An Extra’s POV

"Haaa… haaa…"

Blood. Gore. Brutalized human meat that felt downright despicable.

… It felt wrong.

As Asher heaved heavy sighs, his eyes occupied with the several blurs of red that danced in his eyes, he tried his best to find survivors.

There were none.

Everyone in the burning building had been cooked to an overwhelmingly fine degree. Some had whole bodies, and some had chopped-up ones.

In the end, they were made equal in death.

Asher struggled to make it through the flames, thanking his Enchanted Cloak for the heat resistance and durability additions that it provided.

If not for it, as well as his other Enchanted Items, he would have been cooked as well.

The central manor of the Jaune Councilor had several areas, but Asher was focused on only one.

The man—Lord Jaune's—office itself.

'There's not much use for a man who has lost his resources, but a Councilor is still a Councilor…'

With this line of thought, Asher navigated his way through the building's flames and made his way into the place.

Unfortunately for this, when he arrived in Lord Jaune's office…

"My God."

… The man's diced up flesh was arranged to form a corpse on the wall, and flames slowly burned through it.

An aroma of cooked meat filled the room, different from the choking and unbearable atmosphere outside.

Once Asher saw this, he knew he had struggled for nothing.

'He's dead.'

With the Councilor dead, there was no longer any need to be here.

'This merciless execution… it could have only been the Mercenary Gang.' Asher's suspicions were now confirmed.

Were they hired by Scylla and her forces? Have they completely gone over to their side?

As Asher had these thoughts, he moved closer to the corpse; perhaps to find a clue about what had happened before his arrival.

Then—

wasn't expecting any

However, the moment he turned to look, an explosion of flames rushed

a floodgate had been opened, and the overwhelming burst of fire charged

~WHOOSH!~

Casting] Skill and [Basic Elemental Affinity] Skills, he swiftly

~BOOOOOOMMM!!!~

broke apart like cookies, and Asher was able to escape the wrath of flames that would have melted

fire danced in the air, Asher swiftly used a Wind Spell

the impact he would have on the floor as

eyes were on the floor above him, though—where he had jumped out

shrouded by flames so it was difficult to

before Asher could even respond, the man jumped from

~BOOM!~

landing, and his dark silhouette soon began to form the

'T-this man…!'

wore a long hooded cloak, though his hood

and he

red tattoos—were drawn all over his body, and his spiky red hair gave him

was well-built—with muscles that appeared perfectly

the Magic display just now, it was clear he was also a

had a few more markings on his face, marred

know who I am, kid?" He asked, his intimidating presence

appearing to be in his thirties, the man was referring to Asher—who still had the form

disguise? Or was

Asher

He could only respond.

"You're… Anukus… the Destroyer?"

trembled as he watched the man's

'It really is him!'

the very first time he would be seeing such a being in

the strongest trio among the Nine

was called The Destroyer because

Class, and even his personality; they were all geared towards

the skills of a Mage.' Asher

was no need to fight

for intruding on your work. If you do

and right

would give his signal, and

make sure as many members of

KariBlanc Group were what made