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 to

was because

had no

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

Remember what the wind told you? The wind said to use her if you want to run and

the only one

wind,

things that had existed from

was different. Wood is a living

is born and it dies. It is alive. And

Normal woods break.

was

was why she could grow without

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

anywhere and everything

that sill had been created for the

existed inside this plate called Cale. Do you know why

asked Cale while

her own question. There were not

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 all black. That was why this was called the Forest of

recalled the conversation he had when he had first gained an ancient power in this world. This was what the

weren’t tasty things like this during ancient times. The things that the bastards in the Forest of Darkness gave me while saying that we were people

I was too greedy for food. What nonsense. My friends came out with me.

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

Forest of Darkness during ancient times. Do you remember what

head at the

course, he remembered. It was the moment he

had said when the shield was etched on

‘I will protect you.’

been protecting Cale

would protect him this

those

proceed with the original

started to think about the

he

The buildings were built between or on

then the Empire can detonate the dead mana bombs and

opinion and Cale nodded his head

worry

“…Excuse me?”

the shield's words to Litana who asked in

eat everything up so that

to

the forest nor the people. Please

the group

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

“…Young master Cale.”

her mind. She trusted Cale, however, a lot of people’s lives were on the

at that

“Cale-nim.”

Choi Han finally

you be using

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

how Cale had almost

was thinking Choi Han was

“Yes.”

her lips at this casual answer of

in Section 7

was putting his own life on

have no way of knowing how the

did not do anything because the declaration from the other kingdoms would

so that the Jungle would be too busy dealing with this situation to be able to participate in the war or

Litana calmed down.

“Shall we go?”

Raon's voice once the decision-maker made up

no guards here right

the bottom of the river.

Chhhhhhh-

covered Cale and the others who cut through the

turned them

was visible even though they shot out of

“Ha.”

a small scoff as soon as he came out

as Raon had

of cylindrical water-tank looking things

Beep- Beeeeeep-

them. However, these beautiful orbs were giving off some odd

Tap.

quiet noise, could hear Litana’s voice

They were bright.

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

orbs, the light from the palace that was taken over by the Empire, and the light shining down from the airship floating above the palace were all making Section 7 brighter

was as beautiful as

the order after taking a quick

move to