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.

front. He could also see a large mana

seeing the movements

Clang-!

took out

“You're too late.”

heard Elisneh’s sneering comment as he did that. Choi Han could see Cale who was imprisoned inside this black

tightly interwoven that Choi Han would

Shhhh.

slash the tree. I will

grab the branch with his mana hands as well. He was going to rip it

However…

“Don't move.”

laughed as she warned

it sounded as if she was daring them to do

will ignore her!

"Can’t you see it?”

Han lowered

then slowly

mana hand was gone as

“You finally saw it?”

started to smile. Choi Han looked toward her with a stoic expression. …She’s evil! Putting dead mana by

Raon’s

was a black liquid

able to tell that it was

branch was stopped right by Cale's

quickly Choi Han swung his

of that branch with dead mana stabbing Cale’s

Plop. Plop.

Han turned his

were serving as the stone imugi's scales and body

Boom. Boom.

fell to the

shape of an imugi, but it was not moving

Cale had long since disappeared as

‘Cale-nim cannot protect himself.’

that dead mana liquid pierced

would be

He heard Elisneh’s voice.

you bastards move, your leader

allies all stopped running

sword and looked

He then saw

to speak at that

on you guys at any time as well. All of you can

smiling expression looked

that moment. Choi Han! This is

voice in his mind as he stood with his back to the tree cage. I was looking at the branch pointed

at Cale was

rejecting the notion of harming Cale. It might be possible to chat with this tree

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

able to hear

could see at the moment

smile. Choi Han! The fake World Tree is asking you to get rid of the black staff in the Illusionist's

Raon continued to speak.

started to smile as

returned to normal

there was someone who had seen

was an expert who did

Han had

without

‘Do as you wish.’

voice at the same

will see your greatest despair if you take a single step. I will gladly send such gifts down from the

could not finish

reached

“You bastard!”

wind horse quickly twisted its body. That made Elisneh who was on top of it

Shaaaaaaa-

to the right side of

gust of wind brush past

where

saw a large stone spear

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang-!

crashed into

you want to fall into an illusion

started to frown and she looked toward the person who threw

who threw the stone spear sighed and slowly started to

Cale. He was

he does

‘He shouldn't do that!’

Elf tried to approach Choi Han who

after feeling someone put their hands on her shoulder before she

“Look behind you.”

warrior Jeet had stealthily whispered in

felt the auras around

side had been quiet ever since earlier. They were silent

Elf could tell that they were ready to attack at any

gaze then moved from Ron to Choi

The Elf realized something.

should follow after Commander Cale was Choi

realized that

of you wish

approaching

Craaaackle-

tigers came out of a shaman’s hand and charged

Han lowered his sword and

started to speak while

like

Elisneh started to frown.

Han did not stop

is your

ceiling of the maze where she had cast her illusion… Choi Han looked toward it

that

also said that

was something she misunderstood,

“You're so stupid.”

“…What?”

you can live in

Smile.

Han started

Ooooooooooong-

started

fire tigers

everyone else in the

and Choi Han… In the

appear one

One, two…. Ten….

number of spears was quickly increasing close

instantly realized the source of

‘It's the Dragon.’

to shout

Cale Henituse to

instantly

“Ugh!”

She then became anxious.

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

“…Perhaps?”

turned toward the

out of my

black tree was

Shhh.

slowly moved away even as

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

“How?”

to shake… Hehe. Choi Han! This is what the black

to Choi Han with excitement. It said a part of the dead mana inside its body was purified when its branches burned up! That’s why it thinks it can move according to its own will now! That’s what the fake World

black tree to bind the burning Cale. A white light had struck

had burned the black tree and purified a portion of it in the

little bit of

excitement. But Choi Han. You know it

That was the case.