An Extra’s POV

The day that Adonis was confirmed to be missing, they found a letter in his room.

The thing seemed to have been written in a hurry, and it was addressed to everyone—his classmates, the Royal Council, and all who cared to see.

It was:

~I am deeply sorry it has to be this way, and that it took me so long to see, but I finally realize my mistakes.

I thought I could help everyone, and save this world, but my calculations were wrong. I made so many errors, and those miscalculations cost us so many lives.

I can see those mistakes now… and I know I have to rectify them.

Don't bother searching for me. You won't be able to find me. I now recognize that for me to truly save everyone—even those who have fallen—I need far more strength than I currently possess.

A journey beckons to me. It will be fraught with danger, but I shall overcome. I shall survive and return once again; a much more experienced and capable Hero.

Do not fear… Rey, Lucielle, everyone. You no longer need to worry about me or yourselves. Even though I will shoulder this responsibility alone, it will yield the best of results.

Wish me good fortune. I will save you all!~

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"H-huh…?" Rey found the gears in his head turning as he read through the contents of the letter.

He was stunned by what he was reading—what appeared to be some sort of childish manifesto from Adonis.

"Is he stupid? How can he think to do this alone?"

Those were the first words that Rey uttered after seeing the letter's contents. It was a rhetorical question, considering how he was well aware of Adonis' intelligence.

'He's always been the most intuitive out of all of us.' Rey itched his head as he re-read the message on the paper in his hands.

'Even after seeing everything that went down, he really wants to go at it alone?'

In the end, he could not resonate with the Hero's reasoning. The most logical solution to the matter at hand would be for everyone to recoup their strength and figure out a way to ward off the inevitable external aggression to come.

"And what's this BS about us not worrying about him and ourselves? If an invasion happens now, what are we supposed to do?'

fold their hands

the letter back to Ater after reading it one

letter? Do you have any idea

have no idea where he's headed to, or where he is at this moment, Master." Ater said with a slight bow. "As for the meaning of this letter, it is possible that he feels somewhat responsible for what

By running away from the

be running towards the problem…" Ater said

Northern

observation on my part, if you may." The way

really seemed to take most

chose to leave? Is it because I was unconscious?" The teenager muttered, a crestfallen expression on his

"...."

coma, and everyone in the current state they're

it didn't

know him as much as I thought I did.' Rey

the only one that left, though. Trisha also went to the Adventurers City just a few days ago. She said she was done with the

the appearances of the Dragons and the Divine Beast, Rey's classmates had yet to lose their

into despair or quit the

soon going to conclude their training with Brutus. Once that's done, they'll be heading to the front

weren't the only ones who were

her Magic Training. Once all of them are done, they'll

of this information bombarded Rey as he still tried his hardest to process

him, but the emotional weight of everything had to be addressed very slowly in

the matters too heavily, the System would come in, but if he dismissed them too swiftly, he would miss out on

such, he had to constantly chew the details he was receiving in

'How strenuous…'

long before they head to the front lines?" Rey finally

"Less than a month."

seem very surprised. In fact, he was more surprised that they could have waited that long despite what recently happened

have stayed back

severe. But, surprisingly, the attacks dwindled significantly after the calamity that befell the

Rey was met

wasn't expecting

suddenly stop, especially after the death of a Dragon Lord?' Rey expected a full-blown retaliation from the Dragons, but there was no

humans; taking time to amass their forces to prepare for an all-out war. In any case, we should also begin to make preparations on our end."