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, Hemlock became

speaking, it was unlikely that Everblood

aside the fact that he was a demon, he

would anyone who had made so many contributions to the Monolith be the cancer that his highness was talking about? Especially since he

he not value his

should still not

unlikely it seemed that Everblood was the cancer within the organization, Hemlock was

glued to

reason for your sudden

have something to

his lips were curled upwards, giving

to report? What

in our midst. He

"Oh?"

brows, Hemlock's

broken through?

"Who broke through?"

"It's Rhinestone."

"Oh..."

Hemlock's joy quickly dissipated.

that was

This…

gained an impressive

have the authority of an elder, his authority within the organization

the more concerned Hemlock became. It wasn't just Everblood that he was

Monolith members and who was

"Leader?"

him out of his thoughts was Everblood's

nodded his head. A small smile

go and visit him in

"I understand."

Everblood lowered his

is nothing

"Wait."

Hemlock stopped him before he could leave. A confused look crossed Everblood's face as he

"Yes?"

"…What is your goal?"

"Goal?"

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

do you have any aspirations? What do you wish to achieve in

to achieve in

a state

have the luxury of having

'Following orders, huh?'

stared deeply at Everblood as he listened to his

"I see..:"

while that he let go of Everblood's

are just following orders. That

weak as Everblood, he couldn't afford something like

most, his desire was to

may be presumptuous, why are you

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

in front of the window, the moonlight

his mouth,

of why I became the leader of

echoed

to him, Everblood

"…No."

lifted his head up to gaze

a short silence, he

aspiration is

changed slightly

you joined the Monolith because you

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

shake of the head, Hemlock asked

what are the

"Not even one percent."

was rather direct, leaving no room for doubt. It prompted

are the same as

toward the moon to block

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