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.

maintain my balance when the ground is moving

only been prepared for a rumbling at

know how to make

he could

a good amount of the despair he

was trying to use

since everything he did

arms flailed in

‘Fuck!’

and his body tilted toward the

running toward him in shock. Choi Han then

“Mm.”

"Are you okay, sir?”

brightly while supporting him. Clopeh was supporting Cale’s back

the smile on Clopeh’s face was so

‘At least it's bro-hmm?’

the two automatic video recording devices

‘...This punk?’

smiled aloofly and nodded his head despite the emotions raging in Cale’s

“I recorded everything, Cale-nim.”

wanted to smack that

not have

“Ugh!”

Temple floor fluctuated even stronger and

Tatap!

kicked off the floor

‘Shit.’

eerie

‘...Hands-’

the wall he presumed to be the

underneath the sculpture as if

Crack, crack-

and started

hands

is

of numerous hands reaching out was a bit

image of the legend might come

heard Clopeh's voice, pushed him away, and stood up on his own. He

“Choi Han!”

Baaaaaang---!

aura shot out toward the

of the hands were destroyed but the still numerous remaining hands were still

heading

Cale was the target of

“I will block them.”

two robes

Rosalyn's red hair was fluttering and her hands that were full of red mana

“Choi Han, Miss Rosalyn!”

shouted at that

“The left!”

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

was loud and

hole on

original plan was to Embrace the sealed god and reseal him so that he

changed at

sealed god wanted Cale

with him and to Embrace him so that he could escape from the temple. That

what could

do it on my

don’t know

to think about it

flexible enough

much the sealed god could do

Why?

not like

to open the door with this white key for the

it in the

if we don’t

That must mean that...

now and find a way to take

course, it was possible to shout that he gave up. But

would absolutely not

ask Eruhaben-nim or have Miss Cage

he would spill the beans since he supposedly had a

that doesn’t

that we took down the White

that small task that he couldn't show the others, there was no need for

could all take care of

had many strong

shouted at

don’t work on the temple and

Roh Man told them about the temple, any power other than for communication would not

that no attacks worked

“No, Rosalyn!”

turned toward Choi

“It's breaking right now!”

“Ah.”

that she did not notice

Mary’s attacks had crumbled many parts of the temple wall and the

scale of the attacks they had cast, but

Cale’s calm voice as she realized

god has lost a

power

prison for the sealed

this temple has gotten weaker

“That’s great.”

red mana moved toward a spot as

“Choi Han!”

Han, who was already running forward, channeled his black aura as she

Ooooooooong-

rose from the shining black aura and opened

mana... The black yong charging

stop

“I understand.”

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

Squeeze.

and stopped

“...Ah.”

Clopeh gasped.

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

Crackle. Crack.

his ancient powers

feeling refreshed as he looked

body is in the

time it was like

that he was struggling to recall as he

Rosalyn... The black yong and the red

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang---!

loud explosion

did not miss

were already preparing

to make

was why Cale was planning

then the Super Rock, water, he had plenty of powers he could