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

help but feel a stinging sensation in his

'Why…?'

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

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

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

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

though.' Rey

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

amount. I'm sure he could retire and

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

Dragon then

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

the envelope in his

asked whether or not they had

the Royal Estate were excluded from this,

didn't tell the students to strip and return the current

them from death, fed and trained them for about two months… who would blame

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

were told

acted like entitled brats and asked

they were no longer the one with the

no longer had any cards

he looked to his side and spotted the eight that

I expected more people to have

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

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

all of them remained

saviors this place

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

that he's been exposed, there's

the Royal Council or Rey was due to his

logical to keep him on board if he chose to

denizens of

one other person Rey was

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

Belle displayed, feeling a lump in his

her desire to destroy Adonis and Alicia strong enough that she

did she simply have other