Trash of the Count's Family

The crow observed the fainted rat in Choi Han’s hand. The crow on Cale’s shoulder approached the rat and thoroughly observed it.

“The Illusionist seems to control rats.”

Choi Han put the fainted rat down and picked his sword up again after hearing the certainty in Gashan's voice.

Slaaaaash, slash!

The ground underneath the entire alley was flipped over. Choi Han frowned every time he stabbed his sword into the ground. Once the sword stabbed a certain length into the ground…

‘…There’s a path!’

He felt a small underground path that small animals such as rats would be able to cross. Choi Han quickly flipped the ground over. He then raised his senses to become as sensitive as possible.

Squeeak, squeak-

He then heard a quiet noise. Choi Han turned his head. Somewhere in the dark alley… A shaded spot in the corner of the wall that even Choi Han who was hiding there had ignored…

Squeeak, squeak, squeak!

Choi Han made eye contact with a rat that started to run away. He looked around at the ground, the alley, on top of the wall, and then across the Dubori territory.

‘…We're on top of the White Star's palm!’

He had no idea where else those small rats might be hiding. He had no way of knowing where they might be hiding and observing them.

‘Since when…since when were we being observed?’

Choi Han got goosebumps on his back.

Had they been observed by those rats as soon as they entered the Dubori territory? Or were they being observed long before they even arrived at the territory?

‘The rumbling we felt in Young-en when we were meeting with crown prince Valentino. Was that rumbling from the West we felt the Illusionist's doing as well?’

Choi Han had known the White Star was strong this whole time, but for some odd reason, he had not been afraid of the White Star. He felt as if the White Star was an enemy they could defeat at any moment.

‘Why did I have such thoughts?’

The White Star and his subordinates were not people they could look down upon.

The White Star had clashed with Choi Han and the others many times, but it had been as if he had been hiding himself every time. The situation in the Mogoru was something he did by making the Empire's people move.

But now, the White Star was revealing himself without hiding at all in the Caro Kingdom’s Dubori territory. It felt as if the White Star’s power, influence, and abilities were coming out of hiding and surrounding Choi Han.

‘…Shit.’

Choi Han finally started to feel a sense of danger.

‘I didn't think I’d only realize I was stuck in a spider web until after I was already stuck.’

Since they entered this small city with the Lord’s Castle, no, since they entered the Dubori territory or even the Caro Kingdom, they had been caught in the White Star’s web and had been moving on top of his palm.

Caw, caw.

Choi Han realized he could not hear anybody speaking through the crow's cawing.

‘Even Cale-nim is quiet.’

He felt the weight of this dangerous situation even more after seeing that both Gashan and more importantly, Cale, were quiet. His gaze headed toward his silent liege.

“…Cale-nim?”

Choi Han could see the silently smiling Cale. His smiling gaze met Choi Han’s eyes. Choi Han then realized why he had not been scared of the White Star until now. Every time he was about to be shocked because of the White Star’s strength, there was someone who was always smiling as if it was nothing.

“Choi Han, there's none left around us now, right?”

Choi Han closed his eyes after hearing Cale’s question. His sensitive swordsman’s senses were activated again and he soon opened his eyes.

“There are no living creatures other than us here.”

The Illusionist's rats were nowhere to be found.

“Is that so?”

Cale then crouched down on the ground. The ground that Choi Han had overturned earlier… Cale put his hand inside the now soft dirt.

Caw, caw.

A few crows surrounded Cale and Choi Han. Choi Han's eyes opened wide as this small area outside the White Star's gaze was created.

The Western continent’s common language was being written on the ground.

< Choi Han, Gashan. They won't be able to see this. >

There were no rats nearby. That meant that they would not be able to read these words.

Shh.

Cale quickly erased the words he had just written. He then started to write something else in the ground.

< Go call your friends over right away. >

‘Friends?’

The crow looked toward Cale in confusion but Cale shook his head. Choi Han also looked confused but Cale kept on writing.

Go call your friends over right away. And then…

< Tell your friends in the desert about our situation. >

Choi Han started to move his hand.

< Cale-nim, who are you talking to? >

Who was Cale giving this order to? Cale looked at him and started to speak.

"The White Star used his head very well.”

Shhhhh.

the ground were

and made us rush here in shock. He separated Raon and I with the mana disturbance and hid

well as Gashan's existence. They

know about. Cale tightened his grip

be

you. I think it’ll be better to leave this

destruction. I stay

brushed past Cale

you heard the soldiers

of them

Cale-nim, I heard

had said

will be a luxurious feast today for the esteemed guests

you planning on

heard Gashan’s voice through

“First.”

mouth. He looked toward Choi Han. Cale started to write on the ground again as

can probably bewitch

crow nodding its head before starting to write more things. The crow read what Cale was writing

Caw, caw.

crows left Cale’s side

Shhhh.

in order to get rid of the evidence. Cale then motioned toward a direction with his head and

where the

visit because it had the Land of Death, one

I never expected

his armor raised his

Clang!

glass clinked against a different glass in the

to not have to stand guard for the first time in a long while!

touch this new suit of

know where the lord found such talented people to

with his subordinate and took a sip of the wine. His eyes then

about taking care of the territory. Today was the day they were celebrating these

for such a dazzling feast to happen in

to enjoy! There were beautiful chandeliers, expensive wine, and food that was both

after guarding the entrance to

in agreement. These two were people who guarded the city walls heading into

calling everyone here to celebrate like

his subordinate

‘The lord’s giving?’

not the Lord-nim but those new individuals who are very

filled with greed as he looked toward the

paid for this feast and had brought over the new soldiers and mages

to the Dubori territory? I can’t understand what they saw in the

Screeeech-

knight covered his ear after

“Ugh.”

“Sir, what’s wrong?”

“No. It's nothing.”

before returning to normal. His eyes clouded over

are you really

such a grand welcome feast is taking part in our territory?

disappeared from the laughing knight’s mind. He picked up

Plop.

“Hmm?”

were small rocks inside his wine glass. The knight frowned and looked up. He could see the banquet

the ceiling or something. There are things falling

you a

tactfully replaced the wine glass and the atmosphere became

‘That scared me.’

hiding in the old ceiling curled

hole in the ceiling to look inside

‘Do it properly.’

up Cale was looking at Choi Han with a vicious glare. Choi Han who had made the hole erased his aura from his fingertip

side as he mouthed silently. A

Han, there are

Han nodded

no rats in the

“Haaaaa.”

sigh before stretching his legs out and

‘These… rats!’

a mess. He looked completely dirty as he was covered

would be this hard

had been difficult for Cale to infiltrate the Lord’s Castle while dodging

is

the dirt as the new employee Kim Rok Soo for the first time in a long while. He started to frown even

‘…Why! How?!’

difference between his physical abilities and this strong

Tap. Tap.

pointed toward the holes in the ceiling. There were two holes and Cale held back his sigh as he

looked through one

‘Ha!’

in disbelief. A fancy feast. He could see people enjoying themselves. Cale thought about the different rooms in

the magic research room, the military strategy room, and the

Only black mages

wonder they can't receive crown prince Valentino's calls and are so

communication had been cut while the area was surrounded in mana disturbance, which probably meant that crown prince Valentino gave up on magic and was probably rushing over

raise your

glass through the small hole. The Dubori Lord was sharing

Dubori and the Dubori territory! Look over here! These are the people

pointed to three

‘Aigoo.’

Cale sighed.

Star, the

Bear King were smiling while wearing fancy suits. Cale’s gaze turned

that person

woman with short green hair was smiling while standing between the Bear King and

‘It’s not here.’