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.

sure those two are strong, and they are

to look out for every single variable and prepare against

were largely unpredictable, which was why scouting

now, neither the Grand Mage nor Head Warrior could explain what had caused so much carnage within

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

unsafe and unfit for training. Brutus and an elite few

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

probably doesn't want to scare us. I

students truly knew how terrifying monsters could be, and the current unknown threat that was

Even after everything was

It's

that were involved here—like looting and harvesting—could only be done by something very

believe that a human did it

very resourceful. They have more resources than

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

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

feel his lips curling up when he heard something else that

a practical course." As Conrad said this, Lucielle managed to force her signature smile

erm… let

a step back, and Lucielle bowed slightly before moving forward with her staple cheerful

this is what

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Exploration

few Summoners

in a massive stadium that resembled a gladiator ring—still situated

large enough to contain thousands of people, but for the purposes of the exercise, only twenty-eight students and about twelve instructors—a total of

exactly would they

both

before, all of the instructors here are capable of using

It was that simple.

couldn't control the mind of whatever they summoned, hence

the summoning of living things,

understanding of how to fight against creatures

less EXP due to the nature of their Summoning. They were also considerably weaker than the real thing, so it was only a