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.

to die around him? Why was he constantly protected, even now that he had the

things would be different this time. I thought, after everything—all those sacrifices—there would be no

had worked so hard to make

nobody that he cared about

reward for

Eric…" More sobs echoed from him as he

the dead

many comrades who fought alongside him. This sort of thing was not meant

he remembered the times

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

not

in this City, I've decided to make a much more concrete

single word echoed in his mind, taking the form of guilt

the Royal Dungeon, so once the war is over… I'll return here

as he talked about those

you

that Adonis had smiled and nodded at, promising their

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

about those words. Lucielle indeed seemed unimpressive

was by no means a feat just anyone could

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

had the potential to

surpassed Lucielle and become

left in his moist eyes as he stared at the charred crater

couldn't do it like you, Rey…

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

So why…?

I get this right?!" He

"Why…?"

**********

he recollected the past—or rather,

faces of his two surviving comrades; Rey and

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

them back then, there was a certain comfort

heartwarming smile, filled with confidence

were

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~