An Extra’s POV

'How will this go…?'

Aldred tightened his fingers that were wrapped around one another as he made a resolute stare at the man before him.

Despite his confident demeanor, he was quite nervous.

'He hasn't shown up to sell to us in a few days, so the expansion plan has been compromised because of him…'

There was a chance that the man before then had broken the Exclusive contract and sold to another party, but Aldred didn't want to think that.

He just didn't seem like that kind of guy.

But, even if he did break their agreement, what was he supposed to do?

'He had an S-Tier Skill. Father warned me not to make him our enemy no matter what…'

That meant he couldn't even be penalized for breaking the contract.

All that the Group could do was try to renegotiate and strengthen their bond.

'We've given him no reason to doubt our sincerity. And while it isn't much, by disciplining that lowlife, I hoped we could show just how useful and committed we are to him.'

The man's unimpressed tone told Aldred that this move wasn't as effective as he had hoped, but he couldn't give up.

'For the expansion to other markets… we need a bulk of goods.'

If possible; the same amount as what he brought last time.

No—even double.

It actually didn't matter the amount he could provide. The more Monster Cores he had, the bigger their profit would be.

Aldred just hoped their esteemed seller would cooperate with them.

'In all my years, I've never been pushed to this point…'

Aldred learned everything he knew from his father, and he had spent his entire life in the KariBlanc Group.

He knew the inner workings of business and he had long mastered the art of negotiation.

Equivalent Exchange, Demand and Supply, and various other concepts of business had been ingrained

only reason he was currently operating under his monika of Alfred Winsley—a mere broker—was simply a final test his father concocted to see if he

knew he couldn't afford to fail

I possess?" The moment he was asked this question, Aldred

realized the error

just say? How could I have been

would buy all the Monster Cores in their seller's possession, he had implied that the

S-Tier Skill, one who had long exceeded the limits of

he had to correct

What I meant was that we'd buy as much as you're willing to sell. We only hope you can sell as much as

since he wore a mask, so Aldred could only hope it was effective while

see. Very well,

as he noticed the man

He

we've almost got ourselves

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'This… this is crazy!'

believe his

to sell his stuff, but it

be foolish of me to

Monster Cores of good quality. It was inevitable that word of this got out, so it would only be a matter

could tell, these people had a lot

random scammer just to please him, and their readiness to buy so many Monster

out on this

chance he would suffer

been given the opportunity,

his [Inventory], bringing out a couple

they were full to the

However…

of these sacks is

he opened the small sack—more like a pouch, really—in front of Aldred,

get a good amount of Spatial Rings and implemented a prototype of my grand plan

plan to drain the Hobs of their stash of

profit from that