An Extra’s POV

Three hundred years ago, things were very different.

Human civilization was fragmented into various nations, and so there were various opposing factions with their individual self-interests at play.

The only exception to this… was the Adventurer's Guild.

Adventurers were neutral parties amongst the scuffle among nations. They weren't involved in politics, and their simple lives were unaffected by the embers of conflict spreading amongst the other nations.

They were strong enough to make their own city—a haven free from the rigors of nationalism—and became the very embodiment of freedom.

"An Adventurer serves no one but himself."

This embodied the spirit of everyone who chose the path.

As long as you obeyed the basic rules of conduct necessary for living in a civilization, there was no restriction to what you could or couldn't do.

As far as their economy went, individual Adventurers sold Monster Cores and special ores gotten from their land to the highest bidder. The Guild received their cut and maintained the City in return.

Jobs gotten through the Guild made them entitled to more profit, but the payment and security of the job would also be guaranteed.

There was more to the trade, but that was essentially it.

While the ideal of freedom had a lot of benefits to the Adventurers, there were some consequences to their hubris.

When chaos struck, or calamity arose… the Adventurers would find themselves alone.

Without any affiliation to a nation, they could not opt for support or seek out aid. As a result, the Adventurers were doomed to fall on their own.

This was especially true when the Grand Calamity Class Dungeon emerged.

Of the five thousand and ninety-nine Adventurers who charged in for the Raid—no, the Dungeon Conquest—only two-thousand and nine hundred made it out alive. A few hundred were unable to recover from their injuries and died not long after they escaped the Dungeon.

It was the greatest loss the Adventurer City ever faced in history, even till date.

They suffered a heavy blow that day, and when they requested the aid of the neighboring nations—the same nations that often used the strength of the Adventurers to get rid of Monsters of assist in all kinds of tasks in their respective territories—they completely ignored the Adventurer's City.

Perhaps they thought if the Adventurers became desperate enough, they would finally succumb and sign an Affiliation Treaty.

When that didn't happen, out of frustration, the Nations decided to take what they wanted by force. The Adventurers were a major threat, since they were too strong for any sole Nation to handle.

weakened state, they were easy

so

day—at the time of their invasion—that

main reason why the Adventurers could form a faction of their own, without any external interference,

was due to the

the first Heroic Rank Adventurer… the

the Sword

armies that charged at his beloved

that day. He saved them all… the dream of freedom that the brave

a true Adventurer; an ideal

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but you get the point, right?" Conrad sighed, feeling a bit drained after going on and on about the complicated

so he thought he could explain it in a

being a little more

a separate entity from you

"Yes. Precisely tha—"

forget that the reason for that is because of what the Nations did to them all those years ago."

Dick

you called it? But, a lot has

so he shifted his gaze to the expert and pleaded

but times have changed." Adonis stepped forward

against one another back on Earth. That didn't stop the UN from forming, and for alliances to

the end, letting go of the past and embracing the future was the most optimal path for

seems like the higher-ups in the Adventurer City can see that now."

discussion between the Royal Council

want to begin a Dungeon Conquest on the new Grand Calamity

Even after what happened

wasn't fazed.

the City. Their numbers are a lot more than what they had three hundred years ago. They believe they have both the

the success

guarantee that they would win. However, they had

Conquest as soon as possible in order to guarantee maximum results and success." Adonis paused upon

their lives like this? Can't they just wait

Belle gave made everyone's heart melt. It was obvious how worried she was about the

was that simple…" Adonis

think preserving your life is pretty simple, though." Justin added, but Adonis

all understand by now… the rewards that a Dungeon can offer to