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.'

Mastery] and [Magic Application] certainly made things easier for those who possessed

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

with an Exclusive Skill in a certain discipline of Magic, then it

in this approach. Growth was faster if you trod the path already laid out by your Skill, hence polishing the gem

all kinds of Magic and diversify into multiple

was an outlier in the

things in such a critical moment like this? Well… it was because he disagreed with the

had to strive in multiple areas of Magic, and so develop Skills in them, which would in turn

more skilled than someone who simply used his [Fire Magic] Skill as a template

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

also given a solid Class

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

So, he didn't.

subjected

access to many diverse fields of Magic. I want to understand the principles behind them, using Spells that aren't

if his enemy could appraise him and detect all the Skills he could use, they couldn't possibly detect all the

He already had Offense-related Magic

Skills, and one was also a capable Healer. He wouldn't be doing his Party any favor by learning a

dedicate his time on a cause, it had to be

only he

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

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

fought the Skeletal Dragon Lord, he could not afford to

Why?

to it that needed to be

Mana. The Spell took up an incomprehensible amount of Mana to