An Extra’s POV

'It's only been a few days since I returned from the Elves…'

Rey's thoughts trailed as he sat before the crowd that now looked at him with both surprised and curious eyes.

'I've had some time to think about this, and I've even consulted with Ater on it.' Smiling within himself, he decided to bring the matter to the notice of everyone else in the room.

This would be the first time any of them were going to be hearing it, so he had to go into deep detail with them. Thankfully, due to his individual accomplishments, as well as his status as the leader of the Otherworlders, his words had a lot of weight.

In fact, it had all of the weight.

"What do you mean… regarding the Southern Continent?" Conrad was the first to speak up, his brows raised in sheer curiosity.

"Surely, you don't mean—"

"Indeed, I do. The Dwarves and Giants dwell there, as well as a host of Monsters—exotic kinds more dangerous than the ones we have here in the West." Rey began, causing the Natives of H'trae to gasp.

Most of the Otherworlders didn't fully understand the severity of his proposal, so most of them maintained a neutral stance.

The only one among them who appeared stunned by Rey's idea was Alicia, and this was most likely due to the knowledge she gained from reading tons of books in the Library.

the most technologically advanced. Looking at things closely, no matter how skilled the people at the Reaper Group are, they will mostly be dealing with much more potent ores and materials than they are used to. It would

that the Alliance currently faced would be dealt with if they allied themselves with

her tone a little shaky. No one could blame her for stuttering in her usually flawless speech. They all understood how dangerous the South

heading to the South and pitching the idea to them. At least, with the Elves, despite their ideology… they spared any

They're savages… especially

Lucielle turned to Brutus, who just finished speaking, and he

much younger back then, and it was back when we ran an expedition to the South after getting our first Dragon attack. I… lost miserably to

as one of the strongest humans back then—could not hold

for the mere fact that they were close to shore, he was sure they would have all been

conquest. If not for that mere fact… it would have been game over for everyone

narrowed his eyes as he heard

they're not allied with the Giants, despite the two sides being attacked by the

and civilized group, while the other are primitive and violent in nature." Lucielle responded,

Ores." Conrad sighed, nodding his head as he spoke up. "The trade stopped very long ago, though. Our guess is that the war on their end grew so intense that they could not reach out to us any longer. That, or maybe they

nodded as he silently assimilated all of this

you say the Dwarves are easier

at all…" Conrad frowned slightly as he looked at Rey. "They are a prideful bunch, and they are also greedy. They looked down on us throughout the trade and often determined the value of what they would exchange with

couldn't even refuse due to their Anti-Magic Technology and the other incredible machinations that they had. Honestly… we