Trash of the Count's Family

TCF2-34

“It is oddly quiet.”

Choi Han’s gaze moved after hearing the voice.

“Seriously, it is too quiet.”

Zero ruffled through his disheveled hair as he looked around.

“...It's weird.”

Nobody objected to his comment.

Chief Eaen, who had said that they would now be entering the enemy’s territory, could not tell Zero to be quiet.

‘Something is weird.’

She too felt a mysterious sense of déjà vu and could not enter into the enemy's territory.

She was hesitating.

‘Nothing is different from what Imperial Princess Olivia told us.’

According to the Imperial Princess’s explanation, the lake and the area around the black tree was silent at first.

She said that the tree monster suddenly started attacking once they approached the black tree.

“This... I don’t think we can go in there right away?”

Eaen kept her mouth shut after Zero approached her and made that comment.

Why could they not enter despite the situation being as Imperial Princess Olivia explained?

The reason was simple.

"What the hell is the monster planning?”

The monster had sent its roots to attack the wall not too long ago.

However, it was now pretending not to know anything; it was pretending to be a silent lake and a beautiful tree.

“How despicable.”

Most of the people in the group agreed with Zero.

Choi Han quickly looked around the area.

‘I don’t see any vines either.’

The large lake and the area around it...

The starlight and the beautiful night sky were shining down in that area.

‘I don’t see any corpses.’

There were no corpses like candidate 17’s corpse they had just seen.

‘That means that this monster took care of the corpses as well.’

However, the monster had left candidate 17's corpse behind.

That could only mean one thing.

‘It was used as a sign.’

This large tree that was a bit larger than the Lord’s Castle had used candidate 17's corpse to have the attack team come find it.

‘Ha!’

Choi Han barely held himself back from scoffing.

‘It truly is despicable.’

This monster was despicable and shrewd as Zero mentioned.

That was why Chief Eaen was scared.

‘I'm basically a grain of sand compared to the size of that monster's body that is visible right now.’

The black tree at the center of the lake...

There were basically no roots showing right now.

The roots that were long enough to attack the wall from here were not visible right now.

Neither were the vines that were supposedly as scary as the roots.

“Chief-nim.”

Eaen looked away from the black tree after hearing a voice.

“...Mm.”

She groaned.

Heni Wishrop. She had taken off the hood covering her face and stepped forward.

Plop. Plop.

The pouch that was upside down in her hand was releasing white bone pieces without stopping.

"We must proceed as planned.”

Her voice was as calm as usual.

Black thread flowed out of Mary's hand and wrapped around the bone pieces as she walked forward.

Clack. Clack. Clack.

They could hear the bone pieces clacking against each other.

Skeleton monsters the size of a person appeared.

Mary started to speak once around ten of these skeleton monsters were created.

“An ambush wasn’t going to be possible anyway.”

They had expected that the tree monster would be aware of the attack team and be waiting for them.

"Chief-nim, when will we start?”

Eaen closed her eyes for a moment before opening them back.

“Right now.”

The group started to move at that moment.

Smile.

Mineh started to smile.

She looked around.

‘The reconnaissance team and the close combat weapon users to the front.’

Precinct 9’s reconnaissance team was in front of the formation.

Right behind them were close combat weapon users such as the sword master and Zero.

‘The center is mainly magic based.’

Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa----

The black mages were at the center of the formation, creating a gust of wind for the reconnaissance team.

It was so that they could charge forward like arrows at any moment.

stood there with the

‘First young lady Huayans.’

requested the following from

most explosive attack you can cast the moment

had added

Olivia did not have a talented black mage when they ran into the black tree. They didn't have any

that the black tree would not know about the strength of magic yet. Most

best first attack to damage that monster was

after recalling the Marquis’

would it not know about

black tree should know quite

had been connected to black

‘Foolish things.’

attack will

of the reconnaissance team members who would rush

in the

to

core of the long-range necromancer groups with people like Heni Wishrop and the Fourth Imperial

Imperial Prince and his helper were a bit away from them mixed

take

face filled with

came to the middle of the formation at that moment.

care

Mineh nodded her head.

hands out to

Ooooooooo---

dead mana round her

would soon be released

Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-

swirled around the

this Dragon was about to do something as

and the Dragon focused and started to

Boom-!

ground shook

“Don't be shocked!”

Eaen shouted.

this

Chhhhhhhhh!

from

a

to move after seeing the reconnaissance team approach

Boom-! Boom!

The ground shook nonstop.

Some people turned pale.

The earth was moving.

Ssssssssssss-

push

the earth was

seemed more like

“This is crazy!”

been rushing forward,

in the

whole area was the

moving because the area below ground was probably full

“Please hurry!”

at Eaen urgently,

mana was visible

magic that was the

holy white magic would soon signal the Festival of Blood in

wary of the sword

the sword master and the

Chhhhhhh, chhhhhhhh-!

numerous tree roots

“Now!”

hands as Chief Eaen shouted in a

the light that would signal the start

Ruuuuuumble----

heard an odd noise from the

“!!”

Mineh’s eyes opened wide.

“Ugh!”

mana that was glowing like something

First young lady's eyes looked down at her

“...You-”

dagger

She twisted the hand that was holding

“Ugh!”

Mineh released a groan.

‘Shit!

I've been had!’

what was going on but what she knew for sure was that Marquis Helson had pulled one

“Ha!”

at what was

9 were

team members were not looking at the tree roots shooting up from the lake but were pointing their swords at her as

‘The First Imperial Prince!’

to look toward the

could not do

‘!’

brushed past

was directed right

was heading

about it, the Dragon

to look at the

“...What is that?”

surrounded by radiant gold

completely stiff as

could not even say

Dragon's pupils were

was as if she

‘She’s scared......?

This Dragon is scared?

because of something other than the

It’s mana.

dust

around Mineh

one of those voices

think you are

Heni Wishrop.

soon

white dead mana that had stabilized at some point was

Bang!

the white light could

had quickly

bastards have

violent black light had

the sword

fools! You are pulling this kind of shit with the

Choi Han with a stiff expression on his

there some kind of internal

His gaze looked cold.

each other, you are splitting our forces with the monster right in front of us? Are

and their helpers were

by the members of

Mineh’s

“Shit!”

of the candidates

What are you going

Chhhhhh--

tree roots were cutting through the water and heading over

Sssssssss--- sss---

already surrounding

seemed happy that their prey

‘Let’s run away.’

should escape since she

what Marquis Helson is thinking nor

enough to escape from the