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

that

that's why they need my help.' Rey could feel a small

Black Market to collapse, there was no way he wanted

place he

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

clearly see the appeal in helping KariBlanc. However, he

in a scheme that I do not understand, then it would be my

he wasn't very smart. He wasn't that great of a manipulator

was still very inexperienced and only knew very little about how

by the KariBlanc Group for a much larger

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

support them, he would

of this is that it had to happen now.

couldn't help but

"Expansion?"

up and

we had enough capital. This might seem a bit

genuinely couldn't believe what Rebal

violent. It isn't a sustainable place

revealed more about what he meant, Rey could understand the man's

from a logical and purely business perspective, it was much better to perpetuate trade in a more structured

was more profitable, sure, but it was also incredibly risky

could

to test out the market, and after a few

incident had to

plan on moving to the mainstream, then it makes

a second

However…

am curious

Ralyks?" As soon as Rey asked this,

man was ready to be completely bare with him, making it difficult to

do you not join Scylla's

"…"

not answer immediately, so Rey decided

I'm sure your business would be protected and

probably figured this out a long

same, surely things would end well

and cruel person. Even among the three leaders of the Slave Union, she was always said to be the most ruthless. She's unprincipled,