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

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

In essence, Lucielle.

this device was the duration of the

behind, letting Adonis and the rest venture in to save

Mana, and it

the rest could save their allies within that time,

that would

Lucielle was currently the most skilled and experienced

She was perhaps the most

Except Adonis,

portal closed up, leaving mere sparks of

those only lasted a second before vanishing entirely, leaving the group of fifty-seven stranded

"W-whoa…!"

as the people

to an actual Dungeon before, so the looks of

and Mages, the expressions of inevitable surprise filled

ever ventured this deep into a Dungeon before, so it was only

could

99th Floor of the Royal Dungeon was—in simple words—like a

entire area was covered in shimmering minerals of the

precious of stones, and no luminous stone or

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

moment as she took

a gold mine of

Mana Crystals, the Alliance would never run out of Magic

Items and fuel more of their

concoctions would finally

produced.

somewhat tilt the current tides of battle

The possibilities were endless!

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

made everyone remember the weight of responsibility that

said this, even

"T-that—?!"

meters from where he and everyone else stood… there stood countless piles of

mere

Cores…" Adonis whispered, his eyes widening

could recognize those

'H-how are they… here?'

thought, though,

"B-Brutus! There he is!"

further than the piles of Monster Cores—there was

body, and he shamefully hung in the air, levitating through

body. Dried blood painted his bare skin, and his bulging muscles appeared helpless under the restraints