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.

group, they wouldn't be able to run

that would mean they

spend their resources on, and who would abandon them at the

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

he knew

cooperation wasn't completely solved,

shall now be taking

Conrad

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

now, only the first five floors of

far past, long before Conrad's time, he had heard the

time had long

we can make up for our lack of manpower

would grow stronger in the process, and more resources would finally be available for the Alliance to

the materials being refined now are both of lesser quality

chance, they had to focus their efforts on the Royal

other Dungeons, but… the

of their higher-grade materials came from, but since the Adventurers were usually more interested in growing stronger and hunting more Monsters, they

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

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

need to focus our efforts on these

one final glance at the Otherworlders as he further distanced himself from

the only ones

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Strongest of the Alliance, Adonis got the

he managed to relate with everyone on a

he was saying concerning the excursion they would

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

Otherworlders had no money, Adonis told them they would

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

That way, even if we're lost or stuck somewhere in town,

another hour or so before the students could leave

seem like a big deal for a lot of

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

for this student's