Trash of the Count's Family Vol 2. Chapter 485: Gray Rain Falls (17)

When Cale Henituse was grabbed by the collar by the third Emperor,

most imaginings of what would happen next were not good.

Some even painted a terrible future.

“Ha.”

The Demon King even stopped running.

“W, wow—”

Raon, held in Eruhaben’s arms, stammered out his admiration.

Then Raon had to open his mouth to organize what he had seen.

“Our human was grabbed by the collar. Then suddenly a sea bow fired from our human’s hand and aimed for the third Emperor.”

And—

“The third Emperor was hit by that bow and bounced away. Our human also flew backward from the recoil of sending out the bow.”

GRAAAAAH—

UAAAAAH—

The screams the third Emperor and Cale had let out in order.

“Our human suddenly looks comfortable while holding his stomach.”

Raon muttered blankly.

And the third Emperor—

KWAAAAAA—

Nearly half the water dragon’s power had suddenly struck him, and because he had been too close to Cale, he had no choice but to face that sea helplessly.

The sea was attacking him.

For a moment, the third Emperor’s mind went blank at the situation.

“What absurd nonsense is this—!”

The third Emperor poured out words that were almost a scream as the sea bow struck him and sent his body flying back helplessly.

But in the end, it was still the sea.

And it was the sea that had come from the water dragon born from him.

That power could never deal a fatal blow to the third Emperor.

“.......”

The third Emperor’s two hands moved.

SHAAAA—

Water rose from his body.

Seawater swallowed up the sea bow that had targeted him in an instant.

“...Damn it!”

The third Emperor seized the sea bow, as enormous as the water dragon, with both hands and tore it apart.

SHAAAK—

The sea split and was held in both of the third Emperor’s hands.

But even though the third Emperor had easily solved the problem, he could not hide his anger.

Throb.

The chest that had been struck without warning by the sea bow throbbed.

He had not taken a serious injury, but it had been a very long time since he had felt this kind of pain. And the fact that the source of that pain was the sea made unbearable rage surge up inside him.

How dare—!

And the sea bow he currently held in his hands.

The sea, torn into two, spun fiercely and rejected him.

“Ha!”

He could not tolerate this.

Yes, this was something he could never allow.

He put strength into both hands.

SHAAAA—

The seawater lingering in his hands rose more violently.

The third Emperor let go of the sea bow he had been holding in both hands.

At the same time, he released the sea he had summoned.

Two seas tangled together.

SHAAAA—

But in the end, one sea was swallowed by the other.

SHAAAA—

Cale’s sea was devoured by the third Emperor’s sea.

“.......”

After swallowing Cale’s sea, the third Emperor closed his eyes quietly, two rotating pillars of water at either side.

SHAAAA—

The sound of rain.

The sound of seawater.

Both could be heard.

I am a man of the sea.

He had been born by the sea.

When he was human, he had spent his entire life living with the sea.

His father, his mother, and his siblings had all been swallowed by the damned sea.

Ah, of course, he had been the one to push his siblings into the sea. He had wanted his father’s only inheritance, the boat, for himself. It had been unavoidable if he wanted to survive.

In any case, while riding boats, while experiencing natural disasters—

for many different reasons, the sea had taken precious people around him.

Even so, he had lived with the sea.

What else could a weak human like him do, when he had learned nothing but how to survive at sea?

That damned sea.

That hateful sea.

And yet only that vast sea had embraced him.

He had spent his entire life with the sea as his only family and friend.

A village submerged by a tidal wave.

The third Emperor had survived there alone.

Yet he had not died because of the sea.

A damned dragon.

A single dragon had tried to take the village that had been submerged and left without a trace, saying the scenery there was beautiful.

The village that only he had guarded was about to be offered up to that dragon.

He hated that.

So he charged at it alone.

But in the end, he had to flee from the dragon, and the place he leapt into was the sea.

That damned sea, the sea that had taken everyone precious from him, had ultimately embraced him at the very end.

In the end, he had to die beneath the sea, but after death, he lived on as a Wanderer and realized his individuality.

And when he learned that that power was ultimately the sea,

when he realized that at the final moment, the sea had truly embraced him and given him a place—

“I—”

The third Emperor understood it desperately.

“am the sea.”

He was the sea.

Only he, who had placed everything in his life into the sea, could control the sea.

The sea had given him power!

Dragons or whatever else—

there was no need to fear them.

And he no longer needed to be bound by a human body either.

As a Wanderer who had realized individuality, he could become the great natural force known as the sea.

That dangerous yet warm existence.

“You dare covet my place?”

And yet Cale Henituse.

This bastard had just controlled the sea.

No, he had tried to take what belonged to him.

Like the sibling who had tried to monopolize the boat.

Like the dragon that had coveted the village land, which had become entirely his because no one lived there or sought it out anymore.

“I cannot forgive you. I simply cannot forgive you.”

He could not let this pass.

Tremble, tremble—

As though sharing his emotions, the two water pillars trembled finely. As if they could not control their bodies beneath unbearable rage.

That was when it happened.

“So what?”

Cale looked at the third Emperor with a sullen face.

