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.'

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

in turn, make the high-ranking Quests suffer

the incentives on the high-ranking missions as well, which will just bring about the same issues

he didn't want any unnecessary deaths--which was

rather, he told

consider the long-term effects of their deaths, or was she willing to adhere to the original

consideration now had severe consequences since the weaklings were now deciding to

be tempted to use it on these people,

Rey figured it would be weird, and even incredibly unrealistic, if he went

would pick up on

Skill beyond

endure and carry as many as they could onto

them all die later on after bothering to save them here...' He

of a lifetime by relying on

pathetic leeches who simply wanted to gain all the benefit

people, yet they expect her to do it again and again while they gain

of everyone present. He wanted to thoroughly rebuke the crowd and, even if it was by force, make

But…

Let's just keep up with it

from beside him,

nodding. It was at this moment that he realized that Esme must have also been thinking about the issue, and she

up.' He told himself, allowing his racing heart to mellow

Thanks." He smiled at her, and she

almost immediately. 'I

brought Rey back to reality, and he gazed at the older

his direction. He made a sympathetic look, and

them do what