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.'

Esteemed Otherworlders—were nearing the limits of

their power weakening, it was clear

Grand Barrier, or they're pretty low on their supply. That's why they're stopping

sound, one would

through you guys. It's almost sad how desperate these

that finesse was a Nation that desperately needed

recognizes that too. That's why he's still on

these

and the people here that will suffer if the Dragons

Rey felt his conscience was geared towards helping out more

pretty much gotten all I can get from these people

obtained their useful Skills, and he now had access to the abilities of

about this world that he was fairly confident he could survive in this

had

account for future events, then maybe

wasn't certain about, there were concrete

my own place and operate on

live his life without the prying eyes and sniveling

importantly, though, he would finally

this point… and honestly, I could better

more time fighting Monsters, he was guaranteed to get more

this wasn't even a

am, the more useful I can

it was for their own

'But… not yet.'

Rey was yet to cut off ties

and most obvious reason to him was his desire to identify the true malefactor of

Adam's death, and now

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

been him. There's a good chance that they

that they were able to nab Adam for everything and solve the mystery of

Rey couldn't

leave everyone with the malefactor among

that didn't mean he was comfortable with them

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

Trisha… and then…

the second, more sentimental reason, why he