Trash of the Count’s Family - Chapter 414

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The Lion King Dorf’s eyes reflected the masked figure before him.
The masked figure opened both clenched fists.

Patter, patter.
Mana stones fell to the ground.
And then.

Flash!
Red consumed his entire vision.
Dorf’s body lurched forward.

“Ah.”

At the same moment, a soldier collapsed to the ground.

A crimson bolt of lightning descended from the sky toward them.
Death.
Now it would truly come.
That was all I could think.
Tears streamed down the soldier’s face.

Boom!

One bolt of lightning struck the training ground right beside the tower.
The tower trembled.
It was a devastating attack.

“Ugh… ah…”

This time the lightning had missed the tower.

‘Next—’

Crackle. Crackle.
Red bolts of lightning flickered between the clouds, about to descend.

“It’s… it’s over.”

The Soldier finally sensed his end the moment he witnessed countless crimson lights descending toward him.
Yet silver light suddenly appeared in his vision.

Uuuuuung—
A barrier enveloped the southern rooftop.
More precisely, it shielded Saint Jack, Vicross, and the Soldiers.
It was a shield with massive silver wings spread wide open.

Just as lightning was about to strike, a colossal defensive barrier materialized before the Soldiers’ eyes. It appeared sturdy enough to withstand the lightning.

“My money!”

And from a distance, the voice of a black-masked figure rang out.
Zzzt, zzzt.
The masked figure was slowly tearing open a spatial pouch. The movements were careful, hesitant, full of deliberation.

‘Damn it! Cursed thing!’

I tore open the spatial pouch with my dagger while wrestling with the decision until the very last moment.

Should I use the mana stones? Or not?

I looked down below.
It seemed I could purify that level sufficiently with just the power I had used during the war between the Wipper Kingdom and the Mogur Empire.
Originally, there was no need for enhancement.

‘What is this blasted promise!’

But I had made a promise.

‘Human! Learn from today’s events! You must not suffer! I am sad, Grandfather is sad, everyone is sad!’

After receiving news through the video communication channel that Choi Han had collapsed, Raon had spoken these words to me.

‘I will try not to worry you from now on.’

To that, I had promised to make the effort.

‘I cannot break a promise made with the child.’

Wasn’t that the words of a six-year-old who hadn’t even hit puberty yet? On top of that, he wasn’t someone I could negotiate with.
He’d sniffle and offer me an apple pie, that was for sure.
I didn’t want to eat that tear-stained apple pie anymore. It tasted awful.

My face twisted.
My hand holding the tattered pocket dimension trembled.

‘…If I strengthen it, it won’t collapse, right?’

Since my fire power would grow stronger, I’d quickly purify that Dead Mana Lake, which didn’t even look that deep.

“Yes! Let’s splurge!”

Right, this kind of effort wasn’t that difficult, was it?
It was stolen anyway!

Crunch.
I completely crushed the pocket dimension pouch.

“Ahahahahaha!”

And I laughed like a madman.
My money! Even though Vicross brought it from the Capital, it’s still my money!
I wouldn’t care if I spent it elsewhere!

-Hehe, thank you.

Spending it on this Jjandol!
Fury blazed across my face.

I was going to spend a massive amount of money.
But it wouldn’t be worth the cost?

“You better do this properly.”

The moment a murderous atmosphere flowed from me.

“I won’t let you do as you please!”

I saw someone leap over the railing toward me with explosive force.
Dorf, the Lion King.
With a broad smile plastered across his face, he swung his fist at me.

“No!”

Hana unleashed her aura toward Dorf.

Boom!
But the aura was easily blocked.

“What?”

Hana watched as her aura was intercepted by an invisible force in mid-air.

“What on earth is this power?!”

She cried out in frustration.
In that moment, my eyes met Dorf’s.

Dorf descending toward me. Me looking down at him.
My mouth opened.

“You’re a Spirit Master, aren’t you?”

