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 power and

different this time. I

future. He had worked so hard to make

make sure nobody that

reward for all his

Eric…" More sobs echoed from him

to mourn the dead just yet. He should have

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

when he remembered the times he spent with

moments when they talked, whether about Magic, Dungeons, or Adventurers—he could not help but

not move an

City, I've decided to make a much more concrete goal!" Adonis remembered what Eric

single word echoed in his mind, taking

once the war is over… I'll return here and explore the one in this city. After that,

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

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

overlapping with one another—words that Adonis had smiled

return to the

indeed seemed unimpressive by Otherworlder standards, but she was considered

was by no means a feat just anyone could

that those words—at least, the

the potential to do

become the greatest

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

couldn't do it like you,

friend and master did for him, he thought he could help everyone around him. He became

So why…?

get this right?!" He

"Why…?"

**********

he recollected the past—or rather, a future that

the faces of his two surviving comrades;

change everything!" Those were the words he was

them back then, there

smile, filled with confidence and encouragement—like a hero—Adonis

those words were soon followed by

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~