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.

to die around him? Why was he constantly protected, even

be different this time. I

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

nobody that he cared about

was the reward

Eric…" More sobs echoed from him as he shuddered with

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

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 in

the times he spent with

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

could not move

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

his mind, taking the form of guilt that

the 9 Great Dungeons of the world. We already conquered the Royal Dungeon, so once the war

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

of us to do it together, you know? Kind of like

that Adonis had smiled and nodded at, promising their

the Alliance

previous timeline, Adonis 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 time

was by no means a feat

seeing Eric's glorious eruption, Adonis realized that those

he had the potential to do

become the greatest Grand

moist eyes as he stared at the charred crater that oozed smoke and tiny

I couldn't do

help everyone around him. He became a Hero to

So why…?

get this

"Why…?"

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

remembered the faces of his two

everything!" Those were the words he

heard them back then, there was a certain

smile, filled with confidence and

those words were soon

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~