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 the door to the second location as she continued

was repeating the things Gersey’s

up and

“…Monsters?”

He then quickly

made eye contact with

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

“…And then?”

“I got caught.”

Ooooooooong-

on her finger started to shake along with

Click click.

move the lock

away because Gersey's subordinates found

been thinking about what she just said, started

dreams will come true on the day the seal is removed. It seems like…the third location is very important as the Deputy Chief Priest

nodded his head and started

be removed

Cotton started to frown.

why we need to hurry up and destroy that

moment before asking a

think we can destroy it if those terrible monsters are

“Do I look weak?”

and waved his hands around

Eruhaben-nim, It’s

chuckled at Bud’s reaction and

are still sealed and Gersey and his subordinates are able to freely come and go to give the

thinking the

Cale started to speak.

that is why we

contact with

continued

why we have to move before he gets here. Am I

is the most important of

stop frowning

it, why the hell isn’t

seemed frustrated as she messed with

“Move.”

“What?”

put his hand on her shoulder and pulled her

away from

hell are you doing

“Eruhaben-nim.”

could see Eruhaben moving forward at that

“Step back.”

back with Cale and Bud

a gold powder

was there for only

her eyes soon

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!

“…Holy shit!”

wall was

Pat. Pat.

shoulder as he whispered

blast our way forward

“…Crazy bastard.”

the wall because of that? What if

she wanted to say, but just quietly stepped forward

he noticed numerous machines and

to speak

White Star had to go through many purifications with Gersey

“Purification?”

for it to become a body that was suitable for a member of

to the northern

was a small door

“Is that it?”

that is

head and

destroy them

Ooooooong-

to shoot out from

was pointed toward

was at

“They're here.”

first location that was

Boom!

loud noises as

could not see them clearly as

vaguely make

“They’re so big.”

robed priests

far away. But there doesn’t

“Shut up!”

Bud’s eyes turned

not shocked because of

“Son of a-!”

Baaaaaang!

Baaaaang- Baaaaang! Baaaaang!

He heard multiple explosions.

pupils started

“T, the glass containers-!”

priests destroyed a large glass

dead mana

Cotton’s voice

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

had not expected Gersey to tell them

four priests

had become even bigger after absorbing

Boom. Boom. Boom.

started to

life

could tell that they really were corpses based on

no free will! They just

at Cale's

facility isn't the problem! We

her as he asked a

subordinates? Aren’t you fine even if the dead

flinched for a

“I.”

hesitated before she

cannot absorb dead

“Aren’t you an illusionist?”

a secret that

of things he wanted to ask after seeing her hesitate.

hell are those

Cale turned his head.

Boom-! Boom-!

large things that looked like balloons covered in dead mana

“Shit! Those corpses!”

Cotton started to frown.

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

at an explosive speed at that

“Ahhh! Hey!”

“Be quiet!”

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

instantly arrived at the door heading into the third

shouting

“Block them!”

pointing at Cale with

were

Chhhh!

to gather above his head

“That is!”

seen that power in the northern mountain, channeled more

that was now shooting up over 3 meters long was pointed at the

was at that

machines and the magic

Eruhaben stepped forward.

then stomped with

Boom!

scattered in

“Block them.”

wall instantly appeared and

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

speak to the