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 made things easier for

of one's Skills. After the formative years of a person, if they developed a Skill in Fire Magic, that had

a certain discipline of Magic, then it was

this approach. Growth was faster if you trod the path

multiple spheres,

was an outlier in the world of

a critical moment like this? Well… it was because he disagreed with the current approach of

strive in multiple areas of Magic, and so develop Skills in

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

to his own privileged status. As an Otherworlder, he had the talent and growth

was also given a solid Class from

he didn't have to work from scratch, the way most people in this world did, it would be hubris

So, he didn't.

subjected only

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

Skills he could use, they couldn't possibly detect all the Spells that were available to

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

wouldn't be doing his Party any favor by learning a Spell that

if he was to dedicate his time on a cause, it had to be something

only he

he finally did it—he was able to crack the code right before they departed to the Adventurers

get to use it during the Grand Calamity Dungeon, but every single thing that happened then

Dragon Lord, he could not afford to

Why?

certain conditions to

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