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.

thought it

“I do not care.”

responded back with

inside the swamp and I

themselves to be individuals unique from anything and everything else in the world. Cale looked at the

have gotten stronger from the

and Witira looked

the swamp and not the poison increasing their power. Either that, or it

looked at

sample to find an antidote. However,

Witira frowning while Paseton was looking at the black swamp and

“...It’s too wide.”

spoke up

about

the mermaids’ source of strength, but they could not figure out a way to deal with it. It would be one thing if it was poison, but the other issue was too

could prevent anyone from coming into the Forest

an unexpected problem. The fact that this swamp was large

in size a total of three times. An adult dragon that completed all three stages of growth was humongous. They were at

he could hear Cale’s

“It’s simple.”

head. Cale had walked up to

take as much of the swamp water as

the swamp

then we make another

“...Deal?”

became bigger after watching the confusion spread on Witira’s

plan on

to figure out what caused the mermaids to get stronger before getting out of here. However, the situation was different

dead mana is

dead mana because they were dark creatures. However, it was just a dangerous poison to natural creatures like the Whales or

reason to keep something around that was helpful

also a new benefit in front of

it was a mummified corpse, the dragon’s bones

also the

will make another

have to do with dealing with this

An unexpected sense of anticipation

care of

the excitement in Cale’s eyes. She had never seen

to the swamp and gave

“I’ll just destroy it.”

“...What?”

say he was going to do to this? She was staring blankly

to

at Cale. He still had a smile on his face and seemed

will get rid of it for you,

about what

nothing would seem weird. It was a place where he could claim anything that happened to be an

“Young master Cale.”

deal that Witira could

“Let’s make a deal.”

decided to make a

anything I need

will accept it as long as it is something reasonable for both parties. This is a promise I, WItira, makes with my name on

head at her words. It was fine if she did not do anything for him. The

anything coming out

“...Sure.”

to be greedy. The Whale tribe was able to rule because they were strong on both

water and mud was poisonous, it would be a difficult environment for

at the border of the swamp and waved toward the

“Step back.”

once more for these chumps that won’t listen to him when he wanted to get to work right

back into the forest and stay there. Don’t

the magic bag and continued

or hurt if you

listening

do it on your