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

feel a stinging sensation

'Why…?'

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

to the sole reason that Noah had slowly

a bit unbalanced, but Noah was privy to the aspects of

both shared a bond that couldn't be replicated anywhere else—even though it was mostly

though.' Rey

up from all his experiences and would make better choices in the

a considerable amount. I'm sure he could retire and

there was no doubt that he would be a formidable force for any native of this world that tried to disturb

if Noah encountered a Dragon then that would be 'Game

shrugged and decided simply to let the matter in his head

envelope in his pocket and sighed

or not they had any personal properties they

the Royal Estate were excluded from this,

was even benevolent enough that it didn't tell the students to strip and return

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

specifically for those who had one or two items they left in their rooms to fetch them and

as they were told to leave the gates without

would have acted like entitled brats and asked for at least

were no longer the one with

had any cards

the nineteen students leave, he looked to his side and spotted the eight that chose

expected more

the United Human Alliance; especially considering the fact that they were

sold as slaves, and Adonis' squad almost died

all of them

of saviors this

had this general line of reasoning, he couldn't help but

Billy. Now that he's been exposed, there's no telling how unstable he'll

the Royal Council or Rey was due

just logical to keep him on board if he chose

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

other person Rey was

more surprised you stayed, Belle. Aren't most of your puppets leaving

the glassy facade that Belle displayed, feeling a lump in

strong enough that she would

have other intentions? It was difficult to