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.

feeling the weight of our security measures a lot. This way, they'll see that we trust

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

would

and who would abandon

will 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

statement, he knew his job

of cooperation wasn't

now be taking

waved him off and Conrad

By having Lucielle and Brutus

the first five floors of the Royal Dungeon were

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

time had

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

would grow stronger in the process, and more resources would

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

they had to focus

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

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

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

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

we just need to focus our efforts on

one final glance at the Otherworlders as he further

ones who can do

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

was confident, articulate, and he managed to relate with everyone on a seemingly personal

were engaged in what he was saying concerning

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

no money, Adonis told them they would have to

the Royal Treasurer, and told them of what

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

it would take another hour or so before the students could leave the Royal

seem like a big deal for a lot of students, but one

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

for this student's anxiety