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.

die around him? Why was he constantly protected, even now that he had the power and means

I thought, after everything—all those sacrifices—there would be

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

make sure nobody that

this was the reward for

echoed from him as he shuddered

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

countless wars, and he personally witnessed the deaths of many comrades who fought alongside

remembered the

Adventurers—he could

could not

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

taking the form of guilt that shackled

9 Great Dungeons of the world. We already conquered the Royal Dungeon, so once the war is over… I'll return here and explore the

as he talked about those dreams of his; how

us to do it together, you know? Kind of

coming, overlapping with one another—words that Adonis had

retire… I'll return to the Alliance and

Adonis had felt a little skeptical about those words. Lucielle indeed seemed unimpressive

no means a feat just anyone could

glorious eruption, Adonis realized that those words—at least, the

the potential

Lucielle and become the greatest Grand Mage in human

tear left in his moist eyes as he

do it. I couldn't do it

did for him, he thought he could help everyone around him. He became a Hero

So why…?

can't I get this right?!"

"Why…?"

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recollected the past—or rather, a future that

his

everything!"

back then, there was a

heartwarming smile, filled

were soon followed

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~