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.

weight of our security measures a lot.

group, they wouldn't be able to

of them were to do that, then that would mean they were never going to fight the

resources on, and who would abandon them at

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

made this statement, he knew his job was

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

now be taking my

him off and Conrad smiled while leaving with his two

Lucielle and Brutus check

the first five floors of

Conrad's time, he had heard

time had

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

stronger in the process, and more resources would finally be

stockpiles are running out, and the materials being refined now are both of lesser quality and quantity than

they wanted a fighting chance, they had to focus their efforts

Dungeons, but… the situation behind those were

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

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

even circumventing the Tax policy, but Conrad's hands

to focus our efforts on

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

ones who

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

articulate, and he managed to relate with everyone

saying concerning the excursion they would be having

things they all needed to get ready for the journey—like

Otherworlders had no money, Adonis told them they

Royal Treasurer, and told them

if we're lost or stuck somewhere in town, we

take another hour or so before the students could leave

big deal for a lot of students, but one in particular seemed

might have looked at him and thought he was simply excited to explore

this student's