A/N : If you are curious, Melissa official illustration is out on discord.
***
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?'
carefully examining the figure before him, Hemlock became
was unlikely that Everblood was the
he had also made a lot of
contributions to the Monolith be the cancer that his highness was talking about? Especially since he was
he not value his
should still not
it seemed that Everblood was the cancer within the organization, Hemlock was not going to let his guard
eyes glued to Everblood,
is the reason for your
something
replied. The very edges of his lips were curled upwards, giving
to report? What
rank in our midst. He has broken through
"Oh?"
brows, Hemlock's
broken through? This is
"Who broke through?"
"It's Rhinestone."
"Oh..."
Hemlock's joy quickly dissipated.
same guy that was brought
This…
reflection, Everblood had gained an impressive
he didn't have the authority of an elder, his
the more concerned Hemlock became. It wasn't just Everblood that
his mind, Hemlock was considering all the Monolith members and
"Leader?"
out of his thoughts was
calmly nodded his head. A small smile spread
I will personally go and visit him in a while
"I understand."
respectfully, Everblood lowered
is nothing else, I
"Wait."
Everblood's shoulder, Hemlock stopped him before he could leave. A confused look crossed Everblood's face
"Yes?"
"…What is your goal?"
"Goal?"
as he met Hemlock's gaze. With a nod of his head,
have any aspirations? What do
I want to
state of
demon, we don't have the luxury of having
'Following orders, huh?'
at Everblood as he listened to his
"I see..:"
after a while that he let go of Everblood's shoulders and
following
as weak as Everblood, he couldn't afford something like an
most, his desire was to climb the
be presumptuous, why
that spilled from the glass window, Hemlock turned to glance at him and placed
of the window, the
mouth,
aware of why I became the leader
voice echoed throughout the
him, Everblood shook his
"…No."
back still facing him, Hemlock lifted his head
a short
is to save
Everblood's complexion changed slightly as a
say that you joined the
"...You didn't hear wrong."
a shake of the head, Hemlock asked
opinion, what are the chances of humanity winning over
"Not even one percent."
no room for
are the
block the moonlight,
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