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

device that could only be used by a powerful Mage

In essence, Lucielle.

was the

and the rest venture in to save their

lot of Mana, and

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

say, that

and the greatest potential of all, Lucielle was 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 the most important factor in the entire

Adonis,

portal closed up,

vanishing entirely, leaving the group of

"W-whoa…!"

in the air as the people looked around

to an actual Dungeon before, so the looks of awe

among the Knights and Mages, the expressions of inevitable surprise filled

had ever ventured this deep into a

way anyone could

Royal Dungeon was—in

area was covered in shimmering minerals of

no luminous stone or chandelier could compare

the stuff, and throughout the walls and extremely high and pointed

as she took in the sight

was a gold

the Alliance would never run out of Magic Energy for a

Items and fuel more of their Magic

Alchemical concoctions would

produced.

even somewhat tilt the current tides of battle in

The possibilities were endless!

task at hand." As

everyone remember the weight of responsibility that rested

almost as soon as Adonis said this, even he

"T-that—?!"

from where he and everyone

weren't mere stones,

Adonis whispered, his eyes widening in sheer

could recognize

'H-how are they… here?'

conclude his line of thought, though,

"B-Brutus! There he is!"

distance from them—much further than the piles of Monster Cores—there was

bruises all over his body, and he shamefully hung in the air, levitating through some sort of Magic

current of Magic that raised his body. Dried blood painted his bare skin, and his bulging