[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-trash-of-the-count-s-family":3,"chapter-trash-of-the-count-s-family-trash-of-the-count-s-family-chapter-316":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Trash of the Count's Family",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},591406,842,"Chapter 316: I’m Hurt (2)","trash-of-the-count-s-family-chapter-316",316,"\u003Cp>Translator: miraclerifle\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Editor: Borderline Masochist\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...However I want?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cale nodded his head at the GPS-like voice that had returned to its normal calmness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. I don't care whether you take it all or share it with others. Do whatever you want.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mary looked back and forth between Cale and the tree trunks. The glutton was talking in Cale's mind as he watched Mary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>- It needs to be purified. There’s a limit to how long the trees can hold it in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Man-Eating Tree in the Henituse territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People had avoided the desolate area around the tree, however, that area had not become a dead area from dead mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything would just dry up over there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>- Dead things that do not return to nature and instead remain in the world start to cause issues for other lifeforms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like the Man-Eating Tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could have a negative effect on the surrounding area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm? Everybody is out here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cale raised his head after suddenly hearing a voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked above a black tree trunk that had grown tall. The Dark Elf Tasha was looking down from the top of the tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dark Elves were currently assisting the warriors in restoring the Jungle after the battle. It was because the Elementals with different elements were quite helpful for the restoration projects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I, mm, rushed here, so I am happy to see you right away.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tasha had an awkward expression on her face as she jumped off the tree trunk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cale looked toward Tasha instead of the quiet Mary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, to be more specific, he was looking at the man behind Tasha who had an extremely shocked expression on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Why is he here?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cale had a questioning gaze on his face while Tasha could only smile apologetically toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well, once I reported the situation-”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh! My goodness! Oh, oh, oh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man behind Tasha cut her off and continued to exclaim in admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Aigoo.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cale was starting to get a headache. However, his body quickly started to move. He had no other choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This worthless fool does not dare to see such a revered being's face while standing on my two legs!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mayor-nim!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Grandfather! Please!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cale and Tasha quickly grabbed Obante, the mayor of the Dark Elves’ Underground City, as he tried to kneel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tasha’s grandfather was still the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>- This Dark Elf is acting like this again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cale did not have the time to listen to Raon's excited voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, my goodness!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Grandfather, please!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tasha tried to stop him, but the Dark Elf mayor was completely astonished after seeing the person standing right outside Cale's tent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a man with white gold hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Eruhaben.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last person to come out of Cale's tent had a video communication device connected with crown prince Alberu in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the only one who remembered about Alberu when everybody else had forgotten about him and rushed out, as well as the person who had been quietly observing everything from a corner of the tent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current mayor of the Dark Elves who had lived for over 500 years could not think about anything after feeling a cold presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘This level of presence......!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other Dark Elves who had never met a Dragon before and thus could not accurately pick up on Eruhaben and the invisible Raon’s presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, mayor Obante who had seen a Dragon in the past was immediately able to know Eruhaben's true identity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also got chills after realizing that he could not feel Raon's presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘...Raon-nim has gotten much stronger!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obante could tell that Raon had gotten much stronger than him because, unlike last time, he was unable to feel Raon's presence while he was invisible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mayor-nim.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obante turned his head after hearing a low voice calling for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could see Cale Henituse looking at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘...He's gotten stronger.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could feel the presence of nature flowing out of Cale. His Elemental was circling around Cale without knowing what to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘...Has it been one year now?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been about a year since they had first met.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just what could have happened to Cale's group during this time?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘The war made them this much stronger?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was nonsense. He believed that there was a different reason that they got this much stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although that reason was important, it wasn’t very important to mayor Obante.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze then brushed past Mary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was like a granddaughter to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he thought about the Land of Death, as well as the Underground City underneath where he was mayor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought about the Circle of Fate that had been passed down for generations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That fate was finally starting to appear during this generation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He peeked toward the Dragon with white-gold hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them made eye contact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>- Ignore me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could hear the Dragon's voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obante put strength into both of his legs and stood up straight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cale flinched after seeing the way Obante was looking at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forget passionate, it looked a bit... crazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘What’s up with this old man?