An Extra’s POV

[Moments Earlier]

~BOOOOOOM!~

As Eric closed his eyes and enjoyed the wonderful breeze, just as he said he would, he heard the rumbles that echoed from the Capital.

"...."

He ignored it the first time, instead choosing to focus on his nice rest. Becoming perturbed would ruin the process of recovering his Mana.

How could he properly make his escape if he didn't have sufficient Mana for the journey?

As such, he did his best to shut everything out. He minimized conversations with Justin as they both remained under the canopies of the trees that surrounded them.

None spoke a word, and Eric was grateful for the silence.

But…

~BOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

… The explosions did not stop.

'That one sounded pretty loud.' Eric, with his eyes closed, found his thoughts trailing.

Was he worried? Did he feel concerned for his comrades that chose to head to a place of danger, despite all the warnings he gave?

'M-maybe just a little…' He couldn't help but think about all of them.

It had only been a couple of months, but he truly felt closer to them than all the other friends he ever had. They had gone on so many adventures—-from Dungeon exploration, to travels, to training… and many more.

The mere thought that they could die made his heart ache.

though he felt this way, why wouldn't his

thought that he could

can't risk it. I

drown out the sounds and strengthen his resolve to remain, he just kept

'I CAN'T RISK IT!'

on his feet, walking close to Justin with a grim expression on

he stared at his friend with an unblinking, wide

go help our

a smile coursed through his face and he slowly opened his eyes, witnessing the face of a boy who, despite being scared, chose to throw it all away for

sight was

as he

"Let's go."

************

[The Present]

his breaths a little shallow after using Mana to use his

this moment, he had heard about the

so he already knew the

I'm using [Absolute Light Magic] to buff myself. He can reflect your attack back towards you through troublesome mirrors. He also has Lightning-based Magic. He might have other tricks up his sleeves, but that's pretty much the

Dragon General, Eric and Justin had been present for most of Adonis' conflict with her, but they still listened to his explanations since the fight was too fast for them

being a General meant that she had a bunch of other S-Tier Skills apart from that

there are multiple, then we need to brace ourselves for the possibility that she

and done, the Dragon General was simply an

if they found weaknesses to the abilities she displayed, there was always the likelihood that she would just show another

enough books to know how these sorts of

way to strategize and

course, it went without saying that the two Dragons had immense regenerative abilities—both regarding Mana and Life

strategists or combatants,

of the five slipped up, it would be game

processing all of this information, Eric took responsibility and formulated what he considered the