Trash of the Count's Family

Cale quietly observed the fear in Cotton's eyes.

'Why is she so scared that Gersey is chasing us?’

Eruhaben started to speak as Cale remained quiet.

“Will we need to capture Gersey?”

Cotton shook her head.

“That is not a good idea, sir.”

She was speaking respectfully to the ancient Dragon.

“Based on Gersey’s personality, he would have immediately contacted the White Star after suppressing my subordinates. He will only enter the underground passage after doing that. He does not make rash movements. He is the thorough type.”

Eruhaben understood the meaning behind those words.

“You're saying that it is better to destroy this place before the White Star comes rather than handling Gersey?”

“Yes, sir, that’s right.”

Cotton took a map out of her pocket.

“In order to destroy the cave, it is best to destroy it from the innermost area.”

She looked at the map as she started to walk to the inner area of the cave.

No, she was running.

“The third location is the most important place, so it is most effective to destroy that spot!”

Not getting all this dead mana was a pity, but it was not a facility that needed to be destroyed.

It was at that moment.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

They heard noises coming from the top of the stairs.

“…It must be Gersey's trusted subordinates! Hurry up!”

She became anxious and started to move even faster.

“Aaaaah!”

She suddenly felt as if her body was starting to float up.

Her two feet actually did leave the ground.

“What the hell?”

She looked toward Cale who was now next to her.

"We need to go quickly if we need to hurry. We’ll be late if we ran.”

There were whirlwinds at the tips of Cale's feet and her feet.

Bud and Eruhaben looked ready to quickly shoot forward as well.

Cotton looked down at her feet for a moment before nodding her head.

“Okay! I'll guide you!”

She started to move even faster.

Cale was up there next to her.

His eyes observed the numerous glass containers full of dead mana.

He could feel the numerous lives that were lost in order to create this much dead mana.

‘That is why I need to completely destroy this facility.’

Cale made up his mind as he started to speak.

“Why are you in such a rush? You seem extremely scared.”

Cotton stopped biting down on her lips.

“…I told you that the third location was the most important, right? I also said I have proof that is the case.”

“Yes.”

Boom. Boom. Boom.

They could still hear people rushing down behind them.

Who the hell were Gersey's trusted subordinates that they were making so much noise heading down?

Cale noticed a wall and door at the end of the glass containers.

Cotton started to speak while looking at that door.

“We received dead mana from many places.”

“The Mogoru Empire?”

“Yes, The Mogoru Empire was one of those places.”

Bud asked in shock.

“You received it from other places too?”

Cotton started to frown as she turned her head toward Bud.

“I don’t have time to explain all of that right now!”

She looked at the map over and over as she continued to speak.

“The underground facility was created when the white castle was created. I participated in its creation, but the innermost area of this facility… I couldn’t hear anything about the third location.”

Cale's expression turned odd.

He had heard that it took a long time between the beginning of the Endable Kingdom's construction and the end.

But the Deputy Chief Priest who seemed to be in her twenties had participated in all of it and was still alive?

‘…I guess I can't trust her appearance.’

Cale finally fully understood that she was an illusionist.

“I did think that it was an important place at first, but I didn’t suspect anything after that.”

Cale focused on what Cotton had to say again.

"But once our grasp on the Mogoru Empire ended, Gersey started to enter the third location very frequently.”

“It hasn’t been that long then.”

“Haaaaa.”

Cale could see Cotton sighing in response.

She quietly looked at Cale and responded.

“Was it short even if 24 lives disappeared every day?”

“…What?”

Cale's face stiffened as Cotton started to speak faster.

“It happens every eight hours. Gersey brings his trusted subordinates with him and brings 'feed’ to the third facility.”

“That ‘feed’ was humans?”

“…Sometimes it was humans, but there were other living beings as well. Regardless of their origin, they brought eight living beings three times a day.”

Cotton who was extremely sensitive to Gersey's movements and had been observing his daily routine had picked up on this odd routine at some point.