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cale felt chills on his back after seeing this Dragon maniac looking at him with such a fierce gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obante put a hand on Cale's shoulder and whispered in his ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I will put everything on the line as well.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘What is he talking about?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What nonsense is he spewing after just showing up here?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cale looked away from the fiery gaze of the mayor and looked toward Tasha.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, seriously! Mayor-nim, how can you put it like that?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tasha looked toward Cale with an annoyed expression and started to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I informed the mayor-nim about the Dark Elves’ battles last night. The mayor-nim then said that he had something to say regarding Mary and rushed over. He also said that he had something to give to you, young master Cale.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Mary?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cale’s gaze turned back toward the mayor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mayor started to speak at that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mary.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gently called Mary’s name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, grandfather.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obante looked toward Mary who was responding calmly as usual and recalled when she was ten years old.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I prefer the hurting necromancer.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had chosen to become a necromancer when given the option of becoming a black mage or a necromancer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What kind of necromancer do you want to be?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obante asked a question he had not asked back then. Mary closed her mouth after hearing that question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obante’s gaze was too serious for her to give an answer without thinking about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he might be goofy, this was the wisest Dark Elf in the world. He was also the nice grandfather who had opened up the path for her to become a necromancer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mary looked toward Cale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could hear Raon's voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>- Good little Mary! Answer however you want! I will even give you permission to use the words, ‘great and mighty,’ in order to describe yourself!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mary started to smile underneath the black robe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had made up her mind about something during the last battle when she fought against the Tower Master who was controlling Honte.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was similar to the author of the book she had studied from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mary shared her thoughts with Obante.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Unrivaled.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was hungry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She became hungry after seeing the trees that were filled with dead mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hungry was the only way Mary knew to describe this feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was because she had never felt this type of greed or desire before. It was different than when all she wanted to do was to see the outside world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a greed that dug as deep as a swamp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted to get stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was her greed and desire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was hungry because she had not reached the level that she wanted to be at.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I want to become strong enough to be unrivaled.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mayor Obante continued to gently ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Like who?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mary did not hesitate to answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Like the Sage of Death.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the author who had taught her about the path to becoming a necromancer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted to be like her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tasha flinched after hearing Mary’s response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was something her grandfather Obante had told her before she came to the Jungle while telling her to protect Mary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Yes, this may all just be nature taking its course. It is finally time for someone to receive the will of the Sage of Death.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had questioned who the Sage of Death was at that time. Tasha’s gaze automatically turned toward Obante.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Obante was looking at Cale instead. He opened his mouth to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Sage of Death.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obante took a book out of his clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a story that had been passed down to the mayor of the Underground City for generations after generations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sage of Death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She is death itself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had embraced death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She was the only Queen of the dark beings.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both light and darkness were part of nature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had been the one to gather together the beings who could only live in darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Queen of Death.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cale recalled what the Tower Master had said during the battle once the Dark Elf mayor said that title.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘The Queen of Death will be so sad. She would have been happy that another necromancer had appeared.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sage of Death was the Queen of Death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Obante was not finished speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She was the one who turned the Caro Kingdom's desert into the Land of Death of the Five Forbidden Regions.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Land of Death was the only one of the Five Forbidden Regions where a person was the main focal point of the legend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a desert that had red sand during the day and black sand at night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had created that desert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She was the final necromancer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sage, queen, and the final being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She was called the, ‘Queen of Death,’ as she was the only necromancer to overpower black mages.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was someone who had reached the zenith of darkness with overwhelming and unrivaled power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She was also the person who created a place for the Dark Elves to live.