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.'

essence, there really wasn't anything holding them

stinging sensation in his chest; one that

'Why…?'

feel so sad, and slightly frustrated, to see that

it was due to the sole reason that Noah had slowly

relationship was a bit unbalanced, but Noah was privy to the aspects of Rey's life that he would never show

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

Rey found

only hope the boy had toughened up from all his experiences and would

a considerable amount. I'm sure he could retire and live a good life somewhere

be a formidable force for any native of this world that tried to disturb

Dragon then that would be

all these, though…' Rey shrugged and decided

in his pocket and sighed

not they had any personal

the Royal Estate were excluded from this, so they didn't have much of

benevolent enough that it didn't tell the students to strip

death, fed and trained them for about two months… who would blame the Council for making

two items they left in their rooms to fetch them

greeted them as they were told to leave the gates without

the students would have acted like entitled brats and

no longer the one with the

had any cards to

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

expected more people

bailed on the United Human Alliance; especially considering the fact that they were the ones that experienced the most

and Adonis' squad almost died at the hands

of them remained

kind of saviors

line of reasoning, he couldn't help but look

to keep my eye on Billy. Now that

abandoned by the Royal Council or Rey was

to keep him on board if he

could be a loose cannon—a danger to the denizens of this world—if we just let him roam free without

one other person Rey was

stayed, Belle. Aren't most of your puppets leaving the Estate? Wouldn't it be

looked at the glassy facade that Belle displayed, feeling

destroy Adonis and Alicia strong enough that she would just choose to

simply have other intentions? It was difficult to