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 him, Hemlock became

speaking, it was unlikely that Everblood

demon, he

his highness

he not value

should still not let my

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

his eyes glued to Everblood,

reason for your

something

his lips were curled upwards, giving Hemlock a rather

to report?

a new rank in our midst. He has broken

"Oh?"

Hemlock's body relaxed a

broken through? This

"Who broke through?"

"It's Rhinestone."

"Oh..."

Hemlock's joy quickly dissipated.

that was

This…

an impressive amount of influence within

he didn't have the authority of an elder, his

more he thought about it, the more concerned Hemlock became. It wasn't just Everblood that he was concerned

mind, Hemlock was considering all the Monolith members and

"Leader?"

out of his

at him, Hemlock calmly nodded his head. A small

news. I will personally go and visit him in

"I understand."

Everblood lowered his

nothing else, I

"Wait."

before he could leave. A confused look crossed Everblood's face

"Yes?"

"…What is your goal?"

"Goal?"

Everblood's face grew as he met Hemlock's gaze. With a nod of his

any aspirations? What do you wish to achieve

want to achieve in

state

of having any aspirations. I

'Following orders, huh?'

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

"I see..:"

while that he let go of Everblood's shoulders and nodded to

following orders. That

For someone as weak as Everblood, he couldn't afford something

most, his desire was to climb the

presumptuous, why

the moonlight that spilled from the glass window, Hemlock turned to glance at him

he paused in front of the window, the moonlight perfectly

mouth,

you aware of why I became the

echoed

to him, Everblood shook

"…No."

him, Hemlock lifted his head up to gaze at the

short

is to

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

you joined the Monolith because you

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

the head, Hemlock

opinion, what are the chances of humanity winning over

"Not even one percent."

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

are the same as

to block the

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