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A place for the Dark Elves to live.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had created that large underground city that was called the City of Death or the City of Life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cale recalled something else that the Tower Master had said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘I barely managed to get rid of all of them. The Dark Elves as well. I thought I had dried out their seeds.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Alchemists’ Bell Tower’s Tower Master had thought that the Dark Elves were gone as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, they were living underneath the Land of Death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obante started to smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It's a long story to explain, but the black mages tried to kill the Dark Elves as well.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Grandfather! Is that true?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tasha asked in shock while Obante just shook his head while saying that it was ancient history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Dark Elves were responsible for making the Underground City beautiful, however, the Sage of Death was the one to originally provide that place for us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obante closed his eyes as if he was thinking about the story that was only passed on from mayor to mayor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dark Elves did not hate the humans who despised them generation after generation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was because each Dark Elf in charge of the Underground City had said something to them since a long time ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Humans are similar to us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do not hate all of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are humans who are suffering like us.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could not hate all humans as it was a, ‘human,’ who had provided the Dark Elves a place to live.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obante looked toward Cale and continued to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I will put our full force forward in order to help all of you, and-”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man's wrinkled hand went up to Mary’s shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We will help Mary.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sage of Death was said to have said something before her death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dark Elf Obante could not disagree with that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was because both Dark Elves, black mages, and other beings of darkness did not know the pain that darkness could bring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were especially clueless about death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, necromancers always kept pain and death by their side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obante thought about the word, ‘fate.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>10 years old.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A child had escaped from a human city and ran across the desert in order to survive. That child had ended up a necromancer with a disgusting appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, black magic reappeared in the world once that child came back out to the world seventeen years late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many things that Obante had never even imagined would happen were happening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The position of, ‘Mayor of the City of Death.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dark Elves never had a king even though the Whale tribe, who were fewer in number, had a king.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The majority of Dark Elves did not know the reason behind this as it had been too long, however, the mayor knew the reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The position of king was already taken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obante patted the blankly staring Mary’s shoulder before handing the book in his hand to Cale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the book the Sage of Death had left behind about black magic.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had offered this book to Mary along with the necromancer book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Sage said that there would be different owners for this book and the necromancer book.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cale received the book that was covered in black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no title on the black book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Sage said that the rightful owner of this book would know it belonged to them once they read the first page.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obante was telling Cale to read this book similar to how Mary had chosen the necromancer book after reading through it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cale opened the black book with an odd expression on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could see what was written on the first page.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Oh, would you look at this?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cale started to smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was a phrase written on the black book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mirror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought about the Condemnation of the Sun. It was a divine item.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cale suddenly got the chills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He started to wonder just how much story was not in the first five volumes of, ‘The Birth of a Hero.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How were things all connected?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe everything had changed as a result of cause and effect now that this was the, ‘real world.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cale had an image appear in his mind after he read the next phrase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would start at the center of the Empire. The image in his mind would start from the bottom of the Alchemists’ Bell Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cale's gaze turned toward Saint Jack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then turned toward Mary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sun God twins and the Queen of Death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cale got chills while thinking about the image that they would create in the Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the good kind of chills this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could see the fall of the Alchemists’ Bell Tower, the tallest tower on the Western continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>1. Confirmed that it was author screwing up by saying Tasha’s dad earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2. This was translated as King of Death in the past, but as Obante describes it as a woman, it will be translated as Queen from here onward. This author has a tendency to use King for some reason, as he does the same for Witira...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>3. Used king in order to make it general as she would have had no way of knowing whether it'd be a male or female, but our Mary will make a wonderful Queen!\u003C\u002Fp>",2591,"2026-05-30T17:04:00.465Z","2026-06-01T04:31:44.922Z",1,"novelbin.me","efe4702cb392997c644c9f565fb454e72e364c5bf590271ad9940c08fc993d0a","trash-of-the-count-s-family-chapter-317","trash-of-the-count-s-family-chapter-315",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ftrash-of-the-count-s-family-cover.jpg"]