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

that Everblood was the cancer within the

he was a demon, he had also made a

cancer that his highness

not value his

not let

unlikely it seemed that Everblood was the cancer within the organization, Hemlock was not

his eyes glued to Everblood,

reason for

have something to

very edges of his lips were curled

report?

have a new rank in our midst. He has broken through

"Oh?"

his brows, Hemlock's

has broken through? This is good

"Who broke through?"

"It's Rhinestone."

"Oh..."

Hemlock's joy quickly dissipated.

the same guy that was

This…

reflection, Everblood had gained an impressive amount of influence within the

of an elder,

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

considering all the Monolith members and

"Leader?"

out of his thoughts

his head to glance at him, Hemlock calmly nodded

is good news. I will personally go and visit

"I understand."

respectfully, Everblood lowered his

is nothing else, I

"Wait."

could

"Yes?"

"…What is your goal?"

"Goal?"

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

What do you wish to

I want to achieve in the

and falling into a state of

a demon, we don't have the luxury of having any aspirations. I

'Following orders, huh?'

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

"I see..:"

after a while that he let go of Everblood's shoulders

are just following

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

desire was to climb the

I may be presumptuous, why are you asking

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

paused in front of the window, the moonlight

mouth, he

I became the

voice echoed throughout

Everblood shook

"…No."

still facing him, Hemlock lifted his head up to gaze at the

a short silence, he

aspiration is

wake of his words, Everblood's complexion changed slightly as a

that you joined the Monolith because you wanted

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

shake of the head, Hemlock asked

the chances of

"Not even one percent."

answer was rather direct, leaving no room for

the same as

block the moonlight, Hemlock

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