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

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

didn't want to admit it directly, but Aldred understood what all of this

Group

They needed help.

your colleagues? You know… the

Aldred asked this question, Lord Blanc grunted and

me—too busy protecting their interests

Aldred heard

save another drowning man

Blanc had powerful connections, but since they were experiencing the same

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

end, he could only

Ralyks… we could enlist the help of

same one who had reached the realm of 'Absolute', and possessed a wealth of

and most of all…

within the four walls of KariBlanc that didn't

"Sir Ralyks? Hmm…"

all of these qualities, Lord Blanc

critical air around him as he narrowed

turn the tables, we need as many powerful

speaking, a slight

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

impossible—to find

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

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

"Then—!"

powerful and intelligent as him will not be fooled by tricks. I find it doubtful that we have enough

said this, Aldred finally

Ralyks was too powerful to concern himself with a losing

had maintained a somewhat mutual understanding was because the KariBlanc Group could pull their

stopped even

were sinking… why

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

have to

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

I believe it takes

eyes were

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

occurred during the period when the

be enough time or a stable

incident, their enemies sporadically began to make

selfish requests a lot of times, and if we can make it worth his

this, Lord Blanc sighed a little and maintained a few seconds of