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.”

chuckled and looked toward Choi Han. Choi Han sighed before looking toward

like we need to lift the dirt up a bit

“Ah, I’ll do that.”

activated a weak version of the Sound

Shaaaaaa-

wind brushed by where the slates used to rest. A bit of the dirt

gaze to the side. Cale started to frown after seeing Choi Han’s

you looking

“…It is nothing.”

over and picked up his sword. Rosalyn

a small amount of dirt at a time, it was not difficult. It was just boring. Cale continued to move the dirt little by little as he started

the Super Rock

what the Scary Giant Cobblestone

trying to

made Cale

Why?

some urging in the profound voice

Rock telling him to sacrifice himself gave Cale

a grasp of how the Super Rock

this power

also had no plans to

the Super Rock did not

All it said was…

Rock was

put his own body in front to protect

all that the

moment

‘Just ignore it.’

to ignore the voice

‘Sacrifice myself?’

‘Why should I?’

thoughts

“Human, human!”

out to Cale

“Ah.”

immediately deactivated the Sound of

item he had been waiting for was

also started to hear

Tick tock. Tick tock.

the sound of a

Raon started to shout.

is definitely

and started to

was an orb made

lot of foreign devices surrounding the orb. However, the liquid inside

was full

“… This is weird.”

as she started to

right. It is weird. What is this

next to Rosalyn, looked inside the pit and started to

with

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

was this

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

something natural. I will need to break the orb and

we definitely need to

and the Dragon seemed to have an idea about what it was. The two looked at

made eye contact with them, started to

“It must be fire.”

As expected.

the Dragon did not disagree. Rosalyn started to

the end, their goal seemed to have been to pull

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

The fire would burn everything black, thus making it easy

Harol would have no reason not to enter. Once he does, this castle will go

Boom!

a large circle with his

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 of fire while

for anybody else other than that

and

Tap. Tap.

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

“Good job.”

snickered and looked

great even

“Yes, yes.”

continued on even

tock. Tick

gaze headed toward the magic

was not your average

device had the orb

27:13:44.

Rosalyn started to speak.

the mages developed this magic bomb together. It seems to be a way to store the mage’s mana in advance in order to set the magic bomb to go

had the issue of needing a mage to

in the orb so that only a

of the orb, there was only a

the amount of mana in the orb, the strength of the magic bomb seems to be pretty weak. It seems to be only strong enough to break a boulder the size of an

magic bomb in front of them did not

strength to set

tock. Tick

27:12:07.

Choi Han

with a happy expression on

them all up for

his alternate dimension as if he had expected Cale’s response. Rosalyn lifted up the orb with the purple liquid before she handed

magic bomb and

this timer? The magic bomb might go off if we remove

spoke with a smile still

let it

“Excuse me?”

Clap.

clapped once to get their

going to cause a typhoon, so it is

set it off! Then we can take the timer

had the same thought as he did, on the head as he gave

Rosalyn. Let's get

time to

standing guard at night is the

it

“That is true.”

fire surrounding the Maple Castle, the ones facing the Whipper Kingdom’s base

the still brightly lit patient tent and

really

say they know