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

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

In essence, Lucielle.

another problem with this device was the duration

if Lucielle decided to stay behind, letting Adonis and the rest venture in to save their ally, the rift would close after

of Mana, and it couldn't possibly be maintained for too

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

say, that

most skilled and experienced member

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

Adonis, of

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

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

"W-whoa…!"

the air as the people looked around

to an actual Dungeon before, so

among the Knights and Mages, the expressions

ventured this deep into a Dungeon before, so

anyone could remain unimpressed by the

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

entire area was covered in shimmering minerals of the finest quality, and in huge

of stones, and no luminous

made up of the stuff, and throughout the walls and extremely high and pointed ceilings… everything was filled with the purest

as

was a gold mine of

quality and quantity of Mana Crystals, the Alliance would never run

Enchanted Items and fuel

and Alchemical concoctions would finally

produced.

current tides

The possibilities were endless!

the task at hand." As

made everyone remember the weight of responsibility that rested on their

Adonis said this, even

"T-that—?!"

where he and everyone else stood… there

mere stones,

Monster Cores…" Adonis whispered, his eyes widening in

recognize those

'H-how are they… here?'

could conclude his line of thought, though, a voice

"B-Brutus! There he is!"

the piles

over his body, and he shamefully hung in

Magic that raised his body. Dried blood painted his bare skin, and his bulging