An Extra’s POV

'A-ahh… I understand now'

As Rey looked at Rebal and Asher, both of them having eyes that pleaded for myth, he had a considerable grasp of the situation.

'They invested a lot of capital on producing the items, but they can't deliver it to the Elves in time.'

This meant they couldn't recoup the resources they poured into the production, which meant less liquid cash for them.

However, that wasn't all.

'In business, punctuality is key. If they don't keep their end of the bargain soon, it's possible that the Elves could go to another Company, which would be bad for business for the KariBlanc Group,'

Not only would they never recoup their profit, but it would take an extremely long time to dispose of the items in their stock.

Ultimately, this was the major issue that was ensuing.

"The Eastern Continent is quite a long distance away. Do you know why the Elves are interacting with humans now? Why are they seeking so many Enchanted Items in the first place?"

"They didn't tell us. But I suspect it's because the war with the Dragons has made them desperate."

The moment Rebal said this, Rey nodded in agreement,

That was his first guess too.

'Elves aren't technologically advanced and have no clue about industrialization. They are even often depicted as nature-loving entities who live apart from the corruption of beings like humans.'

To see that Elves were going as far as dealing with Rebal—-a Black Market leader—made him suspect that the difficulty had been cranked up in their domain,

"I suspect we are being intentionally sabotaged by the other three Obsidian Council members who joined Scylla's side. We've lost contact with the warehouse located in the East, and our packages delivered through any route outside the Southern Territories immediately become unaccounted for."

If this continued, their loss would be unbearable.

'They're in quite the pickle.' Rey thought to himself as he listened to Rebal go on.

'I can't say I blame them for being desperate. No matter how much capital a company has, profit is the lifeblood.'

And profit was gotten through sales.

Rey doubted the KariBlanc Group could make a lot of money just from exploiting the Southern territories.

A company whose scope of business was suddenly reduced to one-third of their usual commercial domain was bound to experience massive loss.

that to the many Items unaccounted for,

was inevitable that the company would

they need my help.' Rey could feel a small smile forming

collapse, there was no way he wanted KariBlanc to be the first to

was the only place he had

Market might still exist, but I lose all

the appeal in helping KariBlanc. However, he also knew to

I get caught up in a scheme that I do not understand, then it would be

knew he wasn't very smart. He

still very inexperienced and only knew

be getting used by the KariBlanc Group for

Rey knew he couldn't really trust

them,

of this is that it had to happen now. Right when we were

couldn't help

"Expansion?"

looked up and smiled a

more mainstream once we had enough capital. This might seem a bit strange coming from me, but… the Black Market is a really terrible

surprised to hear all of this indeed. He genuinely couldn't believe what Rebal was

is dangerous and violent. It isn't a sustainable place

more about what he meant, Rey

perspective, it was much better

more profitable, sure, but it was also incredibly

could cost you

market, and after a few years of doing our proper research, we were ready to

this unfortunate incident

plan on moving to the mainstream, then it makes more sense

had a second incentive

However…

curious about one

soon as Rey asked

felt like the man was ready to be completely bare with him, making it difficult to distrust any of the things that were being

not

"…"

did not answer immediately, so

her side, I'm sure your business would be protected

probably figured

surely things would end

a very selfish and cruel person. Even among the three leaders of the Slave Union, she was always said to be the most ruthless. She's unprincipled, and I would never be able to