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.

wanted to go into the passage

was slowly increasing, and they wanted to get away from

White Star looked toward the subordinates and started to give orders as Sayeru could

in order. Once

for a moment before continuing

touch or move anything, I will kill you

nodded their heads with stiff

seen how the 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

listening to whatever the White

people who

is a

fear listened

why I really need

ancient power was harder to find than even the sky attribute

his forgotten past name started to think about the human who gave him the last name of Barrow. He was the person who handed the Dragon Slayer's powers, position, and duty

Star? You're curious about

White Star. That person's intentions were to inform the White Star that the ancient White Star was evil, but the White Star had become drunk by stories of the ancient

the ancient White Star is said to have all

that the first Dragon Slayer had told his successor had been repeated and passed down to future generations

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

‘Fear?’

first Dragon Slayer emphasized over and

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, but he had the other Dragon Slayers’ memoirs or

him become even

roll over in their graves, but the White Star

those pieces of information, the White Star had tried to get the Water of Judgment in place of the ancient White Star’s water attribute ancient power, however,

attribute ancient power was after gathering

‘Fear.’

remaining power

power the White Star needed

the world the moment I

his real plan. That was why he had come here even though he had

black mages, close this entrance once

ordered the Lions who were nearby

not done to help his subordinates quickly avoid the dead mana smoke or to be wary of enemies who might

down first to figure out if there were any traps

because he expected Cale’s group

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

after the first Lion slid

Sayeru headed down and only the White

now thick enough to be

Huuuuu.

in some

with a kissing up type of smile on his face. The White Star smirked at the 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

that you are able to obtain the power you seek. Although we are not able to be with you down there, we will definitely figure out the secrets of this

at the obvious flattery and

continue to need. It’s better

liege! We will thoroughly investigate it. We will also guard the gate

stopped and looked toward the black mages.

Dorph to thoroughly

Dorph was currently at the second secret base fulfilling one of the White

look in the White Star's eyes.

Henituse approached the Gate to the Demon World and

Star recalled what Dorph

Cale Henituse and his friends into the Gate to the Demon World to see their reaction. I don’t think

‘Still, look into it.’

you know I'm

World on purpose during his

and the White Star's gaze slowly became colder as he thought about it.

liege. I will immediately deliver that order

“……Good.”

entered the passage. His body disappeared into the

gate once they did not see the White Star anymore. It would be bad if

so the rest of you look around and

“Yes, sir!”

other black mages started to move after receiving the first black mage’s orders. The black mage who gave the order also quickly took out a video communication device to do as the