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 means to protect

thought… things would be different this time. I thought, after everything—all those sacrifices—there

He had the knowledge of the future. He had

that he cared

this was the reward for

More sobs echoed from him

afford to mourn the dead just

fought alongside him. This sort of thing was

when he remembered the times he spent with

or Adventurers—he could not help

could not move an

in this City, I've decided to make a much more concrete goal!" Adonis remembered what Eric told

single word echoed in his mind, taking the form

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,

he talked about those dreams of his; how he craved adventure and desired to advance in

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

that Adonis had smiled and nodded

retire… I'll return to the Alliance

Lucielle indeed seemed unimpressive by Otherworlder standards, but she was considered the greatest Human Mage

her was by no means a feat just

realized that those words—at least, the intention behind them—was no mere

the potential to

could have surpassed Lucielle and become the greatest Grand Mage in

now… all of that is gone.' There was no longer any more tear left in his moist eyes as he stared at the charred crater that oozed smoke and tiny fragments

I couldn't

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

So why…?

I get this right?!" He

"Why…?"

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

of his two

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

there was a certain comfort it

heartwarming smile, filled with confidence and encouragement—like a

were soon followed

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~