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.

did people have to die around him? Why was he constantly protected,

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

was the reward for

sobs echoed from him as he

the battlefield. He could not afford to mourn the dead just yet. He should

of many comrades who fought alongside him. This sort of thing was not meant to move him in the

he remembered the times he spent

moments when they talked, whether about Magic, Dungeons, or Adventurers—he

not move

have so many dreams, you know? But after finally arriving here, in this City, I've decided to make a much more concrete goal!" Adonis remembered what Eric told him when

his mind, taking the

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

wide smile that Eric made as he talked about those dreams of his; how he craved adventure and desired to advance

you know? Kind of like some sort

one another—words that Adonis

the Alliance

the previous timeline, Adonis had felt a little skeptical about those words. Lucielle indeed seemed

her was by no means a feat just anyone

Adonis realized that those words—at least, the intention

the

could have surpassed Lucielle and become the greatest

in his moist eyes as he

I couldn't do it like you,

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

So why…?

get this

"Why…?"

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recollected the past—or rather, a

the faces of his two

We're going to change everything!"

back then, there was a

his friend give such a heartwarming smile, filled with

were

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~