't possess everything here, I'll use [Perfect Domain Of The Divine] to create a considerable space around me for the purpose of overall mobility and also to help me

still wasn't done with

point of nigh-nullification, I should be able to actually

Supremacy], [Perfect Divine Form], and [Perfect Divine Adaptability] in his arsenal. Playing his cards well, he could