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.

Group are, they will mostly be dealing with much more potent ores and materials than they are used to. It would be beneficial to have the craftsmanship of the Dwarves on our side,

Alliance currently faced would be dealt with if they allied

simple." Vida spoke up, her tone a little shaky. No one could blame her for stuttering in her usually flawless speech. They all understood

reason we never considered heading to the South and pitching the idea to them. At least, with the Elves, despite their ideology… they spared any human that dared cross their territory. But, those people in the South

savages… especially

didn't you?" Lucielle turned to Brutus, who just finished speaking,

and it was back when we ran an expedition to the South after getting our first Dragon attack.

Giant, yet Brutus—who was still regarded as one of the

were close to shore, he

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

eyes as

they're not allied with the Giants, despite the

each other. One prides itself on being a technologically advanced and civilized group, while the other are primitive and violent in nature." Lucielle responded, shrugging as

out to us and we traded a little. We got the Truthseeker technology, as well as the Oculus from them. In exchange, we gave them Minerals and Ores." Conrad sighed, nodding his head as he spoke up. "The trade stopped very

as he silently

say the Dwarves are

are also greedy. They looked down on us throughout the trade and often determined

machinations that they had. Honestly… we were a bit thankful when they