An Extra’s POV

Eric knew full well that Kar'en was an impossible enemy to plan against.

'Even if we create an elaborate plan, we still have to communicate it to one another.'

When it came to 'characters' like the Dragon General, it was possible that she had some special Skill that would allow her to bypass Sound Magic, making it very likely that she would see through whatever strategy they made.

The more complex a plan was, the more important it was to clearly communicate it with allies.

'Even if we speak to each other and use English, there's no guarantee that she won't be able to decipher the plan somehow.' The more Eric thought about it, the more he felt like they were stuck.

… So he found a loophole.

He would communicate only a part of the plan to his allies—

the simplified format of what would happen. Since this meant they would be speaking in English, and he would be using [Grand Sound Magic], there was a chance that the Dragon General wouldn't be able to hear them.

However, still accounting for the small chance that she could, then Eric had to create a follow-up plan that only he could understand and execute.

'I misdirected everyone in order to fool the enemy, but it was necessary.'

By telling everyone he would provide ground support for both offensive and defensive moves, they trusted him and went along with the simplistic plan.

The goal was for Adonis to kill R'ashu, and perhaps wound Kar'en after. If doing the latter was too ambitious, they only had to achieve the first.

All the pieces were on the table, so all he had to do was play his role—something completely different from what he had established.

'In Magic, there are a lot of theories that exist. It's difficult to understand them, much less apply them, without the necessary Skills to back it up.'

[Magic Mastery] and [Magic Application] certainly

it was a consensus—even among Mages—that one should only practice Magic in the direction of one's Skills. After the formative years of a person, if they developed a Skill in Fire Magic, that had to

Exclusive Skill in a certain discipline of Magic, then it was

path already laid out by your

of Magic and diversify into multiple

in

like this? Well… it was because he disagreed with

so develop Skills in them, which would in turn

Fire Magic to gain the [Fire Magic] Skill would be far more skilled than someone who simply used his [Fire Magic]

only worked due to his own privileged status. As an Otherworlder,

also given a

the way most people in this world did, it would be hubris to subject them to his

So, he didn't.

he subjected only

many diverse fields of Magic. I want to understand the principles behind

appraise him and detect all the Skills he could use, they couldn't possibly detect all the Spells that

months in this pursuit. He already had Offense-related Magic Skills, and tons

be doing his Party any

on a cause, it had to be

only he could

working intensely for those three months, he finally did it—he was able to crack

it during the Grand Calamity Dungeon, but every single thing that happened then prevented him from

the Skeletal Dragon Lord, he could not afford to use

Why?

to it that needed

most important was an ample supply of Mana. The Spell took up an incomprehensible amount of