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

Gersey’s subordinate

up and find the feed for

“…Monsters?”

He then quickly added

eye

to fulfill our

“…And then?”

“I got caught.”

Ooooooooong-

on her finger started to shake

Click click.

started to move the lock

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

been thinking about what she just

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

nodded his head

a feeling that the seal will be

Cotton started to frown.

was thinking the same thing. That is why we need to hurry

hesitated for a moment before asking a

you think we can destroy it if those terrible monsters are

“Do I look weak?”

his hands around after hearing

It’s not like

chuckled at Bud’s reaction and

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

thinking the

Cale started to speak.

that is why we

made eye contact with Cotton

continued to

why we have

is the most important of the reasons we need

could not stop frowning as she said

why the hell isn’t

frustrated as she messed with

“Move.”

“What?”

on her shoulder and pulled her

away

hell are you doing when

“Eruhaben-nim.”

Eruhaben moving forward at

“Step back.”

was moved back with Cale and Bud each

see a gold powder covering

was there for only

eyes

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!

“…Holy shit!”

wall

Pat. Pat.

shoulder as

think it’s time to blast our way forward

“…Crazy bastard.”

the wall because of that? What

of things she wanted to say, but just quietly stepped

noticed numerous machines and magic circles that filled this large

to speak

to go through many purifications with Gersey

“Purification?”

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

the northern part of

was a small

“Is that it?”

that is the

and

destroy them as

Ooooooong-

shoot out from the tip of Bud’s

blade was pointed toward

was at

“They're here.”

looked toward the stairs at the first

Boom!

loud noises as they

them clearly as they were too

vaguely make them

“They’re so big.”

could see five large robed priests entering the

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

“Shut up!”

Bud’s

shocked because of what

“Son of a-!”

Baaaaaang!

Baaaaang- Baaaaang! Baaaaang!

He heard multiple explosions.

started to

“T, the glass containers-!”

large priests

welcomed the dead mana flowing out with their

heard Cotton’s voice at that

of them are corpses except for one! They

Gersey

four priests became

had become

Boom. Boom. Boom.

four priests started

no life in their

they really were corpses

free will! They

pulled at Cale's

problem! We

followed her as he

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

for

“I.”

she continued to

dead mana.

“Aren’t you an illusionist?”

is a secret that

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

Why the hell are those things

Cale turned his head.

Boom-! Boom-!

like balloons covered in dead

“Shit! Those corpses!”

Cotton started to frown.

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

body shot forward at an explosive speed

“Ahhh! Hey!”

“Be quiet!”

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

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

shouting

“Block them!”

was pointing at

eyes were extremely

Chhhh!

his head as he opened

“That is!”

seen that power in the northern mountain,

up over 3 meters long was pointed

was at

the machines

Eruhaben stepped forward.

stomped

Boom!

in

“Block them.”

wall instantly appeared and blocked the cave

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

to speak to the others behind