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.

Supply, and various other concepts of business had been

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 couldn't afford to fail

can handle what I possess?" The moment he was asked

instantly realized the

How could I have been

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

long exceeded the limits of humanity, that would be

he had to correct

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

wore a mask, so Aldred

Very well,

a smile as he noticed

goodness!' He sighed

like we've almost got ourselves a

********

'This… this is crazy!'

believe his

the one desperate to sell his stuff, but it seemed

will be foolish of me to keep hoarding

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

tell, these people had a

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

out on this opportunity

he would

opportunity, I'll sell everything

[Inventory], bringing out a couple of sacks

to the brim with Monster

However…

of these sacks is

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

good amount of Spatial Rings and implemented a prototype of

plan to drain the Hobs of their stash of Monster

was about to profit