What?
Hana’s eyes widened.
A Spirit Master?
That rare Spirit Master?
The Lion King is a Spirit Master?
After all that talk about being a warrior, fighting with honor, martial arts—he’s a Spirit Master?

Smirk.
The corners of Dorf’s mouth lifted.

“How did you know?”

I smiled back at him.
The golden spinning top that had been in his hand moments ago was now nestled in my embrace.

‘Kale! That Lion Tribe member is definitely strange! They’re a Spirit Summoner!’
‘But I don’t see any spirits? What is it? Are there invisible spirits?’
‘But I can feel the aura of a spirit from that person’s body!’
‘What if they’re a much stronger spirit than us, so we can’t see them?’
‘But it’s not wind! If it were wind, we would have known if it was a higher-ranked spirit!’
‘…What attribute spirit is it?’

The chatter of the two spirits.

‘…Out of specification! Out of specification appearance! Lion Tribe and a Spirit Summoner! And a strong one at that! Run, we need to run!’

And the warning continuously sent by the third spirit.

“Since you didn’t run away, it seems you haven’t properly grasped my power.”

The moment murderous intent and madness flickered in the eyes of the lean-framed Dorf.
I smiled and spoke.

“Earn your keep!”

With those words.
The mana stone was hurled skyward, and a deafening roar erupted from above.

Kabooooom!
Kaboom! Kabooooom!

Dozens of bolts of lightning struck down toward a single location.
The cross-shaped corridor that divided the tower into four sections.
And the dead mana at its center.
Toward those places descended bolts of lightning tinged with gold and crimson.

Kabooooom!

The lightning consumed the mana stone and unleashed even greater power.

“Tch!”

Dorf pulled his body back.

Boom! Booooom!
The entire cross-shaped corridor was engulfed in crimson lightning.
Nothing could approach the passage through that lightning, through that inferno.

A deep rumble shook the air.
I had to steady myself against the tower’s violent tremors.

“Deploy the shields!”
“Be careful! You’ll die if you fall! Avoid the lightning!”

White Star’s subordinates hastily raised shields or crouched low. The soldier who had been staring blankly at the scene lifted his head.

“L-Lightning is striking…!”

Relentlessly, without pause, crimson lightning descended.
In the very center of that maelstrom.
More precisely, standing at the heart of the cross-shaped corridor, at the center above the floor where dead mana pooled like a lake.

The soldier gazed at the masked figure the lightning avoided, as if his soul had left his body.
This was no human.

In that moment, he understood the figure’s identity.

A silver shield.
And Destructive Fire.
Kale Heniatus. It was him.

Despite being an enemy, an inexplicable sense of relief washed over the soldier.

“…It will disappear.”

The lake filled with dead mana. The place where he might have perished would now vanish. He was certain—almost absolutely certain—that he would do it.
It was nearly a conviction.

That was when it happened.

A deep boom!

The tower shook.

“What?”

The Soldier’s eyes widened.

Fwoooosh!
Black liquid erupted upward.
Like a volcano bursting forth.
Dead mana surged skyward.

“Damn it!”

Kale Heniatus’s face contorted.

-…Dead mana has accumulated to the scale of three underground levels.

Cale’s Power’s grave voice reached me.

That Dead Mana Lake.
It wasn’t just that.

‘Three underground levels deep!’

The lake’s depth spanned three underground levels.
That exceeded my anticipated range by far.

-The Destructive Fire is destroying a storage facility spanning three underground levels.

As the lightning strike shattered the storage, dead mana erupted upward.

Boom! Boom!
Each time, the Destructive Fire descended and consumed the dead mana.
Whoooosh.
Flames began clinging to the surface of the Dead Mana Lake. Blood-red fire burned, tinged with golden light.

Yet the black liquid continued surging endlessly upward.

“…Can we even manage this?”

Kale’s face contorted at the sheer quantity.
He clenched and unclenched his fists repeatedly.

It was possible.
I could purify enough of it.
The fire had already begun to ignite.
Lightning was striking even now.
But.

