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.

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

things would be different this time. I thought,

future. He had worked so hard to make sure he would be able to protect

sure nobody that he

this was the reward for

from him as he

the dead just yet. He

fought alongside him. This sort of thing was not

when he remembered the times he spent with

they talked, whether about Magic, Dungeons, or Adventurers—he could not

could not move

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

taking the form of guilt that shackled

Royal Dungeon, so once the war is over… I'll return here and

that Eric made as he talked about those dreams of his; how he craved adventure and desired

of us to do it together, you

one another—words that Adonis had smiled and nodded at,

to the Alliance and become the

previous 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

no means a feat

seeing Eric's glorious eruption, Adonis realized that those

he had the potential

have surpassed Lucielle and become the greatest Grand Mage in

There was no longer any more tear left in his moist eyes as he stared at the charred crater that

couldn't do

help everyone around him. He

So why…?

get this right?!" He

"Why…?"

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breaking as he recollected the past—or rather, a

faces of his two surviving comrades;

going to change everything!" Those were

them back then, there was a certain comfort it gave

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

words were soon

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~