An Extra’s POV

Silence.

That was what came first.

Uncomfortable, overwhelming silence that sank into the depths of the minds of everyone who was witnessing what the fallen ones saw.

Then, once silence was all worn out… the next thing that came was horror.

Within the darkness of the Royal Dungeon, the fallen heroes could only helplessly watch as an overwhelming shadow stood before them.

The silhouette of a massive monstrosity that radiated nothing but sheer malevolence.

This would be the first time they were encountering such a thing.

And from the looks of it… it was fated to be their last.

*******

[Several Days Earlier]

A few days had passed since the entire incident with Adonis.

Everyone was initially horrified and perplexed by what they saw, but after Adonis collapsed before them—barely breathing as he explained the situation—they could all understand better.

It seemed one of their own—Adam Sanchez—had plotted to kill Adonis.

His Skill responded in automatic self-defense and killed Adam before even the Hero could tell what was happening.

As Adonis described what had happened, it felt like he was sleep-walking.

The sensation felt unreal.

Of course, none of these explanations that were given took away the weight of a classmate's death.

It was still a tragedy.

However, learning that Adam was going to kill Adonis, and that Adonis wasn't in control of his actions, was enough to change the reactions of everyone.

The look of horror they gave Adonis soon faded, and the uncomfortably image of their beheaded classmate eventually took on a different flavor.

deserved it,

Why would he attack

he was working for

were the words that now went around the lips and

no more than a scapegoat, and Adonis was praised

later… so much

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"So, what now, Rey?"

There was only one reason why these two would

was to

for three days now. Ever since A…

few who found it difficult

was one of

killed by Adonis? Say

came from none other

face, almost as if none of this

staring at something invisible far away as he casually addressed the very incident

snapped, a bead of sweat trickling down his cheek as he uttered those

realized what he had done. Rey's sharp gaze now rested on him, instantly prompting him to take a

raising my

Noah, but we can't allow ourselves to

been nothing more than a

also a stranger

need to let his demise affect the relevant areas

has

and they had even activated the Grand Barrier—a

sophisticated version of what was used

were meant

that, Rey and Noah could not continue business as

few students protested that this was ridiculous, but Grandmaster Conrad and the rest of the Council

a few days…" They

their sudden and extreme reactions to the event wasn't too

An Otherworlder was dead.

the Dragons, and they

enough to make them waste valuable resources to keep their barrier up and running while breaching the liberty of the very champions they had previously sucked

thing—especially when met with a sense