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, cancel the spell.”

“…Fine. Human.”

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

of

asked about Raon’s condition and Choi

look at my

Han’s hand was still

aura, but I am able to feel a decent amount of mana after reaching this stage. Cale-nim, you

Squeeze.

unclenched his fists. The shaking instantly

the point that the shaking of the mana can be felt by a swordsman like

headed

is terrible for Raon and others who

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

great and mighty Raon Miru’s front paws

was not good at lying to Cale. He turned his gaze toward the city

looks like that mana disturbance is getting especially bad starting from about 500 meters away from

believe the mana would be even more

both looked toward Raon at the same time. Raon urgently

in with you! I am great and mighty! I’m going to

added on after seeing Choi

not great and mighty Raon Miru will be waiting outside. I alone will be here unable

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

probably feels like

was able to estimate the pain

‘…Anyway, this is bad.’

quite difficult for Cale’s group. They would not be able to avoid the enemies’ gazes by being invisible nor would they be able to teleport away if they ended up

can just

voice reached the still mumbling Raon's ears as Choi Han’s mind started to

Even gramps or Rosalyn cannot overcome this level of mana disturbance… This is not possible… This is closer to mana chaos than

do you mean you can't

at his hair and Choi Han's hair. Raon’s

dye magic is still

I can maintain at least one

“Is that so?”

you laughing

Raon's question and

have a lot of things

lowered ivory hood looked around in a shaded part of

“Cale-nim.”

“Quiet.”

Choi Han before recording everything outside with a

Castle is over

ordinary during their trip to this alley from the city walls. Everything was the same

we did not see any knights or mages on our

seen some Dubori soldiers but had

“What do you think?”

the Lord’s Castle is

of the alley as they focused their gazes on

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

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

“I know.”

Castle entrance as well. They still did not see any knights, but they

these soldiers be? The

the White Star’s subordinates are disguised as

“That’s right.”

who were standing at the desert entrance started to head toward the street in front of where Cale and

“They're coming.”

Tap.

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

‘Damn it!’

hide in such an embarrassing fashion every time the soldiers passed by since he didn’t have Raon to cast invisibility. Choi Han had his hand on his

ten soldiers were slowly

“Hmm?”

them

“What the…?”

“Huh?”

Their gazes moved toward

saw something black. One of the soldiers tightened their

Caw, caw.

Caw, caw.

crows suddenly come

was shocked because I saw something

soldiers’ heads. One or two landed on the stone wall at the

of the crows on the wall clean itself

some rotten food

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

crows better than

“That is true.”

“Ahem, hem! Everybody, focus!”

up straight after

feast today for the esteemed guests of the Lord-nim! It’ll

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes, captain!”

ten soldiers quickly headed

Caw. Caw.

watched them before one of the crows that flew away returned and descended into

of the alley… The crow landed on the crouching person's

“Cale-nim.”

instead of a caw came out of the crow's mouth. Cale started to smile and his

“I met with Raon-nim.”

it's been