An Extra’s POV

There was deafening silence all around.

The students all looked at one another, each glance depicting multifaceted emotions.

Some students already had resolute expressions on their faces, while others seemed unsure about what choice to make.

Either way, it seemed that most people were waiting for who to step forward and leave first, hence the hesitation,

"The doors are open for those of you who wish to leave. Naturally, we wish you good fortune, but that is where our support ends."

Right now, the United Human Alliance had a bunch of its own problems to deal with. They couldn't afford to exert more energy on soldiers who did not wish to fight for them.

"Also, in case some of you are yet to make up your mind, there will be an Expedition for those who choose to remain behind. It will be compulsory, and it will also be dangerous."

The moment Conrad said this, the students who had been so hesitant to make their move soon began to blurt out their true intentions.

"T-then… I'll be leaving!" A random guy said, stepping forward from the bunch.

Before he had room to breathe, many other students blurred out the same thing.

Boys and girls stood out from the rest of their classmates—their numbers being an absurd chunk of the entire class.

Out of the twenty-eight, nineteen students were leaving.

Only Rey, Adonis, Belle, Billy, Trisha, Clark, Justin, Eric, and Alicia remained in place.

Everyone else seemed to have already made up their minds about what they would do.

They all wanted to leave.

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'Even you too, huh, Noah…?' Rey smiled a little sadly as he looked at a crumpled white envelope in his hand.

It most likely contained a letter, and Noah had quickly given him while stepping forward.

'I wonder what kind of message he wrote there for me.'

Rey already knew he wouldn't be able to work with Noah forever. In fact, their separation was inevitable.

'Right now, I don't really need him in my Black Market dealings. Plus, I already decided not to have anything more to do with them.'

wasn't anything holding

couldn't help but feel a stinging sensation in his chest; one that he

'Why…?'

so sad, and slightly frustrated, to see that Noah was

Noah had slowly become his friend over the

was privy to the aspects of Rey's life

couldn't

Rey found himself leaking a

from all

I'm sure he could

there was no doubt that he would be a formidable force for any native of

encountered a Dragon then that would be

sure he thought of all these, though…' Rey shrugged and decided

placed the envelope in his

asked whether or not they had any personal properties they would like to take

them by the Royal Estate were

it didn't tell the students to strip and

abandoned the very people that saved them from death, fed and trained them for about

minutes, specifically for those who had one or two items they left in

faces greeted them as they were told to leave the gates

the past, the students would have acted like entitled brats and asked for at least some

longer the one with

no longer had

As Rey watched the nineteen students leave, he looked to his side and spotted the eight that

more people to

ironic how none of the Alpha Class students bailed on the United Human Alliance; especially considering the fact that they were the

nearly sold as slaves, and Adonis' squad almost died

all of them

kind of saviors

reasoning, he couldn't

to keep my eye on Billy. Now that he's been exposed, there's no telling how unstable he'll

reason Billy hadn't been abandoned by the Royal Council or Rey was due to his

to keep him on board if he chose to

be a loose cannon—a danger to the denizens of this world—if we just

was one other person Rey was

Belle. Aren't most of your puppets leaving

looked at the glassy facade that Belle displayed,

Adonis and Alicia strong enough that she would just

simply have other intentions?