“How did you know that if you can’t go to that area?”

"His subordinates find the feed from outside. Gersey isn’t with them at that time.”

It seemed that although Gersey was always with his subordinates to come in here and deliver the feed to the third location, only his subordinates went out to find the feed.

“Once I figured that out, I cast an illusion and stealthily followed them once.”

Cotton let out a small sigh.

“I heard one of the subordinates talking at that time. He’s the only one of Gersey’s trusted subordinates who can talk. This is what that bastard said.”

Tap.

feet landed on

on the door to

was repeating the things Gersey’s subordinate said at that

‘we need to hurry up and find

“…Monsters?”

then quickly

made eye contact

fulfill our liege's orders as that day will be the day our

“…And then?”

“I got caught.”

Ooooooooong-

on her finger started to shake along with the

Click click.

move

subordinates found me. I

been thinking about what she just

come true on the day the seal is removed. It

his head

be

Cotton started to frown.

we need to hurry up and destroy that

for a moment before

can destroy it if those terrible

“Do I look weak?”

and waved his hands around after hearing

Eruhaben-nim, It’s

Bud’s reaction

if they are still sealed and Gersey and

thinking the

Cale started to speak.

that is why

made eye contact

continued to

undoes the seal first. That is why we have to move before

the most important of the

stop frowning as she

why the hell isn’t

frustrated as she messed

“Move.”

“What?”

his hand on her shoulder

hand moved away from

you doing when every

“Eruhaben-nim.”

moving

“Step back.”

with Cale and Bud each grabbing one

gold

was there for

her eyes

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!

“…Holy shit!”

wall

Pat. Pat.

her shoulder as

to blast our way forward

“…Crazy bastard.”

of that? What if the

things she wanted to say, but just

behind her and he noticed numerous machines and magic

speak

go through

“Purification?”

purified in order for it to become a body that was

pointed to the northern

was a small door

“Is that it?”

is

head and looked toward

them as we

Ooooooong-

shoot out from the tip of

was pointed toward the

at

“They're here.”

the stairs at the first location

Boom!

the things that made loud noises as

not see them clearly as they were

vaguely make them

“They’re so big.”

large robed priests entering

because they’re so far away. But there doesn’t seem to be

“Shut up!”

shouted and Bud’s eyes

shocked because of what

“Son of a-!”

Baaaaaang!

Baaaaang- Baaaaang! Baaaaang!

He heard multiple explosions.

started

“T, the glass containers-!”

the large priests destroyed a large

dead mana flowing out with their

group heard Cotton’s voice

corpses except for one! They are dead corpses with dead mana bombs

Gersey to tell them to destroy

priests became

bombs that had become even

Boom. Boom. Boom.

started to

no life

could tell that they really were corpses based on their lifeless

They

at Cale's

me! The second facility isn't the problem! We need to

followed her as he

so scared of Gersey’s subordinates? Aren’t you fine even if the dead mana

flinched for

“I.”

hesitated before she continued to

dead

“Aren’t you an illusionist?”

is a secret

of things he wanted to ask after seeing her hesitate. However, he pushed those questions

hell are

Cale turned his head.

Boom-! Boom-!

that looked like balloons covered in dead mana were

“Shit! Those corpses!”

Cotton started to frown.

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

forward at an explosive speed at that

“Ahhh! Hey!”

“Be quiet!”

surrounding the two of them. Cale had grabbed Cotton's collar and

instantly arrived at the door

shouting from behind

“Block them!”

was pointing at Cale

were extremely

Chhhh!

gather above his head as he

“That is!”

power in the northern mountain, channeled more of his

meters long was

at that

destroy the machines and

Eruhaben stepped forward.

stomped with

Boom!

in front of

“Block them.”

half-transparent gold wall instantly appeared and

first and second locations had been was now filled by Eruhaben's gold

started to speak to the others behind