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,

time. I thought, after everything—all those sacrifices—there would

knowledge of the future. He had worked so hard

make sure nobody that he cared about

this was the reward for

Eric…" More sobs echoed from him as he

could not afford to mourn the dead just yet. He

he personally witnessed the deaths of many comrades who fought alongside him. This sort of thing was not meant to move him in the

when he remembered the times he spent

or Adventurers—he could not help but feel an overwhelming

not move an

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

his mind, taking the form of guilt that shackled

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

those dreams of his;

do it together, you know? Kind of like

one another—words that Adonis had smiled and

return 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 of all time for a

was by no means a feat just anyone

that those words—at least, the intention behind them—was no mere

the potential to do

and become

of that is gone.' There was no longer any more tear left in his moist eyes as he stared at the charred crater that oozed smoke

I couldn't do it like you, Rey…

and master did for him, he thought he could help everyone around him. He became a Hero to

So why…?

get this right?!" He

"Why…?"

**********

he recollected

remembered the faces of his two surviving comrades; Rey

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

he heard them back then, there was a certain

heartwarming smile, filled with confidence and encouragement—like a

those words were

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~