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

this time. I thought, after everything—all those sacrifices—there would

of the future. He had worked so hard to

that he cared about

was the reward for all his

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

He could not afford to mourn the dead just yet. He should have

deaths of many comrades who fought

remembered the

Magic, Dungeons, or Adventurers—he could

not move an

to make a much more concrete goal!" Adonis remembered what Eric told him when

taking the form

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,

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

of us to do it together, you know?

Adonis had smiled and nodded at,

return to the Alliance and

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

means a

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

had the

become the greatest Grand Mage in

is gone.' There was no longer any more tear left in his moist eyes as he stared

do it. I couldn't do it like you, Rey…

him, he thought he could help everyone around him. He

So why…?

get this right?!"

"Why…?"

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breaking as he recollected the past—or rather, a

the faces of his

going to change everything!" Those were the words

he heard them back then, there was a

a heartwarming smile, filled

words were soon

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~