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.'

wasn't anything

stinging sensation in

'Why…?'

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

to the sole reason that Noah had slowly become his friend

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

and they both shared a bond that couldn't be

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

the boy had toughened up from all

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

his Class and Skills, there was no doubt that he would be a

if Noah encountered a Dragon then that

these, though…' Rey shrugged and decided simply to let the matter in

in his pocket and sighed

whether or not they had

were excluded from this, so they

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

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

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

they were told to leave the

have acted like entitled brats

no longer the one with the

no longer had any cards to

leave, he looked to his side and spotted the eight that

I expected more people

students bailed on the United Human Alliance; especially considering the fact

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

all of

they're the kind of saviors this place

he had this general line of reasoning, he couldn't help but look at a few people with

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

by the Royal Council or Rey was due to

to keep him on board if he chose to

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

other

puppets leaving the Estate? Wouldn't

that Belle displayed,

her desire to destroy Adonis and Alicia strong enough that

have other intentions? It