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

had no other

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

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

am the only one here

wind, and

had

Wood is a

born and it dies. It is alive. And I am

Normal woods break.

was an indestructible

why she could

could lower her roots into the ground, absorb the sunlight, air, water, warmth… She could eat everything over and

her own, but she could reach anywhere and everything as long as she had a

sill had been created for the

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

glutton asked Cale

soon answered her own question. There were

Cale quietly chuckled.

helped. I was born in

back then. The trees were all black. That was why this was called the

first gained an ancient power in this world. This

bastards in the Forest of Darkness gave me while saying that we were people who served a god were

I was too greedy for food. What nonsense. My friends came out with me. We planned on fixing the

Darkness that Choi Han had come from, but apparently, he had been

during ancient times. Do you

his head at the

remembered. It was the moment he first

said when

‘I will protect you.’

had been protecting Cale ever since

protect him this

to speak to those who were looking at

proceed with the original

think about the layout of Section

when he visited because of

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

detonate the dead mana

and Cale nodded his

worry about

“…Excuse me?”

words to Litana who

will eat everything up so that

prepared to head

the forest nor the people. Please

the group members heard Cale's

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

“…Young master Cale.”

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

at

“Cale-nim.”

quiet Choi Han finally

be using an

power. Those words made Litana flinch. 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 what

about how Cale had almost fainted after

Choi Han was

“Yes.”

bit her lips at this casual answer of a single

in

person was putting his own life on the line in order to save

knowing how the Empire

do anything because the declaration from the other

so that the Jungle 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

Litana calmed down.

“Shall we go?”

the decision-maker

guards here right

off the bottom of the river. He soon shot out of

Chhhhhhh-

Cale and the others

had turned them invisible once

was visible even though

“Ha.”

scoff as soon

as

water-tank looking things

Beep- Beeeeeep-

orb on top of them. However, these beautiful

Tap.

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

They were bright.

Although the people of the Jungle were

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

to your