Trash of the Count’s Family - Chapter 469

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Chapter 104. You’ve Misunderstood.

“It appears the White Star will soon descend through the passage into the underground trap.”

Upon hearing Merry’s composed report, I glanced around at our surroundings. Most of our group had scattered, leaving only Raon, the Dragon Hybrid, myself, and Merry together. That was when it happened.

“Young Master.”

Merry hesitated for a moment before speaking.

“…The White Star is smiling.”

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Just as Merry said, the White Star was indeed smiling. His lips, which had curved into a deep smile, gradually widened further, and soon he began to emit increasingly louder laughter.

“Ha, haha! How could I not have known this!”

His eyes gleamed with intensity.

Whisper, whisper.
He repeatedly clenched the sand in his hands. The black sand slipped through his fingers the moment he grasped it, falling to the ground below, yet the White Star paid it no mind.
He repeatedly clenched the sand in his hand. The black sand slipped through his fingers the moment he grasped it, but White Star paid it no mind.

“…also.”

The white star smiled at the dead mana energy seeping into the nostrils.
The aura of dead mana seeping into his nostrils drew a smile across the White Star’s face.

“Damn it!”

Sayer, the bear king, saw the white star’s actions and hurriedly covered his nose with his sleeve. The white star and Sayer’s eyes met.

‘What are you going to do?’

In response to the clear question in Sayer’s eyes, the white star pointed into a passage as black as the sky and the ground.

“For now, except for the warlocks, let’s let everyone else go in.”

Instead of feeling sad when he heard that the warlocks were leaving except me, his complexion brightened. Although it was not as accurate as the white star, they also felt that dead mana smoke was slightly rising from here.
The Black Mages showed no disappointment at being left behind—quite the opposite. Their expressions brightened considerably. While not as precise as the White Star’s perception, they too could sense the faint wisps of dead mana rising from this place.

The white star approached the warlock.

“Find out what’s going on in this desert.”
“Discern exactly what is transpiring in this desert.”

The white star turned its head away from the warlock and looked around the desert.

‘It’s fascinating and strange.’

It was a white star that had lived for over a thousand years. Naturally, I had seen the Land of the Dead, considered one of the mysterious regions of the Western Continent, in a previous life.

‘I’ve been here for a while.’

I couldn’t remember what life I was in, but when I was a wizard, I used flight magic to cross this desert all the way to the coast.
Back then, he’d discovered nothing remarkable. The only curiosity had been how the sand’s color shifted between day and night.

However, dead mana smoke rose from the place where I only thought so.
It felt like stumbling upon an unexpected treasure.

“hmm?”

At that time, the white star turned its gaze to the foot touching its calf.
Tap, tap. It was Sayehr’s foot. His mouth and nose covered, his face contorted in visible displeasure, he gestured urgently toward the passage.

Sayer, unlike the white star, dead mana was poison. It was the same for the lion tribe and other subordinates.
They were clearly eager to enter the passage immediately.
The faint wisps would only grow thicker, and they wanted to escape before inadvertently inhaling them.

Since Sayer was unable to speak, the white star looked at his subordinates and began giving instructions.

“From now on, let’s go into the passage one by one. Then go under the passage.”

He paused for a moment and then continued.

“Do not touch anything. If you touch or move anything, you will die to me immediately.”

Everyone nodded with stern faces.
They all nodded with stern expressions.
They had witnessed the White Star tearing apart his subordinates for taking a single step without orders when he obtained the Ancient Power called Judging Water.

The white star was also deliberately brought to those who had seen the scene at that time.

‘Fear is a good tool.’

Those who were filled with fear listened to the White Star’s orders very carefully.

‘That’s why I need this final strength even more.’

The power that was harder to find than the heavenly attribute was the ‘power of the earth.’

Kale Berrow. The white star that reminded me of the name of my past that I had forgotten reminded me of the person who gave me the last name ‘Barrow’. He was the one who handed over the power, position, and role of Dragon Slayer to White Star.

