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

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

its obstacle, it was

But--

~BOOOOOM!~

erupted from right behind the

light was pure white, and it shot right above into

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

back, its grin vanishing completely as it became

certain that there was

How was this possible...?

a few meters away, was a naked human who stared

frown triggered Dagon. Its own monstrous face also frowned

was overriding its

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

one

of the gasping, shocked humans, moving

hear a lot of murmurs from the insignificant worms,

lashed on the ground, easily creating

time at all, it arrived right in front of the

... Rey.

As if blankly staring at something right in front of him, and not the Divine Beast that overwhelmingly

~WHOOOSH!~

could even act at all, Dagon sent a powerful blow

~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 by the

around them broke into pieces, and

of impact,

… Much smaller.

the hot fist of the Divine Beast still remained plastered on

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

a side, but his

Then—

~WHOOOOOSH!~

Rey sent his own blow from his right fist, coating it with white-colored

The result…

~BOOOOOOOOOM!~

far more

sent flying high into the air as a result of the uppercut that

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

showed it, but the pain from that hit

he held it