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

“Raon, cancel the spell.”

“…Fine. Human.”

stern voice made Raon grumble as he canceled the spell. The crackling noise disappeared and Raon appeared in front of them while pouting.

of the mana

Raon’s condition and Choi

look at my

Han’s hand was still

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

Squeeze.

clenched and then unclenched his fists.

point that the shaking of

headed toward

it is terrible for Raon

fine because they could not feel mana. Cale looked toward Raon as well while Raon stretched

paws do not shake because of mana

thing if he wasn't stuttering, but this young Dragon was not good at lying to Cale. He turned

is getting especially bad starting from about 500 meters away from the city

the mana would be even more chaotic once

Raon at the same time.

I am great and

added on after

outside. I alone will be here unable to

city with Raon who could not

probably feels like he's extremely

the pain Raon was feeling while using magic

‘…Anyway, this is bad.’

would make things quite difficult for Cale’s group. They would not be able to avoid the enemies’

it's not like we can just not go in

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

this level of mana disturbance… This is not possible… This is closer to mana chaos than mana disturbance… For I, the great and might Raon Miru to be unable to do

you mean you can't do

Cale. Cale stood in front of the no longer invisible Raon and looked at his hair and Choi Han's hair. Raon’s

magic is

I can maintain at least

“Is that so?”

you laughing

answer Raon's question and nudged Choi Han’s

have a lot of things to

hood looked around

“Cale-nim.”

“Quiet.”

shushed Choi Han before recording everything outside

Castle

during their trip to this alley from the city walls. Everything was the same as the Dubori territory

does seem to be the Lord’s Castle. But we did

some Dubori soldiers but had not seen any of the Dubori

“What do you think?”

Castle is the

shadows of the alley as they focused their gazes

the Dubori Lord who was famous for being so cruel that the residents would rather escape to the desert was probably the reason the Lord’s Castle was quite large

way here, but at the Lord’s Castle entrance and

“I know.”

Castle entrance as well. They still did not see any knights, but they saw soldiers who seemed to be trained better than the Dubori

The answer was easy

the White Star’s

“That’s right.”

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

“They're coming.”

Tap.

Han and those soldiers,

‘Damn it!’

embarrassing fashion every time the soldiers passed by since he didn’t have Raon to cast invisibility. Choi Han had his hand on his scabbard and lowered his breathing as he

were slowly getting

“Hmm?”

them

“What the…?”

“Huh?”

spot. Their gazes moved toward

of the soldiers tightened

Caw, caw.

Caw, caw.

did these crows suddenly

shocked because I saw

who 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 crows on the wall

there’s some rotten food

a dead animal or something. Last time it was eagles,

crows better than

“That is true.”

“Ahem, hem! Everybody, focus!”

stood up straight after hearing the

esteemed guests of the Lord-nim! It’ll be chaotic until night time, so everybody needs

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes, captain!”

headed toward

Caw. Caw.

as it watched them before one of

alley… The crow landed on the

“Cale-nim.”

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

“I met with Raon-nim.”

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