An Extra’s POV

As all the Heroic Rank Adventurers littered the battlefield, the tension that pervaded the air became so vivid that everyone could feel it.

It was a massive space, but somehow both sides felt as close to the conflict as one could possibly get.

The group within the white dome, ignorant but hopeful, were in full support of Jet and Lux.

Now that Noah had joined the fray, he too had their support.

The other side, shrouded by a golden barrier, already knew who the enemies were—Jet and Lux—and they also knew that they had to die.

With these two sides having their representatives in a three against one deadlock, the battle was about to get even more chaotic.

And everyone waited in anticipation to see who would win, and more importantly…

… Who would lose.

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"Stay out of this, Sherlock!" Britta growled as she glared intensely at the young man who stopped her.

He was barely an adult, yet he had enough strength to stop her attack.

'I can't believe it…' Her thoughts nearly trailed off, but she pulled it back to the current conflict.

"I'm sorry, but I can't!"

His smile, despite how tense the battle was, pissed her off. The ignorant lad had no idea about the stakes of the battle, yet he was defending them?

Why?!

"Listen Sherlock, those two are—!"

"Dragons? Yeah… so you people say." He responded casually. "You, Sebas, and everyone on your side seems to believe that they are the enemy."

Britta was so filled with anger that she felt like exploding.

'It's not like I started out believing it, or that I wanted to…!' She just had to look at the evidence and go against her bias.

was the truth revealed

"Sherlock, you—!"

people they are, Britta. Those who have been with them for

you must have seen it

reminded of the embrace she shared with Jet, how he saved her from the Monsters like she was a damsel, and how he wreaked righteous judgment on the vile creatures that would have killed

life, and before she knew it… her heart

But…

deceived me."

Noah's voice

really

to waver. The strength that she had tried so hard

"I… I…"

more, and more

"I…"

suddenly woke her from her hesitation, and before she

"I… believe it!"

behind the attack, and Sherlock swiftly twisted his body to remove some of the

result was a repulsion effect that forced both sides to slide

so? Such

true shame is you supporting vermin like them over

katana

him, with flashes of lightning crackling

making his katana invisible since Britta's [Greater Full Sense] would be able to detect it, so he

cut. In this level of combat, both parties simply had to go all-out and use everything in

greater Skill and

~WHOOOSH!~

Sherlock, her blade

a proper defensive Skill that would give him

Well… she was wrong.

power." Waves of shadows suddenly swept all around Sherlock, instantly wrapping him in a cocoon

makes sense that you don't know what my Skills

known to use Shadow Magic in a lot of proficient ways,

the very least, that was

maybe I'll show you a glimpse." Sherlock's voice suddenly came from behind Britta, forcing her to turn back

Yet, she saw nothing.

Then—