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.

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

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

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

who to spend their resources on, and who would abandon them at the first sight of

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

he knew his job

the problem of cooperation wasn't completely solved, he knew

now be

off and Conrad smiled while leaving with his

Dungeon can be a very difficult place to explore. By having Lucielle and Brutus check the place out, we can ensure the overall safety of our biggest

now, only the first five floors of the Royal Dungeon were being explored and

had heard the lower parts were also

that time

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

the process, and more

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

chance, they had to focus their efforts on

weren't other Dungeons, but… the situation behind those

came from, but since the Adventurers were usually more interested in growing stronger and hunting

Royal Council had imposed on them, they wouldn't be getting as

even circumventing the Tax policy, but Conrad's hands were too

need to focus our efforts on these

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

the only ones who

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

he managed to relate with everyone

were engaged in what he was saying

all needed to get ready for the journey—like bags, and

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

absurd, but once they explained things to the Royal Treasurer, and told them of what

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

another hour or so before the

didn't seem like a big deal for a

him and thought he was simply excited to

this