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.

considered to be the strongest race after the Dragons, and the Dwarves are 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

would be dealt with

one could blame her for stuttering in her usually flawless speech. They all understood how dangerous

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,

They're savages… especially

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

ran an expedition to the South after getting our first Dragon attack.

Giant, yet Brutus—who was still regarded as one of the strongest humans back then—could not

for the mere fact that they were close to shore, he was sure

own conquest. If not for that mere fact… it would have been

his eyes as he

Does that mean they're not allied with the Giants,

Dwarves and Giants despise each other. One prides itself on being a technologically advanced and civilized group, while the other are

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 long

silently assimilated all of this

say the Dwarves are

also greedy. They looked down on

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