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.

unaccounted for, and the

that the company

could feel a small smile

collapse, there was no way he

only place he had

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

could clearly see the appeal in helping KariBlanc. However, he

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

knew he wasn't very smart. He wasn't that great of

and only knew very

could be getting used by the KariBlanc Group

at the moment, but Rey knew

was to support them, he would be taking a

it had to happen now. Right when

couldn't help

"Expansion?"

up and smiled a

on going more mainstream once we had enough capital. This might seem a bit

what Rebal was saying despite being one of the

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

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

was much better to perpetuate trade in

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

mistake could

made a few auxiliary branches in mainstream to test out the market, and after a few

this unfortunate incident had to

mainstream, then it makes more sense to

a second incentive

However…

curious about

it, Sir Ralyks?" As soon

him, making it

not

"…"

immediately, so

side, I'm sure your business would

Obsidian Council Members probably figured this out a long time

did the same, surely things would end well for

very selfish and cruel person. Even among the three leaders of the Slave Union, she was always said to be