Trash of the Count's Family

Brown hair fluttered in the wind. A country farmhouse on the outskirts of the Dubori territory. It was near the desert, but plants still grew decently here.

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

However, there were also barren areas that people didn’t touch.

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

A strand of wind was passing through one of those areas. The owner of the fluttering brown hair reached his hand to lower his ivory-colored hood. It covered his brown hair. Human! The mana disturbance is getting worse the closer we get!

Cale bit down on his lips.

“Cale-nim.”

Choi Han who had light beige-colored hair was running with him.

“We are increasing our speed.”

Swoooooooosh-

The Sound of the Wind coming out of Cale's hand surrounded Cale and Choi Han whose hairs were dyed with magic, as well as the invisible Raon and increased their speed. Human! I see the central small city over there!

Cale looked toward the small city with the Lord’s castle. It was the location with the entrance to the Land of Death. The mana disturbance is getting worse the closer we get to it!

That meant that that was where the White Star or whatever the White Star did was located.

‘That’s also where that illusionist or whatever is as well.’

He was holding onto the golden top's whip, but had not heard anything yet. Cale was rational but slightly rushed as he headed down the mountain and toward the Dubori territory.

Swoooooooosh-

That sense of urgency raised the speed of the wind surrounding the two humans and one Dragon.

‘Now about 600 meters.’

They were about 600 meters away from the wall surrounding the small city. They would soon be able to jump over the wall.

"We will jump over the wall as effectively as possible.”

Cale gave the order to Raon and Choi Han before starting to observe the soldiers on top of the wall.

‘The citizens on our way here, as well as the soldiers over there, they all seem fine.’

They were too relaxed to be acting and the soldiers seemed to be their usual relaxed and lethargic selves who wanted to slack off if possible. There was no sense of urgency nor anxiety coming from them.

‘And surprisingly…’

Cale's gaze headed far to the West.

‘We can't see the fire as soon as we entered the boundaries of the territory.’

The fire surrounding the Land of Death was not visible anymore.

‘Is all of this just an illusion?’

The Illusionist.

He didn't know who the Illusionist was, but if this was all the work of the Illusionist, then that person was extremely strong. Cale was getting a headache because of this new enemy but continued to press forward.

‘Now about 500 meters!’

They would soon arrive at the central location of this incident.

“Ugh!”

It was at that moment. Cale stopped moving.

“…Raon?”

He heard a child’s groan in the air. Cale's eyes urgently moved toward the empty air. He saw a spot that was warping.

Crackle, crackle.

A spot in the air was warping similar to the ripples created by a rock that had landed in a lake and Raon’s body appeared and disappeared back and forth.

“What's wrong?”

Cale became anxious seeing Raon like this while Choi Han reached out and hugged Raon before they quickly moved to a blind spot where the soldiers on the walls would not be able to see them.

Cale was following behind Choi Han when Choi Han reached one hand toward him.

“Hey, why are your hands shaking?”

Choi Han’s hand in front of him was shaking.

“One moment please.”

Choi Han asked Cale for a moment before laying Raon down on a soft patch of grass.

Crackle, crackle.

Raon’s body was still glitching, making Choi Han gently speak to Raon.

“Remove your invisibility magic.”

“I, I don't want to! The great and mighty Raon Miru cannot lose!”

He was stuttering a bit, but Raon sounded better than Cale expected. Raon curled his body and channeled more black mana.

Pat.

placed their hand on

“Raon, cancel the spell.”

“…Fine. Human.”

the spell. The crackling noise disappeared and Raon appeared

it because of the mana

asked about Raon’s condition

look at

Han’s hand

able to feel a decent amount of mana after reaching this stage.

Squeeze.

and then unclenched his fists. The shaking instantly

mana in the air is extremely chaotic right now. It is to the point that the shaking of the mana can

gaze headed toward

it is terrible for Raon and others who use

of the territory, and Cale were fine because they could not feel mana. Cale looked toward Raon

The great and mighty Raon Miru’s front paws do not shake because of

stuttering, but this young Dragon was not good at lying to Cale.

that mana disturbance is getting especially bad starting from about

mana would be even more chaotic once we enter past the city

each other before they both looked toward Raon at the same time. Raon urgently

am great and mighty! I’m going to do it

added on after

Raon Miru will be waiting outside. I alone will be

into the city with Raon who could not maintain his invisibility and would continue to struggle because of

feels like he's extremely

able to estimate the pain Raon was feeling while using

‘…Anyway, this is bad.’

difficult for Cale’s group. They would not be able to avoid the enemies’ gazes by being invisible

not like we can just not

mumbling Raon's ears as

or Rosalyn cannot overcome this level of mana disturbance… This is not possible… This

do you mean

invisible Raon and looked at

magic is

mighty! I can maintain at least one

“Is that so?”

Why are you laughing like that

question

have

ivory hood looked around in

“Cale-nim.”

“Quiet.”

shushed Choi Han before recording everything outside with

Castle

noticed anything out of the ordinary during their trip to this alley from the city

Castle. But we did not see any knights or

Dubori soldiers but had not seen any of

“What do you think?”

Castle is the center of

shadows of the alley as they focused their

so cruel that the residents would rather escape to the desert was probably the reason the Lord’s Castle was quite large and decorated with luxurious sculptures for a territory this

on the way here, but at the Lord’s

“I know.”

at the desert entrance. It was the same for the Lord’s Castle entrance as well. They still did not see any knights, but they saw soldiers who seemed to be trained better than

these soldiers be? The answer was easy

like the White Star’s subordinates are disguised

“That’s right.”

The group of soldiers who were standing at the desert entrance started to head toward the street

“They're coming.”

Tap.

whose physical strength was significantly lacking compared to Choi Han and those soldiers, hid in the shadows

‘Damn it!’

since he didn’t have Raon to cast invisibility. Choi Han had his hand on his scabbard and lowered his

were slowly

“Hmm?”

them stopped

“What the…?”

“Huh?”

one spot. Their gazes moved toward an alley they were

something black. One of the

Caw, caw.

Caw, caw.

these crows suddenly come

I was shocked because I

or two landed on the stone wall at the edge of the

crows on the wall clean itself snorted before releasing his

there’s some rotten food in

a dead animal or something.

aren't crows

“That is true.”

“Ahem, hem! Everybody, focus!”

soldiers shut up and stood up

the Lord-nim! It’ll be

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes, captain!”

ten soldiers quickly headed toward

Caw. Caw.

watched them before one

The crow landed on the crouching

“Cale-nim.”

Cale started to

“I met with Raon-nim.”

been a