<h4>Chapter 183 Resolve To Grow Stronger </h4>


    ording to Adonis, he didn''t feelfortable with the current allocation of rewards, considering the circumstances surrounding the entire incident.


    "Billy and Alicia were missing, and Rey went out to search for them. If it wasn''t for his decision to seek the aid of Sir Ralyks, we would never have found them and even gotten rescued from the Dragon."


    In essence, everyone had their own circumstances.


    "I would have liked to give Rey my own share if it was possible, but… unfortunately I require resources for a particr endeavor of mine." Adonis slowly turned to Rey and bowed his head slightly.


    "I hope you can forgive my selfishness, Rey."


    The instant he did this, Rey swiftly raised both hands and waved them in an awkward attempt to dismiss the entire thing.


    "S-stop it! There''s no issue at all! I wasn''t thinking of taking your reward, even if you offered. Haha… haa…!"


    The awkwardness in the airsted for a few more seconds as Rey and Adonis stared at each other, before both of them looked away with somewhatplicated smiles on their faces.


    Rey had a flushed shade of pink on his face, as he was absolutely mortified by Adonis'' suggestion.


    As for Adonis, he had a relieved, but somewhat sad expression on his face.


    "Thank you, Rey."


    "S-sure…"


    Once more, awkward silence took charge.


    "Mhm… ahem…!"


    Thankfully, it didn''tst for too long. As soon as Grandmaster Conrsd cleared his throat, all attention returned to him.


    "I understand your suggestion, Hero. If that is fine by everyone, we will split the rewards like that."


    As attention was cast on the remaining five, they had a choice to make.


    ept or refuse.


    "Of course, I have no problems with that!"


    "It''s cool."


    "No big deal. It''s not like we need that much money anyway."


    "As long as I get my cut, I''m fine."


    "I don''t agree. Pfft! I''m just messing with you! Look at your faces. Of course, I totally support it!"


    Belle, Trisha, rk, Eric, and Justin respectively had what they had to say.


    Thetter''s reaction was particrly troublesome, eliciting varying reactions from the parties involved.


    A few people poked Justin while others chuckled a little.


    However, none of them found his little attempts atic relief to be annoying.


    On the contrary; it was endearing.


    A lot of the tension that wafted through the air had been reduced, and smiles covered the faces of those who were present.


    "I''m d you all agree. We already hadpensation we wanted to give to the families of the deceased, so we will add the one percent to the initial sum." Conrad raised a brow and smiled softly.


    "Is that fine?"


    Without wasting much time, everyone responded in the affirmative.


    "Understood."


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    Conrad went on to talk about a few more things; most of them having to do with allocation of the other percentage of resources.


    Unsurprisingly, Lucielle and Brutus were also recovering their own shares despite simply performing their sworn duties.


    No one had anyints, though. The reward was an inconsequential amount anyway, so it was pretty reasonable.


    ''This arrangement isn''t too bad. It''s pretty amazing what can happen when money starts flowing into your pockets.'' Rey thought to himself.


    The same Alliance that seemed on the verge of copse not too long ago now seemed to have a bright future ahead of it,


    It put a smile on his face.


    ''Now I can see why they had to send the deadweights away first. If they had stayed, most of them would just try to suck this Alliance dry of resources before ditching at thest minute.''


    At least, with this arrangement, only the truly helpful ones would get rewarded.


    "It took us nearly two days, but we have sessfully stored the Dragon Corpse and have started processing it." Conrad added, bringing Rey back into the conversation taking ce.


    Apparently, the Dragon Corpse was being processed to make special items for all nine of them.


    ''Hehe… Sweet!'' Rey found himself grinning even wider.


    Monsters had special anatomies and qualities that made their parts extremely useful for things like armor and other kinds of equipment


    ''I''m sure the Dragon Commander''s carcass will be even more useful than a regr Monster hide.''


    It wasn''t that Rey wascking in Magic Items. In fact, he had a lot of them to spare; and he could probably get more if he wanted.


    ''The problem is that there''s only so many Items you can stack at the same time.''


    There was something known as ''Equip Limit''.


    It wasn''t a quantifiable thing, and everyone had their limits depending on Levels and other unknown factors—maybe talent of physiology.


    However, this ''Equip Limit'' made it impossible for a person to stack up more than a certain number of Items.


    ''My current limit is 30 Items.''


    It was a reasonably high number, considering the fact that most people couldn''t equip more than five.


    Twelve was the current best record, and yet he had managed to exceed twice that amount.


    Still, it felt a bit frustrating that he had the means to obtain more items, but even if he equipped them, their effects wouldn''t stack after he sessfully equipped thirty,


    ''I don''t know when or how the limit will increase, so the best thing I can do is rece the weaker Items with stronger ones.''


    Thus, he was looking forward to the Item he would get from the Dragon''s corpse.


    If it was something grand, he would use it in the stead of a less impressive tool.


    ''Besides, I''m pretty excited to see everyone else get stronger.''


    He wasn''t sure he could single-handedly topple down a Dragon Empire by himself.


    ''I need Adonis and everyone to get stronger. Of course, I won''t getcent too.''


    During the iing raid, he couldn''t afford to be left behind and outdone by Adonis… or any other ssmate for that matter.


    ''We should all grow strong. And I should grow stronger.''


    They had to be ready for the war toe.


    All of them.


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    [A/N]


    Thanks for reading!


    One more chapter before the end of the Arc. I hope you''re all excited for whates next!