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.

weight of our security measures a lot. This way,

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

then that would mean they were

spend their resources on, and who would abandon them at

Brutus here will go and scout the Royal Dungeon and prepare it for your training tomorrow. In that effect, you

he knew his job was

wasn't completely solved, he knew

be taking

waved him off and Conrad

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

only the first 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 explored

time

Otherworlders, we can make up for our

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

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

fighting chance, they had to

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

from, but since the Adventurers were usually more interested in growing stronger and hunting more Monsters, they

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

hands

to focus our efforts

final glance at the Otherworlders as he further distanced

the only ones

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the attention of everyone

he managed to relate with

in what he was saying concerning the excursion they would be having in

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

money, Adonis told them they

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

That way, even if we're lost or stuck somewhere in town, we can always use

take another hour or so before the students

a lot of students, but

at him and thought he was simply excited to explore

for this student's anxiety