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.

to

dead mana

Mary had chosen

voice kept echoing in

yourself to do

that had grabbed onto her, as well as the silver shield of the small Dragon who was

had faced after making up her mind to

Boom! Boom! Boom!

of her. She was shaking in joy

Boom! Boom!

the large amount of dead mana inside

Boom! Boom!

pain that would

mixed together inside

for only good

Ooooooo-

lifted his

trunks started to shake, no,

lowered his head

started to appear around Mary. The smoke surrounded Mary as if

shocking, however, the people around Cale could not focus on

Ooooooo-

Oooooo-

Ooooooo-

rumbling cries of the trees

cries that started only around Mary

“…What is going on?”

“What the…?”

7 all stopped what they were

the black trees stopped walking as well. They then

Shhhhh.

black tree trunk

the Dark Elves

the way

He looked around.

at the northern end of Section

large tree trunk he was stepping on, as well as the small branches around him,

Mary

He turned his head.

the palace where

was at

Ooooooo-

suddenly stopped

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

leaves started to rustle

looked toward Mary

he was looking at the tree trunk that she was

changing colors as she absorbed the dead

It was turning white.

area the size of Mary’s palm had

The Indestructible Shield.

had changed when Cale had received the ancient

It had turned white.

It had turned green.

It had turned beautiful.

The appearance had changed.

Cale was waiting.

Mary to

end

Shhhhhhh-

moment the spring breeze stopped and

chills

‘It's changing.’

starting from where Mary's hand was touching

“…Ah!”

out a

was only

to grow on the white tree trunks that she

then started to

“…What the?”

Plop.

people dropped the shovel in

that were the remains of the past battle were

It was beautiful.

restoring

threads covering the sky had disappeared, changing them into white

changing speed continued

North, South, East, West.

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

the people watching this started to

“It's too fast!”

the Dark Elf Tasha.

this large amount! It’s

looked around

absorbing dead mana too

she was absorbing too large of an

was dangerous for

in growth, so

tell the current situation after seeing Obante’s serious expression.

then clearly see Mary

was on the tree

that resembled spiderwebs looked ready

body

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

‘She's overdoing it.’

reached out toward Mary and started

in and out of death quite often ever

stopped before it reached Mary’s

“…I… c-”

voice could be heard

can

not her mechanical

voice that was

her

different voice at

remember what

It was Cale's voice.

closed her eyes after hearing

hurt yourself

what

feel the dead mana flowing

inside the trees were full of despair

had faced unjust deaths even though it

‘…I'm at my limit.’

as if they would burst from the

body was

a voice once she closed her

Keep running

her mother’s

as she was dying from being poisoned by

remember anything before she

voice telling her to run and the soft sand

felt like she could understand

was because it was in

in the desert at night when the sand had turned black. She had also seen the black dead mana

Everything had been black.

could only remember her mother’s voice and the feeling of the sand even when she tried her best to remember her

bit down

times that she had thought that she could not enjoy the beautiful sky because of

was

little Mary! I will show you the night sky! The human will go