Trash of the Count's Family

Harol suspected that the basement was used as a prison and as a dwelling for the slaves.

Clack. Clack.

Cale’s group did not say much as they headed down the stone staircase and into the basement. There was only one thing on all of their minds right now.

“A dead mana bomb?”

Rosalyn let out a sigh.

Clack.

Cale stopped on the last step to go down into the basement.

“Miss Rosalyn, please shine some light into the basement.”

“Got it.”

Rosalyn created some light orbs and sent them floating into different areas of the basement. The orbs soon lit up the entire area.

“It seems to be a prison.”

Cale nodded his head at Choi Han’s comment.

The area was full of iron cages. Although there were many paths available to take, they all seemed to lead to cages. Choi Han looked at the simple yet complicated layout and started to speak.

“It looks like a maze. Cale-nim, should I go down first?”

“Do you want to do?”

“… Excuse me?”

Choi Han could see that Cale was smiling.

Cale motioned for Choi Han to stay still before looking to his side.

Sniff. Sniff.

Raon was still sniffing. Although he did not look like a majestic Dragon as he did that, Cale just continued to let Raon do his thing.

Raon made eye contact with Cale after sniffing for a bit longer. Raon stopped sniffing and tilted his head in confusion after seeing Cale’s warm gaze.

At that moment, Cale pointed to the basement and started to speak to Raon.

“Raon, go!”

Raon, who blankly blinked his eyes a few times, finally nodded his head.

“Alright, human! Just follow me!”

Sniff. Sniff.

Raon started to sniff again.

It was difficult to detect dead mana unless you had the darkness attribute. The only reason that Raon was able to do so was because the dead mana was the dead Dragon’s mana, something that Raon was used to.

“Hmm?”

Raon looked behind him only to see that Cale was not following him.

Cale was leaning on the wall of the staircase with his arms crossed.

“Let me know when you find them all.”

Shoo. Shoo.

Raon nodded his head at Cale’s shooing motion and started to move. Choi Han watched this while fidgeting. At that moment, Rosalyn used levitation magic to lift herself slightly off the ground.

“Young master Cale, I can follow behind Raon-nim if I do this, right?”

“Yes. Enjoy your trip.”

Rosalyn smiled before chasing behind Raon. She was using small mana orbs to verify the route that Raon took in order to make sure that it was okay.

Choi Han, who watched this for a moment, finally started to speak.

“Cale-nim, are you worried that Raon might miss a bomb and we might get hurt? Is that why you are making me stay here?”

Cale did not respond as he continued to observe the area that was continuing to light up with Rosalyn’s mana orbs. Choi Han started to smile and stood next to Cale as if he was a guard.

‘His tone is rude but he’s always looking out for everyone.’

As Choi Han was thinking that, Cale had a different thought in his head.

‘Not doing anything while making others work is really the best.’

Rosalyn and Raon were working while he got to rest here. However, that moment of rest did not last very long.

“I found it!”

The center of the basement, the location that all of these winding paths connected to, was where Raon was shouting from.

“You can follow me.”

Rosalyn, who had walked all the way back from the center of the basement, guided them to Raon. Cale could see Raon pointing to the ground with his front paw when he entered this factory-like section.

“This is where it is coming from! It is very strong!”

Cale looked down at the ground.

Contrary to the cages that were made of iron, the ground of this area was made of stone slates. He started to speak.

“It looks like we need to lift these slates up.”

Cale turned his head. Choi Han, who was looking down at the slates, turned his head as well. Cale, Rosalyn, and Raon were all looking at him.

“Ahem.”

Choi Han took out the sword at his side and pulled up both of his sleeves.

“I will lift it up.”

Choi Han said that as he reached toward the slates. At that moment, Raon started to speak.

“But I can do it faster.”

Black mana headed toward the large slates.

A total of four slates were covered by the black mana.

Clunk. Clunk.

The slates slowly lifted up. Choi Han flinched.

Cale watched as the four slates moved without any issues before he then started to speak.

“You really are great and mighty.”

and looked toward Choi Han. Choi Han sighed

looks like we need to lift the dirt up a bit as

“Ah, I’ll do that.”

and Rosalyn. He activated a weak version of the Sound of the

Shaaaaaa-

the slates used to rest. A

the side. Cale

looking at

“…It is nothing.”

slowly walked over and picked up his sword. Rosalyn

at a time, it was not difficult. It was

did the Super Rock

Scary Giant Cobblestone had said a moment

trying

statement made Cale

Why?

he sensed some urging in the profound voice of

not a masochist. Hearing the Super Rock telling

grasp of

this power

had no plans to use

that ancient book that described the Super Rock did not describe the

All it said was…

Rock

put his own body in front

was all that the book

thought for a moment before coming to

‘Just ignore it.’

ignore the voice

‘Sacrifice myself?’

‘Why should I?’

no thoughts about

“Human, human!”

out to Cale at

“Ah.”

immediately deactivated the Sound of

item he had been waiting

also started to hear

Tick tock. Tick tock.

the sound of a ticking

Raon started to shout.

it! This is definitely

down and started to investigate

was an orb made

orb. However, the liquid inside of the glass orb was what caught her

orb was full

“… This is weird.”

as she

is weird. What is this

next to Rosalyn, looked inside the

see about ten bombs with the black

a magic bomb that he had never seen before along with an orb that was full of a

this

and Raon both looked toward the purple liquid. Raon was the

need to break the orb and take a closer look to figure out what

right. Raon-nim, we definitely need to research

and the Dragon seemed to have an idea about

eye contact with them,

“It must be fire.”

As expected.

Dragon did not disagree.

seemed

on using this dead mana bomb and the pillar of fire to blow this

it easy to hide the evidence of their use of

not finding anything in the castle, Harol would have no reason

Boom!

circle with his front

blow up and

they do not all die, the Empire will have succeeded if some people end up being poisoned by the dead mana. As for Toonka’s side that is deemed to not have any mages, they would need to escape from the pillar

for anybody else other than

and looked up at

Tap. Tap.

on Cale's leg with his paw. Cale caressed Raon's round

“Good job.”

Raon snickered

I am great even if my

“Yes, yes.”

along. The sound continued on even at that

Tick tock. Tick

headed toward the magic

your

the magic bomb. This device had the orb of

27:13:44.

Rosalyn started to speak.

that the Alchemists and the mages developed this magic bomb together. It seems to be a way to store the

had the issue of needing a mage to

a very faint amount of mana in the orb so that only

inside of the orb, there

the amount of mana in the orb, the strength of the magic bomb seems to be

magic bomb in front of them did not need to

have enough strength to set off

Tick tock. Tick

27:12:07.

Raon, and Choi Han

with a

pack them all

expected Cale’s response. Rosalyn lifted up the orb with the purple liquid before she handed it to

before she grabbed the magic bomb

The magic bomb might go off if we

spoke with a smile

let it

“Excuse me?”

Clap.

to

typhoon, so it is not hard to set a bomb off

off! Then we can take the timer

smiled brightly in joy. Cale patted Raon, who had the same thought as

Han, Miss Rosalyn.

to put out the

is the hardest thing

it

“That is true.”

surrounding the Maple Castle, the ones

toward the still brightly lit patient tent and started

are really

are. Did they say they