An Extra’s POV

'He… He's hereee!!!'

Gary was overjoyed beyond compare.

He didn't think he had ever been this happy from the day he was born until now.

'H-he must have woken up due to all the noise…'

Once he concluded that, Gary convinced himself that the reason he had been screaming and shouting like a pathetic little rat was so he could get the Leader's attention.

Yes… this was all a part of the plan!

'N-now that Leader Gus is here, I'm saved!' Gary thought to himself with glee.

"Looks like you're the only one who survived. Of all my capable men, it had to be you…"

Gary felt his body rise from the pool of blood. It was being lifted by the Leader, who tightly grabbed his head with one hand,

Leader Gus was an extremely robust man—many could call him very fat.

However, he wasn't particularly obese. No, he claimed that the reason for his huge size and round potbelly was due to the strong muscles he gathered there.

The fact that he could effortlessly raise a grown man like Gary as if it was nothing proved his assertion.

Leader Gus was extremely strong!

"S-sorry, Leader. Haha… I'll try my best…"

Gary felt his body draw closer to the huge face of his leader as the man grinned at him with some sort of evil gleam in his eyes.

"Oh, I'm sure you will. But first…" Gus' unoccupied hand was stretched out, as if expecting something.

Gary felt confused.

He stared at the raised eyebrow of his Leader, but even then it took a while before he finally understood what Gus meant.

"A-ahh… the ring!"

His only viable hand trembled as he struggled to remove the pouch from his crotch and present it to the overweight man.

Gary wasn't particularly keen on parting with such a treasure, but he was more interested in living.

Besides, perhaps he could get a cut from the whole thing if the Leader sold the ring.

'We just have to get through these guys first…' As Gary thought this, while dropping the pouch on his Leader's outstretched hand, he felt something squeeze his head tightly.

"U-um… Leader, y-you're squeezing a little too—"

~SQUELCH!~

words completely, his entire head burst into

brain matter splattered around the area as blood

the ground in a heavy thud, and his

Gary could have even imagined

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useless guy…" Gus grinned with a a big

neck and fluffy-looking cheeks danced

not even minding that it had previously occupied his subordinate's Nether

been awake for some time now,

was now upside

then, the ring landed on his

all this, his audience—The pink-haired warrior,

standing a distance from the latter, since he had already said to leave

that was for dealing with

Gus present, the situation

craftsmanship… the Magic Energy… this is… I've never seen anything

delight, his overweight body danced

to toe, so other than his flabby

result, even though he jumped in excitement, his body didn't particularly jumble up and

get it? These sorts of exceptional

wasn't answered by the ones who watched

left the discovery

life—and even had the chance to experience a few luxury items—Gus knew exactly what and

a few seconds to do

And then—

"E-ehh… the K-KariBlanc… Group…?"

excitement on his face drained away at

instantly

from his face as he looked at the ring a second time to confirm the

He wasn't wrong.

was made by

this

Group never sold their items to other stores, which meant the only way to get their products

of sniffing out any trade in the Black Market—and even

held a strict monopoly on

especially in the capital.

were deeply affiliated

with them was

who stole from them met miserable

challenged them were

reckoned with, and just recently…

could become the most powerful of the Companies within the Black