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

was because he was

had no other

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

to use her if you want to run and the Super Rock if

was serious. I am the only one here who can,

wind, and

things that had existed from the

Wood is a living being,

dies. It is alive. And

Normal woods break.

glutton was an

was why she could grow

absorb the sunlight, air, water, warmth… She could eat everything over and

survive on her own, but she could reach anywhere and everything as long as she had a sill to

been

Cale. Do you

asked Cale

her own question. There were not enough trees there. There

Cale quietly chuckled.

helped. I was born

after hearing what the glutton had to say. The Jungle was dark back then. The trees were all black. That was why this was

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

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

greedy for food. What nonsense. My friends came out with

of Darkness that Choi Han had come from, but apparently,

different Forest of Darkness during ancient times. Do you remember what I told you in the

head at the glutton's

It was the moment he

said when the shield was etched

‘I will protect you.’

had been protecting Cale ever since that

him this time

those who were looking at

will proceed with the

started to think about

when he

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

then the Empire can detonate the

her opinion and Cale nodded his

don't worry about the

“…Excuse me?”

repeated the shield's words to Litana who asked in

will eat everything up so that nobody

prepared to head

will not hurt the forest nor

the group members

many opportunities. We do not know what will happen in the

“…Young master Cale.”

her lips and started to contemplate things in her mind. She trusted Cale, however, a lot

was at

“Cale-nim.”

quiet Choi Han finally chimed

be using an ancient

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

how Cale had almost fainted after putting out the fire

Cale who was thinking Choi

“Yes.”

at this casual answer of a

lived here in Section 7 of the

person was putting his own life on the line in

knowing

Section 7 and run even if the Jungle did not do anything because the declaration from the other kingdoms would put them in

in the war or at least delay their entry

Litana calmed down.

“Shall we go?”

voice once the decision-maker

guards here

the bottom of the river. He soon

Chhhhhhh-

the

turned them invisible

visible even though they shot out of

“Ha.”

out a small scoff as soon as he came

as Raon had

cylindrical water-tank looking

Beep- Beeeeeep-

shining orb on top of them. However, these beautiful orbs

Tap.

the ground with a quiet noise, could hear Litana’s voice that was full of despair. However, there was no other way to

They were bright.

Section 7 were dark without even one lit light… Although the people of the Jungle were probably curled up inside while being too afraid to even

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

as beautiful as a fancy

gave the order after taking

to