An Extra’s POV

It didn't take Rey very long to reach the doorstep of the Royal Dungeon's compound.

He could see the tall buildings of the refineries and processing centers.

He imagined that most of these buildings had been rendered useless due to an absence of enough raw materials to process, but he didn't allow that to distract him.

'The Nation's impoverished state will soon improve once we start exploring the Dungeon.'

Right now, he just had to make sure he got a slice of the wealth before it was taken from him.

'It's been about two hours since Brutus and Lucielle left the Royal Estate to come here. I better hurry…'

Rey already knew that it was impossible for them to clear such a large supply of Monster Core within such a limited time, so there was no need to panic too much.

However, he couldn't help the bad feeling he was getting.

It felt like if he didn't hurry, he would lose everything he had worked for.

'Alright, then…'

As he slowly descended from his elevated height, he decided to go with the classic [Projection] trick with the guards.

They were all stationary and observant, but compared to his current state, they could pretty much have been sitting ducks.

The only ones he had to be worried about were Lucielle and Brutus, and those two were probably still in the Dungeon at this point.

'I'll make this quick!' Rey licked his lips and concentrated his energy.

'[Projec—]'

Before he could complete the activation of his Skill, the doors began to open from within, and two figures abruptly came out.

'W-what?!'

The duo was none other than Lucielle and Brutus, and they had disturbed expressions on their faces.

'They're done already?!' He was genuinely surprised, and for good reason.

been subjugated, they would have

they wouldn't be surprised about the Hobgoblin civilization. They were sure to explore more, and it was inevitable that they would

had expected the whole

with all that already. I knew they'd be

he had underestimated the capabilities of the

soon as he thought that, a question

Why do they look

were awful—almost as if they were too distraught

be the opposite? They should be rejoicing that they found so much

Sixth Floor had been cleared by him, but the minerals there

Especially the Magic

there's the Orichalcum on the Sixth Floor,

had made it to the Seventh Floor, but if they did, they would have

… All for free!

train with the fodder of those Floors, but I'm sure they'd

have any doubts that they could

was with this

'Something is definitely wrong.'

the gates, Rey decided to abandon his initial

when

serious. I can't believe all those Floors were

out someone did it. However, since evidence didn't point towards him, he knew

looks like the makings of a powerful

as Lucielle sang his

monster part. He was by

happy that he was recognized as someone powerful by the Nation's

they were brutally slaughtered can only be the work of

'… Eh?'

at this point that Rey realized that something was amiss in their

'What Hobgoblins? What NightWolves?'

his senses were all heightened thanks to a Skill, so he was sure they hadn't detected him and

did they

corpses were just. The burn scars and claw

Cores and teeth were removed too. It's clearly