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 now that he

thought… things would be different this time. I

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

nobody that he

the reward for all

More sobs echoed from him as

afford to mourn the dead just yet. He should have known that

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

he remembered the

they talked, whether about Magic, Dungeons, or Adventurers—he could not help

could not move

know? But after finally arriving here, in this City, I've decided to make a

word echoed in his mind, taking

so once the war is over… I'll return here and explore the one in this city. After that,

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

do it together, you know? Kind of like some

that Adonis had smiled and nodded

to the Alliance and

the previous timeline, Adonis had felt a little skeptical about those words. Lucielle indeed seemed unimpressive

no means a feat just anyone could

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

the potential

have surpassed Lucielle and become the greatest Grand Mage in

any more tear left in his moist eyes as he

couldn't do

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

So why…?

can't I get this

"Why…?"

**********

he recollected

his

gloomy, my friend. We're going to change everything!" Those were the

there was a certain comfort

such a heartwarming smile, filled with confidence and encouragement—like a hero—Adonis felt

were

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~