Trash of the Count’s Family - Chapter 380

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Haah. Haah.
The White Star watched as Kale Heniatus labored to draw breath, his back rising and falling with each inhalation.

Blood pooled around his mouth and nose.
The Mercenary King’s back was stained crimson from the blood flowing from Kale’s lips.

The blood was not a vivid red but a dark, murky crimson. Despite being carried on the Mercenary King’s back, Kale Heniatus lacked even the strength to grip his shoulders, his arms hanging limply at his sides.
Only his chin rested near the Mercenary King’s shoulder.

Kale’s eyelids fluttered.
His half-open eyes appeared devoid of strength.

Yet the White Star could see it—the cold, piercing gaze of Kale Heniatus staring back at me through those barely-open eyes.
That same look he always gave me.

The White Star’s lips curved upward.

If only.
If Kale Heniatus’s eyes had wavered from their usual intensity, or if they had been filled with agony, the White Star might have harbored some doubt about his condition.

But Kale’s gaze, fixed directly upon the White Star, burned with unmistakable hostility.

His will to persist until the very end was evident.

“Ha, haha— Is it really painful?”

The White Star found himself laughing involuntarily at the sight of Kale’s state.

A passage from the First Dragon Slayer Neran Berow’s records surfaced in my mind. The words I had recited for a thousand years were now etched into my very soul with crystalline clarity.

The White Star’s smile deepened.

A thousand years had been spent searching for the Ancient Powers described in those records.

That time was not wasted.
Thanks to it, I had acquired such formidable powers one by one.

The moment I gathered the final piece—the power of the earth.
I would become incomparably more powerful than Kale Heniatus.

And I would become the true White Star and dominate the world.

It was at that moment when a familiar voice reached the White Star’s ears.

“What are you looking at?”

The White Star shifted his gaze.

“You should be looking at me.”

It was Choi Han.

“My liege!”

The Mage, upon seeing the tip of Choi Han’s sword aimed at the still pallid White Star, immediately conjured a mana arrow.
The arrow’s point was directed at Choi Han.

Boom!

But it could not reach Choi Han.
The mana arrow collided with something else first and exploded.

“Ugh!”

The Mage retreated from the sudden explosion and saw the Black Dragon glaring at him through the dust storm.
It was Raon.

Meowwww—

And a cat’s cry echoed across the battlefield.
The Bear Tribe, the Lion Tribe, and the Dark Unit Members—the Cat-Human Race fighting among them froze at that cry.

In that instant, Raon was swiftly engulfed in fog.

And from within the white mist, a crimson fog surged upward.
Like a massive wave, the red mist engulfed the White Star’s subordinates.

“Damn it, poison!”

The Cat-Human Race reacted to the crimson mist first.

“These vermin…!”

The Fog Tribe warriors each conjured mist to shroud their own bodies.
Only warriors who knew how to manipulate mist had come here. Therefore, the poison mixed within the mist would have no effect on them.

But the Cat-Human Race was urgent.

“Everyone, avoid the mist!”

There were also Lion Tribe members, Bear Tribe members, and Dark Unit Members here.
They neither knew how to manipulate mist nor possessed immunity to poison.

“Chief!”

The Cat Tribe Chief gave a simple answer to the tribal warriors who looked toward me.

“How convenient.”
“Sir?”

The Chief smiled.
Whether the Bear Tribe, Lion Tribe, and Dark Unit Members lived or died mattered little to him.

The Fog Tribe had only recently moved from the Eastern Continent to the Western Continent.
Their relationship with the White Star was merely a transactional one.

Therefore, the Chief paid no mind to the deaths of the White Star’s subordinates and thought only of his own gain. He concealed himself within the mist and issued a quiet order that only the nearby tribal warriors could hear.

“The Fog Tribe’s shame has finally revealed itself.”

The Cat-Human Race warriors understood what the Chief meant by “how convenient.”

“Hunt them down.”

The Cat Tribe Soldiers looked around their surroundings.

“Poison!”
“Ugh! This… this appears to be paralysis poison!”
“Fall back! Avoid the mist!”

Among the strong, those who regained their composure began evading the crimson mist. However, most of those caught in between panicked at the sudden turn of events.

Conversely, the Cat Tribe Soldiers no longer panicked. Half of them were subtly engulfed by the mist.

It was for the hunt.

The remaining half moved like the other subordinates of the White Star.

“…Poison!”

And the Mage on the White Star’s side, who faced this poison head-on, immediately conjured a wind. A wall of wind, as solid as a barrier, surged forward.

Whoooosh—
A massive gust began pushing back the poisonous mist.

“Snap out of it!”

Those who had been confused by the sight quickly regained their senses and rushed toward the shelter of the wind wall that was pushing back the poison mist.
As the poisonous mist was repelled by the Mage’s wind wall, it spread endlessly into other areas where the wall did not exist.

“Damn it!”

The Mage’s face twisted in frustration.
This poisonous mist.
It was blocking one crucial thing.

‘…Teleportation!’

The teleportation magic circle was ready to unfold the moment the Mage executed it.
But now, to deploy this teleportation magic circle, he would have to dispel the wind wall blocking this poison mist. If he did that, his subordinates would fall victim to the poison.

Of course, he could cast two spells simultaneously.
However, a teleportation magic circle that transported over a hundred and fifty people was not something he could manage alongside another spell.
Moving living beings to a different location required immense concentration.

“…How dare you, whelp!”

The Mage could not forget the gaze of the Black Dragon glaring at him through the crimson mist. The moment he showed an opening, the Black Dragon would strike.

Yet what troubled him most was something else entirely.

‘My lord!’

