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

their power weakening, it was clear that they had

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

sad how desperate these people are

that finesse was a Nation that desperately needed

still on their side despite how crafty they think they're

end, these people

just Conrad and the people here that will suffer if

reason alone, Rey felt his conscience was geared towards

I can get from these people right

obtained their useful Skills, and he now had

was fairly confident he could survive

they had nothing

I take account for future events, then

future benefits he still wasn't

get my own place and operate

his life without the prying eyes and sniveling noses of

he would finally have more

honestly, I could better spend my time grinding in the Dungeon.' Rey found

Monsters, he was guaranteed to get

this wasn't even a necessarily

I am, the more useful

essence, it was for

'But… not yet.'

reasons why Rey was yet to cut off ties with the

his desire to identify

Adam's death,

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

There's a good chance that they manipulated Adam and made him take the fall so they

to nab Adam

fishy, and Rey couldn't get it out of

everyone

his classmates, but that didn't mean he was

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

Trisha…

the second, more sentimental reason, why he