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

was because

no other

was continuously talking in his mind. I'm

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

serious. I am the

water, wind, and

had existed

was different. Wood is a living

is alive. And I am

Normal woods break.

was

was why she could grow

into the ground, absorb the sunlight, air, water, warmth… She could eat everything over and over and continue to

she could reach anywhere and everything as long

had been created

Do you know why I died in the

asked Cale

There were not enough trees there. There are only

Cale quietly chuckled.

not be helped. I

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

in this world. This was what the owner of

in the Forest of Darkness gave me while saying that we were people who

too greedy for food. What nonsense. My friends

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

times. Do you remember what I told

head

the moment he

had said when the

‘I will protect you.’

had been protecting Cale ever

protect him

to those who were looking

with the original

then started to think about the

it before when he visited because of the

buildings were built between

can detonate the

opinion and Cale nodded his

worry about the

“…Excuse me?”

words to Litana who asked in

up so

to

dead mana will not hurt the

group members

what will happen in the future. It is not

“…Young master Cale.”

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

at

“Cale-nim.”

Choi Han finally chimed

be using

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

about how Cale had almost fainted after putting out the

looked toward Cale who was thinking Choi Han was smart as he

“Yes.”

bit her lips at this

lived here in Section

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

of knowing how the

if the Jungle did not do anything because the declaration from the other

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

Litana calmed down.

“Shall we go?”

voice once the decision-maker made up

are no guards

of the river.

Chhhhhhh-

dust covered Cale and the others who cut

them

why nothing was visible even though they

“Ha.”

scoff as soon as

was as

hundreds of cylindrical water-tank looking

Beep- Beeeeeep-

shining orb on top of them.

Tap.

voice that was full of despair. However, there was no other way

They were bright.

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

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

as beautiful as

order after

to