Trash of the Count's Family

Yunnan Castle.

Less people lived here than in the nearby Sichuan Castle, however, the size of the territory and the walls were about the same.

It was because they were right next to Nanman.

Cale took a quick look at the wall down in the distance that looked sturdy even from up here.

Honestly speaking, he wasn’t paying much attention to the walls right now.

“Is it a formation?”

Two individuals responded to what he seemed to mumble to himself.

“That’s right! Outside the walls and inside the walls! There are two different formations!”

“It does seem like a formation, young master-nim.”

Inside the walls…

Yunnan Castle, which should be clearly visible from up in the mountains, was not visible at all.

A white fog was covering just that area.

“Formations really are different from magic.”

Raon quietly mumbled.

“If magic is using mana to create what you want, the formations of the Central Plains seem to artificially change the aura of nature to change the nearby surroundings.”

He then nodded his head with a serious look on his face.

“Yes, even formations will be very useful if used properly.”

“That’s correct, Raon-nim.”

Chief Eunuch Wi added on.

“Great formations can be called their own worlds. And the person who creates that formation will be called the god of that world.”

“God?”

He smiled at the young Dragon looking at him and answered.

“Doesn’t it seem that way? If someone is able to control and dominate an area and the time in the area, isn’t that basically a god?”

“…Area and time……”

Raon seemed to be thinking hard as his face looked like a squashed dumpling. Cale looked at him for a bit before asking.

“Is it a formation outside the castle as well?”

“I was wondering the same thing, young master-nim. Even I cannot tell what that is outside the castle.”

Chief Eunuch Wi quickly answered.

Yunnan Castle, which has mountains to the east and west, and wide plains to the north and south.

There were some houses visible on the endless plains but nobody seemed to be inside them.

This was to be expected.

There was no way that the Blood Cult would have traveled past these homes without doing anything to the people.

“It is a formation!”

Raon answered extremely confidently.

“I’m certain that there is a formation that starts at the castle walls and wraps all around it! It has an approximate radius of 1km!”

A formation with a radius of 1km that wrapped all around the castle.

“I’m saying that because mana is twisted over there! Formations are the only things in the Central Plains world that can cause that!”

“Oh.”

Cale quietly gasped.

“Then you are saying that this normal sight of rice paddies underneath the sunset might be an illusion?”

“That’s right!”

Raon frowned.

He looked even more like a squashed dumpling.

“Both formations inside and outside the castle are ones that are difficult for me to figure out at once. The person who set up the formation seems to be quite skilled! This is the most skilled formation I have seen since we arrived in this world!”

The corners of Cale’s lips twisted up.

‘They definitely seem to be more skilled than the Black Bloods.’

The first Hunters household he met on Xiaolen…

The Black Bloods, the House of Huayans.

They were quite strong as well but the Blood Cult seemed to be more strategic and have more abilities and secrets.

‘The living jiangshis and jiangshis are probably not all of their cards.’

They were probably only a portion of their strengths and abilities.

Yet just that portion, the living jiangshis, appearing in the Central Plains was enough to cause chaos. It would have been enough for the Blue Bloods, the Blood Cult, to consume all of the Central Plains.

If things had been left as is, of course.

“Raon.”

Cale asked in a low voice.

“Is it impossible to figure out everything about those formations?”

“No! I am a great and mighty Dragon! I can figure out a good amount if I take a look! I know everything if I study it!”

Raon puffed up his chubby stomach.

He pounded his chest as if telling Cale to trust him.

“Then it will probably be easier to inspect the formations if we get a bit closer, right?”

“That’s right!”

Cale looked around after hearing Raon’s response.

Choi Han, Chief Eunuch Wi, Choi Jung Soo, Beacrox.

These were the only people who teleported with him.

“We will stay around here tonight and observe Yunnan.”

“Yes, young master-nim. Then I will get a place ready for the night.”

Chief Eunuch Wi answered and Choi Jung Soo suddenly interjected.

