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.

was he constantly protected, even now that he had the power and

time. I

had worked so hard to make sure he would be able

that he cared

was the reward for all

from him as he shuddered

mourn the dead just yet. He should have

countless wars, and he personally witnessed the deaths of many comrades who fought alongside him. This sort of thing was not meant to move him

he remembered the

about Magic, Dungeons, or Adventurers—he could not help but feel an overwhelming weight

could not move

But after finally arriving here, in this City, I've decided to make a much more concrete goal!" Adonis remembered what Eric told him when they were alone in

word echoed in his mind, taking the form of guilt that shackled

want to explore all 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,

Eric made as he talked about those dreams of his; how he

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

another—words that Adonis had smiled and nodded at, promising their

to the Alliance and become the next

had felt a little skeptical about those words. Lucielle indeed seemed unimpressive by Otherworlder standards, but she was considered the greatest Human Mage of all

by no means a feat just anyone could

Adonis realized that those words—at least, the intention

the potential

surpassed Lucielle and become the greatest Grand Mage

tear left in his moist eyes as he stared at the charred crater that oozed

it. I couldn't do it like you, Rey…

help everyone around him. He became a Hero to save the world, but also prevent the tragedy that would

So why…?

can't I get this right?!" He

"Why…?"

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as he recollected the past—or

the faces of his

everything!" Those were the words he was told

heard them back then, there was

filled with confidence and encouragement—like a hero—Adonis

were soon

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~