Trash of the Count's Family

Cale put down the gulping Cat Knight Sir Rex from his arms and started to walk.

Tap.

Cale walked down the dark entrance into the underground with only the sound of his steps being heard around him.

Tap. Tap. Tap.

This dark path had torches at equidistant intervals. There were some water drops falling from the ceiling that looked as rough as a cave.

Only the sound of the water drops filled this area.

There was a long straight path as soon as they arrived at the bottom of the stairs. It was wide enough for a carriage to travel through.

‘It really was a secret passage.’

Choi Han was in the front of the group looking around.

He started to frown.

He could smell the scent of death.

Corpses.

It was a terrible smell that he wished he did not know. It was the smell that he had smelled too many times in the Forest of Darkness and in Harris Village.

His gaze started to turn cold. …Human, this smell-

Raon stopped before telling Cale what it was. He tightly clenched his chubby front paws while his round face started to frown.

The front paws of the Cat that was walking down the passage were shaking.

He was used to this smell.

The same thing he smelled a long time ago when he had left his siblings without even saying goodbye in fear that he might be caught overwhelmed him now fifteen years later.

He was barely able to walk. Human! There are people up front!

Cale stopped walking after hearing Raon's warning.

Two knights and one alchemist.

There were two knights standing guard on either side of the wide passage. The alchemist was next to one of the knights reading a document.

Tap.

Cale tapped on Choi Han's shoulder.

Choi Han started to walk without responding back.

‘It’s fine if we catch the hunters, however, we will be quickly be found if we touch anybody within the Alchemists’ Bell Tower.

‘That is why we will not touch anybody and instead quietly go in and come back out.

‘That is the only way to successfully save the footage and give us time to spread it to the citizens of the Empire.’

Choi Han started to think as he recalled what Cale had said to him.

‘He chooses to take such a difficult path.’

Someone would eventually realize that they had infiltrated the tower, but wouldn’t they work faster and more efficiently if they just knocked everyone unconscious?

However, Choi Han could only move seriously as he was not making that decision.

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

A strand of breeze blew by.

“Wow, the outside air really is warmer now that it is springtime.”

The knight holding the spear commented while the alchemist reading the document started to grumble.

“I'm just thankful its Spring. Do you know how hard it was in the Winter? All that cold air coming in from the outside, sigh.”

Cale walked past the knights and the alchemists quite leisurely while making sure to remember their faces. Human! I will remember these bastards’ faces! I will not let them survive! I won’t forgive anyone in the Alchemists’ Bell Tower! I promised Mary that we would destroy it together!

The six-year-old was constantly being loud, however, Cale looked around without any emotions visible on his face.

They soon came to the end of the passage.

A wide area appeared in front of them.

He suddenly heard the voice of the alchemist behind him.

“There will be no ventilation and this rotten smell will fill the area if we close the entrance. That's even worse than the Winter cold.”

‘…You son of a bitch.’

Cale started to frown.

It was an extremely wide and large underground hall.

There was also a path coming into it from the east, west, and south, in addition to the northern passage they had come through.

Cale closed his eyes. Human, I don't think I can look at this.

Cale could feel the round front paws that grabbed onto his back.

Raon was holding Cale's back.

Choi Han's hand was shaking with a sword in his hand.

They saw a staircase heading down as soon as they entered the hall.

He could not help but look down the stairs.

There were skeletons.

“Oo-!”

‘Ugh!’

Billos covered his mouth.

He was looking a few meters underneath the ledge they arrived at after entering this hall.

There was a mountain of skeletons.

He could see that these bones were wearing clothes that had not rotted away.

‘…These damn crazy bastards!’

Choi Han’s body started to shake.

‘How could people, how could people do such things?’

It was a large pile of corpses.

There were cylindrical containers located at many spots within that pile of corpses.

were full

mana. Human, this must be where they made

hearing Raon's

grabbed his left hand

It was slightly shaking.

because he was

the

Billos’s

Han’s hands

disgust while the other was shaking in

minds started to go

at that

“Sob.”

heard someone's suppressed

and Billos

group at

put a soundproof barrier around

the knights in the

the…? Did you just hear

have heard wrong. We've heard so many people dying that we think we hear moaning all

speak once even Billos

bastards that deserve to

his head as his

not see the

he could clearly imagine

still had no choice but to

was coming from

“Soooob, sob.”

could hear someone

not

trying to hold himself back so much that he was

He was the one who was

managed to

felt like his whole world was shaking after seeing this underground area

‘Whose bones are those?

skeletons of my siblings? My neighbors? My

Bang, bang!

his head on the ground. His forehead started to bleed after being scratched by the rough floor, but Rex did not

“Soooob, ugh!”

and tears started to mix

fluid seeped into

off of his shaking legs to stand up. He slowly started to walk as he

going to go

and blood dripped from

could only blankly stare at the falling blood

soundproof barrier magic prevented the enemies located at the entrance of the passage from looking

not much light

paid any attention to

probably could not

Han didn’t know what to say about the sight in front of

He could feel despair.

and despair made

Han heard Cale’s voice at

“I’ll go with you.”

Cale's response. He slowly

Cat, Rex, started to descend

arrived underground to the

could see the skeletons piled up

seemed to have been dead for a

from his forehead had reached his eyes, making him look like he was crying

Cat and

brother, you

still heard his noona

Rex started to speak.

to kill

going to kill

would do it. He could not think

to

Imperial Prince…

started to list the people he needed

had dried up at some

“No.”

at the voice he then heard coming from behind him. No,

was pressing down on the floating blob of blood, which was where he presumed Rex’s forehead was

and honestly explained to

Prince

slowly returned to his senses after hearing the blunt and cold voice that was different from the warm hand

someone else’s voice coming from

“Cale-nim.”

out to

“I know.”

‘What does he know?’

eyes were

next to Sir Rex. He then whispered

at the highest

‘The highest point?’

focused on the skeletons slowly

seemed

such an area was located

he also thought that they managed to not get caught because it was so deep

“…Huh?”

a certain spot as they went

was at the highest spot in this underground

right beneath

an area there that was sticking out like a terrace to view a

a terrace

was built just to look down at this pile

the moment his eyes

was a mix of both

“…Found you.”

could see the people

armed knights and mages, as well

weaker than

at the person at the center of the group as the ancient Dragon, Eruhaben, calmly deducted the strength of

at

“It's the Imperial doctor!”

pointed out was handing the person at the

“It’s dead mana.”

wine glass was

that and leisurely looking down at

“…The Imperial Prince.”

started to

Imperial Prince Adin.

shirtless and sitting on a wheelchair, making the injury Choi

‘He’s drinking dead mana?’

appeared on

“Human!”