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

stinging sensation in his chest;

'Why…?'

sad, and slightly frustrated, to see that Noah was

Noah had slowly become his friend

unbalanced, but Noah was privy to the aspects of Rey's

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

he's fine, though.' Rey

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

he

a formidable force for any native of this world that tried to disturb

a Dragon then that would be

Rey shrugged and decided

envelope in

not they had any personal properties they would like to

the Royal Estate were excluded from this,

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

and trained them for about two

for a few minutes, specifically for those who had one or two items they left in their rooms

greeted them as they were told to leave the gates

the past, the students would have acted like entitled brats

they were no longer the one with the

longer had any cards

Rey watched the nineteen students leave, he looked to his side

I expected more people to have

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

sold as slaves, and Adonis' squad almost died at

all of

guess they're the kind of saviors this place needs…' Rey's thoughts

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

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

the Royal Council or

keep him on board if he

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

one other person Rey was

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

facade that Belle displayed, feeling a lump in his

to destroy Adonis and Alicia strong enough that she would just choose to remain here despite the

she simply have other intentions? It was