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.'

essence, there really wasn't anything holding

help but feel a stinging sensation in

'Why…?'

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

Noah had slowly become his friend over the course

but Noah was privy to the aspects

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

fine, though.' Rey

could only hope the boy had toughened up from all his experiences

I'm sure he could retire

no doubt that he would be a formidable force for any native of this world that tried to

course, if Noah encountered a Dragon

though…' Rey shrugged and decided simply to let

placed the envelope in his pocket and

the nineteen students were gathered, they were asked whether or not they

items given to them by the Royal Estate were excluded

even benevolent enough that it didn't tell the students to strip and return the current attires they

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

items they left in their rooms to fetch

faces greeted them as they were told to leave the gates

have acted like entitled brats and asked for

longer

no longer had any cards to

surprised, though…' As Rey watched the nineteen students leave, he looked to his side and spotted the eight that chose

I expected more people

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

as slaves, and Adonis' squad almost

all of

the kind of saviors

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

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

abandoned by the

logical to keep him on

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

was one other person Rey was

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

at the glassy facade that Belle displayed, feeling a lump in

her desire to destroy Adonis and Alicia strong enough that

other intentions? It