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 be

only be used

In essence, Lucielle.

another problem with this device was

letting Adonis and the rest venture in to save

Mana, and

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

that would

and the greatest potential of all, Lucielle was currently the most skilled and experienced member of the entire team, so having her absent

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

Adonis,

portal closed up, leaving mere sparks of remnant Mana floating

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

"W-whoa…!"

few gasps echoed in the air as the people looked around them to get a grasp of

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

Mages, the expressions of inevitable surprise

ventured this deep into a Dungeon before,

all, there was no way anyone could remain unimpressed by the expanse

of the Royal Dungeon was—in simple words—like a world of

covered in shimmering minerals of the finest quality, and

glowed like the most precious of stones, and no luminous stone or

and throughout the walls and extremely

was distracted for a moment as she

a gold mine

quantity of Mana Crystals, the Alliance would never

more Enchanted Items and fuel more of their

concoctions would finally be

produced.

the current tides

The possibilities were endless!

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

remember the weight of

Adonis said this, even he became distracted by

"T-that—?!"

and everyone else stood… there

weren't mere

Monster Cores…" Adonis whispered, his eyes widening in sheer

could recognize those piles

'H-how are they… here?'

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

"B-Brutus! There he is!"

the piles of Monster Cores—there

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

body. Dried blood painted