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.

the truth revealed to her;

"Sherlock, you—!"

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

surely you must have seen it too—their

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

owed him her life, and before she knew

But…

them… they deceived me."

Noah's voice came—soft,

really

that she had tried so hard to maintain for so long began to

"I… I…"

and more of her grip

"I…"

woke her from her hesitation, and before she even

"I… believe it!"

the attack, and Sherlock swiftly twisted his body

forced both sides to slide a few meters away from

so? Such a

vermin

Sherlock brandished his katana and took a battle

him, with flashes of lightning crackling

[Greater Full Sense] would be able to detect it, so he opted for the more direct

Rank Adventurers, petty tricks and underhanded moves would hardly make the cut. In this level

Skill and Power

~WHOOOSH!~

at Sherlock, her blade ready to deal multiple slashes

defensive Skill that would give him an edge in

Well… she was wrong.

me at full power." Waves of shadows suddenly swept all around Sherlock, instantly wrapping him

it makes sense 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

the very least, that was how it

a glimpse." Sherlock's voice suddenly came

Yet, she saw nothing.

Then—