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

things would be different this time. I thought, after everything—all those sacrifices—there

He had worked so hard to make sure he would be

that he cared

the reward

Eric…" More sobs echoed from him as

could not afford to mourn the dead just yet.

personally witnessed the deaths of many comrades who fought alongside him. This sort

when he remembered the times he spent

or Adventurers—he could not help but feel an overwhelming

could not move an

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

his mind, taking the form of

the 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 one in

talked about those dreams of his; how he craved adventure and desired to

together, you know? Kind of like

coming, overlapping with one another—words that Adonis had

retire… I'll return to the

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

means a

Adonis realized that those words—at least, the intention

the potential to

could have surpassed Lucielle and become the greatest Grand Mage in

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

couldn't do

he could help everyone around him. He became

So why…?

can't I get this right?!" He

"Why…?"

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his mind breaking as he recollected the

the faces of his two surviving comrades;

We're going to change everything!" Those were the words he was

he heard them back then, there

a heartwarming smile, filled with confidence and encouragement—like a

were soon

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~