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.

him? Why was he constantly protected, even now that

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

He had worked so hard to make sure he would be

make sure nobody that

was the reward for all his

from him as

the battlefield. He could not afford to mourn the dead

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

remembered the times

Dungeons, or Adventurers—he could not help

could not move an

have so many dreams, you know? But after finally arriving here, in this City, I've decided to make a much more concrete goal!" Adonis remembered what Eric told him when they were alone in

echoed in his mind, taking the form of guilt

to explore all the 9 Great Dungeons of the world. 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, there'll be just 7

talked about those dreams of his; how he craved adventure

you know? Kind of like some sort of

Adonis had smiled and nodded

we retire… I'll return to the Alliance and become the

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

by no means a

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

the potential to

have surpassed Lucielle and become the greatest

no longer any more tear left in his moist eyes as he stared at the charred crater that oozed smoke

couldn't do it like

for him, he thought he could help everyone around him. He became a Hero to save the world, but also prevent the

So why…?

can't I get this

"Why…?"

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felt his mind breaking as he recollected the past—or rather, a

faces of his two surviving comrades; Rey

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

heard them back then, there was a certain comfort

heartwarming smile, filled with confidence and

words were soon followed by

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~