An Extra’s POV

"You may come in."

The moment this deep voice echoed within the very dark room, and beyond, a door slowly creaked open.

The intruder was a man with slick brown hair, with bright green eyes, and a very classy outfit—a black waistcoat on top of a formal shirt, black trousers, and a neat tie.

All in all, this man in his early thirties was very handsome in every sense of the word.

He was Aldred Winsley—Broker for the KariBlanc Group.

At least, that was what his identity demanded.

"Greetings, father." He bowed his head the moment he came in and closed the door within the dark office.

"Sit."

Aldred obeyed instantly, moving past the comfortable couches that stood at the center of the room, but moved towards the chair in front of the man's desk.

The man he called father—Lord Blanc of the Obsidian Council—sat calmly behind his desk

His bright green gaze could pierce the eyes of anyone, and even though the office was dark, they glowed intensely.

Aldred was used to this gaze, but even he still felt like prey being constantly watched by a predator.

He sat in front of his father, separated only by the desk that stood between them.

For a few seconds, no one spoke.

Then—

"They're acting much faster than I expected. Things are getting really unstable right now…"

—Lord Blanc spoke.

He didn't have his usual confident and imposing tone.

Instead, a sort of worrying vibe took over his voice, as well as his countenance.

It was easy to see that he was shaken by the current situation.

"How bad is it, Father?"

"Very bad. We can't contact our prime buyer due to some kind of interference through our main channel. We've also lost contact with the merchandise we kept in the warehouse in the East."

Their prime buyer resided far from the Capital, so the KariBlanc had gotten a vast patch of land where they constructed a massive warehouse to store the goods they would sell prior to the final sales.

It was also a major part of their 'Expansion' plan.

now… it was

do not complete that sale, then we'll encounter a devastating loss. Plus, the fact that we've lost contact with the warehouse and the merchandise… it

want to admit it directly, but Aldred understood what all of

Group was

They needed help.

of your colleagues? You know… the

question, Lord

protecting their interests to spare time

Aldred heard this, he

save another drowning man if he didn't have some kind of life

experiencing the same challenges as he was, they could not

what 'they' wanted all along, or…?" As Aldred whispered this, sensing his Father's increasing frustration, he racked his brain to think of a

end, he could only imagine

we could enlist the

power; the same one who had reached the realm of 'Absolute', and possessed a wealth of resources that would make the KariBlanc Group richer than ever

intelligent, and most of

KariBlanc that didn't

"Sir Ralyks? Hmm…"

all of these qualities, Lord Blanc didn't

air around him

all the qualities we need, right? Besides, to turn the tables, we need as many powerful allies

speaking, a slight passion

capabilities. He is a far better fighter than Yuri and a much better Mage than I am. The fact that he was able to deliver so many Monster

difficult—if not downright impossible—to find even a single flaw

know these things. I never doubted his capabilities in the slightest."

face became twisted in confusion. If his father didn't doubt Sir Ralyks'

"Then—!"

will not be fooled by tricks. I find it doubtful that we have enough to thoroughly convince him to take our side, given the current

Lord Blanc said this, Aldred finally understood his

to concern himself

mutual understanding was because the KariBlanc Group could

he couldn't be stopped

now that they were sinking…

our assistance." Aldred swallowed his saliva as

have to

he narrowed his gaze on his son and told him

we've taken proper care of her in his absence. I believe it takes some measure of trust in

that…?" Lord Blanc's eyes were wide open in

inform him of every update about the man named Ralyks, but he

have occurred during the period when the Dragon Incident occurred, and the capital

that case, there wouldn't be enough time or a stable

their enemies sporadically began to

Besides, he is not an unreasonable man. He has listened to my selfish requests a lot of times, and if we can make it

sighed a little and maintained a few seconds of