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

in the group, they wouldn't be able to run away

were to do that, then that would

was better to know who to spend their resources on, and who

training tomorrow. In that

Conrad made this statement, he knew

problem of cooperation wasn't completely solved, he knew a first step had been

now be taking my

off and Conrad smiled while leaving with his two

can be a very difficult place to explore. By having Lucielle and Brutus check the

the first five floors of the Royal Dungeon were

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

time had long

we can make up for our lack of manpower and finally focus our

process, and more resources would finally be available for the Alliance

the materials being refined now are

had to

weren't other Dungeons, but… the situation behind those were

materials came from, but since the Adventurers were usually more interested

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

were even circumventing the Tax policy, but Conrad's hands were too full to deal with that at the

we just need to

the Otherworlders as he further distanced himself

only ones who

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two Strongest of the Alliance, Adonis got the attention of everyone and addressed the students

he managed to relate with

people were engaged in what he was saying concerning the

all needed to get ready for the

Adonis told them they would have

things to the Royal Treasurer, and told

in town, we can

it would take another hour or so before the students could leave the Royal

big deal for a lot

looked at him and thought he was simply excited to explore the town, but they would be

for this student's