In a filthy dungeon, a group of young people wore miserable expressions. Most of them were girls, though there were also some boys.
Medanzo and Senior Yulia's group were currently trapped in such an environment.
They had been captured by those bandit-like men. After being brought into a certain area of the ruined city, they had been sent here.
This probably was not the bandits' lair, because there had clearly been a handover.
After receiving some money from the person in charge of the dungeon, the bandits had left immediately.
"What a terrible start."
Senior Yulia had held the lock on the dungeon's iron door with both hands for a long time. Only after a long while did she shake her head, giving Medanzo a signal.
Here, she could not even use Star Creation.
There was no daylight in the dungeon. They could only barely maintain a sense of time through the fixed times when food was delivered each day. Clili woke up on the night she entered the dungeon.
After Senior Yulia briefly explained the situation to Clili, the little maid from Rose Mansion unexpectedly did not react too strongly. She merely curled up quietly in a corner and refused to speak with anyone.
However, Senior Yulia was very good at communicating with people. There were quite a few other captives in the dungeon, and they made excellent sources of information.
Through those people, Senior Yulia's group quickly learned some information about this place.
The place they were in had once been known as the safest, most prosperous, and most stable human settlement: the City of Divine Blessing. It had also been the headquarters of the Divine Blessing Church, which fought the monsters of the world.
However, a disaster had descended. In a single night, the Church had