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

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

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

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

kinds of Magic and diversify into multiple spheres, and that was simply due to

outlier in

Eric thinking of such things in such a critical moment like this? Well… it was

develop Skills in them, which would in turn bolster growth and

would be far more skilled than someone who simply used his [Fire Magic] Skill as a template and went on to further build up on

own privileged status. As an Otherworlder, he had the talent and growth rate that the natives

a solid Class

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

So, he didn't.

subjected

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

him and detect all the Skills he could

in this pursuit. He already had Offense-related Magic Skills, and tons of Miscellaneous-type

one was also a capable Healer. He wouldn't be doing his Party any favor

time on a cause, it had to

Something only he

months, he finally did it—he was able to crack the code right before they

thought he would get to use it during the Grand Calamity Dungeon, but every single thing that happened then prevented him

they fought the Skeletal Dragon Lord, he could not afford

Why?

it had certain conditions to

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