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 to

"Sherlock, you—!"

a day or two, and I've seen the kind of people they are, Britta. Those who have been with them for longer were

are Dragons, but surely you must

from the Monsters like she was a damsel, and how he wreaked righteous judgment on the vile creatures that

before

But…

you, them… they deceived me." Britta mumbled,

Noah's voice came—soft, but

really

caused Britta's resolve to waver. The strength that she had tried so hard to maintain for so long began to

"I… I…"

even more, and

"I…"

NOW!" The panicked voice from Sebas suddenly woke her from her hesitation, and before she even realized

"I… believe it!"

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

a repulsion effect that forced both sides to slide a few meters away

that so? Such

shame is you supporting vermin like them over your own

katana

energy began to dance around him, with flashes of lightning

invisible since Britta's [Greater Full Sense] would be able to detect it,

Adventurers, petty tricks and underhanded moves would hardly make the cut. In this level of combat, both parties simply had to go all-out and use everything in their

greater Skill and Power would be the

~WHOOOSH!~

Sherlock, her blade ready to deal

that

Well… she was wrong.

of shadows suddenly swept all around Sherlock, instantly wrapping him in a cocoon that protected him

sense that you

he was known to use Shadow Magic in a lot of proficient ways, he was never really seen utilizing

very least, that was how

glimpse." Sherlock's voice suddenly came from behind Britta,

Yet, she saw nothing.

Then—