An Extra’s POV

"N-none of them… can…?"

It didn't take a genius to understand what those words meant.

Even for Evals, who was currently wallowing in confusion and pain, the words made it painfully clear what the masked man did.

"Y-you killed them…!!" His eyes nearly popped out of their suckers as his smushed face trembled in terror.

He feared he would be next.

"What? No! I just prevented all the sound we made from escaping. They can't hear anything… literally."

The way the masked man spoke about it felt like he was joking.

Evals didn't know what to believe anymore.

"You deserve death, but that would be a waste. You'll be way more useful alive." The masked man continued as he advanced further.

Evals Redart didn't let the distance fool him, though. He knew the man could just appear in front of him anytime he wished.

In essence, the slave trader was trapped.

"You run a whole network of trade in the Slavery Business. I'm sure you're well-connected to the other slave-traders in the United Human Alliance."

The masked man wasn't wrong.

Evals knew the other two who ran an equally successful empire as him.

None of them were friends, and in most instances, they were competitors.

However, they shared a mutual banner—the illegal trade of living humans as if they were nothing but livestock.

"All of that information will be useful to the Royal Council. I'm sure they'll use it to prevent more tragedies like this from happening ."

The moment Evals heard this, his eyes widened more than ever before,

"Y-you… you report to the Royal Council?! Is that why you're here?! To stop me on their behalf? Y-you… you are—!"

"[Sleep]." The moment the masked man said this, Evals felt a wave of drownings hit him.

However, the feeling didn't last long thanks to the Resistance his Enchanted Earrings provided him with.

You resisted that, huh? I guess we'll have to do this

from his position and appeared behind Evals before the

Council? Those corrupt bastards?' Evals' thoughts echoed as he gritted his teeth in

competitors bragged about how they were being backed by four members of the Royal

that route and building his empire from scratch, he still had to

of the Black

to those at the top—like the Obsidian Council—but even the helm of the Black Market answered to the four anonymous members

the ones who ruled

Trade has been able to flourish this far is because of

now, he was being taken to that very same Royal

"Y-you bastard! They're—!"

more, he felt a hard impact on his

and the sensation instantly sent him to the same

The realm of the

********

it." Rey murmured as he looked at the unconscious

and quick fight for Rey, but he still couldn't forget the

Why?

bunch of new Skills thanks

grinning widely as

one is particularly useful. Eye Of Truth is nice, but I already have [Absolute Appraisal],

of other Skills too, and Rey found himself

this fight wasn't

he got to know of his [Item Equip] Skill, and the current Items he had

had waited for him to display all the abilities so

Slave

for him to finish the job once and

of the reach of people like Aldred,

one final glance at the two other unconscious people in the

that the people he had

different are they from the Hobgoblins who

as monsters to kill. He felt

too

with the Black Market and the criminal underworld of

his benefit, and how he

It was wrong.

yet

very day he finally understood the difference between

didn't compare to them in the