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.

cravings grew larger and larger the stronger a martial

was because their growth slowed down the stronger they

was easier to be seduced by the thought of relying on

“Young master Kim.”

offered the box

ask what

his

“A long time ago.”

Cale flinched.

the elixir so why does it feel

divine beasts, and animals all lived

was a traditional

call that period the

The ancient times.

made Cale

during ancient times… There

Imugi.

Or an existence that failed to

were talking about Dragons

ponds or caves, this imugi lived

it

voice as background

thought to

he just give it

King continued to

thought it was a baby snake. She brought it back home

a

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

eating Dragon!

mountain was a volcano. It was a dormant volcano so nobody knew it was a volcano. The imugi supposedly grew up eating

A lava eating Dragon! How

flowed out uncontrollably and the sky

– …No……!

and the ten years or so child had followed her father’s footsteps and become a blacksmith.

-…….

Raon was now silent.

until it managed

contact

up

written in

a Dragon, but legend says that it was basically the embodiment

‘Mm.’

held back a

not

– Sniff.

Cale flinched.

Perhaps-

– Sniff sniff.

‘Raon, are you crying?’

– Sniff, snort!

could hear a teary

g, great

slowly opened the iron

aura of the elixir. It can only be maintained for five days. We’ve used up most of the time getting here so you have

small and black was gently placed inside this box with numerous formations on

only thing that the imugi left

time for humans but

the still young Dragon even burned up the cintamani, the orb it had gathered its aura to

was one thing that

this

Reverse Scale.

only scale of a Dragon that was upside down, known for being

Cale looked at the extremely

– Wow, this-

Destruction spoke

to be completely unsealed and get

Wow.”

Cale was amazed.

Imperial Palace

Reverse Scale.

easy to feel

the

Fist King nodded his

is an item even his Majesty cannot touch as he

made eye contact with Cale

is an item that was stored in

why the Fist

gone through

at least do

the box that the

then started

be best

“Guard-”

King stopped without finishing

will be

“Yes sir.”

behind Cale and heard a voice in

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

real Dragon was by

* * *

“Huuuuuu.”

the floor of the basement

looked down at the black scale

was such a touching

to Raon’s rambling as he reached

finger touched

Crackle.

‘Hmm?’

The scale cracked.

‘Huh?’

on it before the scale revealed its true appearance as if the black color

“Human, it’s so pretty-”

brilliant red scale

is your hand

Cale’s hand was shaking.

not his

‘Holy crap!’

immense pressure being transferred to his hand from the scale was

was at that

“Ugh!”

Cale’s body curled forward.

“Human!”

to Raon’s shouting. Cale urgently moved the hand that was not touching the

rummaged through his inner shirt pocket before grabbing something in