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

women who braved themselves for the darkness

they couldn't

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~CREEEAAAK!~

caused by the massive gates opening caused everyone's

one smiled any

the leaked out from within the

come this far for

meters in height alone, and it was so wide that a hundred people could walk in, side by

overwhelming Dungeon itself was already a massive fortress, so it

Then—

Calamity Class Dungeon Conquest since three hundred years ago!" Guildmaster

on their

was too late for those having

forward at the signal of the Guildmaster. It would

"CHARGE FORTH!"

voice sprang forth, a thunderous yell from the crowd dominated the space and everyone rushed forward in a straight

glory… for power… for wealth…

motivations

Dungeon in front of them, and the sole life they

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'The Miasma is bearable…'

stepped into the

felt like an

the walls, so it wasn't entirely dark. Yet, the looming shadows around could not be

unease

a hundred meters, and the entire space around felt overwhelmingly

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 one affected the space

was simply the influence of some

Rey couldn't tell.

having more than enough to occupy the room, and their numbers didn't

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

an unbelievably large flight of stairs standing an impossible