Trash of the Count's Family

TCF2-55

“D, Dragons? What nonsense!”

The knight looked at Eruhaben and raised his voice as if telling him not to speak nonsense.

However, his voice was shaking so much.

‘...The palace-’

The palace right next to the Emperor’s Palace was disappearing.

It did not get destroyed.

It did not crumble.

‘Powder-’

The palace was turning into powder, into dust and instantly disappearing.

“Haaaa.”

Eruhaben let out a short laugh and smiled.

“Whether my existence makes sense or not... Why is a punk like you making a judgment on them? Who do you think you are?”

Ooooooooong-

Gold dust sparkled around Eruhaben as they rumbled.

The knight felt as if his grip on his sword would release.

That wasn’t all.

The eyes of everybody around them were shaking.

‘...His pupils!’

The blond man... His pupils became long vertically.

“My goodness, h, he truly is a Dragon......?!”

Plop. A black mage, who had been using the staff in his hand like a cane to stay standing, ended up with one knee on the ground.

Black mages. They were people who used magic, albeit using dead mana.

Dragons who used mana as if they were born with the instinct to use it were creatures of legends and mythologies to them.

They had thought, ‘oh she is a Dragon,’ when the black-haired woman who was the Imperial Crown Prince's helper was introduced as a Dragon, but... Recognizing that and facing the strength of one was completely different.

“...Haaaaaaaaaa........”

Aphei let out a deep sigh.

She looked down at her hands. Her fingertips were slightly shaking.

Her eyes moved past her hand to the ancient Dragon in front of her again.

She was looking at his back.

This Dragon was angry.

Since he learned that the Dragons of this world went extinct because of the Hunters...

Since he learned that they made Aphei be born inside dead mana...

Since he heard that they took the traces of the dead Dragons, the corpses, and turned them into jiangshis...

This extremely dignified Dragon had been sharpening his anger.

And the moment the chains on this dignified Dragon were removed...

‘Ah.’

Aphei's body started shaking as she recalled that moment.

It was trembling.

‘Eruhaben-nim, please make a large explosion that will be visible from the central plaza. As for the rest, please feel free to do whatever you'd like.’

The Purifier did not give the ancient Dragon any specifics.

It was as if he knew what the ancient Dragon would do even without telling him anything.

Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-

The gold dust fluttered in the wind. The ancient Dragon looked around before calmly speaking.

“But why aren’t there more?”

One of the palaces in the Imperial Palace was gone and there was a large explosion in the Imperial Palace Black Mages building that was a bit away from them.

Although Eruhaben asked, wondering why the amount of troops who had come to capture him was so little, he quickly found the answer.

‘A large number of troops must have gone to the central plaza.’

He realized that the Huayans patriarch had pulled some kind of ploy.

But it didn’t matter.

Today was a day he could do as he pleased.

“I’ve never been that nice of a Dragon.”

Oooooo-- oooooo--

A significant amount of mana fluctuated with Eruhaben at the center.

Suffocating pressure flowed out of him.

It was Dragon Fear.

“But it's about to get even worse today.”

Eruhaben moved his hand.

The gold dust pushed forward toward the enemy like waves.

“S, stop him!”

"Fuck, deliver a message to the central plaza right away!”

One of the knights shouted to his subordinate.

“Let them know that the entire Imperial Palace might get destroyed! Go now!”

Eruhaben was speaking into Aphei's mind at that moment.

- Watch and learn.

The corners of Aphei’s lips curled up.

Aphei started fidgeting even more thinking about watching Eruhaben destroy everything. However, Eruhaben was not done speaking.

cold when he spoke into her mind compared to when he

as angry as possible is to steal what they treasure

‘Hmm?’

tilted her head to one

and looked quite haughty as he swept the

as if I am destroying everything out of anger before

we will steal and then

him to go

‘Funny little punk.’

sure that Cale

matter how angry Eruhaben was, he would not destroy the entire Imperial Palace as long as there were Dragon

Eruhaben would swipe those Dragon

me too

gently moved

“How weak.”

recognized it since noticing that there were no sword

This world...

Xiaolen...

been in decline since about

Tap. Tap.

there was nothing here that could make him stop walking and headed toward the basement

he had a thought on

the troops have been moved to

House of Huayans... He was almost certain that the core of their forces were

Dragon thought about the

‘They were strong.’

this world were strong enough to the point that this Dragon

certain that all of them, especially the Hunters, would

‘It doesn't matter.’

was not

‘...That power-’

The moment he felt the power that Cale had used against the lake with the black

Eruhaben had a thought.

‘I’ll lose.’

that he would definitely

victory. The only thought on his mind was that he

half of

‘Yes, Eruhaben-nim.’

grew bigger as he recalled that conversation with

to Aphei following behind him and

Bang, bang! Bang!

destroyed all of the traps along

this quickly and head over

* * *

plaza were getting

was clearly different from

is there a fire at

Imperial Palace

what the hell is

chaos dominated the

was affecting the

this even a

smarter candidates realized that this situation was no longer connected to the test. They also realized that taking the wrong step in this situation might put their lives in

‘...The arrow-’

because the sky above their heads was currently full of

Click. Click.

shape of a Dragon flapping its wings in the

Clunk.

black burlap sacks from their heads. The ropes tying their

knights and black mages of the

that might go

“It was you.”

the patriarch of the House of Huayans and

slowly walked to the end of

the one

down

met his gaze and started to

“Yes, it was me.”

such a clear admittance. As the Chief

Cale continued to speak.

who purified the

your actions? Good job!

‘Haaaa.’

back from sighing at Raon's

‘Fuck.’

as the Purifier, Cale

‘It’s quite unsettling.’

once things were resolved but Cale oddly had

as if the God of Death was

“Purify?”

word. The Emperor was one of them. Cale's eyes clouded over. The

“Purify? What ridiculousness!”

man’s mouth from saying useless

Chief of Staff motioned to the Knight Captain and the

a sword and a black magic spell were directed at

- Human!

Raon shouted in shock.

- Cale!

and urgently called out to

“......!”

the roof of a building around

if he was a spectator suddenly had a bow as tall

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

left that bow was

was aimed at

at the platform as soon as

‘!’

while the patriarch was looking at Olivia with

of them looked as if

was how nonchalant they

Olivia turned her head.

arrow was right in front of

heard the Purifier’s

“Choi Han.”

Olivia closed her eyes.

Baaaaaang---!

She opened her eyes.

two

a violent black

swordsman was standing in front

up to

patriarch had also looked away from Cale and was speaking with a stoic

“Kill them.”

was at that

Baaaaang!

explosion and Zero frowned as he

“Fuck!”

One of the candidates...

with envy and jealousy toward Zero... The person Zero had looked at as if the man

You’re not

webs on

“...And?”

was a