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.

he constantly protected, even now that he had the power

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

amassed so much power. He had the knowledge of the future. He had worked

sure nobody that he cared about

the reward for

echoed from him as he shuddered

the battlefield. He could not afford to mourn the dead just yet.

of many comrades who fought alongside him. This sort of thing was not meant to move him in the

the times he spent

Adventurers—he could not help but

not

finally arriving here, in this City, I've decided to make a

echoed in his mind, taking the form

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,

those dreams of his; how he craved adventure

of us to do it together, you know?

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

return to the

Lucielle indeed seemed

no means

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

had the potential to

surpassed Lucielle and become the greatest Grand Mage in human

in his moist eyes as

I couldn't do it like you,

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

So why…?

can't I get

"Why…?"

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he recollected the past—or rather, a

of his two surviving

friend. We're going to change everything!" Those were the words he was

them back then, there was

filled with confidence and encouragement—like a hero—Adonis felt

those words were

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~