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 take from the

clear that they

of Mana Crystals to power the Grand Barrier, or they're pretty low on

made it sound, one would think it was

desperate these people are once you peel a single

finesse was a Nation that desperately needed

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

these people required

will suffer if the Dragons aren't stopped. Millions

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

pretty much gotten all I can

and obtained their useful Skills, and he

confident he could survive in this world with the current knowledge at

speaking, they had

for future events, then maybe I can benefit a thing

benefits he still wasn't certain about, there were concrete

own place and operate on

he could live his life without the prying eyes and sniveling noses of his comrades weighing down

would finally have

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

time fighting Monsters, he was guaranteed to

this wasn't even a

am, the more useful I can be

it was for their own

'But… not yet.'

yet to cut off ties with the Royal

was his desire to

death, and now

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

good chance

able to nab Adam

couldn't get it out of his

can't just leave everyone with the malefactor

mean he was comfortable with them being played by an unknown

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

Adonis, Trisha…

more sentimental reason, why he was