An Extra’s POV

[Earlier That Day]

"It seems we're all ready."

As the sun slowly rose in the horizon, Adonis' blond hair swayed with every instance his lips moved.

His handsome face greeted everyone who stood before him, and even the equally beautiful Grand Mage who was beside him gave him all her attention.

Right now, all fifty of the Knights and Mages that the United Human Alliance could offer stood before him.

Also standing in front of them were the five Otherworlders who volunteered for this dangerous expedition.

The determined expressions on their faces made Adonis smile a little.

He had said all that needed to be said, and they were already briefed by Lucielle, so there was no longer any need to keep the mission waiting.

"We depart now!"

~VWUUUSHH!~

A wormhole was opened right behind Adonis the moment he made this declaration.

It shone with multiple colors, and it came from a cube-like item that Lucielle held in her unoccupied left hand.

Her right hand had a staff on, and she was currently outfitted in a pure white and red military outfit befitting of a Grand Mage.

She had a cap on—the kind a sailor or a royal emissary would have—and gold buttons and linings decorated her red and white attire.

Her crimson eyes glimmered brightly as the box in her grasp began to vanish once the portal it created stabilized.

This Enchanted Item was called 'The Gateway' and it was a one-time use Item.

It could open the doorway to anywhere that they could pinpoint, as long as it was an actual location.

Since Lucielle already detected Brutus in the lowest Floor—the 99th Floor—of the Dungeon, this Item had just created a portal that led to that very place.

It wasn't a one-sided portal, though, so they had to hurry if they wanted to gain the upper hand.

"Let's go!"

In response to Adonis' orders, the men and women began marching closer to the portal.

As the Hero, Adonis bravely stepped into the portal first, and the rest trailed after him.

Lucielle was the last to enter, and as soon as she did, the portal collapsed.

One of the conditions of use when it came to 'The Gateway' was once its user entered the portal it made, the spatial rift would close, so no one was surprised by this.

In fact, if this was the only condition, then a random person could have been the one to activate it, allowing everyone to venture in and out without any need to ascend the Floors to escape.

that couldn't be

one, 'The Gateway' was an incredibly powerful device that could only be used by a powerful Mage who had a high level of

In essence, Lucielle.

problem with this device was the

in to save their ally, the rift would close after two

lot of Mana, and it couldn't possibly be maintained

chance that Adonis and the rest could save their allies within

that would be

had the most power and the greatest potential of all, Lucielle was currently the most skilled

She was perhaps

Except Adonis, of

Dungeon, the portal closed up, leaving mere sparks of remnant Mana

those only lasted a second before vanishing entirely, leaving the group of fifty-seven stranded

"W-whoa…!"

as the people looked around them to get a grasp

an actual Dungeon before, so the

and Mages, the expressions of inevitable

ever ventured this deep into a Dungeon

anyone could remain unimpressed by

Floor of the Royal Dungeon was—in

entire area was covered in shimmering minerals of the finest quality, and in

no luminous stone or chandelier could compare to

stuff, and throughout the walls and extremely high and pointed ceilings… everything was filled with

was distracted for a moment as she took

place was a gold mine

the Alliance would never run out of Magic Energy for

Items and fuel more of their

Alchemical concoctions

produced.

could even somewhat tilt the current

The possibilities were endless!

the task at hand." As

everyone remember the weight

almost as soon as Adonis said this, even he became

"T-that—?!"

he and everyone else stood… there stood countless piles of crimson

weren't mere stones,

whispered, his eyes widening in sheer

could recognize those

'H-how are they… here?'

line of thought, though, a voice echoed in the massive

"B-Brutus! There he is!"

piles of Monster Cores—there was

bruises all over his body, and he shamefully hung in the air, levitating through

raised his body. Dried blood painted his bare skin, and his bulging muscles appeared helpless