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

repeating the things Gersey’s subordinate said at that

up and

“…Monsters?”

then quickly

made eye contact with

give everything we have to fulfill our liege's orders as

“…And then?”

“I got caught.”

Ooooooooong-

her finger started to shake along with the

Click click.

to move the lock

Gersey's subordinates found

who had been thinking about what she just said,

the seal is removed. It seems like…the third location

nodded his head and started to

seal will be

Cotton started to frown.

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

a moment before

you think we can destroy it if those terrible

“Do I look weak?”

his hands around

Eruhaben-nim, It’s

Bud’s reaction

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

the same thing,

Cale started to speak.

that is why

made eye contact with Cotton

then continued to

if Gersey undoes the seal first. That is why we have to move before he gets here.

of the reasons we need to

stop frowning as she said

why the hell isn’t this

she messed

“Move.”

“What?”

on her shoulder

away from the

you doing when every second

“Eruhaben-nim.”

see Eruhaben moving

“Step back.”

moved back with Cale and Bud each grabbing one of her

a gold powder covering

there for

eyes soon

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!

“…Holy shit!”

entire wall

Pat. Pat.

her shoulder as he whispered to

it’s time to blast our way forward since they

“…Crazy bastard.”

wall because of that? What if

wanted to say, but just quietly stepped

her and he noticed numerous machines and magic circles that filled this large

speak after seeing

had to go through many purifications with Gersey

“Purification?”

to be purified in order for it to become a body that was

northern part of the

a small door

“Is that it?”

that is

and looked toward

destroy them as we

Ooooooong-

out from

pointed

at that

“They're here.”

the stairs at the first location that was

Boom!

see the things that made loud noises as they

clearly as

he could vaguely make them

“They’re so big.”

five large robed

away. But there doesn’t seem to be a mage

“Shut up!”

Bud’s

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

mana flowing out with

group heard Cotton’s voice at that

corpses except for one! They are dead corpses with dead

as she had not expected Gersey to tell them to destroy the

priests became

had become even

Boom. Boom. Boom.

priests started

no life in their

that they really were corpses

right! They have no free will! They just obey everything Gersey

at Cale's

problem! We need to

followed her as

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

for

“I.”

hesitated before she continued

dead mana. I'm

“Aren’t you an illusionist?”

a secret

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

hell

Cale turned his head.

Boom-! Boom-!

balloons covered in dead mana were rushing toward them extremely

“Shit! Those corpses!”

Cotton started to frown.

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

at an explosive

“Ahhh! Hey!”

“Be quiet!”

the two of them. Cale had

instantly arrived at the door heading into

someone shouting from behind

“Block them!”

pointing at

eyes were

Chhhh!

started to gather above his head as

“That is!”

had seen that power in the northern mountain,

was now shooting up over 3 meters long was pointed at

at that

machines and

Eruhaben stepped forward.

stomped with his

Boom!

scattered in

“Block them.”

wall instantly appeared

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

speak to the