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.

and various other concepts of business

of Alfred Winsley—a mere broker—was simply a final test his father

he couldn't afford

you sure… you can handle what I possess?" The moment he was asked this question, Aldred froze in

realized the error he had

did I just say? How could I have been

in their seller's possession, he had implied that

exceeded the limits of humanity, that would be

had

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

the seller's reaction to this since he wore a mask, so Aldred

see. Very

as he noticed the man straighten his

He sighed in

like we've almost

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'This… this is crazy!'

couldn't believe his

expected to be the one desperate to sell his stuff, but it seemed

foolish of me to keep hoarding my

the KariBlanc Group was in need of Monster Cores of good quality. It was inevitable that word of this got out, so it would only be a matter of time before the influx of Monster Cores would come their

what Rey could tell, these

find a random scammer just to please him, and their readiness to buy so many Monster Cores proved they were

out on this

a chance he would suffer a loss unlike

been given the opportunity, I'll sell everything

out a couple of sacks from each box

they were full to the

However…

these

smiled as he opened the small sack—more like a pouch, really—in front of Aldred, and within it

I was able to get a good amount of Spatial Rings and implemented a prototype of my grand plan before everything

full plan to drain the Hobs of their stash of Monster Cores,

Rey was about to profit from that sliver of