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.

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

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

that would

on, and who would

and prepare it for your training tomorrow. In that effect,

he knew his job was

cooperation wasn't completely solved, he knew

be taking my

and Conrad smiled

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

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

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

that time had

we have the Otherworlders, we can make up for our lack of

stronger in the process, and more resources would finally

stockpiles are running out, and the materials being refined now are

they wanted a fighting chance, they had to focus their efforts on

other Dungeons, but… the situation behind those were

usually more interested in growing stronger and hunting more Monsters, they poured a lot of valuable resources into their equipment

for the tax that the Royal Council had imposed on them, they wouldn't be getting as

Tax policy, but Conrad's hands were too full to deal

now, we just need to focus our efforts on

Otherworlders as he further distanced

the only ones

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the Alliance, Adonis got the attention of everyone

articulate, and he managed to relate with everyone

he was saying concerning

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

no money, Adonis told them they would have to

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

somewhere in town, we can always use it to find our way back to

or so before the students could leave the Royal

didn't seem like a big deal for a lot of students, but

have looked at him and thought he was simply excited to explore

this student's anxiety