An Extra’s POV

~BOOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

The earth beneath the students rumbled as a flash of lightning descended from the darkened clouds.

It was so far away—perhaps a couple thousand meters or so—yet the impact of the strike caused a violent quake where they stood.

Everything happened instantly too, causing every student to get startled.

"A-ahh…!"

"What was that?!"

"A dark cloud? A lightning strike? The Capital?"

Many students were already on the ground, having been knocked over by the tremors and their intense surprise once they heard the noise.

Still, they couldn't help but gaze in the direction where the lightning struck.

Then, before they could process their thoughts, or answer their questions—

~BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

—Another blast of the same lightning struck once more.

The ground did not respond to kindly, and it shook even more than it did last time, causing nearly all the students to fall.

Adonis and Billy were the only ones who remained standing, and Adonis' distracted face as he stared at the Capital said it all…

"Smoke."

… The horror that was to come.

Right in front of them, the right distance away, dense pillars of smoke began ascending to meet the dark clouds above.

All of this vivid imagery burned into the minds of the students, and there was no longer any confusion or ambiguity.

Capital is

enemy, but was

heart of the

go… NOW!" Adonis turned to his classmates, but found a different expression on their

had displayed before leaving for the Adventurers City—only dread could

students were scared as they stared off

shaking as their bulging

I want

of the most adventurous of

another Dragon?

the moment

though Eric said this, the look

to abandon all those innocent people—not again.

he also didn't want

was surrounded by tons of Death Knights

to die!' Those were

his fantasies were real. He had Magic, reliable

to the world, and he wanted to continue

he would visit with them… and how his life

Lucielle's position as the Grand Mage of the Alliance. He could settle down, have a few kids of his own, and tell

clouds… something told Eric that those dreams of his

of us

but he just couldn't control his instincts. He didn't want to lose everything he had gained

don't want that.

a sigh escaping his lips as

had similar frightened

regardless. Everyone

a Dragon waiting for us at

with Dragons taught them anything, it was the fact that they were

apex predators of the world. Against such

knew all of

of us to die, but… I have to march