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.'

there really wasn't anything holding them

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

'Why…?'

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

was due to the sole reason that Noah had slowly become his friend over

was privy to the aspects of

couldn't be replicated anywhere else—even

he's fine, though.' Rey found himself

from all his experiences and would make better

I'm sure he could retire and live

be a formidable force for any native

Dragon then

of all these, though…' Rey shrugged and decided simply to let the matter in his

in

not they had any

were excluded from this, so they didn't have much of a

didn't tell the students to strip and return

way the nineteen abandoned the very people that saved them from death, fed and trained them for about two months… who would blame

few minutes, specifically for those who had one or two items they left in their rooms to

as they were told to leave

like entitled brats and

were no longer the one with the

had

looked to his side and spotted

I expected more people to have

Human Alliance; especially considering the fact that they were the ones that experienced the most danger in

and Billy were nearly sold as slaves, and Adonis' squad almost died

of them remained

of saviors

line of reasoning, he couldn't help but look

Now that he's

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

to keep him on board if he

to the denizens of this world—if we

other person Rey

of your puppets leaving the

looked at the glassy facade that Belle displayed, feeling a lump in

desire to destroy Adonis and Alicia strong enough that

did she simply have other intentions? It