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.

people have to die around him? Why was he constantly protected, even now that he

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

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

sure nobody that he

the reward for

Eric…" More sobs echoed from him as he shuddered with cold

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

who fought alongside

remembered the times he spent

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

could not move an

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

echoed in his mind, taking the form of

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

wide smile that Eric made as he talked about those dreams of his;

together, you know?

another—words that Adonis had smiled and nodded

I'll return to the Alliance and

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

by no means a

Adonis realized that those

had the potential

surpassed Lucielle and become the greatest

more tear left in his moist eyes as he stared at the charred crater that oozed smoke and tiny

couldn't do it like you, Rey…

him, he thought he could help everyone around him.

So why…?

get this right?!"

"Why…?"

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as he recollected

of his two surviving comrades; Rey

change everything!" Those were

then, there was a certain comfort

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

words were soon followed by

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~