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—

expecting any

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

and the overwhelming burst of fire charged in

~WHOOSH!~

he swiftly utilized Wind Magic to shroud himself and jump

~BOOOOOOMMM!!!~

to escape the wrath of flames that would have melted him down to his

danced in the air, Asher swiftly used a

impact he

eyes were on the floor above him, though—where

stood there, his body shrouded by flames so it was difficult to

could even respond, the man jumped from his heights to

~BOOM!~

his glorious landing, and his dark silhouette soon began to form the image of a

'T-this man…!'

man wore a long hooded cloak, though his hood

and he had

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

was well-built—with muscles that appeared

be a great warrior, but thanks to the Magic

had a few more markings on his face, marred by

He asked, his intimidating presence

man was referring to Asher—who still had the

disguise? Or

way, Asher could

He could only respond.

"You're… Anukus… the Destroyer?"

he watched

'It really is him!'

ever heard of him, but this was the very

the strongest trio among the Nine

because everything about him

even his personality; they were all geared towards consuming

the skills of a Mage.' Asher gulped as

need to fight

for intruding on your work. If you do

darted to the left and right as

spotted them, he would give his signal, and they would all

lose some people, but I'll make sure as many members of the Group

the KariBlanc Group were what