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.”

part of the

“…Ah, you’re right.”

turned toward the dispatched team, and one of those people caught

‘Why is that bastard?’

quietly sitting there with a holy-looking smile

will does

it. However, Clopeh had volunteered, and the crown prince had thought about it for a bit

His quiet mumbling could only be

path of

bastard would

has the best

test better than anybody else.

have the option to

a resolute expression on his

it randomly drags people in if a party is not sent in at certain intervals, so we must avoid that at all

had asked this question during

out of the temple and the temple does not attack. Wouldn’t things have slowly progressed if you waited and observed? You wouldn’t

if you don’t send at least one person

that they needed to prevent that random summoning at all

‘It is not easy.’

needed to be careful and even more careful as it was a test that messed with a person’s emotions and

was why Alberu was planning on having

he had emphasized from the

within five minutes we will shout that we give

Slowly, slowly.

One by one.

be boring, but they needed to do it in that way in order to get the least amount of people hurt as possible. Alberu was making up his

party

had forced his way into it despite

“Huh?”

“That is?!”

pushed back as multiple people pointed out the

‘It’s here!’

also looked out the window toward the

through the

His eyes opened wide.

“Huh?”

He sounded confused.

* * *

was staring at the man in front of him

really were someone from the Thames

were slowly

you only

face remained the same while his hair had turned

can’t reveal my full

Hilsman shook his now red hair

told you. It’s a bit complicated for me to reveal myself. That is why you can ask Deruth Henituse about my identity

fake Hilsman’s red hair before clapping his front paws

hair colors are the

were exactly the same color. The fake Hilsman

used to be famous for

that famous Thames family perished. No, it completely disappeared from the world without a

smile getting thicker as

The Thames family

everybody believed to be true

However, the truth was…

looks like the

toward

you,

certain that there were other

you think

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

It’s nice

and nodded his

do not look like someone

“Hmm?”

wondering what he meant

unfathomably deep were looking right at

is definitely not like those his age. Something is

about Drew Thames for a moment. However, he did not realize

was certain while looking

doesn’t know

person in Cale’s body was someone named Kim

know about that. That was why he kept talking about

tell what kind of status this man has in

was someone 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 information, and was someone who could make the decision to reveal his

was also someone who could personally come

either one of Drew Thames’s

likely Drew Thames’s older

have

burst in between the two

is going to

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

fake Hilsman stopped for a moment before

then he ran

“…Ran away?”

“Yes.”

calmly explained the situation at

Flynn Merchant Guild two days ago. There was a fire in the kitchen, but the explosion seems to have

must have been

“That’s right.”

wouldn’t go down

Merchant Guild is going crazy trying to find him

“…Mm.”

would Billos Flynn have

Cale frowned.