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

wouldn't be able to run away or cause any kind

would mean they were never going to fight the

to spend their resources on, and

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

Conrad made this statement, he knew his

cooperation wasn't completely solved, he knew a first

shall now be taking my

him off and Conrad smiled while leaving with his two

By having Lucielle and Brutus check the

only the first five floors of the Royal

heard

time had

we can make up for our lack of manpower and

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

the materials being refined now are both of lesser quality and quantity than

they wanted a fighting chance, they had to

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

but since the Adventurers were usually

imposed on them, they wouldn't be

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

we just need to

final glance at the Otherworlders as

only ones

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the Alliance, Adonis got the attention of everyone and

to relate with

what he was saying concerning the

ready for

told them they would have to get some from the

explained things to the Royal Treasurer, and told them of what

even have a Royal permit. That way, even if we're lost or stuck somewhere in town, we can always use it to find

would take another hour or so before the

for a lot of students, but one

looked at him and thought he was simply excited to

reason for this student's anxiety lay