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.

my balance when

been prepared for a rumbling at

know how to make his

all he could

he used up a good amount

trying to use

since everything he did

flailed

‘Fuck!’

balance and his body tilted

running toward him in shock. Choi

“Mm.”

"Are you okay, sir?”

brightly while supporting him. Clopeh was

Clopeh away because the smile on Clopeh’s face was so

‘At least it's bro-hmm?’

video recording

‘...This punk?’

his head despite the emotions

“I recorded everything, Cale-nim.”

wanted to smack that

he did not have the time to

“Ugh!”

stronger and was shooting

Tatap!

kicked off the floor

‘Shit.’

caught an eerie

‘...Hands-’

wall he presumed to be the sealed

numerous hands drawn on the wall underneath the sculpture as if they were supporting

Crack, crack-

then left the wall and started charging

after the hands left the wall expanded without

is a bit

sight of numerous hands reaching out was a bit scary. As

image of the legend might

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

“Choi Han!”

Baaaaaang---!

aura shot out toward the hands at the same

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

were heading

that Cale was the target of those

“I will block them.”

GPS-like voice as two robes moved

Rosalyn's red hair was

“Choi Han, Miss Rosalyn!”

shouted at

“The left!”

had expected. Mary heard

was loud and

on the left

original plan was to Embrace the sealed god and reseal him

changed

wanted

him so that he could escape from the temple. That was when Cale learned that Embrace was not the

case, what

do it

don’t

to think

at least flexible enough

wasn’t much the sealed god

Why?

not like he

the door with this

about it in the opposite

here if we don’t open the

That must mean that...

for now and find a way to take down the sealed

that he gave up. But that meant that he would

Cale would absolutely not do

Eruhaben-nim or have Miss Cage ask

the God of Death, he would spill the beans since he supposedly

if that doesn’t

took down the

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

could all take

strong allies on

shouted at that

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

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

meant that no attacks

“No, Rosalyn!”

turned toward

“It's breaking right now!”

“Ah.”

realized that she did not notice

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

the attacks they had cast,

calm voice

has lost a lot of

power

the sealed god but also his

means that this temple has gotten weaker

“That’s great.”

moved toward a spot as

“Choi Han!”

already running forward, channeled

Ooooooooong-

rumbling as the black yong rose from the shining

The black yong charging behind

You stop

“I understand.”

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

Squeeze.

the threads became taut and stopped

“...Ah.”

Clopeh gasped.

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

Crackle. Crack.

was using his ancient powers

refreshed as he looked down at the fiery

My body is in the best

time

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

and Rosalyn... The black yong and the

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang---!

extremely loud explosion made Cale

he did not miss

Han were already

to make

was why Cale was planning

he had plenty of powers he could