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.

did people have to die around him? Why was he constantly protected, even now that he had the

this time. I thought, after

future. He had worked so hard to make sure he

that he cared

reward for all his

echoed from him

battlefield. He could not afford to mourn the dead

and he personally witnessed the deaths of many comrades who fought alongside him. This sort

when he remembered the times he

Magic, Dungeons, or Adventurers—he could not

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 what Eric told

taking the

Great Dungeons of the world. We already conquered the Royal Dungeon, so once the war is over… I'll return here and explore

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

it together, you know? Kind of like some sort of Hero

overlapping with one another—words that Adonis had smiled

to the Alliance and become the next Grand

Lucielle's disciple in the previous timeline, Adonis had felt a little skeptical about those words. Lucielle indeed seemed unimpressive by

her was by no means

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

the potential to

surpassed Lucielle and become the greatest Grand

longer any more tear left in his moist eyes as he stared at the charred

it. I couldn't do

him, he thought he could help everyone around him. He became a Hero to save the world,

So why…?

can't I get this right?!" He

"Why…?"

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recollected the

his

change everything!" Those were

heard them back then, there was a certain comfort

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

words were soon

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~