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.

protected, even now that he had the power and

different this time. I

much power. He had the knowledge of the future. He had worked so

nobody that he cared about

was the reward for all

echoed from him as he shuddered

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

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

remembered the times

Adventurers—he could

could not move

many dreams, you know? But after finally arriving here, in this City, I've decided to make a much more concrete goal!" Adonis remembered what Eric told him when they

taking the form

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

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

to do it together, you know? Kind of

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

return to the Alliance and become

in 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

her was by no means a feat just

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

he had the potential

surpassed Lucielle and become the greatest Grand Mage in human

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

couldn't do it. I couldn't do it like you,

him. He became a

So why…?

I get this right?!" He

"Why…?"

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he recollected the past—or rather,

remembered the faces of his two surviving comrades;

look so gloomy, my friend. We're going to change everything!" Those

them back then, there was a certain comfort

his friend give such a heartwarming smile, filled

were soon

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~