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.

him? Why was he constantly protected, even now that he had the

this time. I

power. He had the knowledge of the future. He had worked so hard to make sure he would be able

make sure nobody that

the reward for

More sobs echoed from him as he shuddered

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

witnessed the deaths of many comrades who fought alongside him. This sort of thing

remembered the times he

or Adventurers—he could not help but feel an overwhelming weight paralyze

could not move an

make a much more concrete goal!" Adonis remembered what

mind, taking the form of guilt that shackled

already conquered the Royal Dungeon, so once the war is over… I'll return here and explore the

he talked about those dreams of

together, you know? Kind of like some

Adonis had smiled and nodded

we retire… I'll return to the Alliance and become the

Adonis had felt a little skeptical about those words. Lucielle indeed seemed unimpressive by Otherworlder standards, but she was considered the

means

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

the potential to do

Lucielle and become the

that is gone.' There was no longer any more tear left in his moist eyes

do it. I couldn't do it like you,

best friend and master did for him, he thought he could help everyone around him. He became a Hero to save the world,

So why…?

I get

"Why…?"

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recollected the past—or rather, a future that

of his two surviving comrades;

everything!" Those were the words he was told to by

he heard them back then, there was a certain comfort it gave

a heartwarming smile, filled with confidence

words were soon followed

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~