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.

felt everything slow down as he had these thoughts, slowly raising his head

to explain the current situation is if the Recordings were tampered with right as it was broadcasting the information to the Generals,

didn't make any sense to

Magic was coursing through that device and I was constantly observing it. There's no way anyone would have interfered with it and I wouldn't have

he made sure to take all the precautions necessary. Yet… it seemed that

there something I'm missing? What exactly

YAPPING!" Ce'phas yelled out, causing everything around him to tremble like with an

stretched so they met both sides

young one, but

air vibrated, constantly buzzing

Elves and has backstabbed us. Perhaps this was his intention all along. In that case…" Ce'phas crouched, almost as

slithering ashen tail, coupled with the four horns that were evidently protruding out of his head, shot

bright white, and his hair took on that

should

~WHOOOOSH!~

eye to keep up with, he zoomed

movements. What they could

—The traitor, Adrien.

"Hahahahahaahaha!!!"

laughter echoed out as Ce'phas launched his claw towards Adrien, who blocked

The result?

~BOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

for a dozen meters or so, but everything that surrounded them for at least a couple

shift as the air pressure

Ce'phas licked his lips as he stared very intensely at Adrien,

other two Generals sighed, shaking their heads as they witnessed their colleague go savage again. They already knew there was no

Dragon General decided to have

a waste?" U'riah mumbled, looking at

trust Adrien, there was no denying his value. Surely, his comrades could see that and arrive at a compromise—perhaps

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

know? The kid had so

"Yeah…"

to watch the fight from where they stood, ignoring the other soldiers who were already seeking shelter from the devastation that the clash was causing. Not

all of