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.

is under

but was there really a

their operation, and the heart of the

classmates, but found a different expression on their faces

the optimistic and resolute faces—the kind that they had displayed before leaving for the Adventurers

they stared off into the

trembling, their lips shaking as

think… I want

was Eric. He was one of

it's another Dragon? I… can

the Dungeon, the moment they heard the questions of

if it's under attack… we… can't we just escape?" Even though Eric said this, the look on his face and the tears in his eyes made it clear that he didn't like

want to abandon all those innocent people—not again. He couldn't bear it on

he also didn't

surrounded by tons of Death

don't want to die!' Those

amazing new world, one where all of his fantasies were real.

the world, and he wanted

with his friends, all the places he

position as the Grand Mage of the Alliance. He could settle down, have a few kids of his own,

dark clouds… something told Eric that those dreams of

to die, guys… I don't want any of us to

just couldn't control his instincts. He

want that.

escaping his lips as he looked at the group

him had similar frightened expressions on their faces, though not

Everyone was thinking the same

Dragon waiting for us at

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

apex predators of the world. Against such

of that, but

of us to die, but…