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

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

much power. He had the knowledge of the future. He had worked so hard to make sure he would

that he cared

the reward for

echoed from him as

He could not afford to mourn the dead just yet. He should have known that by

had seen countless wars, and he personally witnessed the deaths of many comrades who fought alongside him.

when he remembered the times

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

could not move

so many dreams, you know? But after finally arriving here, in this City, I've decided to make a

word echoed in his mind, taking the form of guilt that shackled

of the world. We already conquered the Royal Dungeon, so once the war is over… I'll

talked about those dreams of his; how he craved adventure and desired to advance in

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

another—words that Adonis had smiled and nodded at, promising their

retire… I'll return to the Alliance and

Lucielle's 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

means a feat

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

had the potential to do

and become the greatest Grand

that is gone.' There was no longer any more tear left in his moist eyes as he stared at the

it. I couldn't do it like you,

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

So why…?

get this right?!" He

"Why…?"

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as he recollected

the faces of his two surviving comrades; Rey

my friend. We're going to change everything!" Those were

back then, there was a

such a heartwarming smile, filled with confidence

those words were soon followed

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~