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 used

In essence, Lucielle.

device was

decided to stay behind, letting Adonis and the rest venture in to save their

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

their allies within that time, it was possible that the

that would

currently the most skilled and experienced member of the entire team, so having her absent in the mission would

needed Lucielle's versatile skill-set. She was perhaps

Adonis,

all entered the Dungeon, the portal closed up, leaving mere sparks of remnant

before vanishing entirely, leaving

"W-whoa…!"

gasps echoed in the air as the people looked around them to get a grasp of their

actual Dungeon before, so the looks of awe and wonder mostly came

Mages, the

had ever ventured this deep into a Dungeon before, so it was only

there was no way anyone could remain unimpressed

of the Royal Dungeon was—in simple words—like

entire area was covered in shimmering minerals of the finest

stones, and no luminous

was made up of the stuff, and throughout the walls and extremely high and

for a moment as she took in the sight

a

and quantity of Mana Crystals, the Alliance would never run out of Magic Energy for a

could make more Enchanted Items and

and Alchemical concoctions would

produced.

tilt the current tides of battle in

The possibilities were endless!

on the task at hand." As Adonis spoke, the "ooohs" and "aahhhs"

tone made everyone remember the weight of responsibility that rested on

said

"T-that—?!"

everyone

mere

Adonis whispered, his eyes widening in sheer

recognize those

'H-how are they… here?'

line of thought, though, a voice echoed in

"B-Brutus! There he is!"

further than the piles of

hung in the air, levitating through some sort of Magic

danced thanks to the current of Magic that raised his body. Dried blood painted his bare skin, and his bulging muscles appeared helpless under the restraints