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

braved themselves

they couldn't escape the

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~CREEEAAAK!~

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

smiled

repulsive energy the leaked out from within the place caused

this far for

almost fifty meters in height alone, and it was so wide

so it made sense for its entrance

Then—

Calamity Class Dungeon Conquest since three hundred years ago!" Guildmaster Richard's voice

their hold on their weapons and readied their

was too late for those having

ten thousand was about to march forward at the signal of the Guildmaster.

"CHARGE FORTH!"

the voice sprang forth, a thunderous yell from the crowd dominated the space and

for power…

what their motivations

mattered was the Dungeon in front of them,

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'The Miasma is bearable…'

as he and his team stepped into

massive felt like an

the walls, so it wasn't

created an air of unease as Rey carefully observed his

meters, and the entire space

in energy-dense areas.' Just as with the 99th Floor of the Royal Dungeon, where

influence of

Rey couldn't tell.

having more than enough to occupy the room, and their

be made from some sort of black stone, and the ancient

unbelievably large flight of stairs standing an impossible distance