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.”

canceled the spell. The crackling noise disappeared and Raon appeared in front of them while pouting. Cale noticed that Raon’s front paws

because of the mana

condition and

at my

Han’s hand was

after reaching this stage. Cale-nim, you and the civilians who don’t use mana or aura might not notice

Squeeze.

clenched and then unclenched his

right now. It is to the point that the shaking of the mana can be felt by

gaze headed

it is terrible for

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

and mighty Raon Miru’s front paws do not shake

Dragon was not good at lying to

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

believe the mana would be even more chaotic once we enter

Raon at the same time. Raon urgently shouted as soon as he

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

then shrugged his shoulders and timidly added on

Raon Miru will be waiting outside. I alone will be here unable to do anything. I am…

with Raon who

feels like he's extremely

Han was able to estimate the pain Raon

‘…Anyway, this is bad.’

They would not be able to avoid the enemies’ gazes by

not like we can just

Raon's ears as Choi Han’s

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

mean

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

magic

mighty! I can maintain at

“Is that so?”

are you

answer Raon's question and

climb over the wall. We have a lot of

the lowered ivory hood looked around in a shaded part

“Cale-nim.”

“Quiet.”

Choi Han before recording everything outside with a sharp

Castle is over

from the city walls. Everything

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

had not seen any

“What do you think?”

Lord’s Castle is the center of

were hiding in the shadows of the alley as they focused their gazes on the

would rather escape to the desert was probably the reason the Lord’s

something is weird. We didn’t see anyone on the way here, but at the Lord’s Castle entrance

“I know.”

than usual 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

could these soldiers be? The answer was

Star’s subordinates are

“That’s right.”

who were standing at the desert entrance started to head toward the street

“They're coming.”

Tap.

to Choi Han and those soldiers, hid in the shadows as if he was crumpling his

‘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 as he

soldiers were slowly

“Hmm?”

them

“What the…?”

“Huh?”

toward one spot. Their gazes moved toward an alley they

saw something black. One of the soldiers tightened

Caw, caw.

Caw, caw.

did these crows suddenly come

because I

clear sky circled the soldiers’ heads. One or two landed on the stone wall at the edge

of the crows on the wall clean itself snorted

rotten food in that

be. There’s probably a dead animal or something. Last time it was eagles, now it

aren't crows better

“That is true.”

“Ahem, hem! Everybody, focus!”

up straight

guests of the

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes, captain!”

ten soldiers quickly headed toward the Lord’s

Caw. Caw.

watched them before one of the

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

“Cale-nim.”

a caw came out of the crow's mouth. Cale started to

“I met with Raon-nim.”

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