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 he was

had no other

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

you? The wind said to use her if you want

am the only

water, wind,

that had existed

wood was different. Wood is a

born and it dies. It is

Normal woods break.

was an indestructible

why she could

air, water, warmth… She

reach anywhere and everything as long as she had a sill

had been created for

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

glutton asked

own question. There were not enough trees there.

Cale quietly chuckled.

could not be helped. I

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

the conversation he had when he had first gained an ancient power in this world. This was what the owner of the Indestructible Shield

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

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

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

times. Do you remember what

his head at the glutton's

the moment

glutton priestess had said when the shield was

‘I will protect you.’

had been protecting Cale ever since that

him this time as

started to speak to those who

with

then started to think about the layout

before when he visited because of the

palace, coexisted with the trees. The buildings were built between or on top of trees, making the entire

detonate the dead mana

and

don't worry

“…Excuse me?”

shield's words to Litana who asked in

up so that nobody gets

to head above

not hurt the forest nor the

group

have many opportunities. We do not know what

“…Young master Cale.”

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

was at that

“Cale-nim.”

quiet Choi Han finally

you be using

Choi Han about how bad Cale’s current situation was, but that

her think about how Cale had almost

Cale who was thinking Choi Han

“Yes.”

at this casual answer of a single

people lived here in Section 7 of

was putting his own life on the

have no way of knowing how

did not do anything because

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

Litana calmed down.

“Shall we go?”

heard Raon's voice once the

guards here right

the bottom of the river. He soon shot out of

Chhhhhhh-

covered Cale and the others who cut

had turned them invisible once

why nothing was visible even though they shot out of the

“Ha.”

soon as

as

of cylindrical water-tank looking things throughout

Beep- Beeeeeep-

a beautifully shining orb on top of them. However,

Tap.

could hear Litana’s voice that was

They were bright.

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

light from hundreds of these beautiful orbs, the light from the palace that was taken over by the Empire, and the light shining down

was as beautiful as a fancy

order

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