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."

instincts screamed

~WHOOSH!~

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

~BOOOOOOOOOM!~

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

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

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

understand where the explosions

racing away to avoid the destruction that would certainly not be very

~BOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

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

one

heard a word whisper into

'H-huh…?'

~BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

where Rey stood, causing him to fall to

felt pain, but it swiftly disappeared

sense of everything and find an escape from the situation

The reason I wasn't able to pick her up with my eyes was because she

an explosion would

Until now, that is.

to be any sort of conflict here, Rey Skylar." The Oracle sounded like

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

even those… how far could they

He growled, once again vanishing from his

get rid of me

take the current match completely seriously if he was

I'm lucky that she doesn't want to kill me, but that doesn't mean I should get complacent about

Rey resolved this within himself, he decided to

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 Buff Skills he recently obtained from the Monsters he killed

Stats,

I'll be needing your

~Understood, Master!~

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

Ray] might cause her to get very lethal with me, since it's a kill

getting so much leeway was

keep it that

domains, so while I can't possess everything here, I'll use [Perfect Domain Of The Divine] to

wasn't done with his

the SS-Tier, and with pain being mitigated to the point

and [Perfect Divine Adaptability] in his arsenal. Playing his cards well, he could find a way to somewhat keep up with The Oracle if