A tremendous crash echoed across the battlefield.
The Mage’s gaze shifted to a location some distance away.

A black aura gleamed fiercely as it slashed relentlessly through a massive curtain of water.

“Hmm.”

The White Star gazed at Choi Han beyond the water barrier he had conjured.

“Even if my body is not in perfect condition.”

His sword turned toward the water barrier.

“You cannot defeat me.”

The barrier struck the sword first.

A deafening crash resounded.

Choi Han’s body was driven backward by the impact.
Yet he charged forward again, his blade aimed at the White Star.

‘Choi Han.’

As he traveled to this place, Choi Han recalled the command Kale Heniatus had given him.

‘Don’t lie. Don’t act. Just tell the truth. Only the appropriate truth. Understood?’

His mouth opened.
His gaze fixed upon White Star.

“I will surely witness your end.”

It was the truth.
Not now, but someday I would absolutely see the end of White Star.

The expression on his face as he spoke his sincere conviction never wavered.
White Star wore a peculiar smile.

“Is this the will of Kale Heniatus?”

Choi Han laughed as he swung forth a massive aura.

“It is our will.”

I will surely witness your end.
It was the will of us all.

Boom!
Yet Choi Han’s attack this time also failed to pierce through White Star’s water barrier. Since the Imperial battle, Choi Han had never been able to overcome White Star.

That was when it happened.

Rummmble—
A vibrating sound resonated from all directions.
White Star turned his head.

Crash!
With a sharp explosion, a hole tore through the ceiling of the massive dome that enveloped White Castle.
Figures surged upward through that opening.

It was Ron and Vicross.
The two burst through the hole and landed upon the dome’s surface.

“Ha, haha.”

White Star laughed upon seeing this, then turned to Choi Han with a question.

“How did you escape from that castle?”

How could you appear behind me?
White Star asked Choi Han.
But Choi Han did not answer, and instead another voice shook the battlefield.

It was a voice filled with desperation.

“Inherit the will of Kale Heniatus!”

The Mercenary King shouted with fervent urgency, raising his voice to its maximum.

“We go to the end! We kill one more if we can!”

His gaze flickered toward Ron and Vicross, who stood far above on the dome.

Burd’s heart was anxious.
Ron and Vicross had no idea that Kale was covered in blood. The two dragons inside were equally unaware.
Kale had not explained the situation to them beforehand.

Burd worried that Ron and Vicross might lose coordination with the others, or worse, go berserk and fight with reckless determination.

So Burd shouted with all his might, hoping his voice would reach Ron in the distance.
Because of this, Burd appeared genuinely desperate and anguished.

Kale, who was being carried on Burd’s back, looked at him with a peculiar gleam in his eyes for a moment.
Even as he did, Burd drew his sword while still carrying Kale.

“I am Mercenary King Burd Illis! I will pour everything into this!”

Kale watched Burd and thought.

…Is this bastard an actor?
He’s too good at acting.

Even to Kale’s ears, Burd’s voice carried genuine concern for his struggling comrade and a palpable sense of urgency.
However, unlike Burd, I did not worry about Ron and Vicross, nor the other two dragons.

Why not?

“Cough!”
“Dodge the dagger! Ugh!”

Ron hurled the dagger downward and descended along the wall of the circular dome with remarkable speed. His mouth opened.

“Vicross, kill at least one more.”
“Yes, Father.”

Whoosh!
Vicross swung his greatsword menacingly and kicked off the dome, plummeting downward.

Boom!

Vicross landed before the Bear Tribe warriors who had been sheltering behind the wind barrier.

“I’ll slaughter you all.”

Vicross mimicked Choi Han as closely as possible and charged at the Bear Tribe without hesitation, as if blind to all else. Ron brushed past him.
Vicross’s eyes met his father’s. His gaze spoke to Ron.

‘Will this suffice?’

It was a blunt look asking if this level of acting would do.
Ron let out a quiet chuckle and leaped into the fray of enemies.
His target was the Cat-Human Race.

Next, Raon, who was hiding in the fog, unleashed a magic spell on the group.
After that.

“It’s all coming out.”

The white star showed Erhaven with a tired face soaring above the dome hole, and Lord Sherritt supporting him.

“…Are you really going to fight? Until the end?”

The white star turned its head and asked a question.
His gaze was directed toward Kale Heniatus, who stood at a considerable distance. Even though Kale would not hear the White Star’s words from this distance, the White Star asked him anyway.
Whether he would truly fight to the bitter end.

And as if answering his words, the white star slowly opened Cale’s mouth.
And as if answering his words, White Star saw Kale’s mouth slowly opening.

“Wow.”

I vomited out the red liquid that had been in my mouth. After keeping it in his mouth for so long, he started to feel nauseous, and the dark red liquid naturally poured out of his mouth.

Cale shouted with difficulty, pretending to raise his voice as high as possible.

“…Aim for his hands and feet.”

At that moment, the white star looked towards me.

“…That’s funny.”

Contrary to what he said, White Star was so shocked that he didn’t even laugh.

Three dragons. Two Miao people. Three humans.
Three Dragons. Two Cat-Humans. Three humans.
Those revealed and those hidden in the fog alike.

“Is everyone targeting me because I’m not feeling well? Really?”

A cold smile appeared on the white star’s lips.
A cold smile played at White Star’s lips.

At that moment, Raon, who had been hiding in the fog and conveying Cale’s will with magic earlier, used magic once more.
In that moment, Raon, hidden in the fog and conveying Kale’s intentions through magic until now, cast another spell.

-When a human gives a signal, you can attack then!

Cale’s orders were clearly engraved in the minds of his colleagues.
Kale’s command was clearly imprinted in the minds of all his allies.

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