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 he had the power and means to

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

had worked so hard to make sure he would

sure nobody that he cared

the reward for all his

More sobs echoed from him as he shuddered

afford to mourn the dead just yet. He should have

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

he remembered the times

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

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

his mind, taking the form of guilt that shackled

9 Great Dungeons of the world. We already conquered the Royal Dungeon, so once the war is over… I'll return here and

about those dreams of his;

us to do it together, you know? Kind

overlapping with one another—words that Adonis had smiled and

to the Alliance and become the next

felt a little skeptical about those words. Lucielle indeed seemed unimpressive by Otherworlder standards, but she

her was by no means a

glorious eruption, Adonis realized that those words—at least, the

he had the potential to

become the greatest

no longer any more tear left in his moist eyes as he stared at the

do it. I couldn't

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

So why…?

can't I get

"Why…?"

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

the faces of his two surviving

to change everything!" Those were the

he heard them back then, there was a certain comfort

such a heartwarming smile, filled with confidence and encouragement—like a

those words were soon followed by

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~