An Extra’s POV

The next day came in no time, and the students who had been preparing their minds to go on the Dungeon Expedition were greeted with the most shocking news.

"The Dungeon Expedition has been put on an indefinite hiatus."

As Grandmaster Conrad said this, surprise overtook the expressions of all the students.

Once again, he was accompanied by both Brutus and Lucielle, and his attire was regal.

However, the forlorn expression he had was new.

No one had ever seen him this serious… or anxious before.

The same face was given by both Lucielle and Brutus.

It was a grave, disappointed face.

In contrast to this, however, the twenty-eight students had multifarious expressions on their faces.

Some were relieved that the Expedition was canceled—either due to the fear of going there, or the prospects of spending the day exploring the town.

Others—mostly the boys, and a few girls like Trisha—appeared disappointed to hear the news.

They were most likely looking forward to fighting real Monsters, so it was a major bummer to hear what Conrad was saying.

'Adonis doesn't look surprised. He must have already known…'

Rey had this thought as he stole a glance at the stoic Hero.

The rest of his classmates were buzzing with shock, so he joined them in it. However, Rey wasn't the slightest bit surprised.

The last ounces of his shock had been exhausted the previous day. This news was already expected, especially when he thought about it rationally.

'They suspect that a very dangerous monster is on the loose within the Dungeon, so it's currently not very safe for us.'

The reason why Brutus and Lucielle went to check out the Royal Dungeon the previous day was to make sure there would be no surprises waiting for the students.

And now, there was.

strong, and they are capable of protecting us within the

they doubted their ability to look out for every

were largely unpredictable, which was

nor Head Warrior could explain what had caused so much carnage within

or at least determined that the Dungeon was largely safe, then it was no place

been some complications in the Dungeon, which make it unsafe and unfit for training. Brutus and an elite few will have to thoroughly investigate the Floors to ensure your safety." The Grandmaster explained

as he noticed how Conrad skirted around the details, choosing to be vague on

to scare us. I

truly knew how terrifying monsters could be, and the current unknown threat that was supposedly lurking within the Dungeon, most of them would be discouraged from ever wanting to participate

everything was finally

Monster did this. It's probably the mastermind who's pulling

were involved here—like looting and harvesting—could

reasonable to believe that a human did it than some unknown

that the malefactor is powerful and very resourceful. They have

able to find a single clue about the monster, so they were probably

just need to gain an edge by killing SOME and not ALL the Monsters in my free time,

feel his lips curling up when he heard something else that he should have

giving you a practical course." As Conrad said this, Lucielle

let

a step back, and Lucielle bowed slightly before moving forward

this is what

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alternative to Dungeon Exploration wasn't a particularly

involved Lucielle and the few Summoners of the United

take place in a massive stadium that resembled a gladiator ring—still situated within the Royal

purposes of the exercise, only twenty-eight students and about twelve instructors—a total of forty

what exactly would

it was both simple and

before, all of the instructors here are capable of using Summoning Magic. So, we're going to be

It was that simple.

the mind of whatever they

things, but for

understanding of how to fight against creatures who aren't

of their Summoning. They were also considerably weaker than the real thing, so it was only a natural conclusion that the EXP they gave