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.

slow down as he had these thoughts,

as it was broadcasting the information to the

that didn't make any sense to

constantly observing it. There's no way anyone would have interfered with it and I wouldn't have felt a shift.' He thought, tightly gritting his

happening, so he made sure

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

Ce'phas yelled out, causing everything around him to tremble like with

both sides of his face. In all

a very young

very air vibrated, constantly buzzing as sparks and

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

animalistic, and his slithering ashen tail, coupled with the four horns that were evidently protruding

eyes shone a bright white, and his hair took

We should

~WHOOOOSH!~

any normal eye to keep up with, he zoomed away from his position, causing the ground

What they could only see was a

—The traitor, Adrien.

"Hahahahahaahaha!!!"

claw towards Adrien, who blocked it with

The result?

~BOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

a dozen meters or so, but everything that surrounded

slowly began to shift as the air

for us!" Ce'phas licked his lips as he stared very intensely

Generals sighed, shaking their heads as they witnessed their colleague go savage again. They already knew there was no stopping him at this

to have his fun… it was too

him a bit of a waste?" U'riah mumbled, looking

didn't trust Adrien, there was no denying his value. Surely, his comrades could see that and arrive at a compromise—perhaps enslaving the boy

He is only a human in the end." R'azak's response was cold and detached, but his

you know? The kid had so much promise. He just had to blow

"Yeah…"

seeking shelter from the devastation that

all of this