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.

constantly protected, even

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

knowledge of the future. He had worked

nobody that

reward for all

him as he

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

countless wars, and he personally witnessed the deaths of many comrades who fought alongside him. This sort of thing

he remembered the times he

moments when they talked, whether about Magic, Dungeons, or Adventurers—he could not help but feel an overwhelming weight

not

in this City, I've decided to make a much more concrete goal!" Adonis remembered what Eric told him when

mind, taking the form of guilt that shackled

We already conquered the Royal Dungeon, so once the war is over… I'll return here and explore the one in this

talked about those dreams of his; how he craved adventure and

want all of us to do it together, you know? Kind of like some

with one another—words that Adonis had smiled and nodded

we retire… I'll return to the

disciple in the previous timeline, Adonis had felt a little skeptical about those words. Lucielle indeed seemed unimpressive by Otherworlder standards, but she was considered the greatest Human Mage of all time for a

was by no means a feat just anyone

that those words—at least, the intention behind them—was

he had the potential to

surpassed Lucielle and become

gone.' There was no longer any more tear left in his moist eyes as he stared at the charred crater that oozed smoke and tiny fragments of

do it. I couldn't do it like

as his best friend and master did for him, he thought he could help everyone around him. He became a Hero to save the world, but also prevent the tragedy that

So why…?

can't I get this right?!"

"Why…?"

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he recollected the past—or rather, a future that

of his two surviving comrades; Rey

to change everything!"

them back then, there was a certain

his friend give such a heartwarming smile, filled with confidence

were

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~