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;

'Why…?'

did he feel so sad, and slightly frustrated, to see that Noah

had slowly become his friend over

privy to the aspects of Rey's life that he would never show

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

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

had toughened up from all his experiences and would make

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

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

encountered a Dragon then that would be 'Game

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

in

nineteen students were gathered, they were asked whether or not they had any personal properties they would like to take along with

to them by the Royal Estate were excluded from this, so

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

them from 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

greeted them as they were told to leave the

students would have acted like entitled brats

they were no longer the one with

longer had any cards

nineteen students leave, he looked to

expected more

ironic how none of 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 most

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

of them remained

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

line of reasoning, he couldn't help

Billy. Now that

Billy hadn't been abandoned by the Royal Council or

was just logical to keep him on

loose cannon—a danger to the denizens of

other person Rey was concerned

Belle. Aren't most of your puppets leaving the Estate? Wouldn't it be safer to

the glassy facade that Belle displayed, feeling a lump

that she would just choose to remain

have other intentions? It was difficult