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

because he

no other

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

The wind said to use her if you want to run

glutton was serious. I am the

wind, and

that had existed

is a

It is alive. And I

Normal woods break.

glutton was an

why she could

air, water, warmth… She could eat

but she could reach anywhere and everything as long as she

sill had been created for

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

asked Cale

own question. There were not enough trees there. There are only

Cale quietly chuckled.

I

had to say. The Jungle was dark back then. The trees were all black.

ancient power in this world.

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

there. They said that I was too greedy for food. What nonsense. My friends came out with me. We

thought that she meant the Forest of Darkness that Choi Han had come

was a different Forest of Darkness during ancient times. Do you remember

his head at the

remembered. It was the moment he first

glutton priestess had said when the shield

‘I will protect you.’

been protecting Cale

him this

those

will proceed with the original

then started to think about the

he visited because of the Sun God

The buildings were built between or on top of

master-nim, then the Empire can detonate the dead mana bombs and destroy

her opinion and Cale nodded his head before

don't worry about the

“…Excuse me?”

smoothly repeated the shield's words

eat everything up so that nobody gets

to head

the

of the group members heard

not know what will happen in the

“…Young master Cale.”

to contemplate things in her mind. She trusted

at that

“Cale-nim.”

quiet Choi Han finally chimed

you be using

how bad Cale’s current situation was, but that he continued

how Cale had almost fainted after putting out the fire in Section

toward Cale who was thinking Choi Han was smart as he

“Yes.”

at this casual answer of a

people lived here in Section 7 of the

putting his own life on the line in order to

of knowing how the Empire would

run even if the Jungle did not do anything

be able to participate in the war or at least delay their entry into

Litana calmed down.

“Shall we go?”

voice once the decision-maker made

are no guards

off the bottom of the river. He soon shot out

Chhhhhhh-

Cale and the others who cut

had turned them invisible once

nothing was visible even though they

“Ha.”

small scoff as soon as he came

as

cylindrical water-tank looking things

Beep- Beeeeeep-

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

Tap.

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

They were bright.

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

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

was as beautiful as a fancy

gave the order after taking a quick

to your