Trash of the Count's Family

“They're coming.”

Cale breathed heavily as Choi Han said that.

“Huff, huff.”

"Are you okay?”

Cale could only nod his head in response.

‘Damn it! This damn body looks fine on the outside but it’s so weak on the inside.’

He seemed to lack more strength every day.

It was obvious based on his living pattern.

“Yes, I'm fine.”

Cale took a deep breath before answering as if nothing was wrong.

However, Choi Han did not look good as he observed Cale.

It was normal for Cale to not train like Choi Han or Beacrox, but he didn't do anything even though Mary and Rosalyn said that strength was important for research and worked out as well.

Furthermore, there were many days when he didn’t even eat properly.

“What are you doing? Hurry up.”

Choi Han stopped thinking about it after hearing Cale scold him and started to walk forward.

He peeked back again.

“The enemies seem to have discovered us!”

Cale turned his head and looked back after hearing that comment.

He then started to frown.

‘I can’t see anything!’

Swoooooooooooosh- swoooooooooosh-

The snow that had been gently falling until a moment ago had quickly turned into a dangerous storm as the wind got stronger.

The weather on the snowy region that had instantly changed was like a natural disaster.

‘This is driving me nuts.’

Cale could not see properly.

Not only could he not see the enemies that Choi Han mentioned, but he also could not even see where he was walking.

“Young master-nim, shall we proceed forward?”

However, Choi Han, Hannah, and Ron who were next to Cale were peeking back and asking Cale what to do.

The others were not with them to carry out their plan.

‘…I guess they can see everything. These scary people.’

He knew that Choi Han and Hannah were sword masters who could focus their aura into their eyes to increase their vision, but Ron seemed to also be able to see the enemies even though he was not a sword master.

‘He truly is a scary old man.’

Cale realized once more that the three people around him were no joke and started to speak.

“Keep going.”

The map of the snowy region and its terrain quickly appeared in Cale’s mind.

The recorded information unfolded to its entirety.

It didn't matter that he could not see anything.

As long as the three people around him could see, he could use those pieces of information to determine the direction to travel.

It wasn’t hard to do.

That was why his response was short.

“Keep going like this.”

He then took a step forward.

“Huh?!”

However, he quickly gasped as his body tilted to one side.

“Hey. Be careful!”

Hannah quickly grabbed his arm to support him.

Choi Han was to the rear and Ron was up front. Hannah was next to Cale.

That was the formation right now with the three people surrounding Cale.

Cale brushed away Hannah’s hand that was holding his arm and resumed walking as if nothing had happened.

“Let's hurry. We need to time it properly.”

Hannah started to frown while looking at Cale.

‘…This punk, he really!’

She felt upset for some reason seeing the punk who looked fine on the outside but was the weakest of them all walking through the snow as if nothing was wrong.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

Hannah’s gaze turned sharp after hearing Cale’s brusque voice.

“Who says I was looking at you?”

Hannah responded even more brusquely as Cale turned around and resumed walking while responding to her.

His voice was quiet enough to be drowned out by the strong wind, but she could still hear him.

“I need to be here to trick the enemies. You know that is the case.”

She knew.

They were currently planning on tricking the enemies and leading them to their destination.

That was why they could not leave out Cale who was the ‘bait’ that the enemies wanted most.

She calmed herself down and mumbled internally.

‘This smart punk.’

The fact that Cale could accurately determine the direction they needed to move in this snowstorm just based on what they told him truly was amazing.

This punk was the one who planned this whole thing and was suffering the most.

‘…That’s why we can't help but follow him.’

Hannah quietly walked next to Cale.

She would speed up every so often in order to sweep away the snow in front of Cale.

Choi Han who had been watching the two of them peeked toward the back again.

He started to calculate the speed of the enemies charging toward them.

‘The enemies take two steps every time we take one step.’

They were fast.

The enemies were quickly catching up to them as they were walking slowly in order to match Cale’s speed.

Choi Han started to get anxious.

‘We will head to the Roan Kingdom right away after this is done.’

Choi Han had thought about Alberu after hearing that the crown prince might be in danger.

