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 now that he had

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

of the future. He had worked so hard to make sure he would be

that he cared about

reward for all

him as he shuddered with

battlefield. He could not afford to mourn the dead just

he personally witnessed the deaths of many comrades who fought alongside him. This sort of thing was not

the

or Adventurers—he

not move an

decided to make a much

in his mind, taking the form of guilt that shackled

the war is over… I'll return here and explore the one

made as he talked about those dreams of his;

you know? Kind of like some sort of Hero

kept coming, overlapping with one another—words that Adonis had smiled and nodded

to the Alliance and become the

indeed seemed unimpressive by Otherworlder standards, but she was considered the greatest Human Mage of

no means a feat just anyone could

that those words—at least, the intention behind them—was no

the potential

surpassed Lucielle and become the greatest Grand Mage in human

tear left in his moist eyes as he stared at

it. I couldn't do it like you, Rey…

friend and master did for him, he thought he could help everyone around him.

So why…?

can't I get this right?!"

"Why…?"

**********

as he recollected

of his two surviving comrades;

look so gloomy, my friend. We're going to change everything!" Those were the words

he heard them back then, there was a certain comfort

such a heartwarming smile, filled

were soon

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~