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.

would flinch at the slightest sign

men and women who braved themselves for the

they couldn't escape

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~CREEEAAAK!~

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

smiled any

energy the leaked out from within the place caused many

this

height alone, and it was so wide that a

Dungeon itself was already a massive fortress, so it made sense for its entrance to be so

Then—

Grand Calamity Class Dungeon Conquest since three hundred years

their weapons and readied their trembling

having second

was about to march forward at the signal of

"CHARGE FORTH!"

the crowd dominated the space and everyone rushed

for power… for wealth… for

matter what their motivations and inclinations were

in front of them, and

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'The Miasma is bearable…'

thought this as he and his team stepped into the massive hall

too large that massive felt like an

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

created an air of unease as Rey carefully

distance between the ground and ceiling was about a hundred meters, and the entire space around felt overwhelmingly big—even

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

was simply the influence of some kind of Magic or

Rey couldn't tell.

having more than enough to occupy the room, and

tiled floors seemed to be made from some sort of black stone, and the ancient

like an abandoned castle of sorts, with an unbelievably large flight of stairs standing an impossible