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.

Why was he constantly protected, even now

I thought, after everything—all those sacrifices—there

the knowledge of the future. He had worked

sure nobody that he

this was the reward

him as

not afford to mourn the dead just yet. He should have known

of many comrades who fought

when he remembered the times he spent with

Magic, Dungeons, or Adventurers—he could not help

could not move

to make a much more

mind, taking the form of guilt that shackled

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

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

of us to do it together, you know?

with one another—words that Adonis had smiled and nodded

to the Alliance and

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

was by no means a feat just anyone could

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

had the potential

and become the greatest Grand Mage in

longer any more tear left in his moist

couldn't do it

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

So why…?

can't I get

"Why…?"

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he recollected the past—or rather, a future

the faces of his two surviving

going to change everything!" Those were

there

friend give such a heartwarming smile, filled with confidence and encouragement—like a

were

~BOOOOOOOM!!!~