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

stinging sensation in his chest; one

'Why…?'

so sad, and slightly frustrated, to see that

Noah had slowly become his friend over the

but Noah was privy to the aspects of

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

hope he's fine, though.' Rey

hope the boy had toughened up from all his experiences and would make better choices in

amount. I'm sure he could retire

he would be a

course, if Noah encountered a Dragon then that

Rey shrugged and decided simply to let the matter in his

envelope in his pocket and

asked whether or not they had any personal properties they

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

tell the students to strip and return the

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

those who had one or two items they left

told to leave the gates without

would have acted like entitled brats and asked for at least some

longer the one with the

longer had any cards

Rey watched the nineteen students leave, he looked to his side and spotted the eight that chose to remain, like

more people to have

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

Billy were nearly sold as slaves, and Adonis' squad

of them

guess they're the kind of saviors this place

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

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

by the Royal

to keep him on board if he chose to

loose cannon—a danger to the denizens of this world—if

there was one other person Rey was

your puppets leaving the Estate? Wouldn't it be safer to follow

Belle displayed, feeling

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

she simply have other intentions?