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.

measures a lot. This way,

they wouldn't be able to run away or

do that, then that would mean they were never going to fight the Dragons for

know who to spend their resources on, and who

your training tomorrow. In that effect, you should

Conrad made this statement, he knew his job

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

be

waved him off and Conrad smiled while leaving with his

difficult place to explore. By having Lucielle and Brutus check the place out, we can ensure the overall safety of

first five floors of

he had heard the lower parts were also explored by Knights

that time had

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

would grow stronger in the process, and more resources

stockpiles are running out, and the materials being refined now are both of lesser quality and quantity

a fighting chance, they had

like there weren't other Dungeons, but… the situation behind those

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

Council had imposed on them, they wouldn't be getting as much benefits

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

need to focus our efforts on

stole one final glance at the Otherworlders

the only ones who

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

articulate, and he managed to relate with everyone on

lot of people were engaged in what he was saying

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

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

Royal Treasurer, and told them of what

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

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

seem like a big deal for a lot of students,

looked at him and thought he was simply

for this student's