An Extra’s POV

"If I may be so impudent, could you please tell us the nature of what you have to do?"

The one who asked the question was Adonis.

Yes, he respected Ralyks immensely. The man was incredibly powerful, and he was selfless in many regards. Despite all his good qualities, Adonis could not remain blind to a few of his suspicious traits.

For example, his unwillingness to participate in a Dungeon Conquest that would definitely be a betterment to humanity.

"I have some private investigations I will need to conduct, so I won't be around for an extended period of time." Ralyks responded calmly, still on his feet.

"And it can not wait?"

It pained Adonis to press on this way, but he had no choice. As someone who had seen the future—one where there was no Ralyks—he had to understand this man very well.

"It cannot." Once Ralyks gave this response, Adonis felt deflated.

He had no right to pry any further, and in all honesty, Ralyks was doing him a big favor by even responding to the questions.

"Sorry for asking so many unnecessary questions." Adonis bowed, but the Dark Adventurer shrugged it off.

"It's fine. Also, while I won't be around, I don't mind transporting everyone to the Adventurers City tomorrow."

Upon hearing this, everyone in the room beamed.

The Adventurers City was very far. Even on the fastest carriage, it would take nearly a week to reach the location. The fastest way to get there would be through Magic, but since none of the students had Spatial Magic, it wouldn't be an easy feat.

If they boosted their transportation with Items and the likes, they would still need a few days to reach the location.

'The higher-ups at the Adventurers Guild also recognize this, so they are probably not expecting much from us despite requesting for our assistance.' Conrad thought to himself, smiling intensely. 'But with Sir Ralyks, we can bypass all of those problems.'

That was one of the major reasons why they called him in.

the higher-ups

mind, but Conrad had learned to simply let the complicated matters go and just

for our participation in the Conquest. All

or not they would accept was a different ball game entirely, but it didn't concern Ralyks

tomorrow, so please be prepared by then." As he said this, sparks of energy

"Understood!"

Vida, and Adonis rose to their

once again, Sir

shrugged as he began entering the

voice rose from among the

also transport us to the Estate Fields? I think we're a

"Sure…"

met up with the waiting students while Ralyks gracefully

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[The Present]

the entire announcement, and most of them decided to make the most of

leaving on the evening of the next day, they still had considerable time to have fun. For different

Alicia, however… it meant

—Reading in the library.

of the library. They were surrounded by the fresh smell of paper and

found pleasure in most—at least, this was true for one of the two people in the

was busy consuming the contents of the book in her grasp, hungrily devouring the knowledge within

His mind was elsewhere.

Could this be Adrien's work? Is he somehow related to this entire incident?'

it didn't seem likely that Adrien would orchestrate some big event like this that would attract the attention of so many people. Besides, Dungeons popping out of

Calamity ones—had

it wasn't some unknown,

pin it on Adrien Chase, just because Miasma was involved, felt a bit far-fetched to

But…

ways to manipulate even