Trash of the Count's Family Vol 2. Chapter 511: I Descend! (2)

General Ferry pressed her mouth shut and looked at Cale.

She remembered Cale speaking into the mirror, telling it to find a method.

The God of Death—

Whether that was truly real or not, General Ferry put aside for now and waited quietly.

For the answer Cale would obtain.

“Mm.”

Cale sighed as he looked at the mirror.

Then he stared at Asiprang.

Sensing something in that gaze, Asiprang asked with trembling lips.

“...Is Father dead?”

“Mm. That is—”

Cale could not answer properly.

BANG!

Asiprang’s two hands slammed down on the table.

Seeing that, he judged Cale to be unable to bear saying that his father had died.

“Damn it!”

Unable to hold back his anger, Asiprang lowered his head, and General Ferry lowered hers as well, holding back the sobs about to burst out.

Because to General Ferry, the great general had also been a great role model, like a father.

“Urgh.”

A suppressed groan burst from her mouth.

“Uh. Mm.”

Cale, who had been watching them and wondering why they had suddenly become like that, opened his mouth again.

“He, uh, might still be alive, apparently?”

“!”

“!”

Asiprang, who had been pounding the table in anger, and General Ferry, who had been crying so hard even her nose was running, both turned blank.

Cale continued speaking as he looked at the contents the God of Death had left behind.

<If New World had become a completely real world, I would be able to confirm whether the great general is dead, but right now I cannot.>

“The God of Death says even he cannot determine the great general’s death.”

<However, if the second Emperor is involved, one deduction is possible.>

<The reason I might die right now is because I found out something, and the first Emperor, the second Emperor, and those heavenly realm bastards are chasing me because of it, you know?>

<Do you know about the law of the hunt? Huhu, it is incredible information?>

Ugh.

I already know.

You behind-the-times god bastard.

Cale sighed and focused on the next words.

<The second Emperor possesses the ‘ability to eat.’>

She possessed the talent to kill gods, the ability to eat something.

And the thing she ate was—

“The second Emperor is said to possess the ability to eat souls.”

<It is souls.>

<She eats souls, and by using those eaten souls, she can use various derivative abilities.>

“To eat souls—something so horrible—”

“Huh.”

General Ferry and Asiprang looked shocked, but Cale continued.

Because this was the important part from here on.

<If the great general’s body had disappeared, it would mean the second Emperor had fully digested the great general’s soul.>

“The fact that the great general’s body is being maintained means his soul is trapped in a prison inside the second Emperor’s body, apparently.”

<And King Zed’s soul being trapped inside the great general’s body is—>

“Soul prison.”

<It is called soul prison, and it is one of the abilities the second Emperor uses.>

“They say it is a method where she turns a body into a prison filled with various barriers and curses, places another soul inside it, and makes that soul lose its reason and vanish in agony.”

Cale’s eyes met Alberu’s.

“They say the way to solve this is to draw that soul out of that body, and then put it into its original body, which should exist somewhere without having vanished.”

Drawing King Zed’s soul, which resided inside the great general, out and settling it into his original body.

<There are two ways to draw a soul out of a prison. Either put another soul inside the prison, or break the prison.>

“Now, then, the current method is this.”

Cale set the mirror down and looked back at those staring at him.

“First, before His Majesty King Zed dies, we must draw his soul out of the great general’s body.”

Asiprang and Ferry simply listened.

Unlike those two, Alberu’s expression began turning strange.

“And we must steal the great general’s soul back from the second Emperor. We must put it back into the great general’s body.”

Nod, nod.

Asiprang and Ferry obediently nodded.

Alberu’s expression grew even stranger.

“And the one currently connected to the second Emperor is the Seventh General. Through the Seventh General, we must either learn the second Emperor’s location or draw the second Emperor in.”

That was correct as well.

“However, the second Emperor is truly strong. Comparable to a god. Truly. She may be so strong that someone like me cannot even be compared to her.”

Asiprang looked as if he could not believe those words, but when he saw General Ferry’s expression turn grave, his own face stiffened in turn.

“So I would like to make one proposal.”

Cale asked everyone seriously.

“Would it be all right if we had the God of Death descend into the great general’s body?”

Save King Zed.

Create a place for the God of Death to flee to, at least for now.

Save the great general.

Resolve the Oceanic Alliance problem and join hands with them.

And if it works, we deal with the second Emperor too.

If that happened, the remaining enemies would be only the Transparent Blood family, the Five Colored Blood family that had lost the Three Emperors and the second Emperor, and the Order of the God of Chaos.

Bzzzz!

The God of Death, who had been listening to all those words as messages, answered.

<That’s right! That’s it! That will do!>

<I will descend and solve everything!>

Cale completed the picture.

“......”

“......”

Asiprang and General Ferry stared blankly with their mouths open at the mention of a god descending.

“I knew it would be like this.”

Crown Prince Alberu Crossman simply sighed.

And then—

“...Not bad.”

He drew a rather picturesque smile.

It was the evening two days before the Council of Seventeen.

“The great general with the God of Death descended into him appears during the great council.”

With a good-natured smile, Cale kindly explained his picture to the two islanders, who were still staring blankly.

*****

And that night.

Beeeeeep—

The deepest cabin of the flagship where the Seventh General was staying.

She had already reached the waters before Island 1, the great general’s island.

And it was not only her.

Though one day still remained even after this night passed,

SHAAAAAA—

SHAAAAAA—

More than two-thirds of the ships from the other eighteen islands had arrived and taken position in the waters before Island 1.

The moment Island 1’s defensive formation opened, they would head straight for the great council hall.

SHAAAAAA—

SHAAAAAA—

The sea was filled with tension.

The Seventh General’s ship was silent.

Beeeeeeep—

But in the cabin located deep within. In the Seventh General’s office, a video communication orb flashed and emitted light.

After the sound rang twice, the Seventh General’s gaze turned to the video communication orb.

<Eldest sister!>

At the contact from her immature youngest brother, the one staying by the great general, their father, and caring for him, Seventh General Hinari’s expression stiffened.

“General-nim, what is the matter?”

Even at the puzzled voice of her closest aide, she touched the video communication orb with trembling fingertips.

The message’s contents entered the eyes of everyone inside the space.

<We have found a way to treat Father.>

There were only three people in the space.

Seventh General Hinari and her two closest aides.

“What nonsense—!”

One of the aides shouted without realizing it.

The message continued.

<General Ferry brought someone who can treat Father. They say it is a problem of the soul.>

Clatter!

Seventh General Hinari shot up from her seat.

Her chair fell backward, but she could not pay attention to it.

The soul?

Hinari had seen everything about how the second Emperor had eaten the great general’s soul after joining hands with her.

That was why she knew better than anyone that the great general’s condition was related to the soul.

But the person General Ferry had brought mentioned the soul?

“General-nim! The fact that General Ferry entered Island 1 before the Council of Seