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

"Sherlock, you—!"

they are, Britta. Those who have been with them for longer were even able to see more." He responded, his eyes burning

but surely you must have

how he saved her from the Monsters like she was a damsel, and

owed him her life, and before she knew it… her heart as

But…

you, them… they deceived me."

voice came—soft, but

you really believe

resolve to waver. The strength that she had tried so hard to

"I… I…"

more, and

"I…"

Sebas suddenly woke her from her hesitation, and before she even realized it, her tight

"I… believe it!"

attack, and Sherlock swiftly twisted his body

sides to slide a few meters

that so? Such a

supporting vermin like them over

Sherlock brandished his katana and took a

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

invisible since Britta's [Greater Full Sense] would be

underhanded moves would hardly make the cut. In this level of

greater Skill and Power would be the

~WHOOOSH!~

Sherlock, her blade ready to deal multiple

proper defensive Skill that would give him an edge in his fight

Well… she was wrong.

never seen me at full power." Waves of shadows suddenly swept all around Sherlock, instantly wrapping him in a cocoon that protected him from

you don't know what my Skills

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

very least, that was how it

voice suddenly came

Yet, she saw nothing.

Then—