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.

obstruction was no match

sent his senses across the door one last time, doing

white world, he couldn't see all the details, but as long as the outlines were revealed to him,

there was only one

little difficult to believe, but his eyes had never

doesn't seem to be a Boss Room either. Just one

a little longer,

In an instant, the double doors swung wide open, granting easy entry to Rey and his

but he ignored them yet

accomplished what I set out to do. The Minerals that Ater spoke of… they're

that he had to keep his emotions in check, Rey reckoned he would be jumping for joy at the moment. Not only were the materials he found

Crystals that were as tough as Adanantite, or Orichalcum that had a tougher build than the strongest metal in the Western

those, though, Rey found even more

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

were so many possibilities that Rey had to explore with the Minerals in sight, but he

even slay any of the Monsters despite being curious about how their

the Monster Cores of those previous

he chose to keep his gaze on the world before

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

was just that—in every literal sense of

flowers were almost as tall as an adult human being, and they decorated the entire space. Some were bright yellow, while others a

serene, with flowers like this growing in

the very center, where a certain

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

left the ground and found themselves swimming