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.

he constantly protected, even now that he had the

different this time. I thought, after everything—all

amassed so much power. He had the knowledge of the future. He had worked so hard to make

that he

this was the reward for

from him as he

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

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

when he remembered the times he

about Magic, Dungeons, or Adventurers—he could not help but feel

not move an

finally arriving here, in this City, I've decided to make a much more concrete

single word echoed in his mind, taking

the war is over…

about those dreams of his; how he craved adventure and

to do it together, you know?

that Adonis had smiled and nodded at,

we retire… I'll return to the Alliance and become the

skeptical about those words. Lucielle indeed seemed unimpressive by Otherworlder standards, but she was considered the greatest Human

no means a feat just anyone

those

had the potential

Lucielle and become the

now… all of that is gone.' There was no longer any more tear left in his moist eyes as he

couldn't do it like you,

as his best friend and master did for him, he thought he could help everyone around him. He became a Hero to save

So why…?

get this right?!"

"Why…?"

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as he recollected

remembered the faces of his two surviving comrades; Rey and

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

heard them back then, there was a certain comfort it gave

give such a heartwarming smile, filled with confidence and encouragement—like a hero—Adonis felt

those words were soon followed by

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~