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.

could withstand Dagon... nothing at

Dagon stared at Alicia with its absent eyes, its wide grin stretching even more like the monster that

completely gotten rid of its

But--

~BOOOOOM!~

of light erupted from right behind the Divine Beast, causing it to stop

was pure white, and it shot right above into the skies

of this mighty power--or rather,

back, its grin vanishing completely as it became struck with

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

How was this possible...?

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

own monstrous face also frowned as it instantly cast all of its

was overriding

goal, while destroying the human who stood in its way was only secondary. But now, the

this one

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

from the insignificant

on the ground, easily creating cracks and

all, it arrived right in front of

... Rey.

blankly staring at something right in front of him, and

~WHOOOSH!~

act at all,

~BOOOOM!~

seared through everything around them. The entire area was destroyed as a result of the force that the blow generated, and the shivering humans were blown away

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

the dust cloud that tose from the point of impact,

… Much smaller.

of the Divine Beast still remained plastered on his slightly

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

a side, but his eyes were still

Then—

~WHOOOOOSH!~

swifter manner, Rey sent his own blow from his right fist, coating

The result…

~BOOOOOOOOOM!~

Was far more

flying high into the air as a result of the uppercut that Rey dished out, causing even more of the surrounding

soon as it ascended high into the sky, Rey was finally able to take

pain from that hit was still incredibly

held