An Extra’s POV

[Moments Earlier]

Alicia slowly opened her eyes.

Everything was so loud, and the world seemed to be collapsing on itself. As everything trembled and rumbled, she was slowly pulled out of deep slumber.

Casting her blurry gaze to the darkened sky above, she was met with a bombardment of voices from all her classmates and teachers.

"Alicia!"

"You're up, Alicia!"

"Are you fine, Alicia?"

"Take it easy! How do you feel?"

She remained still despite being overwhelmed by all of these questions. The faces of her classmates began poking into her field of vision, blocking her view of the evening sky.

'I'm still not dead, huh…?' Her thoughts trailed as she tiredly blinked, fighting back the urge to cry once again.

"I know you're just waking up, but I need to ask you something…" Adonis' voice echoed in the air as he drew closer.

"Hmm…?"

Tilting her head slightly, ignoring all the chaos and devastation that lay in the background, she looked at the Hero's troubled face.

"Did you know… about Rey? About his power and—?"

"R-Rey…?"

Painful memories began to surface, and she began to feel the urge to close her eyes once again—perhaps forget all about what she knew.

… What had just happened.

"R-Rey is—"

~BOOOOOOOOOOOM!~

the grounds ominously shook, causing everyone who was standing to fall

Someone in the crowd

seemed a bit closer than last time,

scared… I'm so

sighed and looked at the

hs gaze, and their expressions oozed

sure we shouldn't retreat to

there than to stay out in the

and shook his

would only lead it to that place. That would endanger even more lives,

trembled a little. "You're thinking about fighting that

Rey doesn't succeed,

handle. You can hear the sounds. I'm sure half

his resolute

to awaken all our powers and win. We have more numbers now, so we should be able

counting Alicia, there were currently five Otherworlders on standby. Adding Lucielle and Brutus, that meant there would be a total seven who would go against the Divine

their chances

Lucielle on this. I don't think we can win, even with

do you want us to do?! Abandon our comrade? I can't accept that! She's one of the heroes who will save the world! I… I can't… like last time…

as an obsessive air surrounded him. With widened eyes,

this were

abandon Alicia

to be a much more feasible plan than fighting the monstrosity that

easily. It eliminated two other Dragons with just about the same level of ease—the same ones you were struggling with not too long

we didn't

what I am told. If none of those have been effective on this creature, I don't see what we can do—even if we end up unlocking the full potential

"Lucielle, listen… I—!"

that you mentioned earlier. The duration of this upgrade is also something that bothers me. All in all, Adonis… I do not think this is a good plan." Lucielle moved closer to the trembling Hero and