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

Or so

Nations found out that day—at the time of their invasion—that they were dead

a faction of their own, without any external interference, was not simply because of their collective

due to

Rank

Zephyr, the Sword

singlehandedly warded off the armies that charged at his beloved

thanks to Jet Zephyr that the Adventurer City was spared that day. He saved them all… the dream of freedom that the brave

Adventurer; an ideal that all aspired to

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long rant, but you get the point, right?" Conrad sighed, feeling a bit drained after going on

so he thought he could explain it

it ended up being a little more

an Alliance, and they often act as a separate entity from you even

"Yes. Precisely tha—"

because of what the Nations

Dick move." Justin

you called it? But, a lot has changed since that time." Conrad said, finally sighing as

not his forte, so he shifted his gaze to the

a messy history for sure, but times have changed." Adonis stepped forward and addressed the

atrocities that some nations have committed against one another back on Earth. That didn't stop the UN from forming, and for alliances to be made

letting go of the past and embracing the future was the

Adventurer City can see that now." Adonis added with

Council and

begin a Dungeon Conquest on the

Even after what

expected, so Adonis wasn't fazed. Instead, he took

are currently three Heroic Rank Adventurers and more high-ranked Adventurers in the City. Their numbers are a lot more

ensure the success

course, this was no guarantee that they would win. However, they had the biggest chance to succeed

days. They want to begin the Conquest as soon as possible

necessary to risk their lives like this? Can't they just wait

It was

was

is pretty simple, though." Justin added,

now… the rewards that