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

dead mana was painful

was why Mary had chosen

voice kept echoing

hurt yourself

remembered the seriousness in Cale's reddish-brown eyes and his weak hand that had grabbed onto her, as well as the silver shield of

making up her

Boom! Boom! Boom!

inside of her. She was shaking

Boom! Boom!

was cheering toward the large amount of dead

Boom! Boom!

pain that would probably still continue even after she absorbed all of

emotions were mixed

was impossible for only good things to

Ooooooo-

lifted his

trunks started to shake, no, they

lowered his head

smoke surrounded Mary

sight was shocking, however, the people around

Ooooooo-

Oooooo-

Ooooooo-

of the trees started

that started only around

“…What is going on?”

“What the…?”

Section 7 all stopped what they were

people to move away from the black trees stopped

Shhhhh.

tree

of the Dark Elves asked

the way here

He looked around.

was at the northern end

large tree trunk he was stepping on, as well as

is Mary trying to

He turned his head.

around the palace where

was at that

Ooooooo-

trees suddenly stopped

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

leaves started to rustle

toward Mary through

at the tree

black trunk was changing colors as she absorbed the dead mana from

It was turning white.

small area the size of

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.

was waiting for Mary to show him

end

Shhhhhhh-

moment the spring breeze

chills throughout his

‘It's changing.’

were turning white, starting

“…Ah!”

out a

was only looking at

the white tree trunks that she was

then started to

“…What the?”

Plop.

people dropped the shovel

that were the remains of the past battle were turning

It was beautiful.

Jungle citizen and the warriors who were restoring

sky had disappeared, changing them into white threads that

speed continued

North, South, East, West.

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

people watching this started

“It's too fast!”

concern was coming from the

large amount!

quickly looked around

dead mana

absorbing too

dangerous for

levels in growth, so greed was not

tell the current situation after seeing Obante’s serious expression. She looked toward Mary and walked

Mary who was surrounded

that was on the tree

resembled spiderwebs looked ready to

entire body was

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

‘She's overdoing it.’

quickly reached out toward Mary and started to

get hurt. Mary had gone in and out of death quite often

before it reached Mary’s

“…I… c-”

be heard

I can do

not her

that was

took her hand

a different

remember what I said,

It was Cale's voice.

closed her eyes

yourself

remembered what he

dead mana flowing

inside the trees were

souls of the people who had faced unjust deaths

‘…I'm at my limit.’

that were feeling as if they would burst from the

entire body

could hear a voice once she closed

running! Keep running without looking

was her

had told her to run as she was dying

not remember anything before

voice telling her to run and

felt like she could understand the

it was in the

sand had turned black. She had also seen the black

Everything had been black.

feeling of the sand even when she tried her best to remember her past. That was all there was to remember about

bit down on

she could not enjoy the beautiful sky because of these black

was different

I will show you the night sky! The human