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

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

the things Gersey’s subordinate said

‘we need to hurry up and

“…Monsters?”

then

made eye contact with

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 all

“…And then?”

“I got caught.”

Ooooooooong-

started to shake along with

Click click.

started to move the lock

because Gersey's subordinates found me. I barely

who had been thinking about what she just said,

the seal is removed. It seems

head and

a feeling that the seal will be removed on the last day of

Cotton started to frown.

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

hesitated for a moment before asking

we can destroy it if those terrible monsters are there? Aren't we in

“Do I look weak?”

hands around after hearing Eruhaben’s

It’s

Bud’s reaction and

are still sealed and Gersey and his subordinates are

the same thing,

Cale started to speak.

why we

made eye contact with Cotton

then continued

first. That is why we have to move before he gets here. Am I

the most important of

frowning

it, why the hell isn’t

seemed frustrated as she

“Move.”

“What?”

his hand on her shoulder and

hand moved away

the hell are you doing when every second

“Eruhaben-nim.”

could see Eruhaben moving forward at that

“Step back.”

moved back with Cale and Bud each grabbing

gold powder

there for

her eyes soon

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!

“…Holy shit!”

entire wall

Pat. Pat.

patted her shoulder as he

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

“…Crazy bastard.”

that? What

lot of things she wanted to say, but just quietly stepped forward

followed behind her and he noticed numerous machines and magic circles that filled this

started to speak after

to go through many purifications

“Purification?”

it to become a body that was

pointed to the northern part of the large

a small

“Is that it?”

that is

nodded his head and

destroy them as we

Ooooooong-

started to shoot out from the tip

pointed

at that

“They're here.”

toward the stairs at the first location that was

Boom!

see the things that made loud noises as they entered the

them clearly

he could vaguely

“They’re so big.”

five large robed priests

so far away. But there doesn’t seem

“Shut up!”

Bud’s eyes turned

was not shocked because of what Cotton just

“Son of a-!”

Baaaaaang!

Baaaaang- Baaaaang! Baaaaang!

He heard multiple explosions.

pupils started

“T, the glass containers-!”

of the large priests destroyed a

welcomed the dead mana flowing

Cotton’s voice at

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

looked disgusted as she had not expected Gersey to tell them to destroy the glass

four priests became even

looked like bombs that had become even bigger after absorbing

Boom. Boom. Boom.

started

no life

they really were corpses

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

at Cale's

isn't the problem! We need to

her as he asked

you

for a

“I.”

hesitated before she continued

dead mana. I'm

“Aren’t you an illusionist?”

secret

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

crap! Why the hell are those

Cale turned his head.

Boom-! Boom-!

in dead mana were rushing toward

“Shit! Those corpses!”

Cotton started to frown.

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

an

“Ahhh! Hey!”

“Be quiet!”

was surrounding the two of them. Cale had grabbed

them had almost instantly arrived at

heard someone shouting from behind

“Block them!”

pointing at Cale with

eyes were

Chhhh!

aura started to gather above his head as he

“That is!”

the northern mountain,

3 meters long was pointed at

was at that

destroy the machines

Eruhaben stepped forward.

then stomped

Boom!

powder scattered in front

“Block them.”

gold wall instantly appeared

spot where the wall dividing the first and second locations had

to the