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 on

on the door to the

Gersey’s subordinate said at

need to hurry up and find the feed for those

“…Monsters?”

He then quickly

eye

sealed… We 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-

on her finger started

Click click.

to move the lock

quickly run away because Gersey's subordinates found me. I barely

thinking about what

on the day the seal is removed. It

nodded his head and started

feeling that the seal will be removed on the

Cotton started to frown.

we need to hurry up and destroy that place

a moment

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

“Do I look weak?”

and waved his hands around after

Eruhaben-nim, It’s not like

at Bud’s reaction and added

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

the same thing,

Cale started to speak.

why

made eye contact with Cotton

then continued

is why we have to move before he

the most important of the reasons

stop frowning as

it, why the hell isn’t this

frustrated as she

“Move.”

“What?”

her shoulder

away from

are you doing when

“Eruhaben-nim.”

Eruhaben moving forward at that

“Step back.”

with Cale and

gold powder

there for only

her eyes soon

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang!

“…Holy shit!”

entire wall was

Pat. Pat.

as he whispered

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

“…Crazy bastard.”

the wall because of that?

a lot of things she wanted to say, but just quietly

and he noticed numerous machines and magic circles

to speak after

go through many

“Purification?”

it to become a body that was

the northern part of the

a small

“Is that it?”

that is the third

his head and

them as

Ooooooong-

shoot out from

was pointed toward

at that

“They're here.”

stairs at the first location that

Boom!

the things that made loud noises as

could not see them clearly as they were too

could vaguely make

“They’re so big.”

could see five large robed

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

“Shut up!”

and Bud’s

shocked because of what

“Son of a-!”

Baaaaaang!

Baaaaang- Baaaaang! Baaaaang!

He heard multiple explosions.

pupils started to

“T, the glass containers-!”

the large priests destroyed

the dead mana flowing out

group heard Cotton’s voice

are corpses except for one! They are dead corpses

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

four priests

become even bigger after

Boom. Boom. Boom.

started to

life in

that they really were corpses based on their

They just

pulled at Cale's

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

followed her as he asked

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

for

“I.”

hesitated before she continued

cannot absorb dead mana.

“Aren’t you an illusionist?”

is a secret that

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

Why the hell are those

Cale turned his head.

Boom-! Boom-!

large things that looked like balloons covered in dead

“Shit! Those corpses!”

Cotton started to frown.

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

at an explosive

“Ahhh! Hey!”

“Be quiet!”

Cale had grabbed Cotton's collar and thrown her into

had almost instantly arrived at the door heading into the

someone shouting from behind

“Block them!”

was pointing at Cale

eyes were extremely

Chhhh!

aura started to gather above his head as he

“That is!”

that power in the northern mountain,

over 3 meters

at

machines

Eruhaben stepped forward.

then stomped with

Boom!

scattered in front of

“Block them.”

half-transparent gold wall instantly appeared and blocked the cave

second locations

to speak to the others behind