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.

landed on

to the

Gersey’s subordinate said at that

‘we need to hurry up and find the

“…Monsters?”

then quickly added

eye contact with

terrible things are no longer sealed… We must give everything we have to fulfill our liege's orders as that day will be

“…And then?”

“I got caught.”

Ooooooooong-

on her finger started to shake along

Click click.

to move the lock

quickly run away because Gersey's subordinates found me. I barely

had been thinking about what she just said,

true on the day the seal is removed. It seems like…the third location is very important as the

his head

seal will be removed on the last day

Cotton started to frown.

why we need to hurry up and destroy

for a moment before

you think we can destroy it if those terrible

“Do I look weak?”

flinched and waved his hands around

Eruhaben-nim, It’s not like

at Bud’s

they are still sealed and Gersey and his subordinates are able to freely come

thinking the same

Cale started to speak.

is why we have

eye contact

then continued

get complicated if Gersey undoes the seal first. That is why we have to

is the most important of the reasons we

not stop frowning as she

it, why the hell

as she messed with

“Move.”

“What?”

hand on her

away from the

you doing

“Eruhaben-nim.”

Eruhaben moving

“Step back.”

was moved back with Cale and Bud each grabbing one

could see a gold powder

there for

her eyes

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!

“…Holy shit!”

entire wall was

Pat. Pat.

as he

blast our way forward since they already know we’re

“…Crazy bastard.”

the wall because of that? What if the cave

of things she wanted

machines

speak after seeing

White Star had to go through many

“Purification?”

for it to become a body that

pointed to the northern part of the

a small

“Is that it?”

is

head and

them

Ooooooong-

shoot out from the tip

pointed toward

at that

“They're here.”

at the first location that

Boom!

made loud noises as they

not see them clearly as they were

vaguely make them

“They’re so big.”

see five large robed priests entering the

so far away. But there doesn’t seem to be a mage and they don’t seem that

“Shut up!”

and Bud’s eyes

was not shocked because of what Cotton

“Son of a-!”

Baaaaaang!

Baaaaang- Baaaaang! Baaaaang!

He heard multiple explosions.

started

“T, the glass containers-!”

priests destroyed a large

then welcomed the dead mana flowing out with their whole

heard Cotton’s voice

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

had not expected Gersey to tell

four priests became

become

Boom. Boom. Boom.

priests started to walk

life

could tell that they really were corpses

no free will! They just obey everything Gersey tells

pulled at

facility isn't the problem! We

followed her as he

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

flinched for

“I.”

she

cannot absorb dead mana.

“Aren’t you an illusionist?”

a secret

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

Why the hell are those things

Cale turned his head.

Boom-! Boom-!

in dead

“Shit! Those corpses!”

Cotton started to frown.

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

shot forward at an explosive speed at

“Ahhh! Hey!”

“Be quiet!”

surrounding the two of them. Cale had grabbed

them had almost instantly arrived at the

someone shouting from

“Block them!”

pointing at Cale with his

were

Chhhh!

his head

“That is!”

the northern mountain, channeled more

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

was at

the machines and the

Eruhaben stepped forward.

stomped

Boom!

powder scattered in front

“Block them.”

half-transparent gold wall instantly appeared and

spot where the wall dividing the first and second locations had been was now filled by

to speak to the