Trash of the Count’s Family - Chapter 94

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Fierce waves crashed down in a violent surge.

“Ugh! Everyone, hold onto me!”

Archie cried out urgently. Even outside the explosion’s radius, the shockwave was devastating. Kale and his entire party flattened themselves against the ground.
Kale gazed beyond the towering waves toward the source of the tremendous roar.

BOOM—
CRAAASH—
WHOOOOSH.

A cacophony of sounds erupted as a blinding flash of light tore from the island, followed by billowing black smoke that consumed the space entirely.
Through the darkness, unidentifiable debris scattered through the air like confetti.

My mouth fell open.

“…This is…”

The island was disintegrating in real time, crumbling to dust before my eyes.

“…This is far stronger than I anticipated.”

Even accounting for the increased explosive force, it exceeded my imagination. I had spoken of destroying the island, but the blast was so tremendous that it sent shockwaves far beyond the surrounding sea.

Unlike the others, Raon sat at ease atop Archie’s back, tilting his head with a puzzled expression.

“Is this not enough, human? You said you would blow it away, so I thought you meant to blow it away like this. That’s why I reinforced it several more times.”

A failure in communication.
There had been no need for additional reinforcement.

I clung tightly to Archie’s back, my gaze fixed on the vicinity of the destroyed island. Where the island once stood, only black smoke remained.

“Move further back.”

Raon commanded, and Archie flinched before obediently retreating further. I could not tear my eyes from the sea. As the black smoke gradually dispersed, the island came into view.

Crumble—crumble—

The coastal cliffs of Hice Island 5 were collapsing into the sea. Following that initial rupture, the ground along the shoreline gradually sank beneath the waves.

Ahhhhh!
Kyiiiii—!

Though distant and faint, human voices and those of the Mermaid Tribe pierced through the roar of the waves.

With a violent splash, the sea surface split open as Witira erupted from the depths.

“Attack!”

At the command of the massive humpback whale, the Whale Tribe, whales, and sea-dwelling humanoids surged toward the island in unison. Those fleeing from the island had to face Witira’s whip.

“…This doesn’t sit well with me.”

It was selfish thinking, but even though I had orchestrated this, witnessing such devastation unsettled me. This was precisely why I sought a peaceful life. My gaze toward the sea deepened as I watched the unfolding chaos. My solemn expression betrayed the complexity of my emotions.
Then Raon’s voice reached me.
Then Raon’s voice was heard.

“Being weak-hearted is a problem, but it’s also an advantage.”

I was taken aback. Would a weak person even conceive of destroying an island?
Raon continued.
Raon continued speaking.

“For that old man, and for Vicross who helped me with my revenge, we did the right thing.”

Yet I was not someone who wished to live righteously at every turn.
But Kale Heniatus was a man who didn’t always want to live the right way.

And weren’t those bastards part of the organization that handed me over to the Marquis Household? They’re not directly involved, but still.

At Raon’s harsh words, Kale looked off into the distant sky. Then he patted Orca’s back.

“Let’s go quickly.”

Archie headed toward Hice Island 12 without saying a word.

“Rak and the children won’t need to step forward.”
“That’s right.”

As Choi Han spoke, Kale’s gaze shifted toward the Coastline of Hice Island 12. The Wolf Tribe Children stood among the whales, visible in the distance. Choi Han’s expression grew peculiar as he observed them alongside Kale.

“Did you order the children to stay put, Kale?”
“Yes.”

Choi Han fell silent at Kale’s resolute answer, his gaze lingering on the Wolf Tribe Children. He felt relieved they wouldn’t need to be involved in this.

Hice Island 12. A mere three times smaller than Hice Island 5. A colossal Orca approached the small coastline.

‘Once Witira brings the mermaid corpse, it will be finished.’

Kale was reasonably satisfied with how this plan had unfolded, even if it meant obliterating the island itself.
That was the moment.

“I’ll kill them!”

Hm?
Kale turned his head. Then Raon spoke to him.

-I’m going invisible.

Suddenly?

“That bastard.”

Hm?
Choi Han’s rough voice reached his ears. Simultaneously, a new sight entered Kale’s vision.

“…Insane.”

A sigh escaped Kale’s lips.
A crimson figure soaring through the air using flight magic, heading straight toward them.

“I’ll kill them, kill them! I’ll slaughter them all!”

It was Redica. The blood-crazed Mage was flying directly toward where Archie the Orca was positioned. Though his right eye bore a wound, it didn’t appear to be a complete loss of sight. The blood-drunk madman soared toward them, his entire body drenched in the blood he so craved.

