Trash of the Count's Family Vol 2. Chapter 496: The Prince and the Father (1)
Previously on Trash of the Count's Family...
The God of Death’s descent and the appointment certificate as Grand Duke of the Demon World.
Holding the divine relic mirror and the certificate in his hands, Cale shouted without even realizing it.
“What the hell is this!”
There was no helping it.
FLAAAASH—
Brilliant black light wrapped around Cale’s body.
“Human, should I stop the teleportation?”
Raon’s flustered voice reached Cale’s ears.
“But, Human, I’m sorry! I already started the teleportation!”
That was right.
The day before, Cale had ended up holding a massive succession ceremony as the demon god’s successor in the Demon World.
The next day, all he could think about was fleeing the Demon World in a hurry.
As a result, Cale had cast teleportation to go to Aurora, leader of the mediator group.
He had planned to leave the Demon World through her and head to New World.
“Hah—”
Cale stared straight ahead, looking dumbfounded.
There, the Demon King, who had practically thrown the certificate into Cale’s hands, spoke with a bored face.
“What is the problem?”
“Wow—”
Cale was speechless.
How did he know?
He had been trying to run away in secret!
No, more importantly, this certificate—what kind of certificate was this supposed to be?!
Regardless, the teleportation activated, and as Cale began disappearing, the Demon King spoke in an indifferent tone.
“You dislike cumbersome things, so I omitted the ceremony.”
“.......”
Strategist Ed, standing beside the Demon King, was avoiding Cale’s gaze.
“What the—what the hell!”
Cale could barely get the words out.
Grand Duke of the Demon World?
Did such a thing exist? Did it not?
And what, Pope?
Why would he do that?
On top of that, the Demon World’s authori—authori—
Cale could not even utter that word in his thoughts.
And he could not say anything more to the Demon King.
FLAAASH!
Because the brilliant light wrapped around Cale with the teleportation.
The last thing he heard was the Demon King’s voice.
“I have already delivered the news.”
In that instant, a chill ran down the back of Cale’s head.
Regardless, Cale closed his eyes and opened them.
“Welcome, Grand Duke.”
There stood Aurora, leader of the mediator group and the only bloodline of the previous Demon King, greeting him with a bright smile.
“...Grand Duke?”
“Yes. It has not yet been officially proclaimed throughout the Demon World, but I heard in advance.”
“...How......?”
Aurora’s gaze moved to the side. Cale looked along with her.
“What are you doing here?”
At Cale’s question, General Mol, one of the Demon King’s eight blades.
The master of betrayal called the Hand Behind the Back smiled broadly.
“By the Demon King’s command, I have decided to accompany you and collect information on the hunters.”
He added,
“Of course, on the condition of Sir Cale’s permission.”
Cale sighed.
He had thought he was moving secretly.
As expected, the Demon King and that strategist were not people to be underestimated.
They had already figured out how Cale would move and laid down every measure in advance.
“Well.”
Cale soon accepted it.
Given that they had an agreement with each other, his attempt to run away had been rather reckless.
“If there’s someone who can connect me directly to the Demon King’s side, that’s good for me.”
“Then I will accompany you.”
General Mol decided to join Cale.
Cale sighed and immediately told Aurora that he would enter New World.
“.......”
General Mol looked at Cale and his group, then brought a hand to his chest.
Wooooong—
A divine relic vibrating very faintly.
The God of Sacrifice’s divine relic.
The now-forgotten god reacted to Cale.
When Strategist Ed had been selecting an official from Demon King’s castle to dispatch to Cale, General Mol had volunteered himself. The strategist had not wanted Mol, one of the Demon King’s elite forces and a general, to step forward, but Mol had asked the Demon King.
...It seems you found him.
With that single sentence, the Demon King had permitted Mol to leave.
He is frightening.
General Mol began to think that perhaps the Demon King already knew everything.
To serve the Demon King while carrying another god’s divine relic in his chest.
A chill ran down Mol’s spine, but in the end, he came to Cale.
Because I’m curious.
Leaving aside the divine relic, General Mol wanted to keep watching this human named Cale Henituse.
