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

had only been prepared for a rumbling at

god only know how to make his

he

a good amount

that he was trying to use the White Star or Cale

angry since

two arms flailed

‘Fuck!’

his body tilted toward the

running toward him in shock. Choi Han then

“Mm.”

"Are you okay, sir?”

supporting him. Clopeh was supporting Cale’s back with

face was so radiant.

‘At least it's bro-hmm?’

the two automatic video recording devices in

‘...This punk?’

aloofly and nodded his head despite

“I recorded everything, Cale-nim.”

wanted to smack that

did not have the time

“Ugh!”

even stronger and was shooting

Tatap!

Choi Han kicked off

‘Shit.’

eerie sight

‘...Hands-’

sculpture on the wall he presumed to be the sealed

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

Crack, crack-

and started charging toward Cale and

the hands left the wall

this is

reaching out was a bit scary.

of the legend might come

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

“Choi Han!”

Baaaaaang---!

the

the still numerous remaining hands were

heading

realized that Cale was the target of

“I will block them.”

GPS-like voice as two robes moved

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

“Choi Han, Miss Rosalyn!”

at that

“The left!”

Cale. Cale looked more relaxed than she had expected. Mary heard Cale’s

was loud and

hole on the

sealed god and

changed at the

god wanted Cale

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

that case, what

I can't do it

don’t

need to think

flexible enough to do

wasn’t much the sealed

Why?

not like

the door with this white key for the temple

in

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

That must mean that...

now and find a way to take

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

absolutely not do

if I ask Eruhaben-nim or have Miss Cage ask the God

spill the beans since he supposedly had a lot of

if that doesn’t

that we took down the White

show the others, there was no need for

all take care of

strong allies

at that

attacks don’t work on the temple and

to what Ahn Roh Man told them about the temple, any power other than for communication would not leave even a scratch on

that meant that no attacks worked

“No, Rosalyn!”

turned toward

“It's breaking right now!”

“Ah.”

not

red lights as well as Choi Han, Rosalyn, and Mary’s attacks

scale of the attacks they had cast,

Cale’s calm voice as

god has lost

the power he had gathered in his

was the prison for the sealed god but also his

means that this temple has gotten

“That’s great.”

red mana moved toward a spot as she said

“Choi Han!”

running forward, channeled

Ooooooooong-

as the black yong rose from the

mana... The black yong charging behind it with

stop

“I understand.”

and wrapped around the hands coming out of

Squeeze.

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

“...Ah.”

Clopeh gasped.

it was the aura of a flame imbued with

Crackle. Crack.

using his ancient

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

is in the best

last time it was

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

Rosalyn... The black yong and the red mana

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang---!

extremely loud explosion made Cale

not miss that

were

even enough to make a hole

Cale was planning on

Rock, water, he had plenty of powers