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.

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

the group, they wouldn't be able to run away or cause any kind of

would mean they were never going

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

for your training tomorrow. In that effect, you should all gather among yourselves

statement, he knew his job was

the problem of cooperation wasn't completely solved, he knew a first step had

now be

and Conrad smiled while

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

five floors of the Royal Dungeon were being explored and

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

that time

we can make up for our lack of manpower and finally focus

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

refined now are both of lesser quality

wanted a fighting chance, they had to

like there weren't other Dungeons, but… the

came from, but since the Adventurers were usually more interested in growing stronger and hunting more Monsters, they poured a lot of valuable

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

even circumventing the Tax policy, but Conrad's hands were

we just need to focus our efforts

Otherworlders as he

the only ones who

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the Alliance, Adonis got the attention of everyone and addressed the students in his usual

confident, articulate, and he managed to relate

saying concerning the excursion they

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

money, Adonis told them

they explained things to the Royal Treasurer, and told them of what

if we're lost or stuck somewhere in town, we can always

say, it would take another hour or so before the

didn't seem like a big deal for a lot

at him and thought he was simply excited to explore the

this student's anxiety