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

the door to the second

Gersey’s subordinate said at that

to hurry up and find the feed for those monsters!’

“…Monsters?”

then

made eye contact

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

“…And then?”

“I got caught.”

Ooooooooong-

ring on her finger started to

Click click.

to move

had to quickly run away because Gersey's subordinates found me. I barely made it back

thinking about what

will come true on the day the seal is removed. It seems like…the third location is

nodded his head and

will be

Cotton started to frown.

the same thing. That is why we need to hurry up and destroy

moment before

you think we can destroy it if those

“Do I look weak?”

and waved his hands around after hearing

It’s

chuckled at Bud’s reaction and added

and his

was thinking the

Cale started to speak.

that is why we have to

made eye contact with Cotton

then continued

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

is the most important of

could not stop frowning as she said

the hell

she messed with the

“Move.”

“What?”

on her

moved away from

the hell are you

“Eruhaben-nim.”

see Eruhaben moving

“Step back.”

moved back with Cale and Bud each grabbing one of her

a gold powder

for

eyes soon

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!

“…Holy shit!”

entire wall was

Pat. Pat.

shoulder as

our way forward since

“…Crazy bastard.”

because of that? What

she wanted to say,

numerous machines

to speak

White Star had to go through many purifications with

“Purification?”

become a body that was suitable

the northern part of the large

a

“Is that it?”

is the third

head and looked toward

destroy them

Ooooooong-

out

pointed toward

was at

“They're here.”

the stairs at the first location that was visible through the destroyed

Boom!

that made loud noises as they entered the

them clearly as they were too far

vaguely

“They’re so big.”

five large robed

smell them because they’re so far away. But there doesn’t

“Shut up!”

Bud’s eyes

because of what

“Son of a-!”

Baaaaaang!

Baaaaang- Baaaaang! Baaaaang!

He heard multiple explosions.

started to

“T, the glass containers-!”

of the large priests

dead mana flowing out with

Cotton’s voice at

for one! They are dead

not expected Gersey to tell them to

four priests became even

looked like bombs that had become even bigger

Boom. Boom. Boom.

started to walk toward

life

could tell that they really were corpses based on

will! They just obey everything Gersey

pulled at

We need to

her as

you fine even if the

flinched for

“I.”

before she continued to

dead

“Aren’t you an illusionist?”

a secret that

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

Why the hell are those things

Cale turned his head.

Boom-! Boom-!

that looked like balloons covered in dead mana were rushing toward them

“Shit! Those corpses!”

Cotton started to frown.

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

forward at an

“Ahhh! Hey!”

“Be quiet!”

two of them. Cale had grabbed

of them had almost instantly arrived at the door heading into

someone shouting

“Block them!”

at Cale

were

Chhhh!

aura started to gather above his head as he

“That is!”

seen that power in the northern mountain,

meters long

was at that

destroy the machines and the

Eruhaben stepped forward.

stomped with his

Boom!

powder scattered in front

“Block them.”

wall instantly appeared and blocked the

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

started to speak to the others