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.

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

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

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

sure nobody that

this was the reward for all his

More sobs echoed from him as he shuddered

He could not afford to mourn the dead

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

when he remembered the times he

Adventurers—he could not help but feel an overwhelming

not

decided to make a much more concrete goal!" Adonis remembered what Eric told him when

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

9 Great Dungeons of the world. We already conquered the Royal Dungeon, so once the war is over… I'll return here and explore

remembered the wide smile that Eric made as he talked about those dreams of his; how he craved adventure and desired to advance in

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

coming, overlapping with one another—words that Adonis had smiled and nodded at, promising their

retire… I'll return to the Alliance and become the next

the previous timeline, Adonis had felt a little skeptical about those words. Lucielle indeed seemed unimpressive by Otherworlder standards, but she was

by no means a feat just

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

had the potential to

surpassed Lucielle and become the greatest Grand

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

it. I couldn't do it

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

So why…?

get this

"Why…?"

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he recollected

of his two surviving comrades;

to change everything!" Those were the words he

them back then, there was a certain comfort it gave

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

those words were soon followed

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~