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 in

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

it directly, but Aldred understood what all

KariBlanc Group was

They needed help.

the rest of your colleagues? You know… the ones that

question, Lord Blanc grunted and shrugged

protecting their interests to spare

Aldred heard

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

experiencing the same challenges as he was, they could not render their

whispered this, sensing his Father's increasing frustration,

the end, he could only imagine

could enlist the

same one who had reached the realm of 'Absolute', and possessed a wealth of resources that would make the KariBlanc

and most

of KariBlanc that didn't

"Sir Ralyks? Hmm…"

Blanc didn't seem to jump at the

critical air around him as he narrowed

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

speaking, a slight passion

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

difficult—if not downright impossible—to find

know these things. I never doubted his capabilities

this, his face became twisted in confusion. If his father didn't doubt

"Then—!"

be fooled by tricks. I find it doubtful that we have enough to thoroughly convince him to take our side, given the current

Aldred finally understood his

to concern himself with a losing

somewhat mutual understanding was

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

now that they were sinking… why would he choose to

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

to be convincing

Blanc heard this, he narrowed his gaze on his

care of her in his absence. I believe it takes some measure

Blanc's eyes were

the man named

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

time or a stable opportunity to

entire incident, their enemies sporadically began to

an extent, Father. Besides, he is not an unreasonable man. He has listened to my selfish requests a lot of times,

sighed a little and maintained a few seconds of