Trash of the Count's Family

Drip. Drip.

Blood was dripping.

Cale whose body was bound by the branches looked out through the gaps in the branches only to see red.

Drip, drip.

The middle-aged man wearing glasses was bleeding, while blood was flowing from Choi Han's cheek as well. Of course, it was not Choi Han’s blood.

Forget getting injured, Choi Han looked as clean as someone who had just washed their face a minute ago.

“Ugh. Ugh.”

The middle-aged man was shaking as if he was having trouble breathing.

Choi Han was still looking at Cale and smiling innocently.

“…Uhh…mm.”

‘…This vicious bastard, no, senior.’

Cale awkwardly asked while looking at Choi Han's happy face.

“What happened?”

What could have happened while he had been unconscious?

‘Why are the Dark Elves running around excitedly and Raon raising his voice while remaining invisible and destroying the maze walls? …And why the hell are you covered in blood?’

“I'm not sure.”

Cale's heart thumped at the very slow response. He was scared.

“…How long was I out for?”

‘Thirty minutes? No. It must have been at least an hour to cause this much chaos.’

He then waited for Choi Han to respond.

“Mm. I think it's been about ten minutes.”

“What? Ten minutes? You crazy bastards-!”

Cale could not speak anymore.

‘They caused this much chaos in ten minutes? No, that's fine, they did a good job, but…!’

Cale seemed to forget that he was the one who originally turned the maze into a mess as he started to frown.

“It was a very long time.”

“Ugh, ugh!”

Choi Han slowly responded as he lowered his hand.

Plop.

The fainted middle-aged shaman weakly fell to the ground.

‘…This scary…anyway, vicious punk.’

Cale's face turned pale.

However, Choi Han started to think about the things that happened while looking at the pale Cale.

The moment the strand of white light had struck down…

The Dark Elves, Elves, assassins, and even the enemies all stopped moving and looked toward the light.

“…Young master Cale-!”

Dark Elf Tasha subconsciously shouted.

She saw a thick and disgusting black branch that had lost a portion of its tip after being burnt.

A person's entire body except their head was bound by that branch.

The head of that person slowly lowered.

Plop.

Their head weakly lowered.

That person was Cale Henituse.

The person who was already pale from the start looked terrible standing there limp with his eyes closed.

“…Ah.”

Jopis who had been inside the wooden nest jumped up.

She could finally see that pale person properly.

She realized something at the same time.

The only reason that that pale and weak person did not seem weak this whole time was because of his gaze.

He had a reliable gaze that made his allies feel as if they had nothing to fear. It was because of that energetic and sparkling gaze.

It was also because of his brusque and blunt yet strong voice that calmed them down.

“…My goodness.”

Jopis suddenly felt her mind blanking out as she became anxious.

Cale Henituse was the Commander for all of their side.

He was the person guiding them from the center.

It was only natural for their side to turn chaotic if such a person fainted.

‘What do we do?’

As Jopis finally managed to have that thought after a few seconds…

“Why do you look so stunned?”

The sneering Elisneh swung her staff.

‘No.’

Jopis could see exactly what she was trying to do.

“No!”

Some things shot forward as she shouted.

“Grrrrrrr!”

Three puppies with Fluffy at the center quickly ran toward the black tree.

It could not be helped.

Screeeech-

The black branches quickly started to move.

They were extremely fast. They were moving so quickly that they managed to move before Choi Han who was the closest to Cale could get to him.

However, people could not just sit back and watch.

"We must save the Commander-nim!”

“Burn that tree down now!”

The Elves charged forward in shock. The fake World Tree was as evil as Elisneh to them; it was something that could destroy their home.

Their commander was captured by such an existence.

“Ah.”

Healer Elf Pendrick gasped.

