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.

the weight of our security measures a lot. This way, they'll see

they wouldn't be able to run

that would mean they were

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

Royal Dungeon and prepare it for your training

he knew his

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

shall now be

and Conrad smiled while leaving

Dungeon can be a very difficult place to explore. By having Lucielle and Brutus check the place out, we can ensure the overall safety of

only the first five floors of the Royal Dungeon were

past, long before Conrad's time, he had heard the lower parts were

time

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

the process, and more resources would finally be available for

running out, and the materials being refined now are

they wanted a fighting chance, they had to focus

Dungeons, but…

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

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

but Conrad's hands were too full to

to focus our efforts on

Otherworlders as he further distanced

only ones who

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

to

lot of people were engaged in what he was saying concerning

of things they all needed to get ready for the

money, Adonis told them they would have to get

the Royal Treasurer, and told them

That way, even if we're lost or stuck somewhere in town, we can always use it to find our

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

deal for a lot of

simply excited to explore

for this student's anxiety