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 they could take from the

clear that they had to

Crystals to power the Grand Barrier, or they're pretty low on their supply. That's why they're

the way Conrad made it sound, one would

almost sad how desperate these people are once you peel a single layer

that finesse was a

recognizes that too. That's why he's still on their side despite how crafty they think they're

end, these

here that will suffer if the Dragons aren't stopped. Millions of people, if not more, will

felt his conscience was geared towards helping out more than it

gotten all I can

the strongest people here and obtained their useful Skills, and he now

he could survive in this world with

speaking, they had nothing else to

if I take account for future events, then maybe I can benefit a

he still wasn't certain about, there were

own place

live his life without the prying eyes and sniveling noses of

importantly, though, he would finally have more time

to me at this point… and honestly, I could better spend

spent more time fighting Monsters, he

even a necessarily

stronger I am, the more useful I can

was for

'But… not yet.'

were two major reasons why Rey was yet to cut off

desire to identify the true malefactor of the recent

death, and now

that Rey couldn't shake off the

one that framed me isn't Adam. It couldn't have been him. There's a good chance that they manipulated Adam and made him take the

to nab Adam

fishy, and Rey couldn't get it out of

everyone with the malefactor

his classmates, but that didn't mean he was comfortable

had managed to form some sort of relationship with a few people during the time he

Trisha… and

to the second, more sentimental reason, why he was hesitant to