An Extra’s POV

What does death feel like?

Those who know the answer to this question are not present with us, so it remains a mystery.

How swift is it? How painful is it? No one alive can say.

However, the fear of death is enough to give people incredibly accurate descriptions on how dying feels, or would feel like.

Perhaps a light at the end of the tunnel... or some sort of eternal void.

That wasn't what Rey felt as he supposedly sank into the world of the abyss--entering the grasp of death.

Rather than a world engulfed in sheer darkness, or some sort of afterlife that would claim his dear soul, there was something else.

It was a panel, spread out before his nonexistent eyes.

[SYSTEM NOTICE]

~You have suffered a fatal attack~

~[Near-Death Effect] will now be activated~

[As long as you don't die immediately, you can recover from a fatal attack--can only be used once a day]

[Initiating Recovery...]

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Dagon stood in front of the brilliant golden barrier that protected the humans--particulary its prey--from its grasp.

Its massive stature cast a dark shadow on the group, and its maw twisted to form a terrifyingly toothy grin. It had just elimited the strongest mankind had to offer, so it didn't particularly consider any of these ones to be threats.

The humans huddled together in a group, staying as far away from the creature as the barrier would allow.

Then--

~ZTTZZ~

--The creature of terror took a step forward, entering the golden haven that was supposed to have warded off all danger.

The barrier melted, like butter would when confronted with heat.

It seemed so easy for Dagon. Its silver scales merely glittered as the barrier crumbled before its might. Before long, its huge body was within the barrier--along with all the humans.

As soon as this happened, the golden haven vanished from sight, dissipating into nothingness.

Dagon... nothing

stared at Alicia with its absent eyes, its wide grin stretching even more

completely gotten rid of its obstacle, it was finally time

But--

~BOOOOOM!~

the Divine Beast, causing it to stop dead in its

and it

shook in response to the birth of this mighty power--or rather, the being that was emerging

Dagon slowly looked back, its grin vanishing completely as it became struck

the enemy had been eliminated. It was certain that there was not a single remain of its adversary.

How was this possible...?

behind it, about a few meters away, was a naked human who stared down at

also frowned as it instantly cast all of its attention from the initial

was overriding its previous

primary goal, while destroying the human who stood in its way was

this one came

Dagon kept growling as it left the vicinity of the gasping, shocked humans, moving towards

a lot of murmurs from the insignificant worms, but

easily creating cracks

arrived right in front of

... Rey.

he seemed distracted. As if blankly staring at something right in front of him, and

~WHOOOSH!~

at all, Dagon sent a powerful blow towards

~BOOOOM!~

around them. The entire area was destroyed as a result of the force that the blow generated, and

them broke into pieces, and the buildings that were close-by were

the point of impact, two silhouttes remained

… Much smaller.

as the hot fist of the Divine Beast still remained plastered on his slightly shifted

his feet had caved in significantly, but his heels were planted very deeply on

side, but his

Then—

~WHOOOOOSH!~

manner, Rey sent his own blow from his right fist, coating it with

The result…

~BOOOOOOOOOM!~

far more

air as a result of the uppercut that Rey dished out,

into the sky, Rey was finally able to take a

it, but the pain from

he held