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.

the sheer number that

least thrice—no, perhaps four times—as many as the

looked like ordinary bony Undead, but

in color. They also had swords

weapons equipped, it was clear that they had no use

These were Caster Skeletons.

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

These were Archer Skeletons.

the last variant—smaller in number than the rest—yet having a much more dangerous vibe as mere

their weapons were a lot bigger than

of them, and each had distinct

a long sword. The one beside

on like

clearly Skeleton Knights, at least

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

army of Skeletons was about

them

of them were

of them were

these were C-Tier

rest were mere Skeletons,

belonged in a lesser rank, due to their low offensive

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

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

(3 Star) were a few thousand, but the majority of Adventurers belonged to the Common and Novice Ranks (2

and the ones that made it to

what I can sense, only about three thousand of us are going to be of much use in this

were fodder, but that didn't surprise

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

that would readily sign up for this sort of thing were ignorant Adventurers

bastards

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

my own, but… I guess

stretching his hand

the

voice