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

time. I thought,

had amassed so much power. He had the knowledge of the future. He had worked so hard to make sure he would be able to protect

that he

this was the reward for

sobs echoed from him as he shuddered with

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

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

he remembered the times he spent

about Magic, Dungeons, or Adventurers—he could not help but feel an overwhelming weight

not move an

decided to make a much more

taking

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

as he talked about those dreams of his; how

want all of us to do it together, you know? Kind of

another—words that Adonis had smiled and nodded at,

the Alliance and become the next

felt a little skeptical about those words. Lucielle indeed seemed unimpressive by Otherworlder standards,

no means a feat

seeing Eric's glorious eruption, Adonis realized that those words—at least, the intention behind them—was

the potential

become the greatest Grand

his moist

it. I couldn't do it like you, Rey…

everyone around him. He became a Hero to save the world, but also prevent the tragedy that would

So why…?

get this

"Why…?"

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as he recollected the past—or rather, a future

his

to change everything!" Those were the words he was

there

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

words were soon followed by

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~