‘An ancient white star? Are you curious about him?’

The man told one story each time the white star asked about the ancient white star. The person’s intention was to let people know that the ancient white star was mean and evil, but the white star was intoxicated by the strength of the ancient white star.

‘If you look at the records, the power of the ancient white star is said to have the power of the five major attributes excluding the sky.’

The story that the first Dragon Slayer told his successor continued to be repeated and passed down to later Dragon Slayers and subsequent successors.

‘Defense, attack, protection. Well, there were many things. Oh, they said there was also a fear.’
‘Defense, offense, protection. There were various things. Ah, and there was also fear, I heard.’
‘Fear?’

The first dragon slayer, Neran Berrow. There were quite a few dragon slayers who followed him and wrote diaries or memoirs.

Although White Star did not have the memoirs of the first dragon slayer, Neran Barrow, it did have the diaries and memoirs of other dragon slayers.
Although the White Star did not possess the memoirs of the First Dragon Slayer Neran Berrow, he did have the diaries and memoirs of other Dragon Slayers.
And the information within them helped him become a White Star superior to the Ancient White Star.

Anyway, with that information, the white star lost the player and was taken away by Kayle while trying to get the ancient power of judging water instead of the water power that the ancient white star possessed.

However, by possessing four of the five great attributes of nature, he was able to realize what the last remaining power of the land was.

‘horror.’

All that remained was fear.
What remained was fear.

‘… The moment I gain that power, I change the world.’

The white star was desperate for the last button needed to unfold its true plan. That’s why he came here even though his arm was cut off only a day ago.

“Enter in turn. I will enter last, so the warlocks close the door to this entrance.”

The white star roughly instructed the nearby lion tribe to enter first.
White Star casually ordered the Lion Tribe member standing nearby to enter first.
This action was not meant to have the subordinate avoid the dead mana smoke, nor to warn them of potential enemy attacks from behind.
Rather, it was to send them down first and identify any possible traps or hidden enemies that might emerge.

It was an action without any consideration for subordinates, but the lion who was pointed out slightly bit his lip and then entered the passage first.
It was an action that showed no consideration for the subordinate whatsoever, yet the designated Lion Tribe member bit their lip slightly before entering the passage first.
Following him as he descended rapidly like sliding down a chute, others entered the passage one by one.

The dead mana smoke was now thick enough to be clearly felt.

Write it.
Whoosh.
White Star inhaled the dead mana smoke.

After the owner of the Alchemy Bell Tower died, the warlocks had no separate leader. So, he wanted to somehow catch the eye of the white star and become its leader.

“Master, I hope you gain the power you desire. And even if we cannot participate in the process, we will remain here to uncover the secret of the dead mana smoke. I hope that our investigation will be helpful to your blood.”

The white star smiled and nodded at the flattering words that were clearly visible in her eyes.

“We still have to keep retrieving dead mana from now on, and killing people would be troublesome and expensive. If there is a place like this, it would be right to use it.”
“Indeed, I’ll need to continue procuring dead mana going forward, and killing people is tedious and costly. It makes sense to utilize a place like this.”

White Star nodded and headed toward the passage. Then he stopped and looked at the warlocks. He asked privately the warlock he had just spoken to.

“Tell Dorf to do a thorough search as well.”

The lion king, Dorf, was currently remaining in the second secret base and carrying out the instructions given by the white star.
Lion King Dorf was currently at the Second Secret Base, carrying out the orders White Star had given.

“I must find out whether Cale Henitus went near the gate of the Demon World and checked inside.”

White Star recalled Dorf’s words.

‘I deliberately told Cale Henitus and his companions that they were going to throw them at the gate of the demon world to get a feel for it. From my intuition, they don’t seem to have even gone near the gates of the Demon World.’
‘I deliberately mentioned throwing Kale Heniatus and his companions at the Gate of the Demon Realm during our fight to gauge their reaction. Based on my instincts, it seems those bastards haven’t even been near the Gate of the Demon Realm.’
‘Still, investigate it.’

