An Extra’s POV

'I messed up!'

Rey could already sense the expectations of the audience directed towards him and Esme--specifically Esme.

'Because of our actions, most of them aren't turning back.'

There just wasn't enough casualties or despair to drive the weak away. For that very reason, many of them thought they had a chance.

'But was I supposed to? Watch as all of them got wiped out?'

If he did that, the number of casualties would have exceeded what the Guilldmaster had projected in his grand plan.

Pretty much anyone who was a Veteran would have died.

'That would be an extremely negative blow on the entire Conquest. The Veterans might have chosen to leave at that point.'

Even after the Conquest was over, the deaths of those thousands was bound to negatively affect the Adventurers Guild.

'The Guild earns a certain percentage from the Quest Rewards that Adventurers get directly from them. Also, Adventurers pay taxes too...'

The entire Quest system would also be compromised since there would be a severe shortage in the number of low-ranked Adventurers to take on low-ranked jobs.

Higher-ranking Adventurers would never want to want to take on those jobs since the pay would pale in comparison to the Quests that existed normally in their purview. Not only that, but their pride as higher-ranking Adventurers wouldn't let them stoop so low.

If this imbalance festered for long enough, many more problems would rear its head.

'The only way the Guild can combat things by then is to raise the reward of those missions on order to make them appealing to the top Adventurers.'

money due to this additional incentive they were providing, Adventurers would see that they could earn a sizeable

make the high-ranking Quests suffer a

the incentives on the high-ranking missions

of these factors--along with the fact that he didn't want any unnecessary deaths--which was why he intervened

rather, he

what she would have done if I didn't say anything. Did she also consider the long-term effects of their deaths, or was she willing to adhere to the original plan?' He

that his deep consideration now had severe consequences since the weaklings

be tempted to use it on these

Skill, and it only worked on one target at a time. Rey

would pick up

shouldn't use any Skill beyond my persona's

just seemed like they would have to endure and carry as many as they could onto

can't let them all die later on after bothering to save them here...' He

of a lifetime by relying on the more powerful to

pathetic leeches who simply wanted to gain all the benefit while making others work

grind for these people, yet they expect

present. He wanted to

But…

fine. Let's just keep up

voice came from beside him, like a soft

smiling softly while nodding. It was at this moment that he realized that Esme must

yourself, Rey. Don't get too worked up.' He told himself, allowing his racing heart to

now. Thanks." He smiled at her, and she nodded, pulling out a

chuckled almost immediately. 'I

everyone has decided to continue the Conquest…" Richard's voice brought Rey back to reality, and he gazed at the older man

looked in his direction. He made a sympathetic

them do