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.

many Items unaccounted for, and the

was inevitable that the company

Rey could feel a small smile forming

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

was the only place he had

fall, the Black Market might still exist, but I lose

helping KariBlanc. However, he also knew

I do not understand, then

He wasn't

inexperienced and only knew very little about how the

be getting used by the KariBlanc Group for a much

at the moment, but Rey knew he couldn't really trust the current circumstances

he was to support them, he would

about all of this is that it had to happen now. Right when

help

"Expansion?"

up and smiled a

enough capital. This might seem a bit strange coming

indeed. He genuinely couldn't believe what Rebal was saying despite being one

violent. It isn't a

Rebal revealed more about what he meant,

much better to perpetuate

more profitable, sure, but it

could cost

in mainstream to test out the market, and after a few years of doing our proper research, we were ready

this unfortunate incident had to

mainstream, then

had a second

However…

am curious about one

is it, Sir Ralyks?" As soon

completely bare with him, making it difficult to distrust any of the

not join Scylla's

"…"

not answer immediately,

business would be protected and all the harassment

three Obsidian Council Members probably figured this

surely things would end well for

known as 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