An Extra’s POV

'A dark hole under the ground, huh? Looks like Necromancy.'

That was the first thought on Rey's mind as he saw the bright purple light shine bright and felt an emergence from underneath the floor's surface.

He had seen Ater use the Skill before, so he understood how it worked.

"BRACE YOURSELVES, EVERYONE!" Richard's voice reverberated amongst his fellows, and the many that stood behind him.

"FIRST WAVE INCOMING!"

The Adventurers, at least the sensible ones, tightly clutched their weapons and spread themselves out. They took battle stances and readied themselves for the incoming horde.

Those who could used Buff Skills began to activate them, and the Magic Users swiftly chanted out their Spells.

The air of tension did not vanish, and with loud noise radiating all over, many did not hear the pulsating sounds emanating from the ground.

They felt like chattering—lots of chattering.

The disgusting sound of bone grating upon bone, almost as unpleasant as metal scraping metal.

Those at the forefront heard the sounds clearly, though, and they prepared themselves for the challenge.

Then—

~SHWUUUUUUUU~

—The creatures from beneath began manifesting.

They had darkened white bodies, their forms a grotesque and twisted representation of false life.

Skeletons, animated ones, faced the Adventurers, all of them having some kind of purple glow within their empty sockets.

"T-that is…!"

"No way!"

"Incredible!"

Miasma was associated with Necromancy, so this sight did not surprise anyone.

number that

at least thrice—no, perhaps four times—as many as the Adventurers that stood opposite

looked like ordinary bony

had normal armor, obsidian black in color. They also had swords or spears in their hands, making

had no use for one. Their clattering teeth made

These were Caster Skeletons.

was dressed with light armor, having arrows in the quiver behind them, as well bows in their dominant

These were Archer Skeletons.

than the rest—yet having a much more

had incredibly bulky armor, and their weapons were a lot bigger

them, and

while another had a long sword. The one beside it had a bastard sword,

on like

clearly Skeleton Knights, at least B-Tier

Monsters on just the ground floor…" Someone whispered, though no one

entire army of Skeletons was about

them were

them were

of them were

C-Tier Monsters,

Knights—B-Tier Monsters—and the rest were mere Skeletons,

a lesser rank, due to their low offensive

across, and they didn't feel pain, exhaustion, and couldn't really die unless you performed specific actions—in the case of Skeletons, crushing their head—they

of the Adventurers, there was no real count done to determine their Ranks, but there were only about a hundred Master Rank (5 Star) Adventurers in the City, and about a thousand Expert Ranks (4

were a few thousand, but the majority of Adventurers belonged to the

in the City, and the ones that made it to the Conquest, it

I can sense, only about three thousand of us are going to be of much use in this fight…' Rey

were fodder, but

more experienced Adventurers tend to me more cautious, and they wouldn't throw their lives

sign up for this sort of thing were ignorant Adventurers or those who were desperate to make a

bastards

stage has been set.' Rey smiled, dropping his briefcase to the

of them on my own, but… I guess we have

its own, and just by stretching his hand

that, the

sword." Noah's voice echoed from