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

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

In essence, Lucielle.

device was the

rest venture in to save their ally, the rift would close after two

Magic consumed a lot of Mana, and it

within that time, it was possible that

to say, that would be

most skilled and experienced member of the entire

versatile skill-set. She was perhaps the most important factor in the

Adonis, of

portal closed up, leaving mere sparks of remnant

a second before vanishing entirely, leaving the group of fifty-seven stranded in a world unlike any

"W-whoa…!"

echoed in the air as the people looked

actual Dungeon before, so the looks of awe and wonder mostly came from

Knights and Mages, the

deep into a Dungeon before,

no way anyone could remain unimpressed

Royal Dungeon was—in simple words—like

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

glowed like the most precious of stones, and no luminous

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

distracted for a moment as

was a gold mine

quantity of Mana Crystals, the Alliance would never run out

Enchanted Items and fuel

concoctions would finally

produced.

current tides of battle in their

The possibilities were endless!

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

weight of responsibility that rested on

soon as Adonis said this, even he became distracted

"T-that—?!"

and everyone else stood… there stood countless

weren't mere stones,

his eyes widening in

recognize those

'H-how are they… here?'

conclude his line of thought, though, a voice echoed

"B-Brutus! There he is!"

than the piles of Monster Cores—there was an

hung in the air,

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 helpless