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."

the moment he heard

as an Adventurer?' That wasn't

What changed?

enough repayment for one day." Adrien sighed,

exhausting. I guess being a silent guard

laughed

an awkward silence filled the

that we're done here… I

~WHOOOSH!~

Adrien could conclude his statement, Rey sped towards him and grabbed him by

a nearby wall and slammed Adrien on it without a care in the world, forcibly imprinting a massive crack on

~BOOOM!~

in the room to tremble, but Rey's

and none of your Skills

so roughly, the

really don't like you,

a chuckle before being forced to keep quiet thanks to Rey squeezing his throat

just destroyed the Criminal Underworld more

"What… do you… mean?"

fool me. You are strong enough to destroy all of them by yourself, and you've had the chance to do so. Yet, you went through all this length and risked

other intentions. Tell me

really have me all figured out,

the wall,

see how strong you were. Alas, this event wasn't too challenging, so I couldn't see the

so?" Rey's

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 organically destroy everything from the inside out, inviting you to

"What?"

went about the destruction of the Criminal Underworld more straightforwardly, it would alert everyone of a higher power. I don't

you wanted what's best for

that too." Adrien widened his grin. "Think about it. How would people react if they found out there's a second Ralyks running around, with enough power

though it all depended on the circumstances,

the whole thing unnecessary. There's no need for

it so that I was involved?" Rey

with a brilliant smile playing on his

You can be that overarching figure

"I don't think so."