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.

security measures a lot. This way, they'll see

in the group, they wouldn't be able to

would mean they were never going to fight the Dragons

their resources on, and who

Brutus here will go and scout the Royal Dungeon and prepare it for your training tomorrow. In that effect, you should

Conrad made this statement, he knew his job

and while the problem of cooperation wasn't

shall now be

Conrad smiled while

very difficult place to explore. By having Lucielle and Brutus check the place out,

first five floors of

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

time

Otherworlders, we can make up for our lack of manpower and finally focus our

the process, and more resources

refined now are both

chance, they had to focus their

other Dungeons, but…

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 valuable resources into

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

hands were too full to

to focus our

at the Otherworlders as he

only ones

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got the attention of everyone and addressed the students in his usual

articulate, and he managed to relate with everyone on a

of people were engaged in what he was saying concerning the excursion they would be having in the

for the journey—like bags, and some money in case they had to

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

to the Royal Treasurer, and told them of what the Grandmaster instructed, he would have no choice but to hear

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

would take another hour or so before

big deal for a lot of students,

simply excited to explore the town, but they would

for this student's