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 a martial

was because their growth slowed down

thought of relying on something else

“Young master Kim.”

offered

what this elixir

King nodded his head and started

“A long time ago.”

Cale flinched.

explain the elixir so why does it feel like he is about to start

humans, divine beasts, and

was a

period

The ancient times.

term made Cale

ancient

Imugi.

it becomes a Dragon. Or an existence that failed to become a

were talking

this imugi

like it would be fun!

voice as background

thought to

just give

the Fist King

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

a

quickly realized that this was no ordinary snake. Why? Because

eating Dragon! How

was a dormant volcano so

lava eating

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

– …No……!

Fifty years had already gone by and the ten years 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

-…….

Raon was now silent.

block the flowing lava. It consumed the lava nonstop and stopped what it couldn’t 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 the Fist

burned up

written in the

imugi was not a Dragon, but legend says that it was

‘Mm.’

back

really not an ordinary

– Sniff.

Cale flinched.

Perhaps-

– Sniff sniff.

‘Raon, are you crying?’

– Sniff, snort!

hear

great

slowly opened

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 to consume this elixir in the next twelve

small and black was gently placed inside this box with

only thing that the imugi left

for humans

still young Dragon even burned up the cintamani, the orb it had gathered its aura to ascend to a Dragon in the future, in order to

one thing that remained

this the Reverse

Reverse Scale.

that was upside down, known for being a Dragon’s weakness but also something

scale… Cale looked at the extremely

– Wow, this-

Fire of Destruction spoke in an extremely

I going to be completely unsealed and

Wow.”

Cale was amazed.

Imperial Palace really is

Reverse Scale.

the name made it easy to feel the precious value of

be the Imperial family’s

King nodded

treasure. It is an item even his

contact with Cale and then

that was stored in a sealing formation

the Fist King looked like such

have gone through

least do

that the Fist King

then started to

think it would be best to

“Guard-”

stopped

will be waiting up

“Yes sir.”

behind Cale and heard a voice in

going with him! Don’t worry, Fist

by young master Kim’s

* * *

“Huuuuuu.”

on the floor of the basement

looked down at the black scale

was such

to Raon’s rambling as he reached into the box

finger touched the

Crackle.

‘Hmm?’

The scale cracked.

‘Huh?’

more accurate, a black crack appeared on it before the scale

“Human, it’s so pretty-”

brilliant red scale was sparkling

your hand

Cale’s hand was shaking.

not

‘Holy crap!’

immense pressure being transferred to his hand from the scale

at that

“Ugh!”

Cale’s body curled forward.

“Human!”

attention to Raon’s shouting. Cale urgently moved the hand that was

shirt pocket before grabbing something in