An Extra’s POV

All the assaulters were ready to begin their counterattack.

With the window that Justin opened for them, and the other minor traps and debuffs like Eric's [Blindness], they were set to go.

Then—

"KRIIIIIIIIIKKKKK!!!"

—The most unexpected occurred.

~SWIIIISHHH!~

One of the centipedes wiggled its way through the strings and rushed towards Justin in a bid to devour him.

Perhaps even crush him.

"Justin, no!" Swiftly leaving his own position in the formation, Clark rushed towards his friend.

Shockwaves radiated as a result of his impulsive action, causing others to shift ever so slightly from their formation.

Justin, who was too distracted in his celebration, did not notice anything off until Clark called out his name.

Once he opened his eyes wide, he noticed the centipede which lunged at him with dangerous precision.

It's disgustingly black body was about to crash on him when Clark charged towards it and knocked it away.

~BOOOOOM!~

The knockback effect caused the centipede to wriggle and try to gain its footing.

Clark rushed towards it before it could recover and sent it a flurry of punches while burning it with his Heat Vision.

"JUST! STAY! DOWN!" He screamed, finally dispatching the Centipede with a powerful strike involving a clasped fist descending on the wounded Centipede's head.

Yes, he was able to defeat that single Centipede.

However, thanks to his disturbance, the restrained Centipedes not only woke from their slumbering states, but they grew erratic and wriggled out of their restraints as well.

With Justin too startled to tighten the hood of his strings, they successfully escaped their constraints and charged at Clark all at once.

"Clark!"

"Look out!"

massive insects, but even they could not make it in

as though all hope was left,

"Dissipate."

of the Centipedes suddenly turned into

to the ground, instantly eliminating the danger that would

two, if Justin

to survive was due to the masked man who appeared before the kneeling

the threat being extinguished, a powerful pressure

the swarm of Centipedes could

of it stemmed from

break formation?" He asked, glaring

tone was calm, but the undertone clearly

waited patiently for

in danger. I couldn't just watch

would have saved

that none of the Otherworlders would die as long

he had managed to

fact that he easily destroyed all the Monsters that were giving them so much trouble meant they really weren't anything to

Justin even without Clark's impulsive

should have

But—

by and watch someone get hurt right in front of me.

fell,

with his cold, crimson eyes. No mercy or compassion could be found in his gaze, and this continued for a few

"Sir Ralyks, maybe—"

finger the moment Adonis spoke up, instantly shutting up the

dared say anything afterwards. They only gulped and watched in anxiety as

have put the rest in greater danger. Is that truly a

question. He just looked away and stared at

me do? Just watch my friend

at that moment, nothing of the sort registered

simply wanted to

to protect is indeed an

Clark beamed and looked at

"Exactly! I just—!"

only the predator and the prey. The hunter and