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.”

and 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

it because of the

about Raon’s condition and Choi Han

at my

Han’s hand was

stage. Cale-nim, you and the civilians who

Squeeze.

Han clenched and then unclenched his fists. The shaking

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

gaze headed toward

for Raon and others who use

not feel

and mighty Raon Miru’s front paws do not shake because of mana disturbance

was not

bad starting from about 500 meters away

the mana would be even more chaotic once

Raon at the

you! I am great and

added on

be waiting outside. I alone will be here unable to do anything. I

enter into the city with Raon who could not

feels like

to estimate the pain Raon was feeling while using magic

‘…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’

like we can just not go

ears as Choi Han’s mind started

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

do you mean you

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

magic is

I am great and mighty! I

“Is that so?”

you laughing like that

question and nudged Choi Han’s

over the wall. We have

hood looked around in a shaded part of

“Cale-nim.”

“Quiet.”

Han before recording everything outside

Castle

trip to this alley from the city walls. Everything was the same as

But we did not see any knights

seen some Dubori soldiers but had not seen any

“What do you think?”

the Lord’s Castle is the center

and Cale were hiding in the shadows of the alley as

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 and decorated with

something is weird. We didn’t see anyone on the way

“I know.”

Castle entrance as well. They still did not see any knights, but they saw soldiers who seemed to

be? The answer

looks like the White Star’s subordinates

“That’s right.”

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

“They're coming.”

Tap.

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

‘Damn it!’

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

ten soldiers were slowly getting

“Hmm?”

of them stopped

“What the…?”

“Huh?”

all looked toward one spot. Their gazes moved toward an alley

the

Caw, caw.

Caw, caw.

crows suddenly

was shocked because

few crows who suddenly appeared in the clear sky circled the soldiers’ heads. One or two landed on

watched one of the crows on the wall clean itself snorted before releasing his grip on his

rotten food in

probably a dead animal or something. Last time it was

aren't crows better

“That is true.”

“Ahem, hem! Everybody, focus!”

up and stood up straight after hearing the veteran

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

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes, captain!”

quickly headed toward

Caw. Caw.

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

a shaded part of the alley… The crow landed on the

“Cale-nim.”

mouth. Cale

“I met with Raon-nim.”

been