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?”

subconsciously called out

was because he was

had no other

talking in his mind. I'm hungry. I can really eat and

you? The wind said to use her if you want to run and the Super

the only one

wind, and

that had

wood was different. Wood is a

dies. It is alive. And I am the, ‘Indestructible,’

Normal woods break.

the glutton was an indestructible

was why she could

roots into the ground, absorb the sunlight, air, water, warmth… She

she could reach anywhere and everything as long as she had a sill to connect

been created for

needed existed inside this plate called Cale. Do you know why I died in the

glutton asked Cale while

her own question. There were not enough trees

Cale quietly chuckled.

I

after hearing what the glutton had to say. The Jungle was dark back then. The

in this world.

ancient times. The things that the bastards in the Forest of

for food. What nonsense. My friends came out with me. We planned on fixing the issues of

the Forest of Darkness that Choi

Forest of Darkness during ancient times. Do you remember what

head at the glutton's

the

was what the glutton priestess had said when the shield was etched on top of his

‘I will protect you.’

been protecting

would protect him this time

started to speak to those who

will proceed with the original

to think about the

had seen it before when he visited because

the palace, coexisted with the trees. The buildings were

the Empire can detonate the dead mana bombs

urgently shared her opinion and

worry

“…Excuse me?”

words to Litana who

up so that nobody

prepared to head above

dead mana will not hurt the forest nor the

of the group members heard

We do not know what

“…Young master Cale.”

contemplate things in her mind. She trusted Cale, however, a lot of people’s lives

at that

“Cale-nim.”

Choi Han finally

be using an ancient

about how bad Cale’s current situation was, but that he continued to push himself regardless of what was going on to

had almost fainted after putting out the

looked toward Cale who was thinking Choi Han

“Yes.”

this casual answer of

people lived here in Section

his own life on

way of knowing how the Empire

7 and run even if the Jungle did not do anything because

participate in the

Litana calmed down.

“Shall we go?”

voice once the

no guards here

off the bottom of the river.

Chhhhhhh-

and the others who cut

turned them invisible once

visible even though

“Ha.”

as soon

was as

water-tank looking things throughout

Beep- Beeeeeep-

each had a beautifully shining orb on top of them. However, these beautiful orbs

Tap.

Litana’s voice that was full of despair. However, there was no other way to describe

They were bright.

were dark without even one lit light… Although the people of the Jungle were probably curled up inside

light from hundreds of these beautiful orbs, the light from the palace that was taken over by the Empire, and the

beautiful as a

order after taking a quick

move to your