...But why is he acting like that?
The human who had remained composed before the third Emperor, Dragon King, seemed strangely urgent now.
No. Is that irritation?
He looked extremely irritated.
What is this?
General Mol watched closely, puzzled.
“!”
And then he was startled.
“Ah, seriously! This is pissing me off!”
Cale Henituse was glaring down at the mirror and getting angry.
From Cale’s perspective, there was no helping it.
<For reference, Zed Crossman’s date of death has been moved up. Whatever he is scheming, I think he will die within two weeks.>
Two weeks!
In two weeks, Crown Prince Alberu Crossman’s father was going to die!
The king of Roan Kingdom was going to die!
Seriously, what the hell is King Zed doing?
He had vanished from the kingdom without saying a word!
“...Shall we move immediately?”
At Aurora’s cautious words, Cale nodded. Even so, he muttered,
“I won’t let either kings or gods get away with this.......”
Aurora gulped.
Soon, Cale’s group entered the game world of New World again.
“O Worst One, the worst among evils—!”
The cute little bear Dark Bear came toward Cale with a bright face.
“Ron.”
At Cale’s look, Ron handed Dark Bear a sack.
“!”
Dark Bear flinched.
Whine—
Something poked its head out of the sack with a rather cute sound.
“!!”
The moment their eyes met, Dark Bear felt it.
A dragon......!
It looked like a tiny thread snake, but it was a dragon with immense power.
A ridiculously strong...! Dragon so strong that Dark Bear could not even think about challenging it was now in his arms.
“That one will be living in the Seven Evils from now on too.”
Cale’s voice lodged itself in Dark Bear’s mind.
The scene before Dark Bear’s eyes was terrifying.
“Eruhaben Miru, have you been well?”
“The youngest! I wondered if the youngest grew up well!”
“Have you been eating properly?”
Eruhaben Miru greeted the average ten-year-olds with a tired face.
Master of the Seven Evils.
Dark Bear looked at Eruhaben Miru, Raon beside them, the ancient dragon Eruhaben, and even Sheritt, the former Dragon Lord who had recently been teaching Eruhaben Miru through the portal connected to the Seven Evils...!
Whine—!
And even the tiny water dragon in his own arms...!
“Dragon—”
Dark Bear stammered as he cried out.
“A field of dragons......!”
The little bear trembled with awe.
“What’s wrong with him?”
Cale glanced back and asked, and Eruhaben Miru answered with a tired face.
Though Eruhaben Miru was a small baby dragon, that face somehow looked older than Eruhaben’s.
“...He works well.”
Eruhaben Miru sighed, and Raon approached.
“Eruhaben Miru, how have you been?”
“Mm. I have been well.”
Eruhaben Miru hesitated for a moment, then asked,
“How have you been?”
Seeing Eruhaben Miru ask while flapping small wings and avoiding Raon’s eyes, Cale let out a quiet laugh. Of course, even in the middle of that, Cale was quickly moving toward his room.
The God of Death was in danger of dying.
In addition, Zed Crossman would die within two weeks.
Urgent matters had come pouring in.
“I am great, so I have been well! For reference, our human became Grand Duke of the Demon World!”
“?”
“And he also became Pope in the Demon World!”
“!”
Eruhaben Miru, the dragon half-blood baby dragon, stared at Cale with an incredulous expression, but Cale deliberately ignored it.
“Tsk, tsk.”
The ancient dragon sighed in pity, calling him an unlucky bastard, but Cale did not listen.
“Zed Crossman is apparently going to die within two weeks.”
Instead, at the words he spoke, everyone’s faces hardened.
Ron, Beacrox, and Eruhaben’s expressions changed in particular. For them, who had set down roots in Roan Kingdom, this was important.
“And the God of Death may soon be erased. He says he needs a body to descend into.”
This time, Team Leader Sui Khan, Choi Jung Soo, and Choi Jung Gun, who had been silently following, changed expressions.
Cale had brought every member of his group who had been in the Demon World to the Seven Evils inside the game Raising My Precious Absolute God in New World.
