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

was an incredibly powerful device that could only be used by

In essence, Lucielle.

device was the duration of the spatial

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

and it couldn't possibly

the chance that Adonis and the rest could save their allies within that time, it was possible that the portal

say, that

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

She was perhaps the most important

Except Adonis,

had all entered the Dungeon, the portal closed up, leaving

leaving the group of fifty-seven stranded in a world unlike

"W-whoa…!"

as the people looked around them

to an actual Dungeon before,

even among the Knights and Mages, the expressions

deep into a Dungeon

anyone could remain unimpressed by

Royal Dungeon was—in simple words—like a world of

shimmering minerals of the finest quality,

precious of stones, and no

was made up of the stuff, and throughout the walls and extremely high and pointed ceilings… everything was filled with the purest

was distracted for a moment as

was a gold mine of

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

could make more Enchanted Items and fuel more of

concoctions would finally

produced.

even somewhat tilt the current tides of battle in

The possibilities were endless!

task at hand." As Adonis spoke, the

the weight of

as Adonis said this, even he

"T-that—?!"

and everyone else stood… there stood countless piles of crimson

mere

Adonis whispered, his eyes widening in

recognize those

'H-how are they… here?'

Adonis could conclude his line of thought,

"B-Brutus! There he is!"

than the piles of Monster Cores—there

and he shamefully hung in the

raised his body. Dried blood painted his