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?'

figure

unlikely that Everblood was the cancer within the

demon, he had also

so many contributions to the Monolith be the cancer that his highness was talking about? Especially since he was tied down to the organization by a

not

should still not let my

despite how unlikely it seemed that Everblood was the cancer within the organization, Hemlock was not going to

his eyes glued to

is the reason for your sudden

something

his lips were curled

report? What

rank in our midst. He has broken through

"Oh?"

brows, Hemlock's body

broken 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

an elder,

the more concerned Hemlock became. It wasn't

was considering all the Monolith members and

"Leader?"

him out of his thoughts was Everblood's

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

good news. I will personally go and visit him in a while to

"I understand."

Everblood lowered his

is nothing else, I

"Wait."

Hemlock stopped him before he could leave. A confused

"Yes?"

"…What is your goal?"

"Goal?"

as he met Hemlock's gaze. With

What do

want to achieve in

into a state of contemplation, Everblood eventually shook

of having any

'Following orders, huh?'

at Everblood as he listened to his words,

"I see..:"

let go of Everblood's shoulders

following orders. That makes

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

was to

I may be presumptuous, why are you

spilled from the glass window, Hemlock turned to glance at him and placed his hands behind his back. After that, he calmly walked toward the windows

front of the window, the moonlight perfectly accentuated his otherworldly

his mouth,

aware of why I became the

echoed throughout

Everblood

"…No."

facing him, Hemlock lifted his head up to gaze at

a short

is

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

Did you just say that you joined the Monolith because you

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

shake of the head, Hemlock

are the chances

"Not even one percent."

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

the same as

to block the moonlight, Hemlock slowly opened his

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