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.

Why was he constantly protected,

be different this time. I

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

nobody that he

the reward for all

echoed from him as he

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

who fought alongside

the times he

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

could not move

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

in his mind, taking the form

so once the war is over… I'll return here and explore the one in this

made as he talked about those dreams of

to do it together, you know?

with one another—words that Adonis had

I'll return to the Alliance and become the next Grand

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

by no means

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

the potential to

and become the greatest Grand

is 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

I couldn't do

could help everyone around him. He became a

So why…?

get this

"Why…?"

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recollected the past—or rather, a future

his two surviving comrades; Rey and

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

he heard them back then, there was a certain comfort it gave

heartwarming smile, filled

those words were soon

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~