<I’m running away and hiding right now, but if I get caught, I think I’ll be erased?>
“It seems the God of Death is more urgent than His Majesty King Zed Crossman.”
Having said that, Cale spoke to Eruhaben Miru, the dragon half-blood.
“You heard the current situation, right? So tell me only the key points about what happened while I was gone.”
At his words, Eruhaben Miru nodded with a serious face. Unlike the tired expression, the cheeks were chubbier than Raon’s.
Was it because Eruhaben Miru was more of a baby?
At any rate, Eruhaben Miru, with those chubby cheeks, spoke seriously.
“At present, no enemy movements have been detected.”
Enemy.
The Five Colored Blood family and the Transparent Blood family hunters.
It meant their movements had not been detected inside New World.
“Also, we are working to find the Absolute God’s location.”
The Witch of the Jungle, a bug.
An existence capable of finding the Absolute God’s location.
Through the system, Cale had received a quest with the Witch of the Jungle to find the Absolute God’s location.
[Hero Companion Quest!]
[Guide the Witch of the Jungle to the destination.]
[Time Limit: Unlimited]
This is something the Hero and the companions need to handle.
Cale did not expect any progress right away.
Because the Hero and the Hero Companions who had received the quest were all busy right now.
Hero Alberu Crossman.
The Hero’s companions were currently Cale, Choi Han, Rosalyn, and Raon.
Each of them was busy right now.
“And the work regarding expanding our forces is proceeding covertly.”
At present, the New World forces Cale had seized or was cooperating with could largely be divided into four places.
The Three Evils and the Seven Evils.
The Three Evils, where Cale was the hidden boss, and Eruhaben Miru’s Seven Evils.
Then the Lan Kingdom, with which he had formed ties through the martial arts tournament.
Lastly, the Eastern Empire, where Rank #1 Anlomann was crown prince and his AI sibling was emperor.
Because of the video, Cale’s appearance had been exposed to the Five Colored Blood side.
However.
These four places were seeking ways to expand their forces covertly without being discovered.
“We are secretly spreading the existence of the Dark Kingdom among the users.”
At the center of that was the Dark Kingdom.
This was apparently being carried out diligently by the dragon half-blood Pope, who had decided to support Eruhaben Miru for now.
Cale nodded as he listened to the report.
“The system seems to be working well in secret.”
All of this was thanks to the system doing its job well.
Without letting the Transparent Blood discover its independent actions, the system was working hard to protect New World.
“The Three Evils and the Seven Evils have found ways to absorb the other evils.”
The Three Evils and Seven Evils, centered on Eruhaben Miru, had come up with a plan to devour the other evils while Cale was gone.
Among the other evil forces were forces on the Wanderers’ side, so they had to move carefully.
“We intend to execute the plan as soon as you give permission.”
“Can it be delayed by two weeks?”
“We will prepare even more thoroughly.”
Eruhaben Miru answered readily.
Cale felt strange.
Good at this, huh?
This dragon half-blood.
When the dragon half-blood had been a dragon half-blood, Cale had thought this was a reckless creature who simply lived however emotions dictated. But once given work, Eruhaben Miru did it reliably and well.
Come to think of it, this one worked under the White Star for nearly a thousand years, didn’t they?
As expected, age and experience could not be ignored.
The dragon half-blood had been one of those who led Dark.
“Heh.”
He could entrust even more work to this one, couldn’t he?
Cale’s eyes gleamed, and Eruhaben Miru flinched without realizing it.
Why is he acting like that?
It had been a long time since Cale Henituse’s gaze felt threatening.
Then—
“Eruhaben Miru! It is mealtime! Let’s go eat! Our human said children need to eat well and sleep well! So Eruhaben Miru must eat very well!”
“Mm.”
Surrounded by the average ten-year-olds, Eruhaben Miru had to leave to eat.
“Human, you need to eat too! You are the frailest!”
“Yeah. I’ll ask Ron.”
“Then I’ll go eat where Mom is!”
Pfft.
Cale let out a breathy laugh while watching Raon move to meet the former Dragon Lord Sheritt rather than because of food. Then, while Ron went to bring him a meal, Cale opened his mouth.