But somehow, his expression looked extremely refreshed and comfortable.

Patting his stomach, he opened his mouth.

“What makes you think you get to forgive anyone?”

What a ridiculous bastard.

Of course, from the position of someone whose water dragon made from individuality had been stolen by Cale, he could feel wronged and angry.

But that same bastard had ignored the remaining water dragon?

And a bastard who felt wronged over something like that was trying to destroy a castle that was home to countless people?

“Ha.”

Cale was dumbfounded.

That was why he said it confidently.

“Demon King! Catch him for me!”

SHAAAA—

“.......”

“.......”

For a moment, both the Demon King and the third Emperor were left speechless.

“Th, that—”

The third Emperor was stunned.

He had even given up on running and declared that he would kill Cale Henituse here with his own hands.

And that was how Cale reacted?

“Is he insane?”

The third Emperor blurted out without realizing it.

“K, keuk—”

The blank look vanished from the Demon King’s face.

“Khahahahaha—!”

The Demon King burst into loud laughter.

His eyes held only Cale Henituse’s shameless and brazen face.

“I see. He was a lunatic.”

The Demon King kicked off the ground, and his body moved between Cale and the third Emperor.

“!”

The third Emperor had no time to stare blankly at the lunatic.

SHAAAA—

One of the two water pillars headed for the Demon King, while the other headed for Cale.

“Human!”

Raon’s black shield blocked the approaching water pillar, now like an enormous spear.

Crack!

But the shield immediately began to crack.

Raon quickly created more shields behind it.

Raon had not forgotten the memory of facing the third Emperor before. He knew how strong the third Emperor was.

Raon would not give up just because one shield broke.

He had always been that way.

WOOOOONG—!

Three more shields were created in succession inside it and tried to block the water pillar.

“Huh?”

Raon noticed something strange about Cale.

“Why is the human not spreading his shield?”

The shield had returned to silver.

Raon thought Cale would naturally spread that shield and hold out.

“Mm.”

But Cale flinched and could not do something.

—The leaves have not all bloomed yet.

Because the gluttonous priestess had asked him to wait just a little longer.

No, wasn’t it supposed to be fine once digestion finished?

—Sorry. Hold out for five minutes.

Five minutes.

It was an extremely short time.

The problem was that when facing an enemy like the third Emperor, five minutes was a long time, like a whole day.

Damn it!

Just as Cale’s face was twisting—

—I think I’ll become five times stronger.

At the glutton’s calm words, Cale beamed.

—Especially against chaos and water attributes.

Beam. Beam.

Cale’s smile grew even brighter.

“...Why is our human really acting like that?”

Whether Raon was confused or not—

“Cale.”

“Young Master Cale.”

While Raon focused again and blocked the water pillar, Choi Han and Eruhaben came to Cale’s side.

“Let’s withdraw.”

As Eruhaben said, withdrawing while the Demon King and the third Emperor fought was the best plan.

Then Choi Han stood before Cale.

“?”

Before Cale, who looked puzzled, Choi Han showed him his back.

“Please get on.”

“Ah.”

He immediately got on.

Cale quickly ran toward the city wall. Of course, comfortably on Choi Han’s back.

—Mm.

At that moment, the Water that Devours the Sky’s voice was heard.

—Can the Demon King beat the sea?

At those words, Cale’s expression became calm.

The Demon King has the skill to capture the third Emperor.

That was why the Demon King had been able to move according to Cale’s plan like that.

And that was why the third Emperor had been trying to run away.

Cale could now understand roughly what the third Emperor had been thinking when he grabbed Cale by the collar.

Rather, this is an opportunity.

Cale would be able to properly grasp the Demon King’s skill and the third Emperor’s power today.

I need to record it.

If he recorded this, he would be able to estimate the first Emperor of the Five Colored Blood Wanderers whom he would ultimately have to face, and the other strong figure, the second Emperor.

I’ve done my part.

He had purified the two cities.

He had dealt with the water dragon.

As could be seen simply from the fact that the Demon King and the third Emperor were here, the prophecy had already been stopped.

Now I should rest a little too.

That was why Cale glanced at the water pillar stubbornly chasing him and spoke to Choi Han.

“Toward the Demon King!”

Choi Han immediately headed toward the Demon King.

The water pillar followed.

“.......”

Cale met the Demon King’s eyes and shouted.

“Deal with this too!”

Yes. You do some of it too!

This happened in the Demon World!

You suffer a little too!

“Choi Han, over him!”

Choi Han faithfully listened to Cale’s words.

“I apologize.”

With those words, he lightly leapt over the Demon King and fled toward Mika’s city wall.

“Ha!”

The Demon King could not hide how dumbfounded he felt.

But that was none of Cale and Choi Han’s concern.

Rather, Cale looked back and observed.

Demon King.

What was that bastard’s power?

He still could not clearly sense it.

“!”

And Cale was soon able to glimpse a fragment of that power.

SHAAAK—

SHAAAA—

The two water pillars headed for the Demon King.

One had targeted Cale, but in the end, their direction was the same.

The Demon King stretched out both hands.

Just as Cale had stretched out both hands when he poured out the sea.

