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!"

through the wall of massive insects, but

seem as though all hope was

"Dissipate."

the Centipedes suddenly

instantly eliminating the

even two, if Justin

was due to the masked man who appeared before the kneeling Clark and glared at him with

extinguished, a powerful pressure still

than the

all of it stemmed

did you break formation?" He asked, glaring at

clearly displayed his dissatisfaction with the boy's

patiently

was in danger. I couldn't just watch while

have saved him. I'm

that none of the Otherworlders would die as

he had managed to keep

the Monsters that were giving them so much trouble meant they really

would have helped Justin even without Clark's

have

But—

I just can't sit by and watch someone get hurt right in front of

face fell,

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

"Sir Ralyks, maybe—"

up his finger the moment Adonis spoke

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

doing so, you would have put the rest in greater danger. Is that

answer the question. He just looked away and stared

do? Just watch my friend die…?"

would have saved Justin for sure, but at that moment, nothing of the sort registered in

to

desire to protect is indeed an important aspect in

Clark beamed and looked at the Dark Adventurer with bright

"Exactly! I just—!"

There is only the predator and the prey.