“I contacted His Highness the crown prince, so as soon as his reply comes, we’ll go find His Majesty.”
“Where is he?”
At the ancient dragon’s question, Cale looked down at the mirror and said,
“I have the location.”
“Where?”
“The Oceanic Alliance.”
The New Continent was an enormous continent, but naturally, it also had seas and islands.
And the place where those islands gathered was the Oceanic Alliance.
“Mm.”
Choi Han let out a low sound and said,
“That place may call itself the Oceanic Alliance, but isn’t it basically a gathering of pirates?”
“That’s right.”
The Oceanic Alliance was a world of outlaws in a different sense.
That was where Cale had to go.
With Hero Alberu.
“But, Cale.”
Team Leader Sui Khan opened his mouth.
“The God of Death said he needed a body to descend into, right?”
“Yes.”
“Mm.”
Sui Khan’s expression was not good.
“Is the ritual for descent unpleasant, like with the God of Chaos?”
At Cale’s question, the team leader shook his head.
He spoke with a somewhat uneasy face.
“He probably doesn’t want a proper descent. He likely just needs somewhere to hide.”
“And?”
“He needs a dead body.”
Cale’s brow twisted.
<But is there somewhere I can descend, no, run away to?>
Thinking of what the God of Death had said, Cale replied,
“The God of Death said he just needs somewhere to run away to.”
“Cale. Where do you think the God of Death resides?”
Sui Khan let out a sigh and said,
“Death. He can stay where death exists. He will bloom within a dead body.”
Damn it.
As Cale’s face twisted severely, the Heavenly Demon, who had been standing still, tossed out a remark.
“Whom should we kill?”
Cale squeezed his eyes shut.
At that moment, the divine relic mirror vibrated.
Wooooong.
Crown Prince Alberu Crossman had contacted him.
<Arriving soon.>
As if answering those words, the Hero, who had logged into the Seven Evils, soon appeared.
Alberu Crossman approached Cale and asked,
“Where is my father?”
The Third District, the Transparent Blood family, President Anlomann.
Rather than ask about any of that, the crown prince asked first about his father’s location, and Cale answered.
“The Oceanic Alliance.”
Alberu’s expression changed subtly.
“That place should be a complete mess because of the war right now.”
Good grief.
Cale sighed. Before Alberu arrived, he had received information about the Oceanic Alliance.
“Yes. It’s a mess.”
“Raising My Precious Absolute God.”
The game NaSoJeol.
This place was currently in the middle of an episode called “The Great Footsteps.”
In other words, even users could become kings.
Because of this, chaos was breaking out everywhere.
And one of the places where that chaos was occurring was the Oceanic Alliance.
He had heard that various pirate forces and user forces were fighting one another there.
“.......”
“.......”
While Alberu and Cale fell silent for a moment, measuring what lay ahead—
The Heavenly Demon spoke calmly.
“In a place like that, finding a dead body should be easy.”
Cale thought that the Heavenly Demon was indeed terrifying and let the remark pass. Instead, he asked Alberu,
“What about Rosalyn?”
“We need someone to handle matters in the Third District.”
“I see. Let’s talk as we go for now.”
Some time passed, and after Cale, who had been waiting for someone, saw that everyone he had in mind had arrived, they headed for the Oceanic Alliance with the bright light of teleportation.
*****
Three Strong, Five Middle, Ten Weak.
The Oceanic Alliance was among the Five Middle.
As soon as they arrived at the port leading there, Cale moved without hesitation.
“Ron.”
“Yes.”
“Buy off a ship first.”
“Yes.”
Ron moved.
Cale looked at the group he had brought for this matter.
The composition was very different from when he had gone to the Demon World.
“Hehe. Are we going straight out to sea?”
BANG! BANG!
The one laughing as he slammed his two fists together.
It was Archie, a Whale Tribe beastman.
He looked extremely excited with a thug-like grin, and to him—
“Conserve your strength.”
“Yes, Witira.”
Witira offered advice.
The Oceanic Alliance.
A place where pirates and users were running wild in order to seize control.
To find His Majesty, who would be hiding in that
