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.

concepts of business had been ingrained in his brain

broker—was simply a final test his father concocted to see if he was ready for the larger

knew he couldn't afford to fail

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

the error

How could I have been

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

one who had long exceeded the limits of humanity, that would be nothing short

he had to correct

we'd buy as much as you're willing to sell. We only

wore a mask,

Very well,

beamed a smile as he

goodness!' He sighed

almost got ourselves a

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'This… this is crazy!'

believe his

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

be foolish of me to keep hoarding my

was inevitable that word of this got out, so it would

could tell, these

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

miss out on this

he hesitated, there was a chance he would suffer a loss unlike

I've been given the opportunity, I'll sell

a couple of sacks

they were full to the brim

However…

these sacks

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

Rings and implemented a prototype of my grand

the Hobs of their stash of Monster

Rey was about to profit from that sliver of quick