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.

withstand Dagon... nothing at

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

of its obstacle, it was finally

But--

~BOOOOOM!~

from right behind the Divine

it shot right above into

around trembled, and the grounds shook in response to the birth of this mighty power--or rather, the being that was emerging from

slowly looked back, its grin vanishing completely as

was sure that the enemy had been eliminated. It was certain that there was

How was this possible...?

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

Its own monstrous face also frowned as it instantly cast all of its attention from the

was overriding

killing the Tamer was its primary goal, while destroying the human who stood

one came

it left the vicinity of the gasping,

from the insignificant worms,

easily creating cracks and potholes wherever they

it arrived right in front of the

... Rey.

something right in front of him, and not the

~WHOOOSH!~

at all,

~BOOOOM!~

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 by the

and the buildings that were close-by were left

that tose from the point of impact, two silhouttes remained standing—one massive and the

… Much smaller.

mumbled as the hot fist of the Divine Beast still

caved in significantly, but his heels were planted very deeply on the ground so

was turned to a side, but his

Then—

~WHOOOOOSH!~

own blow from his

The result…

~BOOOOOOOOOM!~

far more

the uppercut that Rey dished out, causing even more of the

the sky, Rey was finally able to take a deep breath, spitting out blood-filled saliva from his

face hardly showed it, but the pain from

held it