Trash of the Count's Family

Chapter 698: How did it get here 5

“Don’t you think that this is not enough people?”

Queen Litana could not help but be anxious after looking at this list of names. However, Alberu responded calmly, without any hesitation.

“As I explained earlier, there is no need for a lot of people to go into the temple, your Majesty.”

Toonka, who had been quietly listening, frowned and mumbled to himself.

“…Emotions? Damn it. It’s so much easier to fight.”

Sword master Hannah, who was next to him, was sighing.

“My mind is a mess.”

“Me too.”

Toonka agreed with Hannah, who frowned and looked away. Saint Jack patted Hannah’s shoulders as he started speaking.

“To summarize, there is a key to close the temple doors at the end of the temple. However, there are tests that people need to pass in order to get there?”

“That is correct, Saint-nim.”

According to Ahn Roh Man, there would be a white key once they got to the end of the temple.

The temple would disappear if they brought that key out and closed the temple door with it.

“That test changes based on the color of the orb above the temple.”

“Correct.”

Entry into the temple became possible once a large orb floated above the temple.

Furthermore, the contents of the test within the temple changed based on the color of the orb.

“And the tests show illusions based on emotions?”

Ahn Roh Man had also said the following.

Tens of thousands of people had to be sacrificed.

That sacrifice did not mean that they were physically injured or that they died.

‘A lot of people suffered mentally after coming back from there. In some aspects, the aftershock of this test was even greater than from the battle with the Lion Dragon.’

People who enter the temple are individually shown different illusions. These illusions are so realistic that they are frightening.

“Illusions based on emotions…”

Caro Kingdom’s crown prince Valentino looked down at his notes and read them off one by one.

“Sadness when the orb is blue. Sloth when it is yellow. Failure when it is green. Indignity when it is purple. Wrath when it is black.”

Ahn Roh Man said that they figured out the orb has five different colors after one year of studying it.

“Once a group enters the temple, others are not allowed to enter for 24 hours and the orb changes colors five times during that time. That means that those who enter will have to see illusions related to all five emotions.”

“It is not easy.”

Dragon Mila was the one who responded.

She shook her head.

“If these illusions are almost the same as reality, these tests will be extremely difficult unless a person has an extremely strong will. We need to be even more careful as this is the test of a god.”

Alberu nodded his head.

“That is right. That is why I must say this.”

This test…

“It is possible to give up. It is also possible to challenge it multiple times.”

Ahn Roh Man had also said the following.

‘If you feel like you can’t handle the test in the temple, you must give up right away. You get thrown out of the temple if you shout that you are giving up. We didn’t know that at first-’

His voice sounded bitter.

‘Many people died at first. They died by their own hands.’

A lot of people had killed themselves after being unable to handle the illusions inside the temple. Others were so submerged in the illusions that they would kill other people after giving up and being cast out of the temple.

This test was so similar to reality that it shook people’s hearts.

“Will the illusions change when someone attempts it again?”

“No, they do not. They will apparently see the same illusion from the first time.”

Saint Jack quietly commented on Alberu’s response.

“It truly seems like the test of a god. It is not there to destroy those who intrude into the temple. It is as if those who pass his test are given the key as a reward. That seems to be the case to me.”

Alberu was silent for a moment before he opened his mouth again.

“Anyway, those who have been chosen to enter should not overdo it.”

“That is right.”

Everybody turned toward the person who had spoken up in shock.

Choi Han, who had been quiet until now, was standing behind the crown prince as he spoke.

“Little by little. If we face the tests that are shaking our hearts and persist, we will reach the end. There is no need to hurry.”

Someone who usually does not speak speaking calmly like this made it seem like a fact. Hannah scoffed before nodding her head.

“Yes, let’s do it.”

You’re not part of the team going

“…Ah, you’re right.”

toward the dispatched team, and

‘Why is that bastard?’

Sekka was quietly sitting there with a holy-looking smile on his

does

volunteered, and the crown prince had thought about

to himself right now. His quiet mumbling could only be heard by the crown

will follow the path of someone who

This bastard would easily

has the

be the one who could deal with this test better

option

with a resolute expression

in if a party is not sent in at certain

during his

the temple and the temple does not attack. Wouldn’t things have slowly progressed if you waited and observed? You wouldn’t have had to send tens of thousands of people

a hundred people inside if you don’t send at least one person

they needed to prevent that random summoning

‘It is not easy.’

it was a test that messed with a

Alberu was planning on having Saint Jack,

he had emphasized from the

shout that we give up and come back out.

Slowly, slowly.

One by one.

get the least amount of people hurt as possible.

party to be

forced his way into it despite

“Huh?”

“That is?!”

chairs being pushed back as

‘It’s here!’

also looked out the window

round sphere was ripping through the

His eyes opened wide.

“Huh?”

He sounded confused.

* * *

the other hand, Cale was staring at the man in front of him without knowing that

someone

slowly

why did you only

remained the same while his

reveal

Hilsman shook his now red hair to

me to reveal myself. That is why you

looked back and forth between Cale and the fake Hilsman’s red hair before clapping his front paws

colors

the same color. The fake Hilsman smiled

family hair used to be famous for its

perished. No, it completely

getting thicker as he leaned on

family had perished. The Thames family

everybody believed to be

However, the truth was…

like the Thames are

toward the fake

is not just you, but a lot more

that there were other Thames survivors aside from this

you

something you can find out on your own. You must have people working with you. That could be the Thames people or it could

It’s nice that he’s

nodded his head. He

do not look like

“Hmm?”

fake Hilsman looked at Cale, wondering what he meant by that. He then

eyes that seemed unfathomably

definitely not like those his age. Something is different. Is it because he

he did not realize that Cale was able

certain while looking

doesn’t know

was someone named Kim Rok Soo from

know about that. That was why he kept talking about his

of status this man

who was able to say Cale’s biological mother, Drew Thames’s name without any hesitation, was someone in a position to hear a lot of

someone who could personally

either one of Drew Thames’s siblings or someone of the

Drew Thames’s older or younger

have

burst in

What is going to happen

imprisoned in an underground prison for revealing information to a competing merchant

stopped for a moment

he ran

“…Ran away?”

“Yes.”

calmly explained

explosion at the main branch of the Flynn Merchant Guild two days ago. There was a fire in the kitchen,

been Billos

“That’s right.”

wouldn’t go down without a

unknown. The Flynn Merchant Guild is going crazy trying to find him while the kingdom’s attention is

“…Mm.”

Flynn

Cale frowned.