An Extra’s POV

"ERIC, NO—!!!"

As Adonis stretched out his hand, the moment he saw that Eric had been stabbed by the Dragon General, he felt a dangerous crackle around the boy.

Then—

~BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

—An overwhelming explosion surged through the area, covering all of Eric's immediate vicinity.

The blast stopped short before reaching the positions of Clark, Alicia, Billy, Trisha, and Justin. Instead, it ascended high into the heavens—like a blazing pillar.

The inferno swirled around and within each other—almost like a torrent of unstoppable power.

"E-Eric…" As Adonis witnessed this, the roaring heat reflecting in his eyes, he had a dazed expression on his face.

He felt instantly ashamed of this thought, but the first thing that came to his mind once he saw the blazing display of power was awe, rather than sorrow.

'To think… he had this much power… so much potential.'

Not all Mages had an equal allocation of latent Mana within them. This pool of dormant Mana was varied in quality and quantity; theorized to be based on the potential of a person.

As such, various Mages harness their respective pools by casting Forced Magic Activation, yet their output would be varied from one another.

Based on what Adonis was seeing alone, Eric could have very well reached the S-Tier as a Mage.

But… all of that was in the realm of memory.

Once the awe wore off, the only thing Adonis felt at that point was grief.

Tears flowed down his eyes as he watched the burning pillar of flames slowly die out, reducing to mere vestiges of sparks and miniature explosions.

"I'm sorry, Eric…" He was reminded by Eric's warnings.

"… I'm so sorry!"

If it wasn't for his hubris, his obsessive desire with saving everyone, then perhaps this wouldn't have happened.

'W-why…? Why did you have to die?'

More tears flowed down Adonis' eyes as he descended and knelt on the ground.

Why was he constantly protected, even now that he had the power and means to protect

different this time. I thought, after everything—all

future. He had

nobody that

the reward

Eric…" More sobs echoed from him as he shuddered

was the battlefield. He could not afford to mourn the dead just yet. He

of many comrades who fought alongside him. This sort of thing was not meant to move him

the times he spent with

whether about Magic, Dungeons, or Adventurers—he could not help but

could not move

have so many dreams, you know? But after finally arriving here, in this City, I've decided to make a much more concrete goal!" Adonis remembered

in his mind, taking the form of guilt that shackled

the 9 Great Dungeons of the world. We already conquered the Royal Dungeon, so once the war is over… I'll return here and explore the one in this city. After that, there'll be just

the wide smile that Eric made as he talked about those dreams of

to do it together, you know? Kind of like some sort

one another—words that Adonis

return to the Alliance and

felt a little skeptical about those words. Lucielle indeed seemed unimpressive by

was by no means a

after seeing Eric's glorious eruption, Adonis realized that those words—at least, the intention behind

had the potential to do

Lucielle and become the greatest Grand Mage in

tear left in his moist eyes as

it. I couldn't

friend and master did for him, he thought he could help everyone around him. He became a

So why…?

can't I get this right?!" He

"Why…?"

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he recollected the past—or rather, a future that once

of his two surviving comrades; Rey and

We're going to change everything!" Those were the words he was

he heard them back then, there was a

such a heartwarming smile, filled with confidence and encouragement—like a

those words were soon followed

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~