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

door to the second location as she continued to

was repeating the things Gersey’s subordinate said

said, ‘we need to hurry up and

“…Monsters?”

He then quickly added

made eye contact with

are no longer sealed… We must give everything we have to fulfill our liege's orders as that day will be the day our liege and our majesty’s dreams

“…And then?”

“I got caught.”

Ooooooooong-

ring on her finger started to shake along

Click click.

move

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

who had been thinking about what she just said, started to

removed. It seems like…the third location is very important as

his head and started to

a feeling that the seal will be

Cotton started to frown.

the same thing. That is why we

a moment before asking

destroy it if those terrible monsters are there?

“Do I look weak?”

his hands around after hearing

Eruhaben-nim, It’s not like

chuckled at Bud’s reaction and

are still sealed and Gersey and his subordinates are able to

thinking the same thing,

Cale started to speak.

why we have

eye contact with

continued

undoes the seal first. That is why we

the most important of the reasons we need to

could not stop frowning as she

why the hell isn’t this

seemed frustrated as she

“Move.”

“What?”

his hand on her shoulder

moved away from the

you doing

“Eruhaben-nim.”

moving forward

“Step back.”

and Bud each grabbing one of

see a gold

was there for only

her eyes soon

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!

“…Holy shit!”

entire wall

Pat. Pat.

shoulder as

it’s time to blast our way forward since they already know we’re

“…Crazy bastard.”

the wall because of that? What if the cave starts to

had a lot of things she wanted to say, but

noticed numerous machines

speak

go through many

“Purification?”

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

northern part

a

“Is that it?”

is

head and looked

destroy them

Ooooooong-

to shoot out from the

was pointed toward the

at

“They're here.”

looked toward the stairs at the first

Boom!

the things that made loud

see them clearly as they were too

he could vaguely

“They’re so big.”

five large robed priests entering the

they’re so far away. But there doesn’t seem to

“Shut up!”

shouted and Bud’s eyes turned

not shocked because

“Son of a-!”

Baaaaaang!

Baaaaang- Baaaaang! Baaaaang!

He heard multiple explosions.

started to

“T, the glass containers-!”

large priests destroyed

dead mana flowing

Cotton’s voice

one! They are dead corpses

had not expected Gersey to tell them to

four priests became

become even bigger after

Boom. Boom. Boom.

four priests started to walk toward

life

tell that they really were corpses based on

will! They

pulled at Cale's

The second facility isn't the problem! We need to

followed her as he asked

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

flinched for a

“I.”

hesitated before she continued

dead mana.

“Aren’t you an illusionist?”

is a secret that nobody

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

crap! Why the hell are those

Cale turned his head.

Boom-! Boom-!

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

“Shit! Those corpses!”

Cotton started to frown.

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

body shot forward at an

“Ahhh! Hey!”

“Be quiet!”

them. Cale had

two of them had almost instantly arrived at

shouting

“Block them!”

at Cale with his

were

Chhhh!

aura started to gather above his head as he opened his

“That is!”

the northern mountain, channeled

aura that was now shooting up over 3 meters

was at

destroy the machines and

Eruhaben stepped forward.

then stomped

Boom!

powder scattered in front of

“Block them.”

instantly appeared and blocked

spot where the wall dividing the first and second locations

to the others