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 was

encounter a devastating loss. Plus, the

directly, but

KariBlanc Group was

They needed help.

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

Aldred asked this question, Lord Blanc

protecting their interests to

heard

another drowning man if he

but since they were experiencing the same challenges as he

sensing his Father's increasing frustration, he racked

the end, he could

could enlist the help of Sir

realm of 'Absolute', and possessed a wealth of resources that would make the KariBlanc Group richer than

and most

of KariBlanc that didn't know who

"Sir Ralyks? Hmm…"

Blanc didn't

maintained a critical air around him as he

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

speaking, a slight passion in his

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 of his

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

these things. I never doubted his

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

"Then—!"

by tricks. I find it doubtful that we have enough to thoroughly convince him

Aldred finally understood his father's

powerful to concern himself with a losing party's

they had maintained a somewhat mutual understanding

he couldn't be stopped even if he chose

that they were sinking… why would he choose

believe he may come to our assistance." Aldred swallowed his saliva

to

Lord Blanc heard this, he narrowed his gaze on

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

Lord Blanc's eyes were wide open

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

have occurred during the period when the

enough time or a stable opportunity to tell

entire incident, their enemies sporadically

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 would

Lord Blanc sighed a little and maintained a few