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.

it

encounter a devastating loss. Plus, the fact that we've lost contact with the warehouse and

it directly, but Aldred understood what all of this

KariBlanc Group was

They needed help.

your colleagues? You

question, Lord Blanc grunted and shrugged

also like me—too busy protecting their interests to

heard this, he

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 was, they

this what 'they' wanted all along, or…?" As Aldred whispered this, sensing his Father's increasing frustration, he

the end, he

we could enlist

Dark Adventurer who was shrouded in mystery and power; the same one who had reached the realm

intelligent, and

the four walls of KariBlanc that didn't know who this esteemed

"Sir Ralyks? Hmm…"

of these qualities, Lord Blanc didn't

him as he narrowed his

Besides, to turn the tables, we need as many powerful allies as we

speaking, a slight passion in

a far better fighter than Yuri and a much better Mage than I am. The fact that he was

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

doubted his capabilities in the

If his father didn't doubt Sir Ralyks' capabilities,

"Then—!"

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 situation we

Aldred finally understood his

to concern himself with a

mutual understanding was because the KariBlanc Group could pull

stopped even if he chose to break

were sinking… why would

believe he may come to our

have to be convincing

Lord Blanc heard this, he narrowed his gaze on his son

I believe it takes some measure of trust in us for him to have done such a

Blanc's eyes were wide open in

him of every update about the man named Ralyks, but he could understand why this was

during the period when the Dragon Incident

that case, there wouldn't be enough time or

after that entire incident, their enemies

Ralyks trusts us to an extent, Father. Besides, he is not an unreasonable man. He has listened to my selfish requests a lot of times, and if we can make it worth his while, I'm sure he

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