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 in

a devastating loss. Plus, the fact that

it directly, but Aldred understood what

Group was

They needed help.

assistance from the rest of your colleagues? You know… the

question, Lord

me—too busy protecting their interests

heard this,

man would try to save another drowning man if he didn't have some kind of

had powerful connections, but since they were experiencing the same challenges as he

Aldred whispered this, sensing his

he could

we could enlist the help of

was shrouded in mystery and power; the same one who had reached the realm of 'Absolute', and possessed a wealth of

immensely resourceful, intelligent, and most of all… overwhelmingly

within the four walls of KariBlanc that didn't know who

"Sir Ralyks? Hmm…"

Blanc didn't seem

air around him as he narrowed his eyes

to turn the tables, we need as many powerful allies

a slight passion

have seen Sir Ralyks' 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 Cores also means he is still hiding much

not downright impossible—to find even a

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

in confusion. If his father didn't

"Then—!"

he'd choose to ally with us. Someone as powerful and intelligent as him 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 precarious

Lord Blanc said this, Aldred finally

was too powerful to concern himself with a losing party's

a somewhat mutual understanding was because the

they knew he couldn't be stopped even if he chose to break their

that they were sinking… why would

our

have to

this, he narrowed his gaze on his son and told him to

his lover in our care, and we've taken proper care of her in his absence. I believe it takes some measure of trust in us for

eyes were wide open

every update about the man

the period when the Dragon Incident occurred, and

time

that entire incident, their enemies sporadically began to

selfish requests a lot of times, and if we

little