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 at him, and

~WHOOSH!~

he dashed away from his position,

~BOOOOOOOOOM!~

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

kept doing this, trying to sense patterns in the explosions in an attempt to deduce how they worked. He also strained his eyes very

detect her with my senses. My Eyepatch is off too, so my perception is at its peak right now. Yet… why can't I

couldn't understand where the

away to avoid the destruction that

~BOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

no

one and the

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

'H-huh…?'

~BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

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

swiftly disappeared

sense of everything

wasn't hiding or anything. The reason I wasn't able to pick her up with my eyes was because she was simply moving

stopped moving, an explosion would

Until now, that is.

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

most likely dwarfed his. The only thing he had going for him was

those… how far could they

here without Esme!" He growled, once again vanishing from his kneeling position before The Oracle could

going to get rid of me

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

doesn't want to kill me,

Rey resolved this within himself, he

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

he expected, they only caused a small increase in his Stats,

needing your

~Understood, Master!~

didn't have the Skills he stockpiled in his [Doppel], she could replicate parts of other Monsters

the Magic front, so that's canceled. Using [Perfect Divine Ray] might cause her to

reason he was getting so

keep it that

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

still wasn't done with his

being mitigated to the point of nigh-nullification, I should be able to actually withstand some of her

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