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.

our security measures a lot. This way, they'll see that

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

of them were to do that, then that would mean they were never going

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

here will go and scout the Royal Dungeon and prepare it for your training tomorrow. In that effect, you should all gather among yourselves and decide how your excursion should

Conrad made this statement, he knew his job

problem of cooperation wasn't completely solved, he knew

shall now be taking

students waved him off and Conrad smiled while leaving with

explore. By having Lucielle and Brutus check the place out, we can ensure the overall safety of our

the first five floors of the Royal Dungeon were being

the far past, long before Conrad's time, he had heard the lower parts were also explored by Knights and

time had

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

and more resources would finally be available for the

and the materials being refined now are both of lesser

fighting chance, they had to focus their efforts on

there weren't other Dungeons, but…

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

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

Tax policy, but Conrad's hands were too full to deal

now, we just need to

stole one final glance at the Otherworlders as he further distanced

only ones who can do

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

articulate, and he managed to relate with everyone on a seemingly personal

he was saying concerning

they all needed to get ready for the journey—like bags, and some money in case they had to get

the Otherworlders had no money, Adonis told them they would have to get

would be absurd, but once they explained things to the Royal Treasurer, and told them of what the Grandmaster instructed, he would have no choice but to hear them

town, we can always use it to find our way back to the Estate." Adonis

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

didn't seem like a big deal for a lot of students, but one in

and thought he was simply excited

reason for this student's anxiety