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.

Level had been subjugated, they would have gone

explore more, and it was inevitable that

was how Rey had expected

can't believe they're done with all that already. I knew they'd be

he had underestimated the capabilities of the Head Warrior

soon as he thought that, a question

off, though. Why do they

both their faces were awful—almost as if they were

mean, shouldn't it be the opposite? They should be

Sixth Floor had been cleared by him, but the minerals there were still going to be incredibly useful

the Magic

the Sixth Floor, and

if they had made it to the Seventh Floor, but if

… All for free!

to train with the fodder of those

have any doubts that they could lead

was with this

'Something is definitely wrong.'

from the gates, Rey decided to abandon

when he

believe all those

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

like the makings of a

himself as Lucielle sang his

course, not the monster part. He was by no means a monster of any

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

but the way they were brutally slaughtered can

'… Eh?'

at this point that Rey realized that something was

'What Hobgoblins? What NightWolves?'

heightened thanks to a Skill, so

they just

corpses were

Monster Cores and teeth were removed too. It's clearly an