Trash of the Count's Family

“It looks like the White Star will soon come down the passage to the underground trap.”

Cale looked around after hearing Mary’s calm report. Most of the group were scattered and only Raon, the Dragon half-blood, Cale, and Mary were together. It was at that moment.

“Young master-nim.”

Mary hesitated for a moment before starting to speak again.

“…The White Star is smiling.”

As Mary mentioned, the White Star was smiling. The faint smile slowly became thicker until he started to laugh out loud as well.

“Ha, haha! How did I not know about this?!”

His eyes were sparkling.

Shhhh, shhhh.

He continued to grab the sand with his hand. The black sand fell through the cracks between his fingers as soon as he grabbed them, but the White Star did not care.

He lowered his body and took a breath.

“…As I expected.”

The White Star started to smile after feeling the dead mana entering his nose.

He then lifted his head. The ground and the sky were both dark because it was nighttime, but he started to feel the presence of death throughout the desert.

“Damn it!”

Bear King Sayeru who saw the White Star's actions quickly covered his nose with his sleeve. The White Star and Sayeru made eye contact.

‘What are you going to do?’

The White Star pointed toward the passage that was as dark as the sky after seeing the question in Sayeru's gaze.

“Everybody other than the black mages will go in.”

The black mages were excited rather than upset that everybody else except them were going in. They weren't as certain about it as the White Star, but they too had started to notice the dead mana smoke rising in the desert.

Dead mana was the source of power for the black mages. It was more beneficial for them to stay here and gather dead mana as the earth attribute power wouldn't be theirs even if they went down with the White Star.

The White Star approached a black mage.

“Thoroughly figure out what is going on in this desert.”

“Yes, my liege.”

The White Star turned away from the black mage and looked around the desert.

‘How interesting yet weird.’

The White Star had lived for 1,000 years. Naturally, he had lived in the Land of Death, one of the Western continent's five Forbidden Regions during one of his past lives.

‘I've passed through here too.’

He didn't remember which life it was, but he had crossed through this desert with flight magic to head to the shore when he was a mage.

He had not noticed anything odd during that time. He just found it interesting that the color of the sand changed during the day and night.

However, dead mana smoke was rising from this place.

It felt as if he had found an unexpected treasure.

“Hmm?”

The White Star then turned after feeling a foot touching his calf.

Tap, tap.

It was Sayeru’s foot. He was standing there with his nose and mouth covered and a frown on his face. He was gesturing to quickly enter the passage.

Unlike the White Star, dead mana was poisonous for Sayeru. It was the same for the Lion tribe and the other subordinates as well.

looked as if they wanted to go into the passage as

smoke was slowly increasing, and they wanted to get away

started to give orders as Sayeru could

passage in order.

a moment before

or move anything, I will kill

their heads

White Star had ripped a subordinate to shreds when he was getting the ‘Water Wall’ ancient power because that subordinate had taken a single step without being told he could

on listening to whatever the White

people who had seen

is a useful

fear listened to the

why I really

power was harder to find than even the sky attribute ancient

The White Star who recalled his forgotten past name started to think about the human who gave him the last name of Barrow. He

White Star? You're curious about

Star had asked about the ancient White Star. That person's intentions were to inform the White Star that the ancient White

the records, the ancient White Star is said to have all five major attributes

been repeated and passed down to future generations of Dragon Slayers

were a lot of different types of powers. Ah, he apparently had a power of fear as

‘Fear?’

Slayer's diary, the first Dragon Slayer emphasized over and over that they needed to be cautious

Barrow. There were many Dragon Slayers who wrote memoirs following his

Star had not been able to get the first Dragon Slayer, Nelan Barrow's memoir,

information in them had helped him become even greater than the ancient White

over in their graves,

of information, the White Star had tried to get the Water of Judgment in place of

the final earth attribute ancient power was after

‘Fear.’

power

the power the White Star needed more than anything

the world the moment I gain that

for this final button to commence his real plan. That was why he had come here even though

black mages, close

Star ordered the Lions who were

the dead

them down first to figure out if there were any traps or

because he expected Cale’s group

subordinates at all, but the Lions who were ordered bit down on their lips

first Lion slid

and only

was now thick enough to

Huuuuu.

sucked in some of the dead mana

black mages walked over with a kissing up type of smile on his face. The White Star smirked

black mages did not have a leader after the Alchemists’ Bell Tower's Tower Master had died. That was why all of them were doing everything they could to try to get on the White Star's good graces and become the

you seek. Although we are not able to be with you down

the obvious flattery

to kill people for the dead mana we will continue to need. It’s better to use a place like this if

my liege! We will thoroughly investigate it.

his head and headed toward the passage. He then stopped and looked toward the black mages. He stealthily said something to the black mage

to thoroughly investigate it

Dorph was currently at the second secret base fulfilling one

in the White Star's eyes. The White

the Gate to the Demon World and looked inside. Tell

White Star recalled what Dorph had told

said that I would throw Cale Henituse and his friends into the Gate to the Demon World to see their reaction. I don’t think they’ve even been around

‘Still, look into it.’

I'm extremely observant,

up the Gate to the Demon World on purpose

as that was an important issue, and the White Star's gaze slowly became colder as he thought about it. The black mage

course, my liege. I will immediately

“……Good.”

passage. His body disappeared into the underground passage as

White Star anymore. It would be bad if the

so the rest

“Yes, sir!”

first black mage’s orders. The black mage who gave