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.

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

be different this time. I

had worked

nobody that he

the reward for

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

was the battlefield. He could not afford to mourn the dead just yet. He should have known that by

and he personally witnessed the deaths of many comrades who fought alongside him. This sort of thing was not

remembered the times he spent with

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

could not

make a much

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

world. We already conquered the Royal Dungeon, so once the war is over… I'll return

wide smile that Eric made as he talked about those dreams of his; how he craved adventure and desired to advance in

you know? Kind of

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

to the Alliance and become

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

her was by no means a feat

realized that those words—at least, the intention behind

had the potential

become the greatest Grand Mage

more tear left in his moist

couldn't do

everyone around him. He became a Hero to save the

So why…?

can't I get this right?!" He

"Why…?"

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recollected the past—or rather, a

his two

everything!" Those

them back then, there was a certain

his friend give such a heartwarming smile, filled with confidence

words were

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~