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

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

In essence, Lucielle.

this device was the duration of the

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

consumed a lot of Mana, and it couldn't

their allies within that time, it was possible that the portal would close before this happened,

say, that would be

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 mission would be a huge

skill-set. She was perhaps the most important factor

Adonis,

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

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

"W-whoa…!"

air as the people looked around them to get a

the Otherworlders had been to an actual Dungeon before, so

even among the Knights and Mages, the

this deep into a

was no way anyone could remain unimpressed by the expanse that welcomed

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

shimmering minerals of

and no luminous stone

the walls and extremely high and pointed ceilings… everything was filled with the purest kinds of Mana

distracted for a moment as she took in the sight before

place was a gold mine of

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

more Enchanted Items and

Alchemical concoctions would finally be

produced.

current tides of

The possibilities were endless!

As Adonis spoke,

weight of responsibility that

Adonis said this, even he became distracted by

"T-that—?!"

he and everyone else stood… there stood countless piles

mere stones,

Monster Cores…" Adonis whispered, his

recognize

'H-how are they… here?'

of thought, though, a voice

"B-Brutus! There he is!"

them—much further than the piles

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

the current of Magic that raised his body. Dried blood painted his bare skin,