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.

couldn't be

device that could only be used by a powerful Mage who had a high

In essence, Lucielle.

with this device was the duration

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

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

they bet on the chance that Adonis and the rest could save their allies within that time,

that would

power and the greatest potential of all, Lucielle was currently the most skilled and experienced member of the entire team, so having her absent

was perhaps the most important factor

Except Adonis,

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

vanishing entirely, leaving

"W-whoa…!"

in the air as the people looked around them to get

Otherworlders had been to an actual Dungeon before, so the looks of awe and wonder mostly came from

the

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

way anyone could

Royal Dungeon was—in simple words—like

minerals

precious of stones, and no luminous stone or chandelier could

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

moment as she took in

a

would never run

more Enchanted Items and

concoctions would finally

produced.

could even somewhat tilt the current tides of battle

The possibilities were endless!

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

made everyone remember the weight of responsibility that

soon as Adonis said this, even

"T-that—?!"

couple hundred meters from where he and everyone else stood… there stood countless

weren't mere stones,

whispered, his

could recognize those piles

'H-how are they… here?'

thought, though,

"B-Brutus! There he is!"

the piles of Monster Cores—there

bruises all over his body, and he shamefully hung in

raised his body. Dried blood painted his bare skin,