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 he

I thought,

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

that

the reward for all his

Eric…" More sobs echoed from him as he shuddered

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

seen countless wars, and he personally witnessed the deaths of many comrades who fought alongside him. This sort of thing was not meant to

he remembered the times he spent with

or Adventurers—he could not help but feel an overwhelming weight paralyze

could not move an

decided to make a much more concrete goal!" Adonis remembered what Eric told him when they were alone in the Adventurers

taking the form of

want to explore all the 9 Great Dungeons of the world. We already conquered the Royal Dungeon, so once the war is

talked about those dreams

to do it together, you know? Kind

kept coming, overlapping with one another—words that Adonis had

the Alliance

indeed seemed unimpressive by Otherworlder standards, but she was considered

no means a feat

seeing Eric's glorious eruption, Adonis realized that those words—at least, the intention behind them—was no

the potential

become the greatest Grand Mage in

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

I couldn't do it

around him. He became a Hero to save the world, but also prevent the tragedy that

So why…?

get this

"Why…?"

**********

his mind breaking as he recollected the past—or

the faces of his two surviving comrades; Rey and

my friend. We're going to change everything!"

then, there was

smile, filled with confidence and

were soon followed by

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~