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 other

of the ancient powers was continuously talking in his mind. I'm hungry. I

glutton saying that her appetite was endless. Remember what the wind told you? The wind said to use her if you want to

glutton was serious. I am the only

wind, and

were things that had existed from

is a living

dies. It is alive. And I am the,

Normal woods break.

was an

why she could grow without

water, warmth… She could eat everything over and

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

had been created

this plate called Cale. Do you know why I

asked

her own question. There were not

Cale quietly chuckled.

be helped. I was born in the

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

recalled the conversation he had when he had first gained an ancient power in

like this during ancient times. The things that the bastards in the Forest of

food. What nonsense. My friends came out with me. We planned on

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

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

head at the

remembered. It was the moment

was what the glutton priestess had said when

‘I will protect you.’

shield had been protecting

him

started to speak to those who

with the

then started to think about the layout of Section

it before when he visited because

were built

master-nim, then the Empire can detonate the dead

her opinion and Cale nodded his

worry about

“…Excuse me?”

shield's words to Litana who

will eat everything up so

prepared to

the forest

the group members heard Cale's

also do not have many opportunities. We do not know what will happen in the

“…Young master Cale.”

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

was at that

“Cale-nim.”

quiet Choi Han

you be using an

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

her think about how Cale had almost

who was thinking Choi

“Yes.”

lips at this casual answer

people lived here in Section

his own life on the line in order to

no way of knowing how the Empire would

the Jungle did not do anything because the

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

Litana calmed down.

“Shall we go?”

voice once the decision-maker

are no guards here

of the river. He soon shot out of the

Chhhhhhh-

dust covered Cale and the others who

them

visible even though they shot

“Ha.”

scoff as soon as he

was as Raon

water-tank

Beep- Beeeeeep-

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

Tap.

could hear Litana’s voice that was full of despair. However,

They were bright.

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

beautiful orbs, the light from the palace that was taken over by the Empire, and

beautiful as a fancy

order after taking a

to