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

its obstacle, it was finally time to kill its

But--

~BOOOOOM!~

from right behind the Divine Beast,

white, and it

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

back, its grin vanishing completely as it

was certain that there was not a single remain

How was this possible...?

about a few meters away, was a naked human who

own monstrous face also frowned as

overriding its

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

this one came

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

it, he could hear a lot of murmurs from the insignificant

easily creating

time at all, it arrived right in front of the

... Rey.

he seemed distracted. As if blankly staring at something right in front of him, and not the Divine Beast that overwhelmingly overshadowed

~WHOOOSH!~

could even act at all, Dagon sent a powerful blow

~BOOOOM!~

area was destroyed as a result of the force that the

earth around them broke into pieces, and the

cloud that tose from the point of impact,

… Much smaller.

Rey mumbled as the hot fist of the Divine Beast still remained

earth directly beneath his feet had caved in significantly, but his heels were

side, but his eyes

Then—

~WHOOOOOSH!~

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

The result…

~BOOOOOOOOOM!~

Was far

of the uppercut that Rey dished out, causing even more of the surrounding area to get razed

as it ascended high into the sky, Rey was finally able to take a deep breath, spitting

pain from that

he held it