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.

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

time. I thought,

of the future. He had worked so hard to

sure nobody that he cared

the reward for all

More sobs echoed from him as he shuddered with

battlefield. He could not afford to mourn the dead

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

when he remembered the times he

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

not move an

I've decided to make a much more concrete goal!" Adonis remembered what

in his mind, taking the form of

We already conquered the Royal Dungeon, so once the war is

those dreams

us to do it together, you know?

one 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

means a feat just

seeing Eric's glorious eruption, Adonis realized that those

he had the potential to do

and become the greatest Grand

his moist eyes as he stared at the charred crater that oozed smoke and tiny

I couldn't do it like you,

help everyone around him. He became

So why…?

I get this right?!" He

"Why…?"

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felt his mind breaking as he recollected the past—or

faces of his two surviving comrades; Rey and

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

there was

friend give such a heartwarming smile, filled

words were soon

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~