-Human! Are you alright? Should I go there too?

Damn it.

-You can’t collapse! Should I go help you? I am the great Raon Mir!
“Why would you come?”

Kale furrowed his brow.

“…My money.”

With the heart of someone on the verge of tears, Kale pulled out a mana stone pouch.

-Huh?

Cale’s Power’s bewildered voice came through.

-You don’t have to give more. Why are you doing this? It’s fine. I can do it now.
“If I collapse, you’re taking responsibility? You confident about that?”
-….

Cale’s Power said nothing.

-If you die, money is useless.

The Thief whispered plainly.
Kale sighed as he turned the mana stone pouch inside out.

Plink. Plink.
Mana stones fell one by one.
That was when it happened.

Boom!

An explosion erupted from the attack on the Destructive Fire.
I turned my head.

“Head over there soon.”

As Dorf spoke those words and extended his fist, a powerful impact struck even though his fist never touched the Destructive Fire.

Kaboom!
An invisible force unfolded once more.

Plink. Plink.
I scattered mana stones as I casually tossed words toward Dorf, visible through the hole the previous attack had torn in the Destructive Fire.

“Watch your back.”

Dorf spun around, and his eyes caught sight of a golden aura hurtling toward him.
Hana spoke with a laugh.

“You said you’d fight me. Where are you going?”

Her bright smile was fierce.

“She’s not normal either, is she?”

I shook my head with a sigh and stopped scattering mana stones.
It was a signal.

“Sweep through them.”

Dorf easily dispersed the golden aura.
His shoulders trembled slightly.

It’s coming.
A tremendous force is coming.

“Damn!”

My body jerked backward urgently.
Lightning descended from the sky, and the flames consuming the lake erupted upward into the air.

A colossal pillar of fire materialized.
From the center of that inferno, I stood unburned, gazing down at the world below.

Ssshhh—
Crackle, crackle—

The dead mana burned away.
And golden-hued ashes scattered gradually into the air.

The purification of dead mana, its annihilation, was taking place before their eyes.
Everyone watched this spectacle unfold.
And at its center.

“Hehehehe, hahahaha!”

The masked figure burst into raucous laughter.

‘This is the power of money!’

I laughed—whether from joy or heartache, I couldn’t tell.
That was the moment.

Boom. Boom. Boom.
The golems rushed frantically toward the Tower.
They appeared desperately urgent.

“Heh.”

My eyes gleamed at the sight.

“Let me show you the taste of money.”

It was at that moment.

-Human! Isn’t it hot there?

Raon, who had been hiding in invisibility, spoke to me.
I shook my head dismissively.
Summoning Destructive Fire, laughing, shaking my head—while performing actions incomprehensible to onlookers, Raon’s voice continued in my mind.

-But human! The golden dragon grandpa sent word!

Erhafen?
I froze.

-Choi Han opened his eyes!

Hmm.
My face gradually contorted.

Thud. Thud. Thud.
Meanwhile, the golems continued charging toward the tower—more precisely, toward me as I worked to obliterate every trace of dead mana.
It was a sight both magnificent and terrifying.

But that wasn’t the problem.

-But the golden dragon grandpa said!

What did Erhafen say?

-Choi Han woke up crying and ignored grandpa’s attempts to stop him, then begged the Royal Palace Mage for a teleportation scroll to come here and tore it to shreds!

Good grief.
I was left speechless.

-And Choi Han shouted “Kim Rok-soo!” as he opened his eyes! Do you know who Kim Rok-soo is, human?

Oh no.
My vision went dark.

-Anyway, the golden dragon grandpa is coming now too! He was shocked seeing Choi Han cry! Either way, everyone’s coming! Hehe!

Kale couldn’t hear Raon’s laughter.

‘What did he see?’

What had he witnessed in Choi Jung-soo’s memories?

‘Is Choi Han crying?’

More terrifying than the White Star’s arrival.
More terrifying than the golems coming to kill me.

The news of Choi Han’s coming was far more frightening.

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