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

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

want to admit it directly, but Aldred understood what all

KariBlanc Group was

They needed help.

rest of your

asked this question, Lord Blanc grunted and

protecting their interests to spare

heard this,

to save another drowning man if

had powerful connections, but since they were experiencing the same challenges as he was, they could not render their

sensing his Father's increasing frustration, he racked his brain to think of a

the end, he

could enlist the help of

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

intelligent, and most of all…

the four walls of KariBlanc that

"Sir Ralyks? Hmm…"

Blanc didn't seem to jump

maintained a critical air around him

we need, right? Besides, to turn

slight passion in his

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

impossible—to find even a

things. I never doubted his

became twisted in confusion. If his father didn't doubt Sir Ralyks' capabilities, why did he show

"Then—!"

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

this, Aldred

to concern

understanding was because the KariBlanc Group could pull

couldn't be stopped even if he

were sinking… why would he choose

I believe he may come to our

just have to be

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 him to

eyes were wide

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

the Dragon Incident occurred, and the capital began to

be enough time or a stable

incident, their enemies sporadically began to make

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

little and maintained a