An Extra’s POV

[Moments Earlier]

Within the Royal Estate, in one of its many beautiful buildings, there existed a particularly lustrous one.

It had very amazing architecture, and the colors shimmered with pure white and gold, even if it was being shrouded by the darkness right before breaking dawn.

It was very large—like a mansion—and it's immediate surroundings were made to be gardens.

This was home to one of the members of the Royal Council.

Lord Knox.

As his garden brimmed with life, despite the darkness, he was currently at the topmost floor of his home, along with three other people.

These were his accomplices—the two other members of the Royal Council that ran the underworld with him.

They were all seated in a round chair within the meeting room, eating and discussing the future of their business.

The only one who stood and paced around was Knox himself.

After all, he knew the kind of dire situation they were in.

"Right now, we're running out of time."

As Knox said this, his long beards twitched as his aged fades began to have more wrinkles.

His gaze swept through the room, looking at how well-furnished his surroundings were, and how much more he wanted to decorate even further.

But the Alliance was meant to be broke, so he couldn't just go around splurging cash.

Those things would have to wait.

His small eyes rested on the other two men in the room. They also shared worried expressions, but it didn't seem like they were taking things as seriously as he was.

'They've captured Evals Redarts. If he talks, we'll be disrupted by those two…'

By 'those two', Knox meant Conrad and Vida.

They were both eyesores that stood against what he stood for.

'Recently, they've amassed too much power and recognition. It makes me, and the rest of us, seemingly irrelevant.'

From the summoning of Otherworlders, to the relationship made with them, and other issues of varying scale—Conrad and Vida always took the initiative.

It infuriated Knox without end.

That was why he had to nip things in the bud as quickly as possible. He recognized that.

The problem was that it wasn't yet time.

They had to very meticulous about their planning, else a lot of things would fall apart even if they succeeded in their task.

for them, Evals Redart just

spills our secrets,

at the very luxurious and spacious

and the ceiling itself took on a color of purity—with its

he and his comrades were caught, he would have to kiss

He couldn't allow that.

this far already

I could be a part of a council… I've lost

of it went to the lands that were now part

time deliberating policies, thanks to four other individuals who shared

the end, the position of the Royal Council was nothing more than a useless

couldn't really do anything

times when he was a King and he

I agreed to this whole thing was due to the desperation of the

entire North Continent, and even took

Everyone was scared,

to make humanity a converged unit

that I think of, Conrad and Vida were the first two to join

seemed to be the true rulers of the Royal

knew his father,

it was hell for Knox—and for the

need to completely eradicate

can all agree on that. The problem right now is how to go about

his watch. There's no way to sneak in

heard his allies talk, he

They weren't wrong.

to get Conrad first.'

'Is it finally time…?'

bathed in on their meeting, his face and entire

on his forehead, his hardened eyes, and overall muscular physique told anyone who saw him

matter how capable he was, he couldn't just barge into this

gave you permission

of a Dragon here in the Royal

said this, all the

didn't know how to

not be

anywhere close to

"Quit messing around!"

this, the terrified look on the announcer's face convinced them even more that

like that would gain nothing

is it…?" Knox asked,

his heart racing and his body

will shift from the Evals to the

for the first time since the meeting, quickly telling the guard to stay

comrades. This is

this, he approached the table where the

was the moment he—no, all of them—had been