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.

the hell am I supposed to maintain my balance when

for a rumbling at the

only know how to make

all he could

sealed and he used up a good amount of

trying to use the White Star or Cale to do

angry since

arms flailed in the

‘Fuck!’

balance and his

Han was running toward him in shock. Choi Han

“Mm.”

"Are you okay, sir?”

supporting him. Clopeh was supporting Cale’s back

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

‘At least it's bro-hmm?’

automatic video

‘...This punk?’

aloofly and nodded his head despite

“I recorded everything, Cale-nim.”

wanted to smack

he did not have the

“Ugh!”

Temple floor fluctuated even stronger and was

Tatap!

some light footsteps as Choi Han kicked off

‘Shit.’

eyes caught an eerie sight

‘...Hands-’

sculpture on the wall he presumed to be the

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

Crack, crack-

started charging toward Cale and the

the hands left

this is a bit

out was a

of the legend might come

him away, and stood up on his own.

“Choi Han!”

Baaaaaang---!

toward the hands at

the still

were heading toward

that Cale was the

“I will block them.”

heard the GPS-like voice as two robes

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

“Choi Han, Miss Rosalyn!”

shouted at that

“The left!”

relaxed than she had expected. Mary heard Cale’s voice just as she was about to stop

was loud and

on

god

that thought changed at the

sealed god wanted Cale

asked Cale to make a deal with him and to Embrace him so that he could escape from

that case, what could he

I can't do it

don’t know

to think about

least flexible enough to

much the

Why?

not like he can

the door with this white key for the temple to

it in the opposite

to stay here if we

That must mean that...

a way to

gave up. But that meant that he would need to go

Cale would absolutely not do

Eruhaben-nim or have Miss Cage

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

if that doesn’t

we took down the

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

take care of

strong allies on the

shouted at

Didn’t you say that attacks don’t work on

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

meant that no

“No, Rosalyn!”

toward

“It's breaking right now!”

“Ah.”

not notice

lights as well as Choi Han, Rosalyn, and Mary’s attacks had crumbled many

scale of the attacks

Cale’s calm voice as she

has lost

too much of the power he had gathered in his sealed state because

prison for the sealed god but also

temple has gotten weaker

“That’s great.”

moved toward a spot as

“Choi Han!”

forward, channeled his black aura as

Ooooooooong-

small rumbling as the black yong rose from the

fire-like red mana... The black yong charging behind it with its jaws

You stop the

“I understand.”

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

Squeeze.

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

“...Ah.”

Clopeh gasped.

felt a flame behind her. No, it was

Crackle. Crack.

his

realized that and clenched her eyes while Cale was feeling refreshed as he looked down at the fiery thunderbolt

is

time it was

tried to think about a time that he was struggling to recall as

and Rosalyn... The black yong and the red mana

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang---!

explosion made

not miss

were

to make a hole in the

was planning

water, he had plenty of