He remained alone in the rear as he did not have any Elementals while the other Elves charged forward with their Elementals. That was why he could see things more clearly than they could.

see a large mana hand

stealthily started to move after seeing the movements of those in the

Clang-!

urgently took out his

“You're too late.”

as he did that. Choi Han could see Cale

Han would need

Shhhh.

slash the tree.

his mana hands as well. He was

However…

“Don't move.”

laughed as

did not sound urgent, in fact, it sounded as

stop.” It's fine! I will ignore her! I just need to destroy

"Can’t you see it?”

Han lowered

then slowly turned his

mana hand was

“You finally saw it?”

Choi Han looked toward her with a stoic expression. …She’s evil! Putting dead mana by the human! I will destroy

heard Raon’s

cage… There was a black liquid at the tip of a very

be able to tell that

sharp black branch was stopped right by Cale's

his sword

that branch with dead mana stabbing

Plop. Plop.

turned his

spears that were serving as the stone imugi's

Boom. Boom.

stone spears fell to

in the shape of an imugi, but it was not moving at

surrounding Cale had long since disappeared as

‘Cale-nim cannot protect himself.’

that dead mana liquid pierced through Cale’s neck right

be

He heard Elisneh’s voice.

you bastards move, your

the Elves, the puppies, and the rest of Cale’s allies all stopped running and stood in place in shock without knowing what to

and looked around at each of

He then saw Beacrox

to speak at

the way, the thunderbolt may fall on you guys at any time as well. All of you

looked

eyes sparkled at that moment. Choi Han!

tree cage. I was looking at the branch pointed at the human's neck, but the branch is weird! It’s shaking and doing its best

branch pointed at Cale was trying to

of harming Cale. It might be possible to chat with this tree too! I will try

the World Tree. He carefully and stealthily put his front paw on the World Tree since

be able to

could see at the

The fake World Tree is asking you to get rid of the black staff in the

Raon continued to speak.

slightly started

normal

someone

expert who did not

Choi Han had looked at last. It was

immediately mouthed without making a

‘Do as you wish.’

voice at

greatest despair if you take a single

not

shaman urgently reached

“You bastard!”

quickly twisted its body. That made Elisneh who was on top

Shaaaaaaa-

to the right side

a strong gust of wind brush past where she had just been

gaze toward where the

saw a large stone

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang-!

the stone spear crashed into broke down while making

you want to fall into an

started to frown and she looked toward the

Han who threw the stone spear

Cale. He was heading toward the

if he does

‘He shouldn't do that!’

Choi

stopped moving after feeling someone put their hands on her

“Look behind you.”

stealthily whispered

the auras around

Ron's side had been quiet ever since earlier. They were silent and did not make any

the Elf could tell that they were ready to attack at

from

The Elf realized something.

they should follow after Commander

side realized that as

you wish to

the approaching Choi Han

Craaaackle-

a shaman’s hand and charged toward

lowered his sword

started to speak while looking

looks like you've misunderstood

Elisneh started to frown.

Han did not stop

us is

she had cast her illusion… Choi Han looked toward it

that

said that they were under

was something she misunderstood, something she had

“You're so stupid.”

“…What?”

can live

Smile.

Han started to

Ooooooooooong-

ground started to

charging fire tigers

same for everyone else in the

fake World Tree and Choi Han… In the empty area between the two

appear one by one

One, two…. Ten….

number of spears was quickly increasing close to

the source of that

‘It's the Dragon.’

to shout

you want Cale Henituse

instantly

“Ugh!”

She then became anxious.

her hand. The staff definitely activated. However, a resisting force flowed through and

“…Perhaps?”

toward the black

got out

tree was

Shhh.

slowly moved away even as

tightly binding Cale also released and looked more as if they were cradling the unconscious

“How?”

pupils started to shake… Hehe. Choi Han! This is what

when its branches burned up! That’s why it thinks it can move according to its own will now! That’s

black tree to bind the burning Cale.

of Destruction had burned the black tree and

fake World Tree a little bit of freedom. But it can

But Choi Han.

That was the case.