An Extra’s POV

"So… what will you do now?"

Rey finally broke the tense silence between him and Adrien with a smooth tone. The both of them were on opposite sides of each other—the latter still standing—as composure oozed from their respective station.

After allowing the question to marinate in the air for a few seconds, Adrien finally spoke up.

"I have to check something out first. A prior investment, if you will. Afterwards… I guess I'll continue with the original plan."

Rey nodded his head as he heard all of this, not asking any further questions. As curious as he was about this 'investment' that Adrien was referring to, he also understood that he would be putting himself in a rather compromising position by asking.

'If he tells me more of his secrets, he'll want more of mine.' And Rey felt he had revealed more than enough at the moment.

It was even possible that Adrien was baiting him to ask by intentionally mentioning this 'investment' but Rey didn't want to overstep his bounds. To him, this was the safest position to take.

"In the end, the Dragons lost this battle. It's possible that the Empire will send an even more powerful squad… which is why we have to act quickly." He added.

"Don't worry. I won't forget my end of things. I'll be on standby, so you sort out what you need to." Rey responded with folded arms.

"That is all I ask." Adrien's response was humble, and he even went as far as bowing his head, which threw Rey off for a second.

"Right now, most of my assets have been extinguished and I have encountered great loss. This plan has to succeed for me to recoup some kind of benefit… so yeah, forgive my evident desperation."

Rey understood all of this quite well.

him into his plans. In order to follow The Oracle's wishes, the Dragons had to be exterminated. That meant it was inevitable that Adrien's assets

to believe that he had to go along with this alternative because he recognized I would have destroyed the Dragons anyway. At least, with this, he gets something out of

on how Adrien would deal with the

had firsthand experience on how resourceful and manipulative Adrien could be. Still, he had to make sure

success, he also

it seems we are done here, right?" Adrien shrugged as he spoke, taking a few more

"Yeah… I suppose."

about what he was discussing with Emil prior to his arrival—satiating his curiosity on how they got so close, but he decided not to at

Even though Emil was still giving him the silent treatment, she seemed happy to see

could always pry the information from her if he gave

way… it's all under

Rey's thoughts with a farewell, followed by a burst

could be made, the

far as he could, given his current state, he couldn't sense Adrien anywhere. That meant he was either on a remote area on the Eastern

to teleport to the

the moment, he had much bigger fish to

the Dragons… it's

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[Meanwhile…]

came a young man with jet black hair and glowing blue eyes. His surroundings seemed like the entrance of a rather large cave, and the further down

like

in this raw and primal setting. His pristine suit and polished appearance

it was obvious he wanted to