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.

then was the truth revealed to her;

"Sherlock, you—!"

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

they are Dragons, but surely you must have seen

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

owed him her life, and before she knew

But…

us… they've deceived you, them… they deceived

voice came—soft,

really

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

"I… I…"

hands shook even more, and more of her grip

"I…"

her from her hesitation, and before she even realized it, her tight grip

"I… believe it!"

swiftly twisted his body to remove some of

that forced both sides to slide

so?

shame is you supporting vermin like them over your

katana and took a battle

dance around him, with flashes of lightning crackling all over himself and his

bother making his katana invisible since Britta's [Greater Full Sense] would be able to detect it, so he opted for the more direct

In this level of combat, both parties simply had to go all-out and

greater Skill and Power would

~WHOOOSH!~

and charged at Sherlock, her blade ready to deal multiple slashes

defensive Skill that would give him an edge

Well… she was wrong.

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

that you don't know what my Skills

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

least, that

Sherlock's voice suddenly came from behind Britta, forcing

Yet, she saw nothing.

Then—