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 on the

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

repeating the things Gersey’s

to hurry up and find the feed

“…Monsters?”

then

made eye

those terrible things are no longer sealed… We must give everything we have to fulfill our liege's orders as that day will be the day our

“…And then?”

“I got caught.”

Ooooooooong-

started to shake

Click click.

move the lock

Gersey's subordinates found me. I barely made

what she just said, started

come true on the day the seal is removed. It seems like…the third location is very

nodded his head and started

the seal will be removed on the last day

Cotton started to frown.

That is why we need to hurry up and

a moment before asking

think we can destroy it if those terrible monsters are there?

“Do I look weak?”

his hands around after hearing

It’s not

Bud’s

and his subordinates are able

the

Cale started to speak.

why we have to

made eye contact with

then continued to

is why we have to move

important of the reasons we need to

could not stop frowning as she said

it, why the hell isn’t

frustrated as she

“Move.”

“What?”

on her shoulder and pulled her

moved away

are you doing when every second

“Eruhaben-nim.”

see Eruhaben moving

“Step back.”

moved back with Cale and Bud each

could see a gold

there for only a

her eyes

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!

“…Holy shit!”

wall

Pat. Pat.

shoulder as he whispered to

it’s time to blast our way forward since they

“…Crazy bastard.”

the wall because of that?

wanted to say, but just quietly

numerous machines and magic

to speak

White Star had to go through many purifications with

“Purification?”

purified in order for it to become a body that was

to the northern part of

was a small

“Is that it?”

that is the third

nodded his head and looked

destroy them

Ooooooong-

aura started to shoot out from the tip of Bud’s

was pointed

at

“They're here.”

at the first location that was visible through

Boom!

could see the things that made loud noises as they entered the underground

them clearly as they were too far

vaguely

“They’re so big.”

see five large robed priests entering

there doesn’t seem to be a mage and they

“Shut up!”

Bud’s eyes turned

shocked because of what Cotton

“Son of a-!”

Baaaaaang!

Baaaaang- Baaaaang! Baaaaang!

He heard multiple explosions.

started to

“T, the glass containers-!”

of the large priests

dead mana flowing out with

group heard Cotton’s voice at that

one! They are dead

looked disgusted as she had not expected Gersey to tell

priests became

become even bigger after absorbing

Boom. Boom. Boom.

started

life

that they really were

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

at

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

as he

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

for

“I.”

before she continued

cannot absorb dead mana. I'm

“Aren’t you an illusionist?”

a secret that nobody

her hesitate. However,

hell are

Cale turned his head.

Boom-! Boom-!

in dead mana were rushing toward them

“Shit! Those corpses!”

Cotton started to frown.

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

shot forward at an explosive speed at that

“Ahhh! Hey!”

“Be quiet!”

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

of them had almost instantly arrived at the door heading

heard someone shouting from behind

“Block them!”

at Cale

eyes were

Chhhh!

his head as he

“That is!”

power in the northern

now shooting up over 3 meters long was pointed at the

at that

the machines and the

Eruhaben stepped forward.

then stomped

Boom!

scattered in

“Block them.”

appeared

second locations had been was

speak to the others behind