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

sensation in his chest; one that he

'Why…?'

and slightly frustrated, to see that Noah

the sole reason that Noah had slowly become

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

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

I hope he's fine, though.' Rey

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

amount. I'm sure he could retire and live

his Class and Skills, there was no doubt that he would be a formidable force for any native of this world that tried

encountered a Dragon then that would be

shrugged and decided simply to let the matter in his head

in his pocket and sighed

were asked whether or not they had any personal properties they would like

Estate were excluded from this, so they

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

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

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

greeted them as they were told to leave the gates without any ceremony

acted like entitled brats

they were no longer the

had

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

expected more

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

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

of them remained

saviors this

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

Billy. Now that he's been exposed, there's

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

him on board if he chose to

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

was one other

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

looked at the glassy facade that Belle

her desire to destroy Adonis and Alicia strong enough that she would just choose to remain here despite the

did she simply have other intentions? It was difficult