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

a stinging sensation in his chest; one that he

'Why…?'

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

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

Noah was privy to the aspects of

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

Rey found

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

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

his Class and Skills, there was no doubt that he would be a formidable force for any

encountered a Dragon then that

though…' Rey shrugged and decided simply to let the matter in his head

in his pocket

asked whether or not they

them by the Royal Estate were excluded from this,

that it didn't tell the students to strip and

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

had one or two items they left in their rooms to fetch them and return, all the deserters were ready

they were told to

like entitled brats and asked for at least

longer the one with the

longer had any cards

he looked to his side and spotted the eight that chose to

more people

how none of the Alpha Class students bailed on the United Human Alliance; especially considering the fact that they were the ones that

and Adonis' squad almost died at

all of them

saviors this

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

Billy. Now that he's been exposed, there's no telling

by the Royal Council or Rey was

keep him on board

to the denizens of this world—if we just let him

one other person Rey was

puppets leaving

facade that Belle displayed, feeling a

desire to destroy Adonis and Alicia strong enough that

other intentions? It was difficult to