An Extra’s POV

[The Next Day]

"Good morning, Esteemed Otherworlders. It's really good to see you all in good health."

Right now, Rey and his classmates were standing in the open fields of their training ground.

All twenty-eight of them were facing Grandmaster Conrad, who had Brutus and Lucielle to his right and left respectively.

Conrad had a calm smile on his face as his long hair danced with the wind.

As usual, he was adorned in expensive jewelry and pristine clothing. There was no one who would doubt that this man was royalty.

"I am grateful for you being accommodating and understanding. You've been subjected to a lot of restrictions, and I am deeply honored that you chose to be patient with us."

Truthfully, if it hadn't been for Adonis calming the students down, there would have been a lot more resistance to the actions of the Royal Council.

After Adam's demise, it was clear that something had changed in the power balance.

The desperation of the United Human Alliance began to show, while the students grew a lot more uneasy about their place in the Estate.

This ultimately led to a shift in the status quo.

Right now, it was clear that the United Human Alliance had more to lose from letting the students go, and they had to be a lot more active in their management of their champions.

That was why Conrad—Grandmaster that he was—was standing out in the open to address the Otherworlders.

"All of that changes today. We will cease the barriers, and we will even allow you to explore outside the Royal Estate as you please."

As Conrad said all this, the annoyed countenance of a lot of students began to change.

Smiles and little chuckles began to reveal themselves among the dreary ones.

It felt like a miracle.

As the students murmured among one another in excitement, one of them was also grinning like an idiot, though his thoughts were far from what he showed.

'What a farce…'

Rey was the one who had this thought, and for good reason.

'He's making it sound like he's doing us a favor when, in fact, he has no other option.'

nearing the limits of what

their power weakening, it was clear that they had to

run out of Mana Crystals to power the Grand Barrier, or they're pretty low on their supply.

one would

can see through you guys. It's almost sad how desperate these people are once you peel a single layer

was a Nation

why he's still on their side despite how crafty they

end, these

if the Dragons aren't stopped. Millions of people, if

felt his conscience was geared towards helping out more

pretty much gotten all I can get from these people right

Skills, and he now had

was fairly confident he could survive in this world with the current knowledge at his

had nothing else

account for future events, then maybe I can benefit a thing or

future benefits he still wasn't certain about, there were concrete prospects he

place and

could live his life without the prying eyes and

though, he would finally have more time

has become pretty useless to me at this point… and honestly, I could better spend my time

more time fighting Monsters, he was guaranteed

even a

useful

was for their own

'But… not yet.'

why Rey was yet to cut off ties

to him was his desire to identify the true malefactor of

death, and

too unnatural and coordinated that Rey couldn't shake off the feeling that

have been him. There's a good chance that they manipulated Adam

able to nab Adam for

couldn't get

just leave everyone with the

that didn't mean he was comfortable with them being

with

Trisha… and

second, more sentimental reason, why he was hesitant to