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 what

clear that

of Mana 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 think it

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

finesse was a Nation that

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

the end, these

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

towards helping out

much gotten all I can get from

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

he was fairly confident he

they had nothing else

then maybe I can benefit a thing or

abstract future benefits he still wasn't certain about, there

get my own place

eyes

though, he would finally have more

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

he spent more time fighting Monsters, he was guaranteed to

wasn't even a necessarily

stronger I am, the more useful

it was for their own

'But… not yet.'

two major reasons why Rey was yet to cut off

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

trial, Adam's death, and now

and coordinated that Rey couldn't shake off the feeling that

been him. There's a good chance that they manipulated Adam and made

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

and Rey couldn't

just leave everyone

his classmates, but that didn't mean he

some sort of relationship with a few people during the time he spent

Adonis, Trisha…

him to the second, more sentimental