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.

awaited them if they deviated from their

followed by inevitable

*********

That night, everything changed.

world was turned upside down in the span of

of the Capital were fast asleep, oblivious to the events that had transpired within the walls of the massive city, the situation in the Allied Merchant City

the Dark Gathering—was exposed to the world that

the Alliance stormed into the building, searching every nook and cranny until they were able to

still required extensive investigations to piece together most of the details, but the core issues did not

least, they did not elude General Lucy and

of darkness that had been festering within the

find, but that was hardly the most disgusting thing was seen in their pursuit

They saw it all.

worse,

came

And then what?

officially disbanded,

and while there were bound to be vestiges here and there,

they too would

world saw, that day, that darkness would ultimately fall…

to remain honest and diligent in their dealings

clients knew they had to be

death could descend upon the land once more and

all felt

whispers from the passing soldiers who described the gory sight that the public was not

they heard

legend amongst the denizens of the

—The Reaper.

********

long night.' Rey smiled to

in his real form. His pajamas

he liked the

I already knew I

steeled his heart. It was one of the reasons he decided not to tell Alicia

knew what he

all his planning, there were a

went, and how he had been

But more than that…

this world