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.

around him? Why was he constantly protected, even now that he had the

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

had the knowledge of the future. He had worked so hard to make sure he

make sure nobody that he cared about

was the reward

sobs echoed from him as he

to mourn the dead just yet.

fought alongside him. This sort of thing was not meant to move him in

remembered the times he spent

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!" Adonis remembered what

word echoed in his mind, taking the form of guilt that

once the war is over… I'll return here and explore the

about those dreams of

you know? Kind of

with one another—words that Adonis had smiled

return to the Alliance and become the

Lucielle indeed seemed unimpressive

means a

those words—at least, the

had the

surpassed Lucielle and become the greatest Grand Mage in

tear left in his moist eyes

it. I couldn't do it like you,

him, he thought he could help everyone around him. He became a Hero to save

So why…?

can't I get this right?!"

"Why…?"

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breaking as he recollected the past—or rather, a future

faces of his

change everything!" Those were the

he heard them back then, there was

smile, filled

were soon followed by

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~