An Extra’s POV

'Our classmates? The ones who left the Royal Estate?!'

Rey had no idea where they were, and he frankly didn't even bother finding out. In all honesty, none of that mattered to him.

They were liabilities, and save for Noah—who he considered a friend—there was no value in looking out for any of them.

Rather than that, he focused on making sure the current roster of capable Otherworlder were as formidable as possible.

That way, he could cut his losses and take his chances with the winning team.

'But he means to tell me that he knows exactly what they've been up to?'

"Most of them are working closely with merchants and reputable agencies. With their Skills and basic combat training, they can pretty much handle all the bandits they have to fight to guard properties." Adrien explained.

Of course, there was still no way to verify what he was saying, but Rey was running out of reasons to believe Adrien could be lying.

He didn't even know why Adrien would lie.

"A few are already dead. It's a shame, but it's quite the cruel world that they found themselves in."

"Who killed them?" Rey found himself asking.

Adrien smiled as soon as Rey replied with that, and for a second, he said nothing.

However, his silence was short-lived.

"Monsters. They didn't stand a chance against powerful Monsters."

"Why would they just encounter Monsters?"

"They didn't understand the geography of this world. It's not difficult to imagine them going to a forest or region that had been deemed to be a Danger Zone."

Rey felt a tight feeling in his chest.

Adrien was right about a bunch of regions where Monsters spawned. Careless travelers or those who were ignorant of that fact could be attacked by them and meet cruel ends.

"As for your friend, Noah, he's currently an Adventurer in the Adventurer's City."

widened the moment

he doing as an Adventurer?' That wasn't at all the

What changed?

for one day." Adrien sighed, almost

guess being a silent guard really suits me, considering I

meant to be a joke, as Adrien laughed a little, but Rey's stern face showed

an awkward silence filled the

I

~WHOOOSH!~

sped towards him and

on it without a care in the world,

~BOOOM!~

everything in the room

You can't teleport out of here, and none of

so roughly, the boy continued to

really don't like

forced to keep quiet thanks to

destroyed the Criminal Underworld more efficiently without going through such an

"What… do you… mean?"

to destroy all of them by yourself, and you've had the chance to do so. Yet, you went

other intentions. Tell me what

figured out, don't you?" Adrien

against the wall, his crimson eyes glowing

you were. Alas, this event wasn't

that so?"

He coughed once again. "The thing is… I don't want to make my existence known to the world. That's why I

"What?"

Criminal Underworld more straightforwardly, it would alert everyone of

what's best for the

"Think about it. How would people react if they found out there's a second Ralyks running around, with enough power to completely decimate an Organization that has been operating from the shadows for

list of reactions, though it all depended on the circumstances, or nature

you slice it, I consider the whole thing unnecessary. There's no need for a

why you made it so that I was

nodded with a brilliant smile

want you, as Ralyks, to take full credit for all this. You can be that overarching figure that will serve as a higher

"I don't think so."