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 be

Gateway' was an incredibly powerful device that could only be used by a powerful Mage who

In essence, Lucielle.

with this device was the

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

Magic consumed a lot of Mana, and it couldn't possibly be maintained for too

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

say, that would

all, Lucielle was currently the most skilled and experienced

was perhaps the most important factor

Adonis,

the portal closed up, leaving

entirely, leaving the group

"W-whoa…!"

air as the people looked around them to get a grasp

Dungeon before, so

the expressions of inevitable surprise

into

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

99th Floor of the Royal Dungeon was—in

covered in shimmering minerals of the finest quality, and in huge

the most precious of stones, and no luminous stone or chandelier could

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

was distracted for a moment as she

was a

quality and quantity of Mana Crystals, the Alliance would never run out of Magic Energy for a

make more Enchanted Items and fuel more of their Magic

and Alchemical concoctions would finally

produced.

could even somewhat tilt the current tides of

The possibilities were endless!

task at hand." As

made everyone remember the weight

Adonis said

"T-that—?!"

from where he and everyone else

mere stones,

Cores…" Adonis whispered, his

recognize those

'H-how are they… here?'

thought, though, a voice echoed

"B-Brutus! There he is!"

than the piles of

and he shamefully hung in the air, levitating through

danced thanks to the current of Magic that raised his body.