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

thought… things would be different this time. I thought,

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

make sure nobody that he cared

the reward for all

him as he

to mourn the

countless wars, and he personally witnessed the deaths of many comrades who fought alongside him. This sort of thing

the times

Magic, Dungeons, or Adventurers—he could not help

not move an

But after finally arriving here, in this City, I've decided to make a much more concrete goal!"

single word echoed in his mind, taking

Dungeons of the world. We already conquered the Royal Dungeon, so once the war is over… I'll return here and explore the one in this city. After that, there'll

the wide smile that Eric made as he talked about those

want all of us to do it together, you know? Kind of

coming, overlapping with one another—words that Adonis

the Alliance and become

previous timeline, Adonis had felt a little skeptical about those words. Lucielle indeed seemed unimpressive by Otherworlder standards,

no means

after seeing Eric's glorious eruption, Adonis realized that those words—at least, the intention

he had the potential to do

and become

that is gone.' There was no longer any more tear left in his moist eyes as he stared

couldn't do it like you,

around him. He became a Hero to save the world, but also

So why…?

I get this right?!" He

"Why…?"

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his mind breaking as he recollected the past—or

faces of his two surviving

change everything!" Those were the words he was told to by

back then, there was a certain comfort

smile, filled with confidence and encouragement—like

words were soon followed

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~