An Extra’s POV

Fear of the UNKNOWN.

It is a popular term coined by those who lived in the world.

But how true is it, really? Do humans really fear the unknown?

What of children—babies, even?

They know nothing, yet fear is such a distant emotion for them.

For most, fear is taught… alongside pain, in a way to determine the difference between right and wrong.

… Good and evil.

The fear of the unknown does not exist.

Ignorance never breeds fear—at least not directly. Instead, it is the catalyst for a process that eventually leads to fear.

When we come into the world, we know nothing.

We fear nothing.

But, we grow curious. Then, we learn. We receive the taint of knowledge, which then brings us to a particular point.

The point where we know that there are things that we do not know—blots in existence that hide forbidden truths from us.

This is what breeds fear.

And so, as they stood before overwhelming gates that lead to a place none of them understood, the Adventurers weren't scared because of their ignorance.

No, they were frightened because they had knowledge.

They knew what had happened to their predecessors who took on this impossible task. They knew how fatal Miasma was. They knew what it meant to feel pain… to suffer… to watch others die, and to nearly die themselves.

That was what caused the fear to sprout.

They were not innocent lambs being led to the slaughter, neither were they babies who embodied ignorance.

them would flinch

who braved themselves

so… they couldn't

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~CREEEAAAK!~

loud noise caused by the massive gates opening caused everyone's excited faces to

one smiled

within the place caused many to

didn't come this far

in height alone, and it was so wide that a hundred

fortress, so it made sense for its entrance to be so

Then—

will now begin the first Grand Calamity Class Dungeon Conquest since three hundred years

their hold on their weapons

those having second

to march forward at the signal of the

"CHARGE FORTH!"

yell from the crowd dominated the space and everyone rushed forward in

glory… for power… for

their motivations and inclinations

in front of them, and

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'The Miasma is bearable…'

thought this as he and his team stepped into the massive

felt like an understatement

eternally atop vials that hung on the walls, so it wasn't entirely

of unease

and ceiling was about a hundred meters, and the entire

the same weird phenomenon that goes on in energy-dense areas.' Just as with the 99th Floor of the Royal Dungeon, where the concept of time was distorted, it seemed

this was simply the influence

Rey couldn't tell.

occupy the room, and their numbers didn't even exceed the first half of the room's

from some sort of black stone, and the ancient walls seemed to consist of

with an unbelievably large flight of stairs standing an impossible