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 Esteemed Otherworlders—were nearing the limits of what they

power weakening, it was clear that they had to make some

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

made it sound, one would

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

was a Nation that desperately needed

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

these people required

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

his conscience was geared towards

much gotten all I can get from these

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

had learned enough about this world that he was fairly confident he

had nothing

I take account for future events, then maybe I

still wasn't

own place and

prying eyes and

he would finally have more time

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

spent more time fighting Monsters, he was guaranteed to get more

even a

useful I

was for their

'But… not yet.'

two major reasons why Rey was yet to cut off ties with the Royal Estate and his

desire to identify the true malefactor of the

Adam's death,

and coordinated that Rey couldn't shake off the feeling that someone was behind all of

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

convenient was it that they were able to nab Adam for

and Rey couldn't get it

can't just leave everyone

classmates, but that didn't mean he

relationship with a few people during the time he spent in

Adonis, Trisha… and

sentimental reason, why he