Just as the third Emperor had stretched out both hands when he tore the sea apart.

The Demon King naturally stretched out both hands.

BANG! BANG!

And struck the water pillars with those hands.

“H, human! The water pillars got beaten up!”

It was exactly as the shocked Raon said.

The Demon King did not even raise any particular aura. He simply struck the water pillars with his two bare hands.

KWAAAAAA—

KWAAAANG!

And the water pillars shattered to pieces and exploded.

“What the hell?”

As Cale spoke in disbelief, Choi Han had already reached the top of the city wall. General Mol, who had been waiting on the wall, greeted them and opened his mouth.

“The god of battle.”

Huh?

“The Demon King is truly skilled at combat, at fighting.”

Ah.

Cale discovered something.

“...He isn’t wet.”

The Demon King.

Not a single drop of rain had touched him.

Cale recalled the first time he had met the Demon King. He had opened a door with nothing but his aura, right?

Was that aura wrapped around the Demon King’s entire body?

General Mol’s voice continued.

“What do you think of a power that accepts nothing and rejects everything?”

He looked at the Demon King with a strange gaze.

The Demon King was approaching the third Emperor.

“Warm sunlight, cool raindrops, the scent of fragrant flowers, even delicious food. To some people, they can all be nothing.”

Cale realized he was talking about the Demon King.

“The Demon King possesses the power to reject anything.”

Just as the raindrops could not touch the Demon King now.

The Demon King could reject something touching him.

To be precise, he could push it away.

Because it gave him no impression.

The Demon King could reject what did not “reach” his heart.

“The sea?”

SHAAAA—

The sea the third Emperor raised, a current of water that had absorbed the rain and become an even larger snake, headed for the Demon King.

“The third Emperor’s sea can never reach the Demon King.”

But the Demon King, who had been facing the third Emperor all this time, was not wet by even a single drop of water.

“Because the Demon King will reject it.”

As long as his heart was not shaken.

As long as the Demon King felt nothing.

“No attack containing any attribute or concept can reach the Demon King.”

A power that could push away attributes and concepts.

That was why the current Demon King was a strong candidate for demon god among all Demon Kings.

“The third Emperor cannot shake the Demon King’s heart.”

That was why.

“His sea cannot affect the Demon King.”

Pfft.

General Mol let out a deflated laugh and said to Cale,

“In other words, the third Emperor is going to get beaten up.”

And as though in response to that—

SHAAAAAA—

The Demon King charged across the current.

He swung his fist toward the third Emperor.

“Ah, for reference, no one in the Demon World can beat the Demon King in martial arts.”

True to his epithet as the god of battle.

Whether it was with his body or with weapons, he was good at all forms of fighting.

“Cough!”

The third Emperor barely avoided the Demon King’s attack, but he let out a groan and bounced backward.

Of course, a shield of water tried to protect him.

BANG!

But it was pushed back and shattered by the Demon King’s fist.

It could not block the path the Demon King took.

It’s over.

Mol was certain.

The third Emperor was not strong enough to touch the Demon King’s heart.

Submission.

Dread.

Fear.

Or even the opposite, any positive emotion.

The third Emperor’s sea, which could create none of that, was nothing more than an existence that held no impression for the Demon King.

“No matter how great nature may be, to someone who does not set eyes on that nature, it is useless.”

That was why the Demon King would defeat the third Emperor.

That was when it happened.

“Hey.”

General Mol could see Cale’s expression.

“Is that all?”

“...What?”

“No. I mean, the Demon King is strong, sure.”

Cale’s expression gradually worsened.

He looked deeply dissatisfied and uneasy.

“In the end, doesn’t that just mean only he is strong?”

“...What does that mean?”

“No, I mean. In the end, it means only he is unaffected, right?”

General Mol looked at him as though asking what problem there was with that.

But Cale’s face twisted more and more.

“Hey. The third Emperor isn’t that weak. I know that bastard’s power.”

General Mol might not know, but Cale, who had fully endured the third Emperor’s power, knew.

That third Emperor was holding back right now.

“General Mol! Hey! Tell the Demon King to capture the third Emperor now! As quickly as possible!”

A battlefield in the rain.

A person who controlled the sea.

Cale suddenly realized the true meaning of what the Water that Devours the Sky had said.

Can the Demon King beat the sea?

The Demon King could capture the third Emperor.

He could remain unaffected even by the third Emperor’s sea.

But would the sea only head toward the Demon King?

—The Demon King can reject the sea, but he cannot protect anything from the sea.

—The sea has the power to destroy everything.

The Water that Devours the Sky spoke to him.

—The Demon King rejected the sea, so he does not know the sea.

—But the third Emperor knows the sea quite well.

That was true.

The third Emperor would know the sea better than anyone.

“...The third Emperor hasn’t given up yet.”

The moment Cale saw the third Emperor’s power while he faced the Demon King, the moment he realized the third Emperor was still leaving himself room, he understood something like a bolt of lightning.

People did not change easily.

The third Emperor’s actions would not change easily either.

That bastard did not care about anything around him for the sake of his goal.

Had he not tried to kill the forest, th