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 obeyed

~WHOOSH!~

from his position, only

~BOOOOOOOOOM!~

or shard flew 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 to appear in those

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

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 right now. Yet… why can't I see

couldn't understand where the explosions

to avoid the destruction that would certainly not be

~BOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

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

were one and the

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

'H-huh…?'

~BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

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

swiftly disappeared thanks

rational mind instantly entered overdrive as he struggled to make sense of everything and find an escape from the situation he found himself

reason I wasn't able to pick her up with

stopped moving, an explosion

Until now, that is.

be any sort of conflict here, Rey Skylar." The

most likely dwarfed his.

how far could they really take

am not leaving here without Esme!" He growled, once again vanishing from his kneeling position before The Oracle could send him

to get

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

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

himself, he

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

Stats, but their effects stacking up meant that he was good

I'll be needing

~Understood, Master!~

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

say we are both stalemated on the Magic front, so that's canceled. Using [Perfect Divine Ray] might cause her to get very lethal with me, since it's a kill move. I don't want her to get

that the reason he was getting so

to keep it that

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

still wasn't done

pain being mitigated to the point of nigh-nullification, I should be able

Adaptability] in his arsenal. Playing his cards well, he could find a way to somewhat keep