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 that

group, they wouldn't be able to run away or cause

do that, then that would

better to know who to 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

made this statement, he knew

cooperation wasn't completely solved,

be

Conrad smiled while leaving

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

first five floors of the Royal

before Conrad's time, he had heard the lower

that time

we can make up for our lack of manpower and

Otherworlders would grow stronger in the process, and more resources

and the materials being refined now are both of lesser quality

wanted a fighting chance, they had to focus their efforts on the Royal

weren't other Dungeons,

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

that the Royal Council had imposed on them, they wouldn't be

Conrad's hands were

we just need to focus

stole one final glance at the Otherworlders as he further

ones who

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

managed to relate

what he was saying concerning the excursion

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

money, Adonis told them they would have

and told them of what the Grandmaster instructed, he would

even if we're lost or stuck somewhere in town, we can always use it to find our way back to the Estate." Adonis had also

say, it would take another hour or

big deal for a lot

he was simply excited to explore the town, but

this student's anxiety