An Extra’s POV

'I didn't want to come to this conclusion before, but…'

As Adrien stood before the Dragon Generals as an accused traitor, surrounded by the entirety of the Dragon Camp, he found a small smile crawling up his face.

'... There's definitely some mastermind pulling the strings here.'

It felt a little ironic—rather hilarious, even—to Adrien. He was the one who usually took on such a role, so it was a little shocking to have someone else manipulate these events from the shadows.

'Whoever they are… they are good.' He smiled to himself. Not only were they able to catch him off-guard, stripping him of the advantage he had built up from the start, but he was still unaware of this person's identity.

All possible suspects weren't present, which meant this had to be a new foe. 'Unless…'

"What's with that look?! Do you not have words of defense to give?" R'azak yelled out, his eyes bloodshot as steam proceeded from his nostrils.

He seemed the most upset. Perhaps this was because he trusted Adrien the most, so he didn't expect this sort of outcome from their ultimate pawn.

Whatever the reason was, the fury he felt nearly drove him mad.

"It doesn't matter what I say, does it? You've already concluded that I am the perpetrator." Adrien answered with composure, slowly acclimating to the surprising situation that he found himself in.

"I don't know what you saw, but what happened was simple. The enemies overwhelmed us. We tried to escape, but couldn't. Then, some invisible enemy attacked the commanders and killed them. After they all perished, the interference was lifted, and I was able to escape…" As Adrien said those words, he too realized how off the series of events were.

It all played out too conveniently.

"An invisible enemy, huh? You mean YOU attacked and killed them, don't you?" U'riah growled as he deepened his glare.

Adrien was forced to sigh again. 'This is why I didn't want to respond. It doesn't look like there's anything I can say to change their minds…' He found it to be a shame, though. If the Dragons could use their brains a little, they would realize that the whole narrative didn't make a lot of sense.

'Why would I kill the Commanders in such an overt way when I am being watched and recorded by Magic? Speaking of Recording Magic, that's probably how the mastermind was able to implicate me.' He leaked out a wry grin, remembering a particular moment of the past.

'I suppose this is how you felt, Rey. Being surrounded and accused so surprisingly, despite having plans of your own…'

The only difference between Adrien and Rey was that the former was not in any way responsible for the death of the Commanders, while the latter was.

'That means we can resort to using the Truthseeker, right? Or… perhaps that's what the mastermind wants. If the Truthseeker has been tampered with, and it proves me guilty, then there's no coming back at all.'

That would definitely put him in an even worse off position.

affair still confuses me, though.' Adrien felt everything slow down as he had these thoughts, slowly raising his

if the Recordings were tampered with right as it was broadcasting the information to the Generals,

make any sense to

no way anyone would

a similar situation like this happening, so he made sure to take all the precautions necessary. Yet… it seemed that wasn't

something I'm missing? What exactly is it? I have

yelled out, causing everything around him to

sides of his face. In all honesty, he seemed nothing short of an

very young one, but

air vibrated, constantly buzzing as sparks

so the answer is clear. He's working for the Elves and has

coupled with the four horns that were evidently protruding out of his

white, and

should execute

~WHOOOOSH!~

to keep up with, he

they could only see was a blur,

—The traitor, Adrien.

"Hahahahahaahaha!!!"

echoed out as Ce'phas launched his claw towards Adrien, who blocked it with a blade that he

The result?

~BOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

but everything that surrounded them for

clouds slowly began to shift as the air pressure was

us!" Ce'phas licked his lips as he stared very intensely at Adrien, who

colleague go savage again. They already knew there was no stopping

decided to have

of a

didn't trust Adrien, there was no denying his value. Surely, his comrades could see that and arrive at

end." R'azak's response was cold and detached, but his frown seemed to

The kid had so much promise. He just had to blow

"Yeah…"

fight from where they stood, ignoring the other soldiers who were already seeking shelter from the devastation that the clash was causing. Not many could withstand the debris and several lashes of energy that chaotically befell the

all of this was