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

be used by a powerful Mage who had

In essence, Lucielle.

problem with this device was the duration

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

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

allies within that

that would

though Adonis had the most power 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

was perhaps the most important factor

Except Adonis,

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

only lasted a second before vanishing entirely, leaving the group of

"W-whoa…!"

air as the people

before, so the looks

and Mages, the

ventured this deep into a Dungeon before, so it was

was no way anyone could

Royal Dungeon was—in simple words—like

entire area was covered in shimmering minerals of the finest

no luminous stone or chandelier could compare to their

and throughout the walls and extremely high and pointed ceilings…

distracted for a moment as she took in

place was a gold mine of

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

make more Enchanted Items and fuel more

Alchemical concoctions

produced.

could even somewhat tilt the current tides

The possibilities were endless!

on the task at hand." As Adonis spoke,

the weight of responsibility that

said this, even

"T-that—?!"

hundred meters from where he and everyone else stood… there

mere stones,

whispered, his eyes widening

recognize

'H-how are they… here?'

conclude his line of thought, though, a

"B-Brutus! There he is!"

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

had bruises all over his body, and he shamefully hung in

beards and disheveled hair danced thanks to the current of Magic that raised his body. Dried blood painted his bare skin, and his bulging muscles appeared