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

only be used by a powerful Mage who had a high level

In essence, Lucielle.

device was the duration of

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

Mana, and it couldn't possibly be maintained

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

say, that would be

the most skilled and experienced member of the entire team, so

needed Lucielle's versatile skill-set. She was perhaps the most important factor in the

Adonis,

closed up, leaving mere sparks of remnant Mana floating

before vanishing entirely, leaving the group of fifty-seven stranded in a

"W-whoa…!"

gasps echoed in the air as the people looked around them

of the Otherworlders had been to an actual Dungeon before, so the looks of awe

the Knights and Mages, the expressions of

deep into a Dungeon

was no way anyone could remain unimpressed

99th Floor of the Royal Dungeon was—in

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

most precious of stones, and no luminous stone or chandelier could compare

extremely high and pointed ceilings… everything

for a moment as she took in the

was a gold mine of

and quantity of Mana Crystals, the Alliance would never run

could make more Enchanted Items and fuel more of their Magic

Alchemical concoctions would finally be

produced.

current tides

The possibilities were endless!

the task at hand." As

remember the weight of responsibility

as soon as Adonis said this,

"T-that—?!"

from where he and everyone else stood… there stood

weren't mere stones,

his eyes widening in sheer

could recognize those

'H-how are they… here?'

Adonis could conclude his line of thought, though, a voice echoed in the

"B-Brutus! There he is!"

them—much further than the piles

body, and he shamefully hung in the air, levitating through some sort of Magic

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