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

door to the second location as she continued

repeating the things Gersey’s subordinate said at

‘we need to hurry up and find

“…Monsters?”

He then quickly

eye contact with

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

“…And then?”

“I got caught.”

Ooooooooong-

her finger started to shake along with the

Click click.

move the lock

quickly run away because Gersey's subordinates found me.

what she just said, started

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

head and started to

will be

Cotton started to frown.

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

a moment

can destroy it if those terrible monsters are

“Do I look weak?”

his hands around after hearing

It’s

Bud’s reaction and

still sealed and Gersey and his subordinates are able to

thinking the same

Cale started to speak.

why we have to

made eye contact with Cotton

continued

why we have to move before he gets here.

most important of the

could not stop frowning

why the hell isn’t this

as she messed with

“Move.”

“What?”

his hand on her shoulder and

moved away from

you doing when every second

“Eruhaben-nim.”

moving forward at that

“Step back.”

moved back with Cale and Bud each

could see a gold powder covering the

there for

her eyes soon

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!

“…Holy shit!”

entire wall was

Pat. Pat.

patted her shoulder as he whispered

blast our way forward

“…Crazy bastard.”

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

of things she wanted to say, but just

and he noticed numerous machines and magic circles that

to speak

White Star had to go through

“Purification?”

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

pointed to the northern part of

was a small

“Is that it?”

that is the

head and looked

them

Ooooooong-

shoot out from the tip

was pointed toward the

at that

“They're here.”

first

Boom!

that made loud noises as they

see them clearly

he could vaguely make

“They’re so big.”

five large robed priests entering the

smell them because they’re so far away. But there doesn’t seem to be a mage and they

“Shut up!”

and Bud’s

was not shocked because of what

“Son of a-!”

Baaaaaang!

Baaaaang- Baaaaang! Baaaaang!

He heard multiple explosions.

started to

“T, the glass containers-!”

priests destroyed a large glass

dead mana flowing out with their whole

heard Cotton’s voice

for one! They are

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

priests became

that had become even bigger after absorbing

Boom. Boom. Boom.

priests started

no life in their

they really were corpses based on their lifeless

They have no free will! They just

pulled at Cale's

facility isn't the problem! We need to get to

followed her as he asked

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

flinched for a

“I.”

before she continued

dead mana. I'm

“Aren’t you an illusionist?”

secret that

her hesitate. However, he pushed those questions aside for now after hearing

the hell are

Cale turned his head.

Boom-! Boom-!

like balloons covered in dead mana were rushing

“Shit! Those corpses!”

Cotton started to frown.

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

an explosive speed at

“Ahhh! Hey!”

“Be quiet!”

surrounding the two of them. Cale had

almost instantly arrived at the

shouting

“Block them!”

was pointing at Cale with his

were

Chhhh!

aura started to gather above his head as

“That is!”

had seen that power in the northern mountain,

aura that was now shooting up over 3 meters long was pointed at the approaching subordinates and

was at

machines and the

Eruhaben stepped forward.

stomped with

Boom!

in

“Block them.”

gold wall instantly appeared and

the first and second locations had been was now filled by

speak to the