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 could

power weakening, it was clear that they had to

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

the way Conrad made it sound, one would think

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

was a Nation that desperately needed

he's still

the end, these

will suffer if the Dragons aren't stopped.

that reason alone, Rey felt his conscience was geared towards helping out more than it was

pretty much gotten all I can

their useful Skills,

fairly confident he could survive in this world with the current

had nothing else

for future events, then maybe I

still wasn't certain about, there were concrete prospects he could pursue

place and operate on my

life without the prying eyes and sniveling noses of his

finally have more time on his

has become pretty useless to me at this point… and honestly, I could better spend my time

time fighting Monsters, he

wasn't even a

the more useful I

was for

'But… not yet.'

yet to cut

him was his desire to identify the true malefactor of the

Adam's death, and

coordinated that Rey couldn't shake off the

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

convenient was it that they were able to nab Adam for everything and solve the

was fishy, and Rey couldn't get

leave everyone

but that didn't mean he was comfortable

with a few people during the time he spent

Adonis, Trisha…

him to the second, more sentimental