However, that flight was extremely unstable. It was likely because he was handling mana with only one hand.
That was when Rosalind let out a low whistle.

“Hmm, mana runaway state.”
“What?”

Mana runaway. It was something those who wielded mana resorted to, gambling with their very lives.
Redica seemed unable to see anything.

“My eyes and arm aren’t enough! That insane bastard! I’ll kill him!”

Redica was focused solely on Choi Han, blood trickling from the corners of his eyes as he flew toward us.

“Ha, pathetic.”

Choi Han rose from his prone position on Archie’s back with a faint chuckle, standing upright on the orca’s back.

‘What kind of situation is this?’

Kale exhaled a sigh. He wasn’t afraid of Redica. With Choi Han here—someone who had withstood even a dragon’s mana runaway—what was there to worry about? If anything, it was better to deal with him properly now.

But Kale’s gaze wasn’t fixed on Redica in the sky. Instead, he looked toward the sea.

“Why is that coming this way?”

A battered ship was approaching Hice Island 12. More precisely, it was heading directly toward Kale’s group on the orca Archie.
The swordmaster wielding the golden aura. Her ship was approaching.

‘Right now your subordinates, your members are fleeing or dying on the island. Shouldn’t you be heading there instead?’

That was what Kale wanted to ask.

“Who are you people!”

The swordmaster demanded an answer, but Kale said nothing. There was no reason to respond. He surveyed his surroundings. No other threats were approaching. The whales seemed preoccupied, pressing the Mermaid Tribe hard.

“…Should I fight?”

At Archie’s question, which somehow sounded oddly polite, Kale patted his back in a gesture of approval.

“I’ll take care of this.”

Rosalind rose to her feet, crimson mana swirling in her palm. Choi Han watched Redica descend through the air, then glanced at the swordmaster and bit his lip. A Sword Master. It seemed he would be the one to face her.
Then Rosalind spoke again.

“Choi Han, you handle that Mage. I’ll take the swordmaster.”

She too was a prodigy mage of nearly the highest caliber.

“Of course, a complete victory might be difficult. But holding my ground should be possible.”

Rosalind ignored the intensity in Choi Han’s gaze and looked toward Kale.

“Young Master, wouldn’t that work?”

For some reason, judging by the way the Black Dragon had gone invisible, it seemed the Dragon couldn’t intervene. If that were the case, she could simply step in herself.

“Well, Rosalind. Let’s fight together.”
“Pardon?”

Young Master Kale too?
Rosalind stared at Kale in surprise. But Kale was looking not at her, but toward the Coastline of Hice Island 12.
She had misinterpreted his words. Kale had not said he would fight alongside her.

He shouted toward the Coastline.

“Set out!”

Yes, sir!
Spirited voices rang out from the Coastline.
Soon, twelve people riding a small whale emerged into the sea. Behind them, two larger whales that had been waiting on Hice Island followed suit. They passed Archie, whom Kale was riding, and headed toward the ship.

“These, these madmen!”

One of the crew members standing on the ship’s deck cried out.
Kale shrugged at Choi Han, who was staring at him.

“Why should only they be a Secret Organization? We’re a Secret Organization now too, starting from this moment.”

The Wolf Tribe Children, dressed in black garments emblazoned with a single white star and five red stars across their chests, and wearing black masks, rushed toward the ship.
It was unclear when they had adapted, but the children moved with remarkable freedom atop the galloping whales. They truly embodied the Wolf Tribe’s exceptional physical prowess.

“You go too. Rosalind as well.”

Choi Han and Rosalind exchanged glances before each offering a parting word to Kale and departing.

“I’ll be back shortly. Please stay hidden.”
“Young Master, be careful.”

The Orca Archie regarded that remark with exasperation but held his tongue.

Choi Han descended onto a slightly larger whale that the children had not boarded and made his way toward Redica. Rosalind, meanwhile, employed flight magic to head directly toward the ship.

“Kill them, kill them all! Because of you, because of you! Who the hell are you!”

Redica, his body trembling and his face contorted with bulging veins, unleashed magic while screaming. But Choi Han severed the spells in midair with his aura before they could reach their surroundings.

“Who are you?”

The swordmaster’s voice reached Choi Han’s ears.
In that instant, the swordmaster drew her blade downward, and a boomerang-like aura followed that trajectory toward Rosalind.

“Shield. Blink.”

