The heavy creak of armored boots echoed through the metallic halls of the Bernard Empire's forward base as Raihan and his squad descended from the Celestial Galleon's docking platform.
Paladins, clerics, magi-knights, and sanctified scouts. Fifty elite warriors of the Ancient Holy Empire.
They entered the Dungeon.
There were many people from the Bernard Empire inside. The Exo Knights and the ISSD had cleared the first, second, third, and fourth floors. These people were now taking the bodies of the monsters on these floors away so that the Bernard Empire's scientists could research them.
Raihan walked in silence.
They reached the fourth floor, the sight surprised even Raihan.
Dozens of workers in swarmed the chamber like ants. Arcane drills cut through the crystal-veined stone, while massive haulers loaded shimmering chunks of Void Amber, Bloodstone, and Mana Quartz into floating platforms. Automated turrets stood guard, tracking movement with eerie precision.
It was a mine.
