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

device that could only be used by a powerful Mage who

In essence, Lucielle.

with this device was the duration

rest venture in to save their ally, the rift

Mana, and it couldn't

Adonis and the rest could save their allies within that time, it was possible that the portal would close before this happened, leaving

that would be

was currently the most skilled and experienced

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

Adonis, of

Dungeon, the portal closed up, leaving mere sparks of remnant

even those 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 their

to an actual Dungeon before, so

the Knights and Mages, the expressions of inevitable

of them had ever ventured this deep into a Dungeon before,

could remain unimpressed

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

covered in shimmering minerals

stones, and no luminous stone or chandelier

up of the stuff, and throughout the walls and extremely

for a moment as she took in the sight

was a gold

this quality and quantity of Mana Crystals, the Alliance would

more Enchanted Items and fuel more of

concoctions

produced.

somewhat tilt the current

The possibilities were endless!

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

remember the weight of responsibility that rested on their

soon as Adonis said this,

"T-that—?!"

couple hundred meters from where he and everyone

mere stones,

his eyes

recognize

'H-how are they… here?'

could conclude his line of thought, though, a voice

"B-Brutus! There he is!"

them—much further than the piles

and he shamefully hung in the air, levitating through some sort of Magic

and disheveled hair danced thanks to the current of Magic that raised his body. Dried blood painted his bare