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!~

**********

"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?'

hands and wait for his

letter back to Ater after reading it one

you have any idea where he went,

bow. "As for the

By running away

running towards the problem…" Ater said

mean the Northern Continent? The

my part, if you may." The way the Familiar shrugged in nonchalance made Rey

to take most things

chose to leave? Is it

"...."

her coma, and everyone in the current state they're in… I expected Adonis to at least… be

leave everyone and everything behind… it didn't seem

know him as much as I thought I did.' Rey smiled sadly, once again interrupted by

to the Adventurers City just a few days ago. She said she was done with the training she could receive here, and she wanted more

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

despair or quit the

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

weren't the only ones who

currently an Apprentice under Lucielle, and she's also almost done with her Magic Training. Once all of them are done, they'll pick up Trisha on their way to the front lines and head straight to the

Rey as he still tried his hardest to process the information

mentally processing it was incredibly easy for him, but the emotional weight of everything had to be addressed very slowly in

would come in, but if he dismissed them too swiftly, he would miss out on the true meaning behind their

constantly chew the details he

'How strenuous…'

they head to the front lines?" Rey finally asked after a few seconds

"Less than a month."

surprised that they could have

could have stayed back for so long

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

was met with another surprising

expecting this

stop, especially after the death of a Dragon Lord?' Rey expected a full-blown retaliation from the Dragons, but there was

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." Ater