Trash of the Count's Family

Cale walked up the stairs and out of the Dragon’s tomb.

The Sichuan Castle Lord. He made eye contact with the Fist King as soon as he walked into the now ownerless study.

“It’s been a while, young master Kim.”

“…Uhh, yes sir.”

Cale flinched.

It could not be helped. The Fist King looked like hell right now.

‘Did he go roll around in a pit of dust?’

He had soot all over his body and was extremely skinny as if the moisture was sucked out of his body.

And his great-granddaughter, Mok Hee…

“…….”

She was blankly standing there as if her soul had been sucked out before bowing toward Cale.

‘They look like they went and struggled a lot.’

Especially the three Embroidered Uniform Guards who came with the Fist King…

Unlike the Embroidered Uniform Guards that Cale had seen until now, their armors had a fancy crest on them. They were obviously high in ranking. They also seemed to be blanking out a bit.

‘How much did they struggle if the people whose job is to protect the Emperor are blanking out like this?’

Cale looked at the metal container in the Fist King’s hand.

‘The thing in there is what turned these swords of the Emperor like this?

…I’m getting a bit anxious.’

He felt as if he could not take this elixir lightly.

But it made sense since the Fist King had to personally move to get this treasure of the Imperial family.

‘Will I cough up blood after eating them?’

The fact that he was fine after consuming the Dragon’s Tear earlier made Cale feel extremely unsettled that something big might happen now.

That might explain why Cale’s gaze could not move away from the box in the Fist King’s hand.

The Fist King saw Cale’s gaze and gulped.

‘How surprising.’

The Fist King had already been here and waiting before Chief Eunuch Wi could tell Cale that he was here.

He chose to wait because he heard that young master Kim was doing something in the basement.

As he was waiting…

‘That was a formidable aura.’

Underneath the study… He felt an immense aura from the stairs heading to the basement.

The intense auras swirling around gave the Fist King such chills that he couldn’t even be shocked at the loud banging noises.

Two.

He could clearly tell that two amazing powers were clashing against each other. The Fist King had no choice but to ask Chief Eunuch Wi what young master Kim was doing via sound transmission.

Young master Kim’s people looked so relaxed that he felt the need to ask stealthily instead of openly.

‘Chief Eunuch Wi. What is young master Kim doing?’

‘…A Dragon……’

‘Hmm?’

‘…A Dragon. He is consuming a Dragon, Fist King-nim.’

‘Ho.’

It was truly unbelievable.

Of course, the next sound transmission explained that young master Kim was not fighting a Dragon but absorbing everything that a Dragon had left behind, but…

Either way, it meant that he was consuming all of a Dragon with a human body.

‘Truly, where is young master Kim’s limit?’

Even thinking about that clash of amazing auras again gave him the chills.

The Fist King understood why his great-granddaughter and the Embroidered Uniform Guard were blanking out.

The strong auras that started from the basement and created such a shock that this large Castle Lord’s residence shook…

It would be difficult to maintain their full consciousness while feeling those auras.

‘Young master Kim. We have not even glimpsed at his limit yet.’

He is scary.

Kim Hae-il. This person felt scarier the more he got to know him.

‘The Imperial family-’

He had this thought for the first time.

‘Can the Imperial family control young master Kim?

Couldn’t he destroy the Imperial Palace as well if he wanted to do so?’

The Fist King stopped his thoughts there. Any further thought would be fear itself, so he could not think about it any longer.

The Fist King was feeling as if the elixir in his hands was useless.

This thought became even more certain after he saw young master Kim’s gaze.

Young master Kim’s gaze as he looked at the box with the elixir-

“…There is no greed.’

He did not feel any signs of greed or desire. What he felt was actually anguish and hesitation.

‘Ha.’

There were probably no martial artists like this anywhere in the world.

Elixirs and martial arts text… The majority of martial artists were people who would put their lives on the line and take another’s life for these treasures.

and larger the

because their growth slowed down the stronger they

to be seduced by the thought of relying on something else other

“Young master Kim.”

Fist King offered

I ask what

his head and started to

“A long time ago.”

Cale flinched.

so why does it feel like he

time when humans, divine beasts, and animals

really was a traditional

that period

The ancient times.

made

some point during ancient times… There

Imugi.

existence before it becomes a Dragon. Or an existence that

talking about Dragons

that lived by ponds or caves, this imugi lived in a peculiar place. It was a blacksmith’s

sounds like it would

voice as background

thought

he just give

King continued to

young imugi and thought it was a baby snake. She brought it back home and took care of

What a

that this was no ordinary snake. Why? Because this peculiar imugi ate

fire eating Dragon!

the mountain she found it on. That mountain was a volcano. It was a

A lava eating

uncontrollably and the sky became

– …No……!

or so child had followed her father’s footsteps and become a blacksmith. She was now trying to find an heir herself. After growing for half a century, the imugi was supposedly very long as

-…….

Raon was now silent.

lava. It consumed the lava nonstop and stopped what it couldn’t eat with its body, until it managed to save

made eye contact with

up

written in

was not a Dragon, but legend says

‘Mm.’

held back

not an

– Sniff.

Cale flinched.

Perhaps-

– Sniff sniff.

‘Raon, are you crying?’

– Sniff, snort!

hear a teary

great and

King slowly opened the

maintained for five days. We’ve used up

and black was gently placed inside this box with numerous formations

only thing that the imugi left

years. That was a long time for humans but not

the cintamani, the orb it had gathered its aura to ascend to a Dragon in the future, in order to

there was one thing

call this the

Reverse Scale.

for being a Dragon’s weakness but also something that would enrage a Dragon if it was

scale… Cale looked at the extremely

– Wow, this-

Destruction spoke in an extremely excited

be completely

Wow.”

Cale was amazed.

Imperial Palace really

Reverse Scale.

the name made it easy to feel the precious

must be the

King nodded his

a treasure. It is an item even his Majesty cannot touch

with Cale and then added

stored in a sealing

Fist King

gone through a lot for

least

box that

then started to

would be best to absorb this in the

“Guard-”

Fist King stopped

be

“Yes sir.”

Choi Han walking behind Cale and heard

am going with him! Don’t worry, Fist King! It was

was by young master

* * *

“Huuuuuu.”

comfortably on the floor of the basement

then looked down at the black scale

That was such a touching

Raon’s rambling as he reached into the

touched the

Crackle.

‘Hmm?’

The scale cracked.

‘Huh?’

a black crack appeared on it before the scale revealed its true appearance as if the black color was a

“Human, it’s so pretty-”

scale was

human, why is your hand shaking

Cale’s hand was shaking.

was not his

‘Holy crap!’

his hand from the scale was making it

was at that

“Ugh!”

Cale’s body curled forward.

“Human!”

not even pay attention to Raon’s shouting. Cale urgently moved the hand that

shirt pocket before grabbing something