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.'

really wasn't

a stinging sensation in

'Why…?'

frustrated, to see that Noah was leaving

that Noah had slowly become his

was a bit unbalanced, but Noah was privy to the aspects of Rey's life

couldn't be replicated anywhere else—even though it was mostly tied with

hope he's fine, though.' Rey found

the boy had toughened up from all

he could retire and live a good

Class and Skills, there was no doubt that he would be a formidable force for any

a Dragon then

these, though…' Rey shrugged and decided

placed the envelope in his pocket

they were asked whether or not they had any

them by the Royal Estate were

the students to

that saved them from death, fed and trained them for about two months…

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

them as they were told to leave the gates without

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

longer

no longer had any cards

leave, he looked to

more

was ironic how none of the Alpha Class students bailed on the United Human Alliance; especially considering the fact that they were the ones that experienced the most danger in the most recent

Billy were nearly sold as slaves, and Adonis' squad almost died at the hands of a

of

the kind of saviors this place needs…' Rey's

this general line of reasoning, he couldn't

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

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

keep him on board if he chose to

loose cannon—a danger to the denizens of this world—if we just let him roam free

one other person Rey was concerned

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

facade that Belle displayed,

her desire to destroy Adonis and Alicia strong enough that she would just

other intentions? It was difficult to