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

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

would mean they were never going to

better to know who to spend their resources on, and who would abandon them

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

Conrad made this statement, he knew his

satisfied, and while the problem of cooperation wasn't completely solved, he knew a first step

shall now be taking

Conrad

place to explore. By having Lucielle and Brutus

floors of the Royal

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

time had

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

grow stronger in the process, and more resources would

out, and the materials being refined now are both of lesser quality and

chance, they had to focus

wasn't like there weren't other Dungeons, but… the situation

the Adventurers were usually more interested

had imposed on them, they wouldn't be

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

to focus

glance at the Otherworlders as he further

only ones who can

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

and he managed to relate

in what he was saying concerning the excursion they

were a bunch of things they all needed to get ready for the journey—like bags,

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

that would be absurd, but once they explained things to the Royal Treasurer, and told them of what the Grandmaster instructed, he would

lost or stuck somewhere in town, we can always

or so before the students could leave the

big deal for a lot of students, but one

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

this student's anxiety