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 lot. This way, they'll see that

with Adonis in the group, they wouldn't be able to

if any of them were to do that, then that would mean they were never going to

better to know who to spend their resources on, and who would abandon

Royal Dungeon and prepare it for your training tomorrow. In that

Conrad made this statement, he knew

wasn't completely solved, he knew a first step had

now be taking

and Conrad smiled

and Brutus check the place out, we can ensure the overall safety

now, only the first five floors of

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

time

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

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

stockpiles are running out, and the materials being refined now

fighting chance, they had to focus their efforts on the Royal

there weren't other Dungeons, but…

the 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 poured a lot of valuable resources into their equipment

imposed on them, they wouldn't be getting as

policy, but Conrad's hands were

just need to focus our efforts on

Otherworlders as

only ones

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got the attention of everyone and addressed the students in

he managed to relate

were engaged in what he was saying concerning the excursion they would

get ready for the

money, Adonis told them they would have to

absurd, but once they explained things to the Royal Treasurer, and told them of what the Grandmaster instructed, he would have

a Royal permit. That way, even if we're lost or stuck somewhere in town, we can always use it to find our way back to the Estate." Adonis had

another hour or so before the students could leave the

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

was simply excited to explore the town, but they

reason for this