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?'

the figure before

it was unlikely that Everblood was the cancer within the

the fact that he was a demon, he had also made

the Monolith be the cancer that his

not value his

should still not let my guard

Everblood was the cancer within the organization, Hemlock was not going to

glued to

reason

have something to

The very edges of his lips were

to report? What

rank in our midst. He has

"Oh?"

Hemlock's body

broken through?

"Who broke through?"

"It's Rhinestone."

"Oh..."

Hemlock's joy quickly dissipated.

that was brought in

This…

gained an impressive amount of influence within the

of an

the more concerned Hemlock became. It wasn't just

members and

"Leader?"

him out of his thoughts was Everblood's

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

I will personally go and visit him in a

"I understand."

respectfully, Everblood lowered

there is nothing else, I

"Wait."

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

"Yes?"

"…What is your goal?"

"Goal?"

grew as he met Hemlock's gaze. With a

have any aspirations? What do you wish to

do I want to achieve in the

his brows and falling into a state

of having any aspirations. I am only

'Following orders, huh?'

at Everblood as he listened to his words, seemingly

"I see..:"

while that he let go of

following orders.

as weak as Everblood, he couldn't

most, his desire was to

I may be presumptuous, why are you asking me

from the glass window, Hemlock turned to glance at him and placed

window, the moonlight perfectly

his mouth,

of why I became the leader of

voice echoed

Everblood shook his

"…No."

him, Hemlock lifted his head up

a short silence,

is to save

his words, Everblood's complexion changed slightly as a heavy silence engulfed

just say that you joined

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

shake of the head, Hemlock asked

opinion, what are the chances of humanity winning over

"Not even one percent."

was rather direct, leaving no room for doubt. It prompted Hemlock's lips to curl

thoughts are the

toward the moon to block the

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