‘…He is my student after all.’

Choi Han didn't feel good hearing that Alberu, who was distant but close to him, might be in danger.

he wanted to focus on his role

were thoroughly glaring at Choi Han

“…They noticed us.”

we increase

old Dark Elf Count asked the

seemed to have noticed her gaze as he asked the Marquis with the fan

you think we

carried by a Dark

wasn't possible for him to wade through this

snow from hitting his face

are certain that Cale Henituse

to

black knight responded but could not hide her

‘Shit! This damn snow!’

was weighed down more than the others because of

an issue

was an

She looked behind her.

‘…This isn’t good.’

behind at the entrance of the snowy

the Knights Brigade were all

to move quickly as well to be able

that her subordinates were slowly falling behind from the Dark

man

eyes were full of anger as

believed he was having the Dark Elves slowly raise their speed on

while ignoring the Knights Brigade

see the old man gently smiling at her once they made

‘…This damn old man!’

man was doing this to earn all merits for the Dark Elves

to increase his influence

the Marquis with the fan knew

hell is Duke

not be able to do anything if Duke

who usually took a step back and didn’t do much was not visible once

with the fan started to speak at that

away from the Mercenary King's group to use himself as bait and give them time to

“Yes, Marquis-nim.”

eyes were sparkling as he continued to

I’m certain that he asked the Dragon to help the Elves and the mercenaries escape while Cale Henituse leads us away

old man quickly

in the opposite direction

knight started to speak as if to argue

tracks were still visible in

some odd reason, tracks were left everywhere they believed

certain the enemies left the tracks to cause confusion within our ranks. I'm sure the Mercenary King didn't escape in the direction of the tracks we found. I'm sure they

“Count. That’s not important.”

after

Smile.

corners of the old man’s lips went up

important. The mercenaries

right. Our goal is Cale Henituse. Isn’t that right,

her head

goal is Cale

“Absolutely.”

Flap flap.

his fan even in the snow storm as he

us without the Dragon nor Elementals

Tap!

He folded his fan.

trying

most unique trait the Endable Kingdom determined about Cale Henituse was his willingness

the same way this time as

us and Cale Henituse must be running away

The answer was simple.

need to chase him and finish

Marquis's eyes

nor the White Star are

was a great situation for him to achieve the

to

organization that served the Demonic race and not the

that organization wanted to increase his strength

are all strong individuals to be wary

were burning up with

opening… That’s

Ooooooo-

power inside his fan started to rumble inside

increasing

“Yes, sir!”

energetically but the knight flinched. She wondered if her tired subordinates could

Marquis asked her

you follow

She started to frown.

the old Dark Elf were trying to take

“…Sure.”

knight retreated without saying

not the

was good at being

do you

the old Dark Elf, Mock a

pushed down on the ground harder and observed Cale’s group who

I'm sure they are heading toward the cliff

“The cliff?”

experts should find it easy to safely climb down

‘Hmm.’

Marquis nodded

must be planning on climbing down the cliff so that we cannot chase

why we must catch up before they get

“Sounds great.”

smiled at the Marquis’s response

no

let him know once more that there were

smile appeared on his

mages nor Elementals by Cale Henituse’s

at that

“……!”

see Cale Henituse's eyes that had opened wide after turning around and making eye contact

be quite exhausted as he was full of sweat

a

a fever and

Shhhhh.

Han covered Cale from

could

enemies who were quite far away

‘They’re right there!’

He raised his hand.

‘close’ meant for a Dark Elf

Shhhhhh-

pulled the

all instantly took out some arrows and pointed them toward Cale

were now close enough for them to

help you as

Mock frowned for a moment at the Marquis's statement before quickly returning

knew it would be like

that the Marquis was trying to steal the

for them to share

Ooooooooooong-

could feel a large amount of

up and get

the Dark Elves started to split up inside the

created a formation that resembled a crescent moon and started to

Oooooong- oooooong-

gather at the tips of

soon gobbled up the arrows

“Damn it!”

and watch as the Knights

then started

‘…What could it be?’

something odd

She quickly turned around.

‘I don't see anything.’

was nothing behind