An Extra’s POV

Grandmaster Conrad was stunned.

Never before had he been outdone in negotiations of any kind.

When the Dragons struck all those years ago, he was the one who banded the nations together through sheer negotiations by exploiting their overarching common interests.

He always knew what people wanted, and how to give it to them without being at a disadvantage himself.

However, most of this was only possible due to a somewhat even playing field—or him possessing the advantage.

In the case of the Otherworlders, the script was mostly flipped.

They had the control.

'… And it seems they're realizing it now.'

It somehow pissed Conrad off that they had spent so many resources on these Otherworlders, yet they were so quick to abandon him and his people.

So much money, so many resources…

Even their two strongest were assigned to training them, rather than going to the war front and assisting the nation.

Then, there were expenses they were yet to incur that would go into benefiting the Otherworlders and their growth.

After they had done so much, and were willing to do even more, it felt very heartbreaking that most of these individuals would abandon them in a heartbeat.

It just… it wasn't fair.

'But who would have thought the Hero would turn the situation around?'

Conrad was relieved they had Adonis on their side. He was the strongest of the bunch, and as someone with the Hero Class, he was the perfect fit to take down their ultimate enemy.

'We just need to strengthen him enough to defeat the Dragon Emperor…'

Right now, however, Conrad had to give out another olive branch so the Otherworlders had another incentive to trust the United Human Alliance.

"We plan on letting you all explore the town freely today. No guards or entourage. Just all of you having unrestricted fun."

Conrad could hear surprised gasps from his audience, and he smiled softly.

been feeling the weight of our security measures a lot. This way, they'll see that we trust

Adonis in the group, they wouldn't be able to run away or cause any kind of

do that, then that would mean they were never going to fight the Dragons

to know who to spend their resources on, and who would abandon them at the first sight

the Royal Dungeon and prepare it for your training tomorrow. In that effect, you should all gather among yourselves and

statement, he knew

while the problem of cooperation wasn't completely solved, he knew a first step

be taking my

him off and Conrad

explore. By having Lucielle and Brutus check the place out, we can ensure

five floors of

Conrad's time, he had heard the lower parts were also explored by

time had

we have the Otherworlders, we can make up for our lack of manpower and finally focus our

process, and more resources would finally be available for the

materials being refined now are

wanted a fighting chance, they had to focus their efforts on

Dungeons, but… the situation behind those

since the Adventurers were usually more interested in growing stronger and hunting more Monsters, they poured a lot of valuable resources

the tax that the Royal Council had imposed on them, they wouldn't be getting as much benefits from

Conrad's hands were too

now, we just need to focus our efforts on

the Otherworlders as he further distanced

the only ones who can

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of the Alliance, Adonis got the attention of everyone and addressed

confident, articulate, and he managed to relate with

in what he was saying concerning the excursion they would be

ready for the journey—like bags, and some money in

told them they would have to get some from

Treasurer, and told them of what the Grandmaster instructed, he would have no choice but

in town, we can

say, it would take another hour or so before the students could

big deal for a lot of students, but one

simply excited to explore the town, but they would

reason for this