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

clear that they

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

way Conrad made it sound, one

you guys. It's almost sad how desperate these people are once

all that finesse was a Nation that desperately

sure Adonis recognizes that too. That's why he's still on their side despite

these people required

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

reason alone, Rey felt his conscience was geared towards helping

can

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

world that he was fairly confident he could survive in this world with the current

speaking, they had nothing else to

I take account for future events, then maybe I

wasn't certain about, there

could get my own place and operate on

life without the prying eyes and sniveling noses of his comrades

finally have

at this point… and honestly, I could better spend my time grinding in the Dungeon.' Rey

he spent more time fighting Monsters, he was

even

useful

was

'But… not yet.'

why Rey was yet to cut off ties with the Royal Estate and

was his desire to identify the true malefactor of the recent incidents that

Adam's death,

coordinated that Rey couldn't shake off

couldn't have been him. There's a good chance that they manipulated Adam and made him take the fall so they could cover their

able to nab Adam for everything and solve the mystery of the malefactor

fishy, and Rey couldn't get it out of his

everyone

much for his classmates, but that didn't mean

managed to form some sort of relationship with a few

Adonis, Trisha… and

second, more sentimental reason, why he was hesitant