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

help but feel a stinging sensation in his chest; one that

'Why…?'

did he feel so sad, and slightly frustrated, to

the sole reason that Noah had slowly become his friend over the course of

was privy to the

and they both shared a bond that couldn't be replicated anywhere

fine, though.' Rey found himself

had toughened up from all his

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

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

Dragon then that

shrugged and decided simply

envelope in his pocket and

asked whether or not they had any personal properties they would like to take

by the Royal Estate were excluded from this, so they didn't

the students to strip and return the current

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

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

greeted them as they were told to leave

would have acted like entitled brats and asked for at least some

were no longer the one with

no longer had any

As Rey watched the nineteen students leave, he looked to

expected more

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

sold as slaves, and Adonis' squad almost

all of

kind of saviors

he had this general line of reasoning, he couldn't help

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

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

to keep him

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

one other person Rey was concerned

surprised you stayed, Belle. Aren't most of your puppets

that Belle displayed, feeling a lump in

Alicia strong enough that she would just choose to remain here despite

she simply have other intentions?