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."

moment

the hell is he doing as an Adventurer?' That wasn't at all the hat Noah had said

What changed?

one day." Adrien sighed, almost as if he was

for a day. It's really exhausting. I guess being a silent guard really suits me, considering I don't have to

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

awkward silence

here… I

~WHOOOSH!~

Rey sped towards him and

slammed Adrien on it without a care in

~BOOOM!~

caused everything in the room to tremble, but

to wiggle out. You can't teleport out of here, and none of your Skills will affect me." Rey said, tightening his grip on the still

being treated so roughly, the

don't like you,

being forced to keep quiet

You could have just destroyed the Criminal Underworld more efficiently without going through

"What… do you… mean?"

so. Yet, you went through all this length and risked so much damage to achieve the same results? I'm not buying it." Rey drew closer to Adrien

intentions. Tell

you really have me all figured out, don't you?" Adrien

him against the wall,

and wanted to see how strong you were. Alas,

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 chose to blend in with them and

"What?"

alert everyone of a higher power. I

thought you wanted what's best for the people." Rey

How would people react if they found out there's a second Ralyks running around, with enough power

it all depended on

it, I consider the whole thing unnecessary. There's no need for a second Ralyks when there's

why you made it so that

with a brilliant smile playing

as Ralyks, to take full credit for all this. You can be

"I don't think so."