The Author's POV

Chapter 548

A/N : If you are curious, Melissa official illustration is out on discord.

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Within the confines of a dark room, a sinister voice echoed.

—He is never wrong. Make sure you keep your guard up. Don't ever let anything happen to what you've built, or else I'll make sure to end you in the most painful way possible.

"Understood."

Malik Alshayatin nodded in agreement while standing behind an oval circle that hovered in the air before him.

"I will make sure to thoroughly search the Monolith."

—Make it quick. The faster you remove this liability, the better for you.

"Understood."

Malik Alshayatin, or better known as Hemlock Feyrer as Malik Alshayating was merely a title, once again nodded.

In response, the sinister voice grew a bit livelier. Its satisfaction was evident.

—As expected of my contractee. You are an obedient one.

In response to the praise, Hemlock merely lowered his head.

"Your highness, I have something to report."

—Speak.

"I am close to breaking through."

—Hmm, I figured that much. How long will it take for you to break through?

"Half a year to a year."

Hemlock answered as his voice grew deeper and his eyes turned a shade of red.

"…Around the same time when the contract with the Union ends."

When Hemlock thought about the Union, he suddenly felt a powerful force surge through his body.

'Humanity's traitors.'

He saw them as such. People who pretended to be doing this for humanity, when they were in fact doing the exact opposite.

They were the reason why humanity was on the verge of extinction.

—It sounds like you will achieve a breakthrough within the next year or two, huh? Then you better make sure you sort out all your problems in the Monolith now.

Squinting, Hemlock solemnly replied.

"Understood."

After his words, the black circular void appeared to slowly dissipate.

—You better not let me down.

Those were the last words Hemlock heard before the voice completely vanished. In the wake of that, Hemlock stood still and closed his eyes, enveloping the room in an eerie silence.

He remained in this state for half an hour before he opened his eyes and turned to face the door.

"Come in."

He spoke in a cold tone that echoed throughout the room. As the voice sounded, the door opened to reveal an obscure figure that hid behind the shadows of the room.

Clank—

"Leader."

Through the large windows at the end of the room, moonlight filtered into the room and illuminated the figure as it stepped into space.

"Everblood.".

Recognizing the figure that had just come in, Hemlock's eyes squinted.

'Could he be the cancer that his highness was talking about?'

examining the figure before him,

was unlikely that Everblood

he had also

that his highness was talking about? Especially

not value

should still not let my

within the organization, Hemlock was not going to let

glued to Everblood, he

reason for your

something to

edges of his lips were curled upwards,

report? What is

in our midst.

"Oh?"

his brows, Hemlock's body relaxed

through? This

"Who broke through?"

"It's Rhinestone."

"Oh..."

Hemlock's joy quickly dissipated.

that was brought in

This…

Everblood had gained an impressive amount of

authority of an elder, his authority within the organization was quite

concerned Hemlock became. It

Monolith members and who was

"Leader?"

him out of his thoughts

head to glance at him, Hemlock calmly nodded his head. A small smile spread across

personally go and visit him in a while

"I understand."

respectfully, Everblood lowered

nothing else,

"Wait."

he could leave.

"Yes?"

"…What is your goal?"

"Goal?"

grew as he met Hemlock's gaze. With a nod of his head,

What do you wish

want to achieve in the

his brows and falling into a state of contemplation, Everblood eventually

luxury of having any aspirations.

'Following orders, huh?'

stared deeply at Everblood as he listened to his words, seemingly trying to discern his

"I see..:"

was only after a while that he let go of Everblood's shoulders and nodded to

following orders. That

weak as Everblood, he couldn't afford something like

his desire was to climb the

may be presumptuous, why

that he heard Everblood's voice. In the moonlight that spilled from the glass window, Hemlock turned to glance at him and placed his hands behind his back. After

he paused in front of the window, the

his mouth,

of why I became the leader of the

echoed

to him, Everblood shook

"…No."

him, Hemlock lifted

short silence, he

aspiration is

changed slightly as a heavy silence

Did you just say that you joined the Monolith because you

"...You didn't hear wrong."

of the head, Hemlock asked

your opinion, what are the chances of humanity

"Not even one percent."

room for doubt. It

are the same

his hand toward the moon to block the moonlight, Hemlock

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