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

its wide grin stretching even more like

gotten rid of its obstacle, it was finally time to kill its

But--

~BOOOOOM!~

light erupted from right behind the Divine Beast, causing it

white, and it shot right

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

Dagon slowly looked back, its grin vanishing completely as

had been eliminated. It was certain that there was not a single

How was this possible...?

meters away, was a naked human who stared down

also frowned as it instantly

was overriding its previous

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

one

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

murmurs from the insignificant worms,

on the ground, easily

time at all, it arrived right in front

... Rey.

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

~WHOOOSH!~

even act at all, Dagon

~BOOOOM!~

area was destroyed as a result of the force that the blow generated, and the shivering humans were blown away

broke into pieces, and the buildings

the point of impact, two silhouttes remained standing—one massive

… Much smaller.

of the Divine Beast still remained plastered on his slightly shifted

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

but his eyes were still on the

Then—

~WHOOOOOSH!~

blow from his right

The result…

~BOOOOOOOOOM!~

far

the uppercut that Rey dished

sky, Rey was finally able to take a deep

but the pain from that hit was still incredibly

he held