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 means

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

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

sure nobody that he cared about

was the reward

More sobs echoed from him

mourn the dead just yet. He should

seen countless wars, and he personally witnessed the deaths of many comrades who fought alongside

the times he spent

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

could not move an

to make a much more concrete goal!" Adonis remembered what Eric told him when they were alone in the Adventurers

taking

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

he talked about those dreams of his; how he craved

us to do it together, you know? Kind of

another—words that Adonis had smiled and nodded at, promising

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 considered the greatest Human Mage of

was by no means a

seeing Eric's glorious eruption, Adonis realized that those

he had the potential

could have surpassed Lucielle and become the greatest

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

it. I couldn't

for him, he thought he could help everyone around him. He became a Hero to save the world, but

So why…?

can't I get this

"Why…?"

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mind breaking as he recollected the past—or rather, a future that once

remembered the faces of his two surviving comrades;

change everything!" Those were

heard them back then, there was a certain comfort it gave

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

were soon

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~