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

lock on the door to the second location as she continued to

things Gersey’s subordinate said at that

to hurry up and find

“…Monsters?”

He then quickly

made eye

We must give everything we have to fulfill our liege's orders as that day will

“…And then?”

“I got caught.”

Ooooooooong-

on her finger started to shake along with the

Click click.

to move

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

had been thinking about what she just

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

nodded his head and started

will be removed on

Cotton started to frown.

the same thing. That is why we need

hesitated for a moment before asking a

destroy it if those terrible monsters

“Do I look weak?”

hands around

Eruhaben-nim, It’s not like

chuckled at Bud’s reaction and

be too dangerous if they are still sealed and Gersey and his subordinates are able to

the same thing,

Cale started to speak.

is why we

contact with

then continued

is why we have

the most important of the reasons we

not stop frowning as she said

it, why the

she messed with

“Move.”

“What?”

his hand on her shoulder and pulled her

hand moved away from the

are you doing when

“Eruhaben-nim.”

could see Eruhaben moving forward

“Step back.”

with Cale and Bud each grabbing

see a gold powder covering the

for only

her eyes

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!

“…Holy shit!”

wall

Pat. Pat.

patted her shoulder as he whispered

blast our way forward since they already know we’re

“…Crazy bastard.”

that? What

wanted to

noticed numerous machines

to speak after seeing Cale’s

go through

“Purification?”

purified in order for it to become

northern part of the large

a small

“Is that it?”

that is

nodded his head and looked toward

them

Ooooooong-

started to shoot out from

blade was pointed toward the

was at that

“They're here.”

toward the stairs at the first location that

Boom!

that made loud noises as they entered the

could not see them clearly as

he could vaguely make them

“They’re so big.”

five large robed priests entering the

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

“Shut up!”

shouted and Bud’s

because of what

“Son of a-!”

Baaaaaang!

Baaaaang- Baaaaang! Baaaaang!

He heard multiple explosions.

pupils started

“T, the glass containers-!”

the large priests

then welcomed the dead mana flowing

Cotton’s voice

are corpses except for one! They are

not expected Gersey to tell them to destroy the

priests

had become even bigger after

Boom. Boom. Boom.

priests started to

no life in their

tell that they really were corpses based on their

They have no free will! They just obey everything Gersey tells them

pulled at

facility isn't the problem! We need

as he asked

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

for a

“I.”

she continued to

cannot absorb dead

“Aren’t you an illusionist?”

secret that nobody

things he wanted to ask after seeing her

the hell are those things so

Cale turned his head.

Boom-! Boom-!

that looked like balloons covered in dead mana were

“Shit! Those corpses!”

Cotton started to frown.

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

an

“Ahhh! Hey!”

“Be quiet!”

of them. Cale had grabbed Cotton's collar and

them had almost instantly arrived at the door heading into the third

heard someone shouting from

“Block them!”

pointing at Cale with

eyes were extremely

Chhhh!

his head

“That is!”

that power in the northern mountain,

up over 3 meters long was

was at

the machines and the magic

Eruhaben stepped forward.

stomped with

Boom!

powder scattered in front of

“Block them.”

appeared and

first and second locations had been was now filled by

started to speak to the others behind