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's

“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

about Raon’s condition and Choi Han

at my

hand was still

mana after reaching this stage. Cale-nim, you and the civilians

Squeeze.

and then unclenched his fists. The shaking instantly

is to the point that the shaking of

gaze headed toward

for Raon

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

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

but this young Dragon was not good

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

correct. I believe the mana would be even more chaotic once we enter past

Han looked at each other before they both looked toward Raon at the same time. Raon urgently shouted as soon as he met

you! I am great

his shoulders and timidly added on after

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

they could not enter into the city with Raon who could not maintain his invisibility and would

feels like

to estimate the pain Raon was feeling

‘…Anyway, this is bad.’

they could 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 would they be able to teleport away if

not like we can just not go in

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

stupid mana disturbance… I am not great and mighty… Even gramps or Rosalyn cannot overcome this level of mana disturbance… This is not

do you mean you can't

front of the no longer invisible Raon and looked at his hair and

dye magic is

course! I am great and mighty! I can maintain at least one type of

“Is that so?”

Why are you laughing

question and

have a lot of things to

the lowered ivory hood looked around in a

“Cale-nim.”

“Quiet.”

Choi Han before recording everything outside with a

Castle is

during their trip to this alley from

to be the Lord’s Castle. But we did not see any knights or mages

Dubori soldiers but had not seen any of

“What do you think?”

Castle is the center

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

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

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

“I know.”

for the Lord’s Castle entrance as well. They still did not see any knights, but

The answer was easy

White Star’s

“That’s right.”

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

“They're coming.”

Tap.

instantly. Cale, whose physical strength was significantly lacking compared to Choi Han and those soldiers, hid in the shadows as if he was crumpling his body since he

‘Damn it!’

Raon to cast invisibility. Choi Han had his hand

ten soldiers were slowly

“Hmm?”

of them

“What the…?”

“Huh?”

spot. Their gazes moved toward an alley

saw something black. One of the

Caw, caw.

Caw, caw.

these crows suddenly

I was shocked because I saw

on the

who watched one of the crows on the wall clean itself snorted

guess there’s some rotten

something. Last time it was eagles, now it is

crows

“That is true.”

“Ahem, hem! Everybody, focus!”

shut up and stood up straight

a luxurious feast today for the esteemed guests of the Lord-nim! It’ll be chaotic until

“Yes, sir!”

“Yes, captain!”

quickly headed toward the Lord’s

Caw. Caw.

the wall cawed as it watched them before one of the crows that

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

“I met with Raon-nim.”

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