Trash of the Count's Family

Cale's gaze that had been on the black book turned toward Mary and Obante.

Mary started to speak.

“…I am hungry, no, I wish to get stronger.”

There was only one response Cale could give to that.

“Get started.”

It was time to go purify things.

However, there was a voice that stopped him at that moment. One day.

Cale turned around.

It was the video communication device in the ancient Dragon Eruhaben’s hand. The crown prince said one last thing before ending the call. Head to the Empire one day later.

Cale, who was planning to immediately head there after Mary was done, thought for a moment before nodding his head.

“I will do that.”

The call ended with his response.

Cale looked around him.

There were tree trunks woven together like black spiderwebs underneath the bright sun.

In front of Cale’s tent. Obante, the Dark Elf mayor, caressed a black tree trunk.

‘They’re huge.’

The black trunks seemed to be endless. He could feel the dead mana inside of them trying to escape.

There was so much that he could not tell how much dead mana was inside all of these black tree trunks.

‘Mary will become significantly stronger if she absorbs all of this.’

Of course, it was impossible for her to absorb all of it because of the sheer amount.

Obante was disappointed, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Strength was not something that you could gain as much as you wanted just because you wanted it.

It was similar to how there were tiers in sword art and magic.

A beginner swordsman would be useless even with aura.

Everything was only in balance when you had just enough strength to match where you were at.

You were bound to get sick if you ate too much at once.

That was why he was both satisfied and worried about the hesitating Mary.

Cale had told Mary to have all of this dead mana.

That was why Mary was hesitating.

‘She’s probably concerned about taking all of the dead mana by herself when the Dark Elves worked with her last night.’

Obante thought that it was very much like Mary as he approached her.

“Mary.”

She looked toward him once he called her.

“We are fine, so take as much as you want, no, as much as you need to become full.”

Mary could see Tasha and the Dark Elves nodding their heads behind Obante. They had all gathered outside Cale's tent at some point.

“Yes, we have Elementals too!”

“We already absorbed a large amount of dead mana while purifying the black despair last night.”

All of them nodded their heads as they chimed in.

“Mary, you can have it all! You've suffered quite a bit in all those battles up until now.”

“That’s right.”

“You are the most famous of the people from our city and the one who worked the hardest! You deserve something like this as a reward!”

“That’s right!”

The Dark Elves all played off of each other while urging Mary to quickly absorb all of the dead mana.

The Dark Elf warriors were all at least 100 years old. The struggling 27-year-old Mary was like their youngest sister or niece to them.

Mary's gaze moved past the Dark Elves and toward Cale.

He just nodded his head for her to do whatever she wanted.

Mary slowly started to walk after seeing that stoic expression.

Tasha started to shout once Mary started to move.

“All warriors disperse!”

“Yes, ma'am!”

“Yes, ma’am!”

The Dark Elves quickly started to climb the black tree trunks. Tasha continued to give them orders.

“Go around Section 7 and tell people to move away from the vicinity of the black tree trunks!”

She then added on.

“Let them know that the purification is starting!”

Rustle-

The Dark Elves started to move, leaving behind the rustling of leaves in place of a response.

Their voices could be heard coming from all around them.

“The purification is about to start!”

“Please move away from the black trees!”

The voices became quieter as they moved away from the tent, however, that showed that they were reaching all parts of Section 7.

Mary took a deep breath while hearing their voices.

“Huuuuuu.”

Cale pointed to a spot as she did that.

“Your mark is still visible over there.”

Her mark. Mary started to walk toward the mark that she had made.

It was the spot she had accidentally absorbed the dead mana from earlier. She raised her head once she got there.

Large tree trunks were covering the sky.

The spring sky was beautiful, however, she could not enjoy it because it was covered up by the woven tree trunks.

She was touching that tree trunk right now.

Mary put her hand back on the side of the tree that had been purified about the size of her palm.

She then closed her eyes.

She was hungry.

wanted to

mana was

why Mary had

a voice kept echoing

yourself to

his weak hand that had grabbed onto her, as well as the silver

making up her mind to go see

Boom! Boom! Boom!

her heart beating wildly inside of her. She was shaking in joy and

Boom! Boom!

was cheering toward the large amount of dead mana

Boom! Boom!

was afraid of the necromancer's life of pain that would probably still continue even after she absorbed all

emotions were mixed

was impossible for only

Ooooooo-

his head

tree trunks started to shake, no, they started

his head back

to appear around Mary. The smoke

was shocking, however, the people around Cale could

Ooooooo-

Oooooo-

Ooooooo-

rumbling cries of the trees started to

started only around Mary

“…What is going on?”

“What the…?”

7 all stopped what

to move away from the black trees stopped walking as well. They

Shhhhh.

black tree trunk was

the Dark Elves asked

way here

He looked around.

was at the northern

well as the small

is Mary trying to

He turned his head.

around the palace where Cale and Mary should

at

Ooooooo-

trees suddenly

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

to rustle from the

Mary

at the tree trunk that she

as she absorbed the dead mana from

It was turning white.

small area the size of Mary’s palm

The Indestructible Shield.

tree had changed when Cale

It had turned white.

It had turned green.

It had turned beautiful.

The appearance had changed.

Cale was waiting.

waiting for Mary to show him some

the end of that

Shhhhhhh-

breeze stopped and the

felt chills throughout his

‘It's changing.’

starting from where

“…Ah!”

out a

was only looking at

to grow on the white

started

“…What the?”

Plop.

the Jungle people dropped the shovel in

black tree trunks that were the remains of the past battle were

It was beautiful.

Jungle citizen and the warriors who were restoring things to normal raised their heads with

disappeared, changing them into white

speed continued

North, South, East, West.

white without caring for whether they were by the palace, the business district, or the residential

of the people watching this started

“It's too fast!”

voice of concern was coming from the Dark Elf Tasha.

large

looked

was absorbing dead mana

absorbing too large of

dangerous for

levels in growth, so greed was

after seeing Obante’s serious expression. She looked toward

Mary who was surrounded in black

hand that was on the tree

veins that resembled spiderwebs

body was

Mary’s face that was covered by the hood. Mary was

‘She's overdoing it.’

quickly reached out toward Mary

and out of death quite often ever since she was young. She did not

before it

“…I… c-”

could be heard

I can do

not her

was extremely shaky, but full of

took her

a different voice at

what I

It was Cale's voice.

closed her eyes after hearing Cale's

hurt yourself

what

feel the dead mana

things that were tied up inside the trees were full of

people who had faced unjust deaths even though it was

‘…I'm at my limit.’

were feeling as if they would burst from the dead mana

entire body was shaking

voice once she closed her

Keep running

was her mother’s

told her to run as she was dying from being poisoned by dead

anything before she was

voice telling her to run and the

felt like she could understand the reason

because it was in

night when the sand had turned

Everything had been black.

mother’s voice and the feeling of the sand even when

down on her

that she could not

was

little Mary! I will show you the night