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.'

the limits of what they could take from the

power weakening, it was clear

compromises, I'm sure they've run out of Mana Crystals to power the Grand Barrier, or

it sound, one would think it was a

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

all that finesse was a Nation that desperately

still on their side despite how crafty they think

end, these people required

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

his conscience was geared towards helping out more than it was directed towards his selfish

much gotten all I can get from these people

the strongest people here and obtained their useful Skills, and he now had access to the abilities

confident he could survive

speaking, they had nothing else to

I take account for future events, then maybe

wasn't certain

my own place and

live his life without the prying eyes and sniveling

importantly, though, he would finally have more time on

me at this point… and honestly, I could better spend my time grinding in the

more time fighting Monsters, he was guaranteed to get more

wasn't even a

useful

essence, it was

'But… not yet.'

major reasons why Rey was yet to cut off ties with the Royal

was his desire to identify the true

death, and now

Rey couldn't shake off the feeling that someone

Adam. It couldn't have been him. There's a good chance that they

were able to nab Adam

Rey couldn't get it out of

everyone with the malefactor among

didn't really care much for his classmates, but that didn't mean he was comfortable with them being

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

Adonis, Trisha… and then…

to the second, more sentimental