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

a stinging sensation

'Why…?'

slightly frustrated, to see that Noah was leaving just

to the sole reason that Noah had slowly become his friend over the course

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

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

I hope he's fine, though.' Rey found himself leaking a sad

up from all his

amount. I'm sure he

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

thought of all these, though…' Rey shrugged and decided simply to

in

students were gathered, they were asked whether or not they had any personal properties they would

the Royal Estate were excluded from

it didn't tell the students to strip

death, fed and trained them for about two months…

for a few minutes, specifically for those who had one or two items they left in their rooms to fetch them and return, all the deserters were

were told to leave the gates without

would have acted like entitled brats and asked for

they were no longer the one

no longer had

looked to his side and

more

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

as slaves, and Adonis' squad almost died at the hands of a

of them

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

of reasoning, he couldn't help but look at a few people

my eye on Billy. Now that he's been

abandoned by the Royal Council or Rey

to keep him on board if he

danger to the denizens

was one other person Rey was concerned

puppets leaving the

the glassy facade that Belle displayed, feeling a

and Alicia strong enough that she

she simply have other intentions? It was difficult to