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 so

been prepared for a

this damn god only know

that was all he

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

that he was trying to use the White

sure he's angry since

arms flailed

‘Fuck!’

his balance and his body tilted toward

in shock. Choi

“Mm.”

"Are you okay, sir?”

brightly while supporting him. Clopeh was supporting Cale’s

so radiant. It was because he saw the

‘At least it's bro-hmm?’

the two automatic video

‘...This punk?’

nodded his head despite the emotions

“I recorded everything, Cale-nim.”

wanted to smack

did not have

“Ugh!”

fluctuated even stronger and was shooting

Tatap!

some light footsteps as Choi Han kicked off

‘Shit.’

eerie sight

‘...Hands-’

sculpture on the wall he

wall underneath the sculpture as

Crack, crack-

then left the wall and started charging toward Cale and

the hands

this is a

sight of numerous hands reaching out was

Another image of the legend might come

him away, and stood up

“Choi Han!”

Baaaaaang---!

out toward the

but the still numerous remaining

heading toward

that Cale was the target of

“I will block them.”

GPS-like voice as two robes moved in

started grasping 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 that

“The left!”

Cale looked more relaxed than she had expected. Mary

voice was loud and

a hole on the left

the sealed god and reseal him

thought changed at the

sealed god wanted Cale to

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 the

case, what could

can't do it on my

don’t

just need to think about

at least flexible enough to do

much the sealed god

Why?

not like

door with this white key for the temple to

it in the opposite

here if we

That must mean that...

escape for now and find a way to take down

gave up. But that meant

would absolutely

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

of Death, he would spill the beans since he supposedly had a lot

if that doesn’t

took down the White

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

take care of things

strong allies on

shouted at

master Cale! Didn’t you say that attacks don’t work on the temple and that they

any power other than for communication would not leave even a scratch

that meant that no attacks worked on

“No, Rosalyn!”

turned toward Choi

“It's breaking right now!”

“Ah.”

not notice because it

attacks had crumbled

was pretty small compared to the scale of the attacks

calm voice as

lost a

much of the power he had gathered in

temple was the prison for the sealed god but also

that this temple has gotten weaker

“That’s great.”

red mana moved toward a

“Choi Han!”

forward, channeled his black aura as

Ooooooooong-

as the black yong rose from the shining black

mana... The black yong charging behind

You stop the

“I understand.”

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

Squeeze.

her fist and the threads became taut and stopped the hands from advancing. Mary’s

“...Ah.”

Clopeh gasped.

flame behind her. No, it was the aura

Crackle. Crack.

was using his ancient

was feeling refreshed as he looked down at the fiery thunderbolt

My body is

time it was

think about a time that he was struggling to

Han and Rosalyn... The black yong and the red mana crashed into the left

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang---!

explosion

he did not miss

and Choi Han were already preparing

enough to make

why Cale was planning on

the Super Rock, water, he had