Trash of the Count's Family

Cale immediately asked the Black Dragon.

“How can you feel the scent of dead mana?”

Mana. That symbolized a power that existed in nature.

In some senses, it was similar to an ancient power that was created in a specific location. However, the two were very different.

The difference was between whether or not it could be left behind.

Mana disappeared as soon as the person who controlled that mana died, while ancient powers could be left behind.

The Black Dragon easily answered.

“I think it is because of the swamp. The swamp is dominating the mana and preventing it from dissipating.”

‘Dominating?’

Cale’s expression turned odd but the Black Dragon kept silent. The Whale siblings, as well as On and Hong, approached Cale and the Black Dragon.

The Black Dragon started to speak into Cale’s mind.

- I am very perceptive.

Cale made eye contact with the Black Dragon.

- I feel a power similar to your shield and wind inside the swamp.

“Ha!”

Cale inadvertently let out a gasp-like laughter. The mask-less Black Dragon started to smile. Cale also started to lightly smile as well.

Ancient power.

There was an ancient power inside the swamp and it had a good chance of being related to the keyword, ‘dominate.’

‘This is a first.’

This was Cale’s first time finding an ancient power that was not discussed in the novel. Of course, he had no idea whether this was an ancient power left behind by someone or one that was naturally developed in this location.

“You are very smart.”

“Correct. I am smart.”

The rest of the group became even more curious after seeing the Black Dragon and Cale smirking mischievously.

“Young master Cale, can you tell me what is going on? What do you mean by the scent of a dragon’s mana?”

Cale turned around to look at Witira. She was asking Cale, but seemed to have at least a decent idea of what was going on.

“I’m sure you already have an idea, but there is a good chance that there is a dragon corpse inside the swamp.”

“...A corpse?”

“Yes. But it is most likely very old and probably mummified.”

Cale only knew about the Forest of Darkness based on Choi Han’s experience as described in the novel. However, there was a number of very important information told by the novel.

< The lifeforms in the Forest of Darkness have had to always fight for survival because there has never been any single dominant ruler. >

No ruler.

It was probably correct to say that there were no dragons in the Forest of Darkness while Choi Han was there. Furthermore, people in the novel never mentioned a Dragon’s Lair or a dragon in the Forest of Darkness.

‘It must mean that it is a very old corpse.’

Tap. Tap.

Cale lowered his head to see Hong point to the swamp with a bitter expression.

“I guess I can’t eat the swamp water?”

Hong seemed to have lost his appetite after hearing dragon corpse. Cale could see that Hong was heading over to the Black Dragon to apologize without waiting to hear his answer.

it

“I do not care.”

back with a curious

thing inside the swamp and I are different.

‘tribe.’ They all just considered themselves to be individuals unique from anything and everything else in the world. Cale looked at the completely unperturbed Black Dragon before he started

thought that the mermaids would have gotten stronger from the poison in the

Paseton and Witira looked

it is probably the dead mana in the swamp and not the poison increasing

looked at the

it is poison, they would just need to take a sample to find an antidote. However,

Witira frowning while Paseton was looking at the black swamp and the nearby area.

“...It’s too wide.”

spoke up

about

figure out a way to deal with it. It would be one thing if it was poison, but the

into the Forest of Darkness

the swamp once more. A dragon’s corpse? That was an unexpected problem. The fact that this swamp was large enough to completely submerge an

grows in size a total of three times. An adult dragon that completed all three stages of growth was humongous. They were at least 5 meters larger than a Humpback

that moment, he could hear Cale’s voice

“It’s simple.”

Witira turned her head. Cale had walked up to the edge of the swamp

take as much of the swamp

from the

we make another

“...Deal?”

bigger after watching the confusion spread

didn’t plan on doing this,

he was just going to figure out what caused the mermaids to

dead mana

absorb the dead mana because they were dark creatures. However, it was just a dangerous poison

something around that was

new benefit in front of

if it was a mummified corpse, the dragon’s bones were still present.

also the

We will make another

do with dealing with

of

will take care

She had never seen such a look

pointed to the swamp

“I’ll just destroy it.”

“...What?”

going to do to this? She was

need to

a smile on

rid of it for you, so make a deal

thinking about what he was about

Darkness, somewhere where nothing would seem weird. It was a place where

“Young master Cale.”

a deal that Witira could

“Let’s make a deal.”

and Witira decided to make a

there isn’t anything I need

shows up. I will accept it as long as it is something reasonable for both parties.

not do anything for him.

way, anything coming out of the swamp belongs

“...Sure.”

dragon’s bones, but decided not to be greedy. The Whale tribe was able to rule because they were strong on both land and

Underwater, inside of the swamp. If the swamp water and mud was poisonous, it would be a difficult environment for the Whales

at the border of the swamp and waved toward the rest of the

“Step back.”

said it once more for these chumps that won’t listen to him when he wanted

back into the forest and stay there. Don’t come out

magic bag and continued

get poisoned or hurt

who had been listening quietly, started

do it on