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?”

then subconsciously called out

because he

had no

the ancient powers was continuously talking in his mind. I'm hungry. I can really eat

wind told you? The wind said to use her if you want to run and the Super Rock if you want to protect your home. Use me for

was serious. I am the only one here who

water, wind, and

were things that had existed from the

Wood is a living being, like

dies. It is alive. And I am the,

Normal woods break.

glutton was an

she could

air, water, warmth… She

reach anywhere and everything

sill had been created for the

called Cale. Do you know why I died

glutton asked Cale while

There were not enough trees

Cale quietly chuckled.

I was

was dark back

power in this world. This was what the owner of the Indestructible Shield

like this during ancient times. The things that the bastards in the Forest of Darkness gave me while saying that we were people who served a god were

for food.

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

Darkness during ancient times. Do you remember what I told you in

head

remembered. It was the

glutton priestess had said when the shield

‘I will protect you.’

been protecting Cale

protect him this

to speak to those who were looking at

proceed with the original

then started to think about the

seen it before when he visited

coexisted with the trees. The buildings were built between or on top of trees, making the entire city seem like one large

detonate the

shared her opinion and Cale nodded his

worry about

“…Excuse me?”

smoothly repeated the shield's words to Litana who asked in

will eat everything up so that

to

will not hurt the forest nor the people. Please trust

of the group members heard Cale's

know what will happen in the

“…Young master Cale.”

her lips and started to contemplate things in her mind.

was at

“Cale-nim.”

Choi Han finally chimed

be using an ancient

Han about how bad Cale’s current situation was, but that

had almost

Cale who was thinking Choi Han was smart as he

“Yes.”

lips at this casual

here in Section

own life on the line in order

have no way of knowing

and run even if the Jungle did not do anything because

would do it so that the Jungle would be too busy dealing with this situation to be able to participate in the war or at

Litana calmed down.

“Shall we go?”

heard Raon's voice once the decision-maker made up her

guards here

the bottom of the river. He soon shot out

Chhhhhhh-

and the others who

had turned them invisible

nothing was visible even though

“Ha.”

as soon as he came out of the

as Raon had

cylindrical water-tank looking things throughout

Beep- Beeeeeep-

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

Tap.

hear Litana’s voice

They were bright.

all of the houses in Section 7 were dark without even one lit light… Although the people of the Jungle were probably curled up

the light from the palace that was taken over by the Empire, and the light shining down from the

was as beautiful as a fancy

the order after

to your