Trash of the Count's Family

Cale then heard Tasha's voice. The voice that made it through the water sounded worried.

“…This is bad. W, we can’t handle this much.”

Tasha looked toward her subordinates while standing between Litana and Choi Han who did not know what was going on.

Although some of them were left behind in Section 8, the best of the Dark Elves in the entire Dark Elf city were by her side right now.

All of them had stiff expressions on their faces.

Tasha bit down on her lips.

‘…There are so many.’

She had smelled a sweet yet bitter fragrance as soon as they entered Section 7 underwater. That was the fragrance of dead mana that was like a fountain of strength for them.

She was happy to smell it at first.

However, she started to feel suffocated the farther they walked up the river.

There was too much dead mana for them to absorb. Just how much death had to have happened for this much dead mana to be here?

Tasha subconsciously looked toward Mary.

Her father, the current mayor of the Dark Elves’ Underground City, had told her a little bit about black magic.

‘Protect Mary.’

‘Excuse me? Father, what do you mean?’

‘It is an order as the mayor. Mary might…’

The Dark Elf mayor who had lived for over five hundred years blinked before continuing to speak.

‘Yes, this may all just be nature taking its course. It is finally time for someone to receive the will of the Sage of Death.’

‘The Sage of Death?

Who is that?’

Tasha was confused, but the mayor continued to speak in a serious tone.

‘Take our best warriors with you. I’ll send some more as reinforcements as well. However, you MUST protect Mary. We must protect the only necromancer in the world.’

Tasha had planned on protecting Mary even if the mayor had not said to do so.

Alberu was her nephew by blood, however, she felt just as close to Mary. Tasha had still not forgotten about when she had saved the ten-years-old Mary.

“This is bad.”

Tasha flinched and turned toward Eruhaben. She knew the true identity of this ancient Dragon, unlike the other Dark Elves. The other Dark Elves were probably debating whether this was real right now and questioning whether Eruhaben really was a Dragon.

Tasha tightly clenched her eyes after hearing the stiff ancient Dragon’s comment.

“It looks like the Empire's goal from the beginning was to destroy the Jungle.”

An urgent voice shot out through the water after a moment of silence.

“…Just what? What do you mean?”

Litana, the Queen of the Jungle, responded back in anger. Tasha slowly started to explain the power that they were feeling from throughout Section 7.

Both Litana and Choi Han’s pupils started to shake after hearing Tasha's explanation.

“S, so, what you're saying is… There are currently dead mana bombs throughout Section 7 and although the Dark Elves may eventually be able to absorb all the dead mana, it will be hard to deal with it at the moment of explosion?”

Litana's voice was shaking as she stood there with a blank expression while trying to calmly assess what Tasha had just told her.

“That is why we might not be able to save everyone, and Section 7 might be destroyed as well?”

She could hear the low voice of the mysterious Archmage who started to speak as if he was responding to her.

“They plan on creating hell.”

Hell.

Litana felt chills on the back of her neck as soon as Eruhaben said that word.

She tightly clenched onto her spear. Her gaze headed toward a specific person at the same time.

Cale Henituse.

Her gaze had subconsciously headed toward this man.

‘Why am I looking at him when he probably can’t give me any answers?

This was not something any of us expected.’

Who would have known that the Empire wished to destroy Section 7 instead of taking it over out of greed?

‘Should I have told them to run and resist?’

Litana recalled how she had ordered her people to not resist and remain still. She also thought about her decision to wait at Section 8 instead of barging in right away.

“Damn it!”

She noticed Cale’s expression as anger started to fill her eyes.

“…Young master Cale?”

called out

because he was

no

the ancient powers was continuously talking in his mind.

was the glutton saying that her appetite was endless. Remember what the wind told you? The wind said to use her

was serious. I am the

water, wind, and

that had existed

different. Wood is a living being,

it dies. It is alive. And

Normal woods break.

the glutton was an

she could grow

the sunlight, air, water, warmth… She could eat everything

and everything as long

had been created for

she needed existed inside this plate called Cale. Do you know why

asked Cale

question. There were

Cale quietly chuckled.

be helped. I was born in

had to say. The Jungle was dark back then. The trees were all black. That was why this was called the Forest of Darkness

gained an ancient power in this

the Forest

food. What nonsense. My friends came

that she meant the Forest of Darkness that Choi Han had come from, but apparently, he had been

Forest of Darkness during ancient times. Do you remember

nodded his head

It was the moment he first gained

glutton priestess had said when the shield was etched on top

‘I will protect you.’

protecting Cale ever

would protect him this time

to speak to those who were

will proceed with the original

started to think about the layout

he

palace, coexisted with the trees. The buildings were built between or

the dead mana bombs and destroy Section

and Cale

worry

“…Excuse me?”

smoothly repeated the shield's words to Litana who asked

everything up so that

to head

the forest

of the group members

do not know what will happen in the future. It is not time to look

“…Young master Cale.”

mind. She trusted Cale, however, a lot of people’s lives

at

“Cale-nim.”

quiet Choi Han finally

you be using an

from Rosalyn and Choi Han about how bad Cale’s current situation was, but that he continued to push himself regardless of what was

almost fainted after putting

thinking Choi Han was smart as he answered

“Yes.”

her lips at this casual answer of a single

people lived here in

his own life on the

have no way of knowing how the Empire

do anything because the declaration from the other kingdoms would

be too busy dealing with this situation to be able to participate in the war or at least delay their entry into the war. It was possible that the Empire would aim to do

Litana calmed down.

“Shall we go?”

the

are no guards

the river. He soon shot out of

Chhhhhhh-

and the others who cut through

turned them invisible

why nothing was visible even though they

“Ha.”

small scoff as soon as he came out of the

was as Raon had

hundreds of cylindrical water-tank looking things

Beep- Beeeeeep-

on top of them. However, these beautiful orbs were giving off some

Tap.

landed on the ground with a quiet noise, could hear Litana’s voice that was

They were bright.

in Section 7 were dark without even one lit light… Although the people of the

that was taken over by the Empire, and the light shining down from the airship floating above the palace were

was as beautiful

order after

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