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.

feeling the weight of our security measures a lot. This way,

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

that would mean they were never going to

to spend their resources on, and who

Dungeon and prepare it for your training tomorrow. In that effect, you should all gather

made this statement, he knew his job

problem of cooperation wasn't

be taking

him off and Conrad smiled while

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

floors of the Royal

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

that time had

for our lack

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

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

chance, they had to focus their efforts on the

there weren't other Dungeons, but…

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

on them, they wouldn't be getting

even circumventing the Tax policy, but Conrad's hands were too full to deal with that at the

need to

Otherworlders as he further distanced himself

ones who can

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

confident, articulate, and he managed to relate with

of people were engaged in what he was saying concerning the

to get ready for the journey—like bags, and some money in case they had to get

had no money, Adonis told them they

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

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

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

deal for a

thought he was simply excited to explore the

for this student's anxiety