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.

hand on Raon's

“Raon, cancel the spell.”

“…Fine. Human.”

his stern voice made Raon grumble as he canceled the spell. The crackling noise disappeared and Raon appeared in front of them while pouting. Cale noticed that Raon’s front paws were

because of the mana

asked about Raon’s condition and Choi Han

at

hand

mainly use aura, but I am able to feel a decent amount of mana after reaching this stage. Cale-nim, you and the civilians who don’t

Squeeze.

and then unclenched his fists.

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

gaze headed toward

for Raon and others

they could not feel mana. Cale

no! The great and mighty Raon Miru’s front paws do not shake

Dragon was not good at lying to Cale. He

disturbance is getting especially bad starting from about 500 meters away from

would be even more chaotic once we enter past

both looked toward Raon at the same time. Raon urgently shouted as soon as he met

great and mighty! I’m going to do

shoulders and timidly added on after seeing Choi Han and Cale’s

and mighty Raon Miru will be waiting outside. I alone will be here unable to do anything. I am… not… great

city with Raon who could not maintain his invisibility and would continue to

probably feels like he's extremely

estimate the pain Raon was feeling while using

‘…Anyway, this is bad.’

not enter with Raon would make things quite difficult for Cale’s group. They would not be able to avoid the enemies’ gazes by being invisible nor

we can

voice reached the still mumbling Raon's ears as

overcome this level of mana disturbance… This is not possible… This is closer to mana chaos

you mean

quickly jerked toward Cale. Cale stood in front of the no longer invisible Raon and looked at his hair and

dye magic is

great and mighty! I

“Is that so?”

Why are you laughing like that

answer Raon's question

the wall. We have a lot of

lowered ivory hood looked

“Cale-nim.”

“Quiet.”

before recording everything outside

Castle

this alley from the city walls. Everything was the same as the Dubori territory he visited

But we did not see any knights or mages on

but had not seen any of

“What do you think?”

Lord’s Castle is the center of the mana

the shadows of the alley as they focused their gazes on the Dubori Lord’s

escape to the desert was probably the reason the Lord’s Castle was quite large and decorated with luxurious sculptures for a territory this

is weird. We didn’t see anyone on the way here, but at the

“I know.”

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 the Dubori

these soldiers be? The answer was easy to

like the White Star’s subordinates are disguised as

“That’s right.”

who were standing at the desert entrance started to

“They're coming.”

Tap.

Choi Han's location changed instantly. Cale, whose physical strength was significantly lacking compared to Choi Han and those

‘Damn it!’

soldiers passed by since he didn’t have Raon to cast invisibility.

soldiers were slowly

“Hmm?”

of them

“What the…?”

“Huh?”

soldiers all looked toward one spot. Their gazes moved

something black. One of the soldiers tightened their grip around their

Caw, caw.

Caw, caw.

did these crows suddenly

I was shocked because I saw something

suddenly appeared in the clear sky circled the soldiers’ heads. One or two landed on the stone wall at the edge of the alley while

the wall clean itself snorted before

guess there’s some rotten food in that

There’s probably a dead animal or something. Last time it

aren't crows

“That is true.”

“Ahem, hem! Everybody, focus!”

up straight after hearing

be a luxurious feast today for the esteemed guests of the Lord-nim! It’ll be chaotic until night time, so everybody needs to

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes, captain!”

ten soldiers quickly headed

Caw. Caw.

one of the crows that flew away returned and descended into

alley… The crow landed on

“Cale-nim.”

Cale started to smile and his gaze

“I met with Raon-nim.”

been a