An Extra’s POV

~SWISH!~

That was the last sound Fenrir heard before his body turned into mincemeat and his consciousness was plunged into darkness.

Before dying, though, Fenrir could only ask himself one question.

'Why… did I ever think I killed a Dragon Commander…?'

He didn't understand the reason why. Perhaps… if he didn't have such thoughts, he wouldn't have been so careless with his actions.

'I… we were just previous soldiers drafted into war back then…'

The founding members of the Mercenary Gang were merely ex-military officers who decided to defect and become fugitives instead.

They stole a lot of resources from the Alliance—especially weapons—before defecting. This was instrumental in starting their own organization.

They initially started out as mere bandits, but slowly built their influence up to this point.

Sure, they spread the rumors of their exploits—killing Dragons being one of them—but even Fenrir hadn't killed anything above a Two-Horned on his own.

There was no way a single man could win against a Dragon Commander.

Sure, his squad had encountered a Dragon Commander in the past, but they were all wiped out—save for him.

It was all due to luck!

Yet, somehow his mind had interpreted it as him winning the battle somehow.

Why…?!

Fenrir didn't know why he thought that.

But, it was because of those foolish thoughts that he had made so many wrong decisions which led to this downward spiral.

In the end, his arrogance led to his fall, and the hubris of the leader caused the end of the Mercenary Gang.

'I really was… a fool.'

And so, Fenrir's head and entrails fell amongst the countless others that lay strewn all over the area.

They formed a grotesque landscape for the senses.

—A painting of death.

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thought to himself, happy

the fact that there were still a few members of the Heads of Destruction whose Skills he hadn't yet

if they're not useful on their own, I

sighed, realizing there was no use

long-distance communication Skill, so it's not possible to tell Ater to spare the Heads of Destruction until I

would already be

most he could do at this distance was feel what Ater was currently experiencing, and

felt so raw that Rey was convinced that Ater was doing some pretty nasty things back in the

as it's only directed at the bad guys, I suppose there's no

gaze on Rebal and Kara, who were still seated

protected by Rey, so none of the echoes of destruction touched even a minute

especially looking at

Kara nodded, though based on her trembling tone, it was clear she was somehow

she frightened? Ah… I understand

just how messy everything had gotten. This was the result he was

was brutally killed, after all. It's possible she

had hoped seeing the people responsible for the death of her family would bring her some sort of satisfaction, but that seemed a little too much to hope

looks anxious. Does he

remaining two are—" Rebal began, pointing at the seat

"I know."

direction, he could only see a wrecked seat, with

while I was busy with Fenrir and

any ounce of worry or anxiety.

calmness coursed through his

to important matters, I suppose your role here is done,

"I-I suppose so…"

As for you, Kara, I'll be reuniting you with the Alliance Forces that are likely on their way here

Kara's eyes widened a little in

"On their way here?"

almost done with their thorough investigation of this city. Besides, my recent fight with Fenrir and the other two blasted a

Rey had ensured all of this was done

a signal to the Alliance Forces so they could reach the location of the enemy on

happen…" Rey went on to explain the

Capital, and you'll rendezvous with the Alliance Forces directly outside this building and explain what happened—of course,

nodded

do?" Esme's voice was low, containing none of the life that they had all experienced before the mission

hoarse, almost as if she had been crying