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 craftsmanship of the Dwarves on our side, and as for the manpower necessary for the war… being allies with the

problems that the Alliance currently faced would be

shaky. No one could blame her for stuttering in her usually flawless

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

They're savages… especially the

you?" Lucielle turned to Brutus, who just finished speaking, and

an expedition to the South after getting our first Dragon

was a completely random Giant, yet Brutus—who was still regarded as one of

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

other lands and run their own conquest. If not for that mere fact… it would have been game over for everyone before the

narrowed his eyes as

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

other. One prides itself on being a technologically advanced and civilized group, while the other

encountered Dwarves a few times, when they reached 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 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

nodded as he silently assimilated all of this

you say the Dwarves are easier to deal

are a prideful bunch, and they are also greedy. They

even refuse due to their Anti-Magic Technology and the other incredible machinations that they had.