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!"

wall of massive insects, but even they could not

though all

"Dissipate."

the Centipedes

the danger that would have ended

two, if Justin was

to the masked man who appeared before the kneeling Clark and glared

extinguished, a powerful pressure still filled the

than the swarm of Centipedes could

all of it stemmed from

did you break formation?" He asked, glaring at

the undertone clearly displayed his dissatisfaction with

waited patiently

danger. I couldn't just watch while

would have saved him. I'm

none of the Otherworlders would die as long

he had managed

giving them so much trouble meant they really weren't anything to him in the

helped Justin even without Clark's

should have recognized

But—

and watch someone get hurt

face fell, becoming

eyes. No mercy or compassion could be found

"Sir Ralyks, maybe—"

held up his finger the moment

dared say anything afterwards. They only gulped and watched

rest in greater danger.

just

me do? Just

for sure, but at that moment, nothing of the sort

wanted to save his

an important aspect in being a

and looked at the Dark Adventurer with

"Exactly! I just—!"

only the predator and the prey. The hunter and the hunted. The Adventurer… and