Trash of the Count's Family

Chaos had descended upon Puzzle City.

“Your highness! The door will not open!”

“Move!”

Alberu rushed past the mages moving back and charged toward the temple door. His arms were up as he slashed down with the white spear in his hands.

Baaaaaang-!

There was a loud noise but neither the white spear in Alberu’s hand nor the firmly shut temple door had taken any damage.

“Fuck!”

The mages and healers around him flinched after hearing him swear but they were feeling the same way.

The blue orb above the temple had turned red.

The first party to be dispatched had not come out even after five minutes. At this point, it symbolized that they were unable to come out even if they wanted to do so.

“It’s useless.”

Alberu raised his head. The gold Dragon was moving its large body as it roamed around the temple.

“The door won’t open with magic either.”

The Dragon had long since used magic and physical force to open the temple door. Sadly, they were useless.

“…It’s not like we can just destroy the temple.”

They had no idea what was going on inside the temple so they could not launch strong attacks against the temple.

“But we can’t just stand here and wait!”

Sword master Hannah raised her voice with her sword in her hand. She attacked the temple door but could not get it to open.

“Oppa!”

She looked toward Saint Jack.

“Oppa, can you do something with Divine Power, oppa!”

Hannah rushed toward Jack in shock.

“Huff.”

Plop.

Jack was kneeling on the ground with his hands clasped together. He looked pale while his lips were blue.

“Saint-nim.”

Alberu walked up and knelt down on one knee as he made eye contact with Jack. The mysterious change to the temple and Saint Jack’s sudden action… They all seemed weird.

“Saint-nim, are you not feeling well?”

The moment Alberu asked Saint Jack…

“Your highness!”

Someone called for Alberu. Alberu was familiar with that voice, but it was a voice he should not be able to hear from here.

Alberu turned his head.

“Please go down! It is currently dangerous here!”

“Only those with permission may come up!”

At the end of the steps leading up to the temple… There were mages stopping people trying to approach the temple.

That person was on their tiptoes while looking past the mages and waving.

“Wait, please! Let me get by! Your highness! It’s me, your highness!”

“…You are-”

Alberu urgently headed toward the steps. The mages finally stepped back. Alberu could now see the person who had been hidden.

The person was wearing a loose priest robe. However, the sleeves of this priest robe with no designs on it were shaking.

“You are a priestess of the God of Death?”

“Yes, your highness. My name is Cage.”

“I remember. Why are you-”

Taylor Stan, the patriarch of the Stan March. Excommunicated priestess Cage, his best friend.

“I am here as I have a message for you, your highness!”

Alberu felt an unknown sense of uncertainty at her sudden appearance.

He then turned toward Saint Jack.

“Huff. Huff.”

Saint Jack was gasping for breath.

Then there was Cage, a priestess of the God of Death of all gods. She was excommunicated by the church, but the God of Death still reached out to her.

“…What is your message?”

Alberu quietly observed the slowly approaching Cage. She thoroughly looked around. She frowned after seeing Saint Jack but her expression soon returned to normal.

“The red orb is the gaze of the bound god.”

Cage quietly observed the red orb.

“Do not stop the god’s game.”

The things that the God of Death had appeared in Cage’s dream to say…

They were all delivered to Alberu.

“Even gods cannot stop fate.”

Saint Jack caught his breath before he started praying. Warm Divine Power surrounded the people around the temple.

Cage then said the last thing.

“People who can win against fate definitely exist.”

Gods could not win against fate.

However, people who can win against fate definitely existed.

Eruhaben, who had polymorphed into his human form, walked up to Cage.

“I guess we have to watch for now then.”

Eruhaben pointed to the steps heading down.

“We should make everybody withdraw to the ground. Alberu, the other Dragons and I will take turns protecting this place.”

Eruhaben, who was looking at Alberu with a gaze

Henituse’s test was experiencing

he had

things happened, making things difficult for the

started walking to make people withdraw to the

“I am concerned.”

same way. However, he was not only worried

that seemed

Raon was invisible, but

not

Dragon’s dark blue eyes were not looking at

orb. They were quietly observing the red

Boom. Boom. Boom.

was

“…It’s stopped.”

stopped for this red orb as if time itself did not

became sharp as he observed the red

around and started walking while looking at the white spear in his

“Taerang.”

– Yes, Alberu-nim.

AS

from that

‘Something’s off.’

with this situation. He closed his eyes for a

Everything turned dark.

* * *

taking a test

“That’s right.”

nodded his head while the twenty years old Kim Rok

you always taking

“My thoughts exactly.”

Kim Rok Soo inside the cintamani tapped on the table with his index finger. Park Jin Tae, who was a bit away from him, peeked at Kim Rok Soo

Basically, you want us to relay your

“That’s right.”

at the calmly

Lion Dragon, an unranked monster, and the temple guardian. Lee Soo Hyuk, Kim Rok Soo, Choi Jung Soo, and Park Jin Tae

get a good idea about Cale’s status and how things worked in this

…You act the same whether you are

Hmph.

and grumbling but he was scowling,

worried

Who would be worried about you?! Who would do something so

before

needs to relearn how

said some more things, but Kim Rok Soo ignored him and addressed

you are saying. I will let Soo Hyuk

emergency rescue situation. Kim Rok Soo, who had come to inform him

big

as usual. There was no way for

Rok

happen when I have seen your

He shrugged his shoulders.

Of course, we still have a long way to

“It sure is long.”

way, where

“Mm.”

Jin Tae’s voice. He had walked up and sat down next to Kim Rok Soo at

a

Park Jin Tae as he walked toward

when he

stored weapons and other goods inside this

‘They were quite useful.’

There was something here that

Tap. Tap.

stopped once he arrived at his destination

What’s with

looked at

cobblestone would allow him to gain the ‘Scary Giant Cobblestone’

ancient powers are in their original locations

the cobblestone

Shhh.

Ha! You really are

couldn’t touch it and moved right

“Mm.”

eat this to get

about it before lowering

Hey, hey! What are you

– Mm.

Park Jin Tae’s shocked shout and Kim Rok Soo’s groan,

mouth moved right through it as

“I can’t eat it.”

going

“How disappointing.”

– Ho!

Cale in disbelief but Cale

‘Should I use Embrace?’

do so. It would be quite burdensome for

“First.”

a thought

Boom. Boom.

was beating fast. An unknown power flowed through his body and

hand headed

taken out from his pocket in

“It doesn’t work.”

came to

can’t seal

Hey, why are you

Cale was indeed smiling.

“It’s an illusion.”

really

would return to our world sealed in this coin

White Star and the other Embraced things came with him when he entered this

‘that could not be taken back to reality.’ It meant

illusion that seems

this world was

not a different world

“How entertaining.”

the hand that was holding

the

anything other than himself or

what are you

“Rolling a rock.”

cintamani to push the cobblestone

Shhhhh. Tap.

pushed it with the cintamani to

You’re going to

specific, he used the cintamani to roll a rock, not

voice and then Kim Rok Soo’s voice. However, Cale didn’t

could see the inside of the cave

like someone has been

power was still here and nothing had changed, but… He had that feeling for

“Was it Choi Han?”