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

the door to the second location as she

Gersey’s subordinate said

need to hurry up and find the feed for those

“…Monsters?”

then quickly added

eye contact with

we have to fulfill our liege's orders as that day will

“…And then?”

“I got caught.”

Ooooooooong-

finger started

Click click.

started to move the

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

had been thinking about what she

is removed. It seems like…the third location

head and started

a feeling that the seal will be removed on

Cotton started to frown.

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

moment

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

“Do I look weak?”

flinched and waved his hands around after hearing

Eruhaben-nim, It’s

at Bud’s reaction and

and his subordinates are able to

thinking the

Cale started to speak.

is why we have

eye contact with

then continued

why

important of the reasons we need to

could not stop frowning

it, why the

seemed frustrated as she

“Move.”

“What?”

put his hand on her shoulder and pulled her

away from

you doing

“Eruhaben-nim.”

see Eruhaben moving

“Step back.”

was moved back with Cale and Bud each

see a gold powder

there for only

her eyes

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!

“…Holy shit!”

wall

Pat. Pat.

as he whispered

our way forward since they

“…Crazy bastard.”

of that? What if the cave starts

had a lot of things she wanted

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

speak

Star had to go through

“Purification?”

become a body that was suitable for a member of

northern part of

a small

“Is that it?”

that is the third

nodded his head and looked toward

destroy them as

Ooooooong-

started to shoot out from the

blade was pointed toward

was at

“They're here.”

toward the stairs at the first location that was visible through

Boom!

made loud noises as

not see them clearly as they were too

could vaguely make

“They’re so big.”

could see five large robed priests entering

can't smell them because they’re so far away. But there

“Shut up!”

shouted and Bud’s eyes

shocked because of

“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

Cotton’s voice

are corpses except for one! They are dead

Gersey

four priests

had become

Boom. Boom. Boom.

started

no life in

that they really were corpses based

no free will! They just obey everything Gersey tells them

at

the problem! We need to get to the

her as

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

for

“I.”

before she continued to

cannot absorb dead

“Aren’t you an illusionist?”

secret that nobody

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

the hell are

Cale turned his head.

Boom-! Boom-!

looked like balloons covered in dead mana were

“Shit! Those corpses!”

Cotton started to frown.

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

body shot forward at an explosive speed at

“Ahhh! Hey!”

“Be quiet!”

was surrounding the two of them. Cale had grabbed Cotton's collar

of them had almost instantly arrived at the

someone shouting from

“Block them!”

pointing at Cale with

eyes were

Chhhh!

to gather above his head as he

“That is!”

the northern mountain, channeled more of his

aura that was now shooting up over 3 meters long was pointed

at

machines and the

Eruhaben stepped forward.

then stomped with

Boom!

in

“Block them.”

half-transparent gold wall instantly appeared and blocked the

dividing the first and second locations had been was now filled

started to speak to