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

appeared from behind Asher. However, the moment he turned to look, an explosion of flames

had been opened, and the

~WHOOSH!~

he swiftly utilized Wind Magic to shroud himself and jump out

~BOOOOOOMMM!!!~

able to escape the wrath of flames that would have melted

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

of wind danced around him, lessening the impact he

above him, though—where he had

his body shrouded by flames so

could even respond, the man jumped from his heights to

~BOOM!~

earth shattered as it welcomed his glorious landing, and his dark silhouette soon began to form

'T-this man…!'

wore a long hooded cloak, though his hood was brought down, revealing his

wore no shirt, and he had black

and his spiky red hair

well-built—with muscles

like he would be a great warrior, but thanks to the Magic display just now, it was clear he was also a

face,

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

was referring to Asher—who

he see through his disguise? Or was he merely looking down on

Asher

He could only respond.

"You're… Anukus… the Destroyer?"

as he watched the man's

'It really is him!'

very first time he would be seeing

Deadly Three; the strongest trio among the Nine Heads of

because everything about him was

all geared towards consuming his prey and

Warrior and the skills of a

was no need to fight

intruding on your work. If you do

and right as he

would give his signal, and

but I'll make sure as many

Group were what made up