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

wouldn't be able to run away or cause any

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

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

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 decide

he knew his job

students looked satisfied, and while the problem of cooperation wasn't completely solved, he knew a first

shall now be taking my

off and Conrad smiled while leaving with his

Dungeon can be a very difficult place to explore. By having Lucielle and Brutus check the

of

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

time had

make up for our lack

Otherworlders would grow stronger in the process, and more resources would finally be available for the Alliance to

the materials being refined now are

had to focus

wasn't like there weren't other Dungeons,

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 poured a lot of

tax that the Royal Council had imposed on them, they

but Conrad's hands were too full to deal with that

we just need to focus our efforts on these

the Otherworlders as he further distanced himself from

only ones who can do

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and the two Strongest of the Alliance, Adonis got the attention of

to relate with everyone on a seemingly personal

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

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

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

the Royal Treasurer, and told

stuck somewhere in town, we can

take another hour or so before the students

a big deal for a lot of students, but

looked at him and thought he was simply excited to

reason for this student's