Trash of the Count's Family

Thunderbolt. Rain. Wind.

There were many natural elements that tried to destroy the earth, however, they all failed to do so. Whether it becomes dust or mud, the earth was still strong enough to support everything on it.

That earth was moving.

It was different than an earthquake.

However, everybody could feel the weirdness of the earth.

Lock was the first to feel it. The young boy was the one who was standing closest to Cale. He could feel the light vibrations underneath his feet.

It was different than the rumbling of the earth when a thunderbolt struck it. The earth made a very light and subtle noise.

Lock's gaze then headed toward the source of those vibrations.

The vibrations had started from underneath where Cale Henituse was standing.

Lock’s bloodshot eyes soon opened wide.

“Ugh!”

Cale's body staggered. Cale’s foot that was stepping on the slightly shaking ground slightly shook.

“Y, young master-nim!”

Lock reached his hand out in shock. However, his hand could not grab Cale, who bent forward and staggered to the side.

Lock moved his hand that grabbed empty air again in order to try to grab Cale’s shoulder.

It was at that moment.

Baaaaang!

It was the noise that had been hammering against the shield.

The noise that should have been in the sky felt extremely close.

Lock felt chills throughout his body. His gaze headed toward the source of the noise.

“Ahhh! H, hurry!”

“T, the shield broke!”

‘…Broke?’

The shield will not break. Lock recalled how Vice Captain Hilsman told him through a call about how that phrase had become famous.

The Gorge of Death. It was a place with so much wind in the winter that it felt as if someone was crying all night.

The calls he had with Vice Captain Hilsman every so often in order to report in and hear about how Cale and the others had achieved victory had made Lock's heart beat fast.

The story that was the most memorable was about the shield. The Indestructible Shield. He felt himself heating up every time he heard about how the shield would not break.

But that shield broke?

Lock's gaze headed up to the sky.

Baaaaaang!

A thunderbolt struck the ground. The people heading for the teleportation magic circle started to walk faster. Screams and shrieks filled the battlefield.

He looked up at where the thunderbolt had struck down from.

A portion of the silver shield was broken.

Baaaaang! Bang! Bang!

Hundreds of thunderbolts were still striking down at the shield.

Lock could see cracks appearing throughout the silver shield. It would soon break completely.

That fact filled Lock's mind.

Bang!

Lock raised his head.

He looked directly above where he was standing. He could see that the silver shield was breaking above him as well.

Craaaack-

The cracks were starting to get worse.

“Magic Brigade, activate the shield!”

"Archie, Paseton, help people escape!”

Rosalyn and Witira shouted with urgency. The ground was starting to shake even more as all of this happened. Lock's heart started to beat faster.

It was at that moment.

Craaaaaaack.

The shield above his head broke.

Lock could see the bright light coming in through the shield.

His heart was beating crazily.

If that thunderbolt lands on him, then-

Lock suddenly thought about two people.

His current tasks.

Looking at Cale's back.

Holding onto Raon.

Those were his two tasks.

really all I

and despair started to beat to a different rhythm. Thunderbolts continued to fall around Lock, Cale, and Raon

while following his

there was someone who was moving based on instincts even more

Tap.

off his shoulder and into the

Lock started to speak.

“Hyung!”

Han and his sword that was covered in black aura slammed

made of the light

darkness instantly disappeared after slamming into

“Ugh!”

from the impact of his aura

didn’t know that it would

half-blood was much greater than the

he was relieved. He was able to change the direction of the thunderbolt, even

Baaaaang!

on empty ground. However, Choi Han could not just stand there

Craaaack.

shield was starting to break in multiple places. Thunderbolts were coming in through all of those cracks. He tightly grabbed onto his sword once again. Cale was bent

in a lot

started to move again. Another thunderbolt made it through

break it, he needed to at least change

Baaaaang!

and made a loud noise. Choi Han’s body was flung aside again as he

was at

long you think you can

“Ah.”

the ground. The Dragon half-blood was laughing. Choi Han could

needed to change the direction of that thunderbolt. He

“Lock.”

see his younger brother who was frozen stiff after seeing the

“Run!”

visible on Choi Han’s face as he

became

not

not been frozen stiff after seeing

just unable to move as he was watching Choi Han. Seeing his hyung-nim fighting against the thunderbolts without any hesitation was making

and despair was slowly being broken down by Choi

Boom! Boom! Boom!

was beating

out of his heart was the blood

were beating

the laughing Dragon half-blood and the thunderbolt heading their

Boom!

heart broke through the

the same time, the human Lock thought about a few things.

My task is…!’

His will that had been sleeping deep

‘My tasks.

I must protect!’

could see Choi Han and Mary's

also see the

then instantly grabbed the bent-over Cale. He then used his body in order to hide Raon and

cannot get

Wolf and his thoughts as a human

at that

‘us,’ over, ‘me,’ started

“Ugh!”

to vibrate like the ground

task is. My task

thought on Lock's mind as the young

clearly see what was going on. Even others from Cale’s group who were rushing over had their eyes wide open. Choi Han, who knew about Lock's current condition,

“…His berserk transformation!”

started to quickly become

changing extremely quickly compared to the

muscular. At the same time, sharp

tribe turned dark blue when they went berserk. The fur that covered Lock’s body

last time he went berserk, when

“This-”

shocked at Lock's size, as well as the color of the fur

not dark

It was shining.

to shine. It turned into silver hair that continued to grow out

a hint of

The Blue Wolf tribe.

dark blue fur that resembled the night and replaced it with silver fur with a blue hue that resembled

was able to go berserk in this new transformation because he had thrown himself

did not look at

curled up his body that was

would land

to the ground. He then used his body to hide Cale and

to their original color. His large

that he

pupils that had returned to normal

‘I found it.

found what I have to

slowly raise his head and started to

the only kind of thing he had seen

the children,

whom he met later. This was all he had seen while being around all

why Lock smiled at Cale, who was looking at him with

“It's okay, young master-nim.”

‘It’s just a thunderbolt.’

a sense of

‘I am strong.

I can do this.’

“Lock-”

he could also see Cale’s body that was covered in blood. He found it funny that Cale responded like this to someone else sacrificing themselves

“It’s o-”