“We have to go observe the formation anyway, so how about over there?”

He was pointing to one of the houses on the plain.

It was a house right at the bottom of the western mountain Cale was standing on. It was also one of the few houses that were outside of the formation’s area of influence.

“Won’t we get caught?”

As Chief Eunuch Wi worried about the enemies seeing them…

“Don’t worry!”

Raon interjected.

“I can use a bit of formations now! I will try to hide us!”

“Hooo.”

Cale gasped in admiration.

“You’ve already learned that?”

the corners of

“I am smart!”

are great

right, I am extremely

gazes as he

to that house and then figure out what we will

looked toward

“Those formations are weird.”

a tsunami or

to use water to sweep it all away, it would not be too late to do so

things made it so

“That’s right.”

Choi Jung Soo agreed.

everybody here

moving toward the bottom of the mountain using a gust of wind that Raon created.

see anybody on the

walls were the boundary of the

could clearly see the walls. However, not a single person was

that there was nobody

the people who took over a castle and had to protect

he was responding to

see any jiangshis

Blood Cult uses

jiangshis

were said to have at least

were completely hidden

feeling about this.

disagreed with Choi Jung Soo’s

as they moved

at

“……?”

see that Choi Han

He turned his head.

horizon

night time arrived faster

headed toward the forest which

Through the lush trees…

Human, there

Han waved as soon as Cale heard Raon’s voice

Han’s signal that he would go take

moving toward

‘Is it an enemy?’

waited before his eyes opened wide once

“Huh?”

someone on Choi Han’s

“Huff, huff.”

and looked as if he might die

“Y, young master-nim-”

Cale knew this person.

“…Noble Warrior Dokgo.”

headed toward Huángshān to find Choi Jung Soo… One of the

Dokgo Clan’s Dokgo

was covered in blood and barely

Clan was

“Let’s hurry.”

their pace to their

one of the potions he received from the leader of the Church of the God of Death in the Roan Kingdom to feed to Dokgo Chang. He had no idea whether

* * *

the potion

longer in

Chief Eunuch Wi

a chair inside this empty house and plopped

a bit but

the bottom

of the house was a mess as if a giant storm had swept

were many traces of people being

seemed as if the Blood Cult dragged the people from these houses into the castle

to have died as there were no traces

must have been escaping from

nodded his head at

“I would presume so.”

quite a lot of martial

Dokgo Clan was one of them and they

them to try to escape from the castle

reliable and loyal personality, making it understandable that he was tasked

there are no influences of formations around us! I will create

at Raon’s comment without giving it much

I use whatever ingredients I

deal as he thought Raon was

Do whatever you

turned his head and motioned to Choi Jung

map out of his

Yunnan Castle at the

Jung Soo looked down at

will come

“Yeah.”

would come first with the

that, the Demon Cult’s forces would slowly gather

them is the Namgung

“That’s right.”

the Sword Saint, who should be on his way to

a message saying that he

leader soon too. After that, the Divergent Coalition

who was organizing his thoughts while listening to Choi Jung Soo, flinched after

Give me Central

‘Hmm?’

Cale’s gaze moved.

statue of the young monk was in Raon’s

“…….”

gaze as

stone is the strongest, so I will create a formation

and Choi Jung Soo

At that moment…

“Wow.”

Cale commented in admiration.

a

does he take after

was amazed at this

annoyingly heavy stone. It would be great if it can

Central Plains after getting the new version of the crown, but he received

same with the God of

the God of Death was quite the

shelter due to emergency

A tyrant going berserk due

idea what

pulled

punk really is a fox.

what the God

thought things would

and

to do what I have

That was the answer.

now was a chance to take down the Blood Cult since he confirmed that the others did

then heard Choi Jung Soo’s

they’ll take care of things in the back. Sounds like we should start at Yunnan and strike

gaze turned cold as he looked down

that they would take care of the jiangshis throughout the

Triumvirate

the members who would

was deep in thought thinking about the things they would do from

“Hae-il-nim.”

and Raon