Chapter 753 Alliance Summit [Pt 2]

Chapter 753 Alliance Summit [Pt 2]

'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 Giants are 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 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 Giants would help out a lot."

All the glaring problems that the Alliance currently faced would be dealt with if they allied themselves with those of the South.

"So, would you say the Dwarves are easier to deal with?"

"No. Not 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 us for our minerals."

"Yeah. We couldn't even refuse due to their Anti-Magic Technology and the other incredible machinations that they had. Honestly... we were a bit thankful when they suddenly stopped showing up after a while."

"Ahh..." Rey mumbled, taking in all of this information.

He had thought about the possibility of his idea being rejected on serious grounds, but he never imagined the situation would be as dire as this.

The books in the library had limited information on the Dwarves and Giants, so he didn't know most of the details that were being poured out to him.

Even at that, Rey didn't have any intentions on giving up.

"Wouldn't you have also discredited an Alliance with the Elves if I brought it up a week ago? In the end, we don't know enough about these people and their culture to outright deny the possibility of an Alliance." He spoke up, determination burning in his eyes.

"For the Giants, they probably saw your expedition as strangers infringing on their native land. And for the Dwarves, their treatment of you was terrible, but it would be no different from how you would also treat entities that you deem less intelligent and savage—like Monsters."

Of course, it wasn't Rey's intentions to equate humanity in H'Trae to monsters.

All of this was merely to serve a much larger point.

"We don't have to like each other. There's no reason to fully understand them, just as there's no reason for them to fully understand us. We just require a mutually beneficial relationship that will ensure we all get what we want."

In the end, that was what mattered.