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.

Dagon... nothing

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

that it had completely gotten rid of its obstacle,

But--

~BOOOOOM!~

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

was pure white, and it shot right above

in response to the birth of this mighty power--or

its grin vanishing completely

the enemy had been eliminated. It was certain that there was not

How was this possible...?

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

frowned as it instantly cast all of its

overriding its

Tamer was its primary goal, while destroying the human who stood in its way was only secondary. But now, the whole thing had

this one came

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

from the insignificant worms, but none of those mattered

the ground, easily creating cracks

time at all, it arrived right in

... Rey.

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

~WHOOOSH!~

Rey 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

around them broke into pieces, and the buildings that

the point of impact, two

… Much smaller.

Rey mumbled as the hot fist of the Divine Beast still remained plastered on his slightly

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

but his eyes were still on the

Then—

~WHOOOOOSH!~

own blow

The result…

~BOOOOOOOOOM!~

far

the uppercut that Rey dished out,

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

but the pain from

he held