Trash of the Count's Family

TCF2-26

‘The Second Imperial Princess?’

Cale moved and the whole group quickly approached the unconscious person.

‘Did something happen to the Second Imperial Princess’s team?’

Cale quickly looked around. Eruhaben spoke in a low voice at the same time.

“This won’t do.”

Crack. The ancient Dragon broke the magic stone in his hand.

Mana was rising in the area surrounded by dead mana and the ancient Dragon controlled it before it could disappear.

Shhhhhhh-

Gold dust that resembled the black sand but was a different color surrounded the ancient Dragon who moved his hand.

“I'll shine some light.”

“Yes sir.”

A gold orb floated up and lit up about ten meters around them.

"Cale-nim, she is alone.”

“It seems so.”

As Choi Han mentioned, there was no person or any living creature other than Olivia in the ten meters around them.

They could see trees or weeds dyed black but even they were dry as if to show that this was a desert.

‘Where did the others go?’

Shh. Shh.

Cale walked past the black sand and arrived near Olivia.

“I will look-”

“I'll do it.”

Choi Han tried to approach her but Cale stepped in first. Mary followed behind him.

Cale moved the sand around the Second Imperial Princess. Mary helped him flip Olivia over.

‘...This is serious.’

Olivia's condition was quite serious.

It was quite serious in multiple ways.

“Both arms are broken.”

Both of her arms had marks that looked as if they had been tied by something and were twisted in odd directions.

“There is a deep cut on her leg.”

Her two legs... Her right leg had a deep cut from her thigh to her knee.

Most importantly...

“...There are too many injuries.”

Olivia’s whole body had a lot of large stab marks.

“They are not critical. She must have run this way before she fell.”

Cale looked at where Eruhaben was looking.

Olivia must have run over from that direction as blood was scattered on top of the black sand.

‘Something happened to the Second Imperial Princess's team and she was running away toward Precinct 9 when she lost strength and fell.’

She would have slowly died from excessive blood loss.

“Dead mana seemed in through her wounds.”

No, her death would have been because her body would have received serious damage from excessive consumption of dead mana and blood loss.

Although the Second Imperial Princess was a necromancer and free from the poisonous nature of dead mana... Dead mana seeping into her body while she was injured was not good.

It was similar to how excessive amounts of mana being focused and absorbed by a seriously injured mage who could not control themselves was bad.

“Oo...ooooooooo.......”

It was at that moment.

“...Oo......”

Olivia groaned. Her eyelids were shaking. It looked as if she was about to regain consciousness.

“Young m, no, I will check it.”

Mary immediately approached Olivia and checked her condition.

She pulled a cloth out of a spatial pocket bag she brought with her to wipe the blood from Olivia’s mouth and put some water on a handkerchief and placed it on Olivia’s lips.

“...Oo...ahhhhhh.......”

Olivia’s eyelids opened.

Mary's voice sank down.

“...The areas around the wounds are being dyed black.”

Necromancers had their whole body covered in black spider webs. They always looked like webs regardless of if they were light or dark.

However, the areas around Olivia’s injuries were being dyed black. This meant that an excessive amount of dead mana had been absorbed through the wounds.

- With the density of dead mana being this high, it is similar to regular mages being inside mana that is fifty times more dense than normal. This environment is excessive. At least for a necromancer of her level that is.

The cheapskate analyzed the situation in a calm and collected manner.

“Are you awake?”

Cale looked at Olivia with a calm gaze.

Her pupils moved without being able to focus until they slowly returned to normal.

“...I, I'm ali-”

“Yes. You are alive.”

Cale was calmly saying that she was alive but Olivia could feel that her body was at a point where it was difficult for her to even talk.

Her blurry sight slowly started to focus.

‘Ah.’

She realized who she was looking at right now.

‘Heni Wishrop's subordinate.’

It was the man who seemed to be her chief advisor.

‘That means-!’

Her eyes started to move.

“She's right here.”

Cale pulled Mary toward him and Olivia started to speak as soon as she confirmed that Mary was there. Her lips were shaking intensely. She seemed to be trying to say something even though it was extremely difficult to do so.

“R, run-”

stiffened up

knew that Mary was

‘That means-’

that even Mary would

since she was telling them

it mean that it is

moved on top of his

wall-, we

so faint that it could go out

to focus so that her eyes would

‘...I'm done for now.’

she was

no way not to know this sensation

sight is weird

subordinate looked weird to

around them as if to protect them. The light was especially clear around Heni

had never seen something like this

she was on the verge

I need to

them about what she had

to

had to tell them as quickly as

To run.

don't want to

Wishrop that a skilled person like her

saying we need to

after hearing Heni Wishrop's subordinate’s

c, center of the

‘A lake?’

slightly rose

there is a m,

Mary with

“C, can't win-”

others all

something else instead of responding to

back to

Mary opened her mouth.

move to Precinct

Mary trying to

already done

you can quickly run away while

better for them to leave her

couldn't end up as

Royal Highness! Please go let them know! The Empire will be destroyed if

will stop it so please go! You are the fastest

make her stand out the most but

whose identities were clear and she could guarantee that they cherished the

picked such people for her team even if they were lacking a bit in

you could at least trust enough to

‘I'm sure they died.’

escaped on her own despite

was because she had

monster is

cloud was not the

tree at the forest, the bush- is heading toward the Empire,

could see the subordinate’s

there is a tree there and a

eyes and opened

was her way

Cale continued to ask.

was sometimes more important than

“Is it strong?”

“...S, size-”

is strong and it is

Olivia nodded her head.

was nothing a,

that she was

it was a plant or a living creature

“That’s not good.”

questioning the mindset of the group after

they

not heard

you feel like you were nothing against

opened wide after hearing Cale’s

was looking down at her

sure it didn't let

‘Huh?’

if it let you go and

“Ah.”

The moment Olivia gasped...

air is weird,

jumped up in shock. She even forgot that she needed

from the direction of the Second Imperial Princess's

a large amount of dead mana from

“Cale-nim!”

“Cale.”

word out while Eruhaben

‘Cale?’

toward Heni Wishrop’s

‘It...

like this person is the

Heni Wishrop

she had

this way. It is very strong. It is also giving off an intense

and took off the robe in his

the radiant crest underneath the plain

like I've

seen it before. However, she could not

crest was glowing

“Second Imperial Princess Olivia.”

Cale smiled at Olivia.

but you will need to keep

pupils started

be able to escape now that you are

threatening

flinched after feeling the aura coming from the robe that was being placed on

was losing strength and she was even losing the feeling of

could feel the

‘It’s warm.’

as soon as this robe covered

did not have dead mana surrounded

‘Ah.’

as if she was standing in the

if she was next

a robe with such

a

wanted to

person

Boom-!

face

underneath the

This vibration...

it’s here- that thing

Olivia heard a noise.

Shhhh---

Shhhhhhhhh- sssssssssss-

something cutting through the sand and

I escaped

had escaped for close to two

this monster followed

it really let me go on purpose and follow me like

see me go to the wall

was not very

let

could not get to Precinct 9

there would be a lot of casualties and the