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
Everblood
the fact that he was a demon, he had also made a lot of contributions to the
the Monolith be the cancer that his highness was talking about? Especially since he was tied down to
not value
should still not let my guard
that Everblood was the cancer within the organization, Hemlock was not
glued
is the reason
something to
of his lips were curled upwards, giving Hemlock a
report?
new rank in
"Oh?"
brows, Hemlock's body relaxed
has broken through? This is good
"Who broke through?"
"It's Rhinestone."
"Oh..."
Hemlock's joy quickly dissipated.
that was brought
This…
had gained an impressive amount of
have the authority of an elder, his authority within the organization was quite
Hemlock became. It wasn't
mind, Hemlock was considering all the Monolith members and who was
"Leader?"
of his
to glance at him, Hemlock calmly nodded his head. A small smile spread
good news. I will personally go and
"I understand."
Everblood lowered his
nothing else,
"Wait."
could leave. A confused look
"Yes?"
"…What is your goal?"
"Goal?"
as he met Hemlock's gaze. With a nod
have any aspirations? What do you wish
I want to achieve in
brows and falling into a state of contemplation, Everblood
don't have the luxury of having any aspirations.
'Following orders, huh?'
listened to his words, seemingly trying to discern his true
"I see..:"
a while that he let go of Everblood's shoulders and nodded
just following orders. That
For someone as weak as Everblood, he couldn't afford
desire was to climb the
I may be presumptuous, why
glance at him and placed his hands behind his back. After that, he
he paused in front of the window, the moonlight perfectly accentuated his otherworldly
his mouth,
aware of why I became the leader of
voice echoed throughout
him, Everblood shook
"…No."
him, Hemlock lifted his
short silence, he
aspiration is to save
complexion changed slightly
joined the Monolith because you
"...You didn't hear wrong."
shake of the head,
the chances of humanity winning over
"Not even one percent."
room for doubt. It prompted
the same as
hand toward the moon to block the moonlight, Hemlock slowly opened
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