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.'

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

the high-ranking Quests suffer a

at that point would be to increase the incentives on the high-ranking missions as well, which

all of these factors--along with the fact that he

he

Did she also consider the long-term effects of their deaths, or was

knew for certain, however, was that his deep consideration now had severe consequences

had [Absolute Mental Control], I would be tempted to use it on these people, but sadly I

target at a time. Rey figured it would be weird, and even incredibly

pick up

use any Skill beyond my persona's

endure and carry as many as they could onto the next stage, and probably

later on after bothering to save them

on the

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

to pause her Level-Up grind for these people, yet they expect her to

tempted to speak his mind in front of everyone present. He

But…

just keep up with it

Esme's voice came from beside him,

was at this moment that he realized that Esme must

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

at her, and she nodded, pulling out

almost immediately. 'I shouldn't have

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

his direction. He made

do what