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 Dragon

‘First young lady Huayans.’

requested the following from Mineh

want you to launch the most explosive attack you

Marquis had

not have a talented black mage when they ran into

black tree would not know about the strength of magic yet. Most of the reconnaissance team members who had died in the past few months had been weapon

determined that the best first attack to damage

smiled after recalling

would it not know

tree should know quite

connected to black

‘Foolish things.’

Dragon and Mineh’s attack will not head toward the black

the reconnaissance team members who would rush

the right

to the

groups with people like Heni Wishrop and the

and his helper were a bit away

will take down the

filled

middle of the formation at that moment. She approached Mineh and the Dragon as she

care

Mineh nodded her head.

stretched her hands out to

Ooooooooo---

dead mana round her started to

soon be released from

Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-

around the Dragon

Eaen that this Dragon was about

Dragon focused and started

Boom-!

ground shook at that

“Don't be shocked!”

Eaen shouted.

expected this to

Chhhhhhhhh!

shot up from

a black tree

after seeing the reconnaissance team approach

Boom-! Boom!

The ground shook nonstop.

Some people turned pale.

The earth was moving.

Ssssssssssss-

started to push forward from the

the earth was

vines seemed more

“This is crazy!”

rushing

in the

area was

because the area below ground

“Please hurry!”

at Eaen urgently, shouting and

mana was

the white magic that was the pride

white magic would soon signal the

of the sword master and

down the sword master and the other helper would take down Heni

Chhhhhhh, chhhhhhhh-!

roots shot up from

“Now!”

as

light that would

Ruuuuuumble----

heard an odd noise from

“!!”

Mineh’s eyes opened wide.

“Ugh!”

mana that was glowing like something holy

First young lady's eyes looked down at her

“...You-”

a dagger stabbed into

dagger. She twisted the hand that

“Ugh!”

Mineh released a groan.

‘Shit!

I've been had!’

had no idea what was going on but what she knew for sure was

“Ha!”

while looking at what was

black mages from Precinct 9 were aiming their dead

roots shooting up from the

‘The First Imperial Prince!’

look toward the First Imperial

she could not

‘!’

brushed past her

directed right next

heading

that she thought about it, the Dragon

to look at

“...What is that?”

Dragon was surrounded by

completely stiff

not even

pupils were

was as if she was

‘She’s scared......?

This Dragon is scared?

of something

It’s mana.

dust

chaos echoed around

those voices at

do you think you are doing?! Heni Wishrop,

Heni Wishrop.

soon

that had stabilized

Bang!

light could not

quickly retreated

you bastards have partnered

violent black light

looked at the

this kind of shit with the monster right in

Han with a stiff expression on his

are you doing? Is there

His gaze looked cold.

are splitting our forces with the

candidates and their helpers

were all surrounded by the

Mineh’s lips curled

“Shit!”

the candidates

What are you going

Chhhhhh--

cutting through the

Sssssssss--- sss---

already surrounding

seemed happy that their prey had all

‘Let’s run away.’

should escape since she was

don’t know what Marquis Helson is thinking nor what

team here was not enough to escape from the