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.

grew larger and larger the stronger

their growth slowed

by the thought of relying on something else

“Young master Kim.”

King offered the

I ask what this elixir

Fist King nodded his head and

“A long time ago.”

Cale flinched.

why does it feel like he is

when humans, divine beasts, and animals all

really was a traditional

call that period the

The ancient times.

made Cale feel

ancient times… There

Imugi.

before it becomes a Dragon. Or an existence that

talking about

lived by ponds or caves, this imugi lived in a peculiar

it would be fun! It

treated Raon’s voice

then thought

just give it

the Fist King continued

daughter saw a dying young imugi and thought it was a baby snake. She brought it back home

What a great

realized that this was no ordinary snake. Why? Because

A fire eating Dragon!

found it on. That mountain was a volcano. It was a dormant volcano so nobody knew it was

eating

the years had passed, the volcano erupted. The lava flowed out uncontrollably and the sky became dyed the color of ashes. And the lava headed

– …No……!

footsteps and become a blacksmith. She was now trying to find an

-…….

Raon was now silent.

eat with its body, until it managed to save the village from being destroyed by the lava. Apparently the volcanic ashes were unable to reach the

eye contact with

imugi burned up the volcano

written in the

Dragon, but legend says that it

‘Mm.’

held back

not

– Sniff.

Cale flinched.

Perhaps-

– Sniff sniff.

‘Raon, are you crying?’

– Sniff, snort!

could hear a teary

A, g, great

slowly opened

formation drawn on it. The formation suppresses the aura of the elixir. It can only be maintained for five days. We’ve used up most of the time getting here so you

black was gently placed inside this box with numerous formations

thing that the

for humans but not very

even burned up the cintamani, the orb it had gathered its aura to ascend

was one thing that

call this the

Reverse Scale.

down, known for being a Dragon’s weakness but

scale… Cale looked at

– Wow, this-

Destruction spoke in an

be

Wow.”

Cale was amazed.

Imperial Palace

Reverse Scale.

it easy to feel the precious value

must be the

King

treasure. It is an item even his Majesty

made eye contact with Cale and

is an item that was stored in a sealing formation

why the Fist King looked like such a

must have gone through

least do

took the box that the

started to

be best to absorb

“Guard-”

King stopped without finishing his

will be waiting up

“Yes sir.”

walking behind Cale and heard

worry, Fist King! It was a

real Dragon was by

* * *

“Huuuuuu.”

on the floor of the basement

down at the

was such

Raon’s rambling as he reached into the box

touched the

Crackle.

‘Hmm?’

The scale cracked.

‘Huh?’

accurate, a black crack appeared on it before the scale revealed its true appearance

“Human, it’s so pretty-”

scale was sparkling

is your hand

Cale’s hand was shaking.

was not

‘Holy crap!’

his hand from the scale was making

at that

“Ugh!”

Cale’s body curled forward.

“Human!”

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

rummaged through his inner shirt pocket before grabbing something in