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

working for

went around

Adam was seen as no more than a scapegoat,

later…

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"So, what now, Rey?"

There was only one reason why these two would

to discuss

able to sell Monster Cores for three days now. Ever

there were still a few who found it difficult to properly articulate what happened that

was

by Adonis? Say

from none other than

a calm expression on his face, almost as if none of

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

Noah snapped, a bead of sweat trickling down his cheek as he uttered those words without

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

raising my voice…"

understand what you're saying, Noah, but we can't allow ourselves to be bogged down by

Rey's perspective, Adam had been nothing more than a

a stranger to

was no need to let his demise affect the relevant

has affected business

even activated the Grand Barrier—a

a more powerful and sophisticated version of what was used

students were monitored 24/7, and they were meant to

and Noah could not

that this was ridiculous, but Grandmaster Conrad and

for a few days…" They had

reactions to

An Otherworlder was dead.

the Dragons, and they had just lost one valuable

was 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