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.

there with

‘First young lady Huayans.’

requested the following from Mineh and

most explosive attack you can cast the moment the reconnaissance

Marquis had

black mage when they

determined that the 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 users

determined that the best first attack

recalling the Marquis’

it not know about

quite a lot about black

been connected to black

‘Foolish things.’

will not head toward the

the backs of the reconnaissance team members

the

looked to the

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

Imperial Prince and his helper were a bit

take down

filled

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

care of

Mineh nodded her head.

hands

Ooooooooo---

round her started to

would soon be released from

Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-

around the Dragon as

seemed to Eaen that this Dragon was about to do something as

the Dragon focused

Boom-!

shook at

“Don't be shocked!”

Eaen shouted.

expected this to

Chhhhhhhhh!

from

a

to move after seeing the reconnaissance team

Boom-! Boom!

The ground shook nonstop.

Some people turned pale.

The earth was moving.

Ssssssssssss-

to push forward

the earth

vines seemed

“This is crazy!”

been rushing forward, looked around

already in the monster’s

whole area was the monster’s

because the area below ground was probably full of

“Please hurry!”

while looking at Eaen urgently, shouting and looking at

glowing white mana was

that was the pride of the House of

holy white magic would soon signal the

be wary of the sword master

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

Chhhhhhh, chhhhhhhh-!

numerous tree roots shot up from

“Now!”

as Chief Eaen shouted in

the light that would signal the start

Ruuuuuumble----

noise from the sky at

“!!”

Mineh’s eyes opened wide.

“Ugh!”

white mana that was glowing like something holy

young lady's eyes looked down

“...You-”

dagger stabbed into

holding that dagger. She twisted

“Ugh!”

Mineh released a groan.

‘Shit!

I've been had!’

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

“Ha!”

scoffed while looking at what was going

black mages from Precinct 9 were aiming their dead mana

roots shooting up from the lake but were pointing their swords at her as

‘The First Imperial Prince!’

look toward the

could not do

‘!’

brushed past her at that

directed right next to

heading toward the

about it, the

to look at the

“...What is that?”

was surrounded by radiant

was completely stiff as she

not even

pupils

was as if she was

‘She’s scared......?

This Dragon is scared?

of

It’s mana.

dust

echoed around Mineh just

those voices at

you think you are doing?! Heni Wishrop, why did you do that to our

Heni Wishrop.

hand as soon as she heard

that had stabilized at some point

Bang!

white light

had quickly retreated

expected, you bastards have

violent black light

the sword master

are pulling this kind of shit

to Choi Han with a stiff expression on

there some

His gaze looked cold.

issues with each other, you are splitting our

their helpers were showing

by the members

of Mineh’s lips curled

“Shit!”

the candidates

are coming! What are you

Chhhhhh--

through the water

Sssssssss--- sss---

already

their prey

‘Let’s run away.’

thought that she should escape since she

Marquis Helson is thinking nor what he might have found

team here was not enough to escape