Gloria's team was at least highly professional when it came to "adventuring."
They possessed extremely extensive experience in exploring dungeons.
None of the traps or meaningless forks they encountered along the way managed to lure them off course.
Each displayed their own strengths, moving with astonishing speed and imposing momentum.
Even though the dungeon's paths were winding, twisted, and exceptionally long, they still reached the dungeon BOSS's door relatively quickly.
—The dungeon layout before them was simply too classic, so everyone subconsciously assumed as much.
Before them stood an enormous palace with its great doors tightly shut.
It seemed as though opening those doors would allow them to enter and obtain inexhaustible treasure.
But adventurers always thought further ahead than ordinary people. They knew perfectly well how unlikely it was to gain something for nothing, and thus wagered that a powerful monster must be stationed within the palace.
"I'll do it."
A rugged-looking A-rank adventurer stepped out from the party and approached the palace doors.
Though he looked rugged, he was actually a veteran thief with profound experience in mechanisms, lockpicking, puzzle-solving, and the like.
As soon as he reached the doors, he took out some tools from a small pouch he carried and began feeling around them. Incredibly, after only two or three minutes, a creak sounded—the doors opened!
It had to be said that specialists had their specialties. If it had been Dark, he would probably have chosen to force the doors open.
As the palace doors opened, a damp scent like seawater immediately leaked out from within.
The adventurers instantly became alert.
The veteran thief, in particular, sprang back as if by reflex.
But after half a minute of held breath, nothing unexpected happened. The thief turned to glance at [Red Dragon Pilgrim] Gloria. After a brief