An Extra’s POV

As Rey's crimson eyes glowed ever so bright, preparing for the execution, he looked through Ogun's Status Window once again.

Then, he ceased his initial plan.

'It would be a waste to just kill him. Since he's an executive member, I better collect as much information from him as possible.'

Rey had been having suspicions about the whole thing that had gone down, so in order to satisfy his curiosity, he decided to use the Barbarian before him.

Doing so wouldn't be difficult at all.

'[Absolute Mental Control].'

The moment he sent a pulse of energy to Ogun, the man's will was no longer his own.

He was reduced to nothing but Rey's slave.

"I have a few questions. Answer me as honestly and as accurately as possible. Understood?"

As Rey's voice echoed among the pile of flesh and blood, the barbarian slowly nodded with his blank face as he opened his lips to speak.

"Yes. I understand."

The first question Rey wanted to ask was the most pertinent one at the moment.

"Why did you attack us? Did Scylla hire you? Did the three Obsidian Councilors on her side hire you?"

Ogun shook his head to all of these questions.

"We were not hired by anyone. Our leader decided that we side with Lady Scylla and her New Order."

Rey ensured he used Sound Magic to broadcast everything Ogun was confessing so that the ten witnesses could hear him loud and clear.

"I see. Is it just your leader, or all of you?"

"The words of the Leader are the words of the Gang. The Mercenary Gang follows his wishes."

Rey nodded as he placed his hand on his mask's chin.

'It's as I suspected from the very start. The Mercenary Gang can't be trusted.'

Perhaps it was because he wasn't too involved in matters relating to the Criminal World, so the biases associated with certain principles didn't shackle his thought process the same way they did to people like Rebal Blanc.

possibility of the Mercenary Gang interfering in

mere guesses. For him to truly have something to work with, he

decide to join them? Did

benefits far outweigh the alternative. Those

Rey listened and mulled on Ogun's words, only one thing kept ringing in his

was a grim reality that he had

the reasons why the Mercenary Gang never chose a side, since it would be bad for business in

where their alliance with a side wouldn't result in any detriment at

absolute annihilation

losing side was to be absolutely removed from the map, there would be no bad

would rise, and they'll get to plunder the resources of

Gang could even

certainly have enough power and

Rey looked at Ogun's blank face, he couldn't help but sigh in both worry

plans will have to be slightly tweaked, or else everything will

as well as the

it too safe. While the enemy is making

plan was due to his inexperience in the Black Market, as well as

things get too dire, maybe I'll

relay the information he got to Rebal and see what the man would

more questions, and

me more about

about to ask his question, his extraordinary senses—which had [Danger Sense] already imbued in

warned him of something.

'Don't tell me…!'

using his barrier to cover the

a balloon, he grew massive in size, every part of his

blood; the same thing happened with

meee…" Were the last words he uttered before meeting an

~BOOOM!~

same way a balloon would pop after reaching its

of Rey's barrier, preventing any of the bloody flesh and thick blood

his form unrecognizable

Was it automatic, or did someone activate it after knowing he revealed

it seemed he wouldn't be getting any

and just as he expected, the numbers he accrued from killing a hundred people had been added to

I won't be

all, he didn't kill with

shame, but at the very least, it looks