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

be able to run away

of them were to do that, then that would

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

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

he knew

wasn't completely solved, he

now be taking my

students waved him off and Conrad smiled while

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

the first five floors of the Royal

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

time

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

in the process, and more resources would finally be available

the materials being refined now are both of lesser quality and quantity

wanted a fighting chance, they had to focus

like there weren't other Dungeons,

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

that the Royal Council had imposed on them, they

circumventing the Tax policy, but Conrad's hands were too

just need to focus our efforts on

the Otherworlders

only ones

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

managed to relate with everyone

saying concerning

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

Otherworlders had no money, Adonis told them they would have

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

even if we're lost or stuck somewhere in town, we can always use

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

deal for a lot of students, but one in

he was simply excited to explore the town, but they would

for this