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.

the weight of our security measures a lot.

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

any of them were to do that, then that would mean they were

to spend their resources on, and who would abandon them

prepare it for your training tomorrow. In that effect, you should all gather among yourselves and decide how your excursion

made this statement, he knew his

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

shall now be

Conrad smiled while leaving

and Brutus check the place out, we can ensure

five floors of the Royal Dungeon were

had heard

that time

for our lack of manpower and finally focus our

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

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

had

wasn't like there weren't other Dungeons, but…

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

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

hands were too full to deal

need to focus

the Otherworlders as he further distanced

only ones who

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

managed to relate with

were engaged in what he was saying concerning the excursion they

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

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

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

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

say, it would take another hour or so before the students could leave the

like a big deal for a lot of

and thought he was simply excited

this student's