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.

dealing with much more potent ores and materials than they are used to. It would be beneficial to have the

be dealt with if they allied

simple." Vida spoke up, her tone a little shaky. No one could blame her for

a 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

savages…

you?" Lucielle turned to

back when we ran an expedition to the

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

that they were close to shore,

lands and run their own conquest. If not for that mere fact… it would have been game over for everyone before the Dragons showed up." Brutus sighed.

eyes as

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

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

gave them Minerals and 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 found another source

as he silently assimilated all of this

you say the Dwarves are easier to deal

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

refuse due to their Anti-Magic Technology and the other incredible machinations that they had. Honestly… we were a bit thankful when they suddenly