Trash of the Count's Family

TCF 762

# It’s Karma (1)

The rumbling shaking the temple suddenly stopped.

Red light no longer shot out of the sculpture on the wall.

Choi Han's hand holding the sword relaxed. The sword hung down toward the ground.

Tap. Tap.

Cale was picking up the red diary.

There was silence for a moment.

However, during that short instant... Choi Han’s eyes quickly inspected Cale’s condition.

‘...The injury-’

He was certain that he saw the dagger stab deep into Cale’s chest.

There was a large hole on the left side of Cale’s shirt, however, his body underneath was bloodied but fine.

‘...Tattoo.’

Cale had said that the ancient powers become tattooed on your body when you obtain them. He mentioned that he had one such design on his chest over his heart, but that tattoo and a grotesque injury mixed together to look disgusting.

Cale was laughing right now while looking like that.

He was laughing while looking at the sculpture that Choi Han presumed the sealed god was sealed within.

Plop.

Something round rolled over and touched Choi Han’s foot. He looked down to see an orb.

‘...An automatic video recording device?

There was that video recording device earlier too. Why are these automatic video recording devices here?’

Choi Han was confused for a moment before he thought of someone and turned his head.

Cale, the sealed god... And the now dead and disappeared White Star.

Clopeh was quietly moving during this short moment of silence.

The temple shook violently and was destroyed in many places because of the battle.

Clopeh was quickly doing something within this debris.

Choi Han frowned after realizing what Clopeh was doing.

‘...Did he install some automatic video recording devices?

That crazy bastard.’

Choi Han filled with rage. It was because Clopeh's green eyes were sparkling as if they were green leaves covered in morning dew receiving sunlight.

He had a thought at the same time.

‘I need to make sure that the children do not see that.’

Forget the chaos that would ensue if Raon, On, or Hong saw that... the children would be so sad.

He also had another thought.

‘I will need to show it to Eruhaben-nim and his highness though.’

Choi Han had not thought about it until now because of the shocking sight, but he knew that what Cale stabbed his heart with was a dagger. That let him know that Cale had not told them everything until now.

He did tell them that this dagger from the World Tree was the tool to kill the White Star but he had never expected the method to be something like this.

Of course, this method did allow them to delete the White Star from this world easier than expected.

‘...That and this are two different things.’

Choi Han made up his mind to never completely believe the things Cale said from now on. He told himself that he would look into things without Cale knowing if something seemed iffy or it felt as if Cale was hiding something.

He made eye contact with Mary at that moment.

He had no idea what she was thinking, but Mary’s gaze was no joke either.

The fact that such an innocent girl could have this kind of gaze meant that she had received quite the shock.

The two of them looked at each other and nodded their heads before turning away.

Step step.

Cale’s footsteps broke through the silence and echoed in the temple.

He had already put the white half-mask and the diary back in his pocket and was headed toward the wall with the sculpture.

To be more specific, he was headed toward the altar in front of that wall.

“Is it this?”

Cale stopped walking and quietly looked down at the key on top of the altar.

This was the original way to get out of this temple and make it disappear.

This was something Ahn Roh Man, the man from another world, had told them. The person who manages to complete all of the illusion tests gets to the end of the temple, grabs this white key, and returns to the temple door that serves as both the entrance and the exit.

‘I can’t do that.’

Cale had no intentions of using that method.

He showed his true thoughts without any hesitation.

“How...”

He looked into the eyes of the beautiful sculpture on the wall as he asked.

“How can I kill you?”

Smile.

The moment the corners of Cale’s lips curled up...

“Cale-nim!”

Choi Han urgently called out to him while Rosalyn grabbed Mary’s arm and shouted.

“Sit!”

Booooooooooooooooooooooooom---

There was another loud explosion in the temple and the entire thing started shaking again.

However, the strength of the rumbling was completely different from earlier.

The marble floor of the temple bobbed up and down as if they were waves.

It was as if the angry god’s mind was being reflected in here.

“Ugh!”

Cale's body tilted.

am I supposed to maintain my

for a rumbling at the

god only know

was all he could do right

sealed and he used up a good amount of the despair he gathered from the

to use the White Star or Cale to do

angry since

arms flailed in the

‘Fuck!’

his

was running toward him in shock. Choi Han then

“Mm.”

"Are you okay, sir?”

smiling brightly while supporting him. Clopeh

away because the smile on Clopeh’s face was so radiant. It was because he saw the

‘At least it's bro-hmm?’

video recording devices in Clopeh's

‘...This punk?’

smiled aloofly and nodded his head despite the emotions raging

“I recorded everything, Cale-nim.”

wanted to

have the time

“Ugh!”

floor fluctuated even stronger and was

Tatap!

were some light footsteps as Choi Han kicked off the floor and shot forward toward

‘Shit.’

caught an eerie

‘...Hands-’

sculpture on the wall he presumed to be the sealed

on the wall underneath the sculpture as if they

Crack, crack-

the wall and started charging toward

after the hands left the wall expanded

this is a bit

numerous hands reaching out was a bit scary. As

the

him away, and stood up

“Choi Han!”

Baaaaaang---!

toward the hands at

the

were heading toward

realized that Cale was

“I will block them.”

two robes moved in front

the hands. Rosalyn's red hair was fluttering and her hands that were full of red mana were raised into the

“Choi Han, Miss Rosalyn!”

shouted at

“The left!”

head to look at Cale. Cale looked more relaxed than she had expected. Mary heard Cale’s voice just as she was about to stop being

was loud

hole on the left

Embrace the sealed god and

that thought changed at

god wanted Cale to Embrace

sealed god asked Cale to make a deal with him and to Embrace him so that he could escape from the temple. That was when Cale learned that Embrace was not

that case, what could

can't do

don’t

need to think

was at least flexible enough to do

there wasn’t much the sealed god could do

Why?

not like

to open the door with this white

about it in the

has to stay here if we don’t open the door

That must mean that...

a way to take down

possible to shout that he gave up. But that meant

absolutely

sure I'll get an answer if I ask Eruhaben-nim or have Miss Cage

or annoyed the God of Death, he would spill the beans since he

if that doesn’t

that we took down

the others, there was no need for him to suffer

could all take

strong

shouted at that

work on the temple and that they won't even

Man told them about the temple, any power other than for communication would not leave even a scratch on this temple if used

that meant that no

“No, Rosalyn!”

turned toward

“It's breaking right now!”

“Ah.”

that she did not notice

as Choi Han, Rosalyn, and Mary’s attacks had crumbled many parts of the

small compared to the scale of the attacks they had cast, but at least the temple

voice as she realized

sealed god has lost a

of the power he had gathered in his sealed state

temple was the prison for the sealed god but

that this temple has gotten

“That’s great.”

red mana moved toward a spot as

“Choi Han!”

who was already running forward,

Ooooooooong-

small rumbling as the black yong rose from the shining black aura and

red mana... The black yong charging behind it with its

You stop the

“I understand.”

of Mary’s hand and wrapped around the hands coming out of the

Squeeze.

became taut and stopped the hands from advancing.

“...Ah.”

Clopeh gasped.

flame behind her. No, it was the aura of a flame imbued

Crackle. Crack.

his

eyes while Cale was feeling refreshed as he looked down at the fiery thunderbolt in

My body is

was the last time it was

he was struggling to recall as he raised the hand holding the

and

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang---!

explosion made

he did not

Han were already

even enough to make a

was planning on helping

Rock, water, he had plenty of powers