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 at him,

~WHOOSH!~

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

~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 in those positions that he

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

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

understand where the explosions were

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

~BOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

the moment was that there was no use

were one

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

'H-huh…?'

~BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

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

He felt pain, but it swiftly disappeared

make sense of everything and find an escape

wasn't hiding or anything. The reason I wasn't able to pick her up with

moving, an explosion would occur, which

Until now, that is.

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

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

even those… how far could

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

to get rid of me that

breath, Rey recognized he had to take

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

himself, he decided to

boosting his Stats to a heightened degree. He

in his Stats,

be needing your assistance

~Understood, Master!~

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

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

was getting

to keep it that

can't possess everything here, I'll use [Perfect Domain Of The Divine] to create a

still wasn't done with his

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

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