An Extra’s POV

"S-so… that's what happened, huh?"

Rebal was still recoiling from the words of his son.

What he described wasn't as gory or bloody as what Ralyks had displayed during the Dark Gathering, but something about it felt more twisted.

… Far darker.

"The worst part is, I could have sworn that there was a lot of damage during the entire fight, but there's nothing! Nothing at all…" Asher replied, still not completely himself.

The honest truth was that he was scared.

Was he in a dream? Was he in reality? What if, just like the Mercenary Gang, he thought he saw something which wasn't real?

Asher didn't know what to believe anymore.

"You just need rest." Rebal smiled at his son, though he too had some rabid fear within himself.

Perhaps they both needed the rest.

"Sir Ralyks… he slaughtered all the enemies without mercy. I've never seen a man kill with such… lack of remorse."

And so many at once too.

Both Ralyks and his subordinate, Ater, seemed to be cut from the same cloth—one that even Rebal could not fully comprehend.

"The battle is won, and now it is time for the aftermath." Rebal chuckled, a hint of fear in his eyes.

"What do you mean, father?"

"I mean… Sir Ralyks was employed by us to take care of this mess. Now that it is over… isn't it time to think about his payment?"

It felt like an absurd thing to say, but they had to face it—the truth that confronted them.

What could they pay such a man?!

"It seems you also need some rest, father." Asher said with a tired smile.

Rebal nodded, returning the exact same expression.

Even though it was nowhere near enough, both father and son decided to consider the horrors they witnessed as a penance for their crimes.

them if they deviated from

followed

*********

That night, everything changed.

world was turned upside down in the span of merely a few

events that had transpired within the walls of the massive city, the situation

the Dark Gathering—was exposed to the world that very

building, searching every nook and cranny until they were able to see the horrors for

still required extensive investigations to piece together most of the details, but the core issues

very least, they did not

the kind of darkness that had been festering within the haven

expected to be vilest thing they would find, but that was hardly the

They saw it all.

worse, and

truths came to light that

And then what?

Market was officially disbanded, and the Triumvirate

was done for, and while there were bound

later, they

that day, that darkness would ultimately fall… and

honest and diligent

they had

death could descend upon

they all felt

described the gory sight that the public was not

they

to be a legend

—The Reaper.

********

night.' Rey smiled to himself as he

His pajamas felt

he

I already knew I would do it,

one of

what he was

there were a lot of

Adrien Chase—how deep the conspiracy went, and how he had been

But more than that…

didn't expect this world to be