Rosalind evaded it with ease and hurled a condensed mana sphere of fire from her palm. The swordmaster dodged it, but the mana sphere struck the ship’s deck.
Boom!
A section of the ship’s bow shattered. Rosalind turned back to the swordmaster, who was now wreathing her blade in golden aura.

“Well, who do you think we are? Can’t figure it out?”

Rosalind spoke with a taunting edge. Choi Han listened to the entire exchange, then—unable to even glance toward Kale—squeezed his eyes shut and opened them again as he addressed Redica.

“We are the Secret Organization!”

Good grief. Kale exhaled a sigh at that booming declaration. He hadn’t meant for them to announce it so brazenly. In any case, concealing their identity was no longer necessary.

“Archie, let’s move a bit closer to the Coastline.”
“…Yes.”

Archie watched Choi Han and Rosalind, along with those riding the whales, as they clashed in battle, slowly approaching the Coastline.
Archie thought to himself.
They are strong.

Boom!
A horrific scream tore through the air!

The sound of destruction and someone’s anguished cry echoed across the water—but it was not from Kale’s group. How could such formidable warriors serve under a single master? The question burned intensely in Archie’s mind.

“I’ll make you bleed too! Kekeke, I’ll kill you!”

Struggling to maintain control of his flight magic, Redica hovered near the sea’s surface and unleashed spells at Choi Han. But Choi Han effortlessly dispersed them with his aura.

“Come on then. I’ll play with you.”

Choi Han spoke calmly, advancing toward Redica with deliberate slowness. Against a being drenched in blood and losing rationality to mana rampage, Choi Han approached methodically, like herding prey into a corner.

“Grraaah, die!”

Redica’s mana erupted in a violent torrent. Choi Han kicked off the whale’s back and leaped into the air, evading the blast.
Crash! The mana sphere collided with Hice Island 12, sending stones scattering in all directions. But Choi Han was already launching himself toward Redica.

Rosalind was much the same.

“Wow, this older sister is incredibly strong!”
“Of course. I’m a fairly powerful Mage, after all.”

The swordsman and Rosalind fought with effortless confidence. Yet with each exchange, ships shattered and the sea churned violently.
Archie found it remarkable that such individuals had gathered together. But soon, bewilderment crossed the Orca’s face.

“…What are you doing?”

Kale pretended not to hear Archie’s words as he awkwardly climbed down from the Orca’s back. Splash, splash. As they drew closer to the Coastline, water rose up to his chest.

Kale hid behind the massive Orca.
Clinging to Kale’s back was Raon, cloaked in invisibility.

-Human, is there truly a need to hide behind this whale like this?

Right. If we hide behind that massive one, we won’t draw any attention.
Kale didn’t bother answering Raon’s question and simply stated what needed to be said.

“Destroy it.”

At that calm voice, the Orca’s back flinched. Again? He was going to destroy it again?
Raon, for his part, remained unfazed.

“Understood, human.”

Archie flinched once more. The voice of an invisible Dragon. The Dragon himself had said he would destroy it. Archie simply kept his mouth shut.

“A taste of things to come.”

So spoke the Black Dragon. Raon had decided to give those belonging to the Secret Organization—the ones who hadn’t directly abused him but had provided the motivation, the ones who had spirited him away when he was an egg—a taste of what was to come.

Uuuuuuung—

“Damn.”

A curse slipped from Archie’s lips, despite his decision to stay silent.
Countless thin, small mana arrows materialized in the sky.

“Aaaahhhhh!”

In that instant, Redica’s right arm was severed and fell below the sea’s surface.
The Golden-haired Swordmaster looked up at the sky.

“…So there’s another Mage besides you?”
“We’re a Secret Organization, remember?”

The Swordmaster extended her golden aura to its maximum. Seeing that expanding aura, Rosalind deliberately let out a scornful laugh and shouted a single word.

“Retreat!”

The whales swiftly pulled back. But there was no need for that.

“Whoosh.”

The moment Kale spoke, countless mana arrows streaked toward the massive ship carrying the swordmaster—that vessel alone.

“Retreat!”

The Golden-haired Swordmaster’s cry rang out as a golden aura erupted toward the arrows. Yet even that radiant barrier could not intercept the hundreds of projectiles descending upon them.

“Indeed, dragons are magnificent.”

Kale gazed upon the spectacle with admiration. The surviving mana arrows struck the ship moments later.
Boom! Boom, crash!
A barrage of deafening explosions hammered against their ears.

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