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.

constantly protected, even now that he had

this time. I thought, after everything—all those sacrifices—there would be no

power. He had the knowledge of the future. He had worked

that

reward for all

from him as he shuddered with

could not afford to mourn the dead

comrades who fought alongside him. This sort

when he remembered the times

or Adventurers—he could not help but feel

could not move an

after finally arriving here, in this City, I've decided to make a much more concrete goal!" Adonis remembered what Eric told him when they were alone in the Adventurers

echoed in his mind, taking the form

Great Dungeons of the world. We already conquered the Royal Dungeon, so once the

talked about those dreams of

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

Adonis

we retire… I'll return to the

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

was by no means a feat just anyone could

Adonis realized that those words—at least, the intention behind

he had the potential to

have surpassed Lucielle and become the greatest Grand

in his moist eyes as he stared at the

couldn't do

around him. He became a Hero to save the world, but also prevent the tragedy that would befall

So why…?

can't I get

"Why…?"

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as he recollected

faces of his two surviving comrades; Rey and

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

them back then, there was a certain

such a heartwarming smile, filled with

words were soon followed

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~