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

their growth slowed down

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

“Young master Kim.”

King offered the box

I ask what

Fist King nodded his head and started to

“A long time ago.”

Cale flinched.

does it

was a time when humans, divine beasts,

was

that period the ancient

The ancient times.

term made Cale feel

during ancient times… There

Imugi.

Or an existence that failed to become a

were talking

or caves, this imugi

it would

treated Raon’s voice as

then thought to

give it

Fist King

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

a great

was no ordinary snake. Why? Because

fire eating

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

A lava eating Dragon! How

lava flowed out uncontrollably and

– …No……!

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

-…….

Raon was now silent.

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

eye contact

imugi burned up the volcano

was written in

legend says that it was basically the embodiment of

‘Mm.’

back a

was really not

– Sniff.

Cale flinched.

Perhaps-

– Sniff sniff.

‘Raon, are you crying?’

– Sniff, snort!

could hear

g, great

King slowly opened

be maintained for five days. We’ve used up most of the time getting here

black was gently placed inside this

that the imugi

time for humans but not very long for

had grown larger, the 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 protect

was one thing

call this the

Reverse Scale.

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

looked at the extremely

– Wow, this-

spoke in

be completely

Wow.”

Cale was amazed.

Imperial Palace really

Reverse Scale.

to feel the precious value

the

Fist King

a treasure. It is an item even his Majesty cannot

contact with Cale and then

item that was stored in a

finally understood why the Fist King looked like

must have gone through

should at least

that the Fist King

started to

it would be best to absorb this in the

“Guard-”

King stopped without

be waiting

“Yes sir.”

walking behind

him! Don’t worry, Fist King! It

real Dragon was by

* * *

“Huuuuuu.”

comfortably on the floor of

looked down at the black scale in the

was such

listened to Raon’s rambling as he reached into the box without any

touched the

Crackle.

‘Hmm?’

The scale cracked.

‘Huh?’

before the scale revealed its true appearance as

“Human, it’s so pretty-”

scale was

human, why is your

Cale’s hand was shaking.

not his

‘Holy crap!’

pressure being transferred to his hand from the scale

at

“Ugh!”

Cale’s body curled forward.

“Human!”

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

inner shirt pocket before grabbing something in