It is said that Dorf intentionally mentioned the gate to the demon world when fighting Cale to understand him.
Dorf had deliberately brought up the Gate of the Demon Realm during his fight with Kale to assess their knowledge of it.

“Yes. I will definitely convey that order right away.”
“Yes. I will relay that command immediately, without fail.”

The white star finally entered the passage as if she was satisfied. As if going down a slide, his body soon disappeared into the underground passage.
The White Star, now satisfied, descended into the passage. His body slid down like a slide, vanishing swiftly into the underground tunnel below.

“I will contact King Dorf of the Lion Clan, and you all look around and investigate this smoke!”
“I’ll contact the Lion King Dorf, so the rest of you survey the perimeter and investigate this smoke!”

Following the warlock’s orders, other warlocks moved busily. The person who gave the order also quickly took out a video communication tool to carry out the white star’s command.
Following the Dark Mage’s orders, the others moved with urgency. The one who had issued the command quickly retrieved a communication crystal to carry out the White Star’s directive.

So they didn’t even notice.
So they failed to notice.

Saaaa-
Whoooosh—
The sand swept by the wind exposed the lower portion of the dune slightly.

There were people who were surprised by that.

‘Oh, hide it!’
‘Oh, hide it!’

Saaaa-
Whoooosh—

Cale, who was looking at the video communication device in his hand, opened his mouth.
Kale Heniatus, who had been watching the communication crystal in his hand, opened his mouth.
Right after hearing Merry’s report, he had observed everything the White Star was doing through the communication crystal hidden by the Wind Spirit.

“What is at the gate of the Demon World?”

The half-dragon dragon that caught his gaze looked blankly at Raon, then flinched slightly and opened its mouth.

“I don’t know either.”
“I don’t know.”

The Gate of the Demon World was considered one of the three forbidden places in the Eastern Continent.
The Gate of the Demon Realm was counted as one of the three forbidden places on the Eastern Continent.

But the dragon half-blood doesn’t know the gate to the demon world?
Yet the Dragon Hybrid didn’t know about the Gate of the Demon Realm?

The dragon half-breed, who received Kale’s gaze, quickly spoke.

“I really don’t know. The White Star only took a few people there, including Dorf and Sayer, and installed numerous devices to prevent others from coming. And if anyone came near, they immediately killed them.”
“I truly don’t know. The White Star only took a select few, including Dorf and Sayehr, to that place, and installed numerous mechanisms to prevent others from entering. And if anyone even came close, he would kill them immediately.”
“…If such a place existed, shouldn’t you have told us before we went to the Second Secret Base?”

The dragon half-breed, who spoke with a truly sorry face, seemed like he truly hadn’t thought about it.
The Dragon Hybrid, speaking with a genuinely apologetic expression, truly seemed to have forgotten about it.

“It’s the gate to the demon world….”

Kale knew that the Gate to the Demon World was simply a huge sinkhole, given its name because it looked scary. But for some reason, a feeling of discomfort came over me.

devildom.
The Demon Realm.

Cale recalled information related to the Demon World. Then I suddenly remembered the information about demons in ‘Birth of a Hero’.

‘Birth of a Hero’ provides information on how to detoxify mermaid poison and at the same time explains dead mana.
‘The Birth of a Hero’, which had explained information about how to detoxify Mermaid poison while simultaneously explaining dead mana.

【… There were a few records about demons left in ancient literature. According to the record, the demons enjoyed dyeing the hearts of living humans with dead mana, turning them into beating hearts in a dead state.】

Why was this record suddenly vividly pictured in Cale’s mind?
Why did this memory suddenly crystallize so vividly in my mind?
I tried to recall the words the Dark Mage had uttered to the White Star like flattery in the footage I’d just witnessed.

-Kale.

Choi Han’s voice was heard from another connected video communication port.

-He has arrived.

Choi Han’s report that the white star has arrived in the underground cavity.
Choi Han’s report that the White Star had reached the Underground Cavern.
I rose from my seat.

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