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.

Exchange, Demand and Supply, and various other concepts of business

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

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

instantly realized the error he had

did I just say? How could I have been so

buy all the Monster Cores in their seller's possession, he had implied that the KariBlanc Group could afford all

exceeded the limits of humanity, that would be nothing

knew he had to correct

as you're willing to sell. We only hope you can sell as much as

reaction to this since he wore a mask, so Aldred could only hope it was

see. Very well,

he noticed

goodness!' He sighed

like we've almost

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'This… this is crazy!'

couldn't believe his

his stuff, but it seemed like

be foolish of me to keep hoarding my stock

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

these people

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

miss out

there was a chance he would suffer

the opportunity, I'll sell everything

out a couple

were full to the brim

However…

these

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

Rings and implemented a prototype of my grand plan before everything went

drain the Hobs of their stash of Monster Cores,

profit from