An Extra’s POV

623 Deepest Depths

The Elves witnessed it all.

The sight of nature in its purest form was burned into their minds.

They saw how Monsters devoured fellow Monsters, and how cruel the entire process could be. The world within the Dungeon was unforgiving—certainly not for the faint of heart or weak in spirit.

It was a complete nightmare.

Rey took them through paths, traversing various Floors so they could see even more of the calamity occur right before their eyes.

Some of them protested, desiring more than anything to leave the horrid place, but they were all ignored.

"You can leave if you want." They were told, but none of them dared to step a foot outside the only shroud of protection that they currently had.

They also couldn't attack Rey. If they did, and the barrier collapsed, they were pretty much done for too. As a result, they all followed him obediently—like sheep in a herd.

Finally, after reaching the entrance to the Bottom Floor of the Dungeon, they finally halted their long and frightening journey.

"C-can we go back now?"

"I'm so tired… and hungry…"

"My legs hurt. This place stinks. I want to go home."

Rey tuned out their whinings and focused on the door that stood in front of him. It was a double door, one he had to push from both sides to open. The thick stony surface showed just how strong of a barrier it was—and how heavy the doors were.

of obstruction was no

closed his eyes and sent his senses across the door one last time, doing his

white world, he couldn't see all the details, but as long as

only one

found it a little difficult to believe,

either. Just one large expanse that stretches for

contemplating things a little longer,

wide open, granting easy entry to Rey and

were lots of groanings and complaints among the Elves, but he ignored them yet again. They weren't particularly his

set out to do. The Minerals that

the moment. Not only were the materials he found

Mana Crystals that were as tough as Adanantite, or Orichalcum that had a tougher build than the strongest metal in the Western Continent. Mythrill was commonplace

those, though, Rey found even

is really dense in Mana. Even unrefined, it can serve as a Mana Recovery potion. If it's refined, it can turn even more potent. Like a cleanser

the Minerals in sight, but he didn't

Monsters despite being curious about

destroyed the Monster Cores of those previous Monsters. I really should

and he chose to keep his gaze on the world before

trailed as he laid eyes on the untouched garden that was the

was just that—in every literal sense of

adult human being, and they decorated the entire space. Some were bright yellow, while others a dull purple. Some had various colors on their petals, and some had colors that seemed to

'garden' that was this Floor seemed serene, with flowers like this growing in all areas of

the very center, where a certain creature

the effects of gravity diminish almost instantly. Slowly, his body began to float in the air, and the same applied to all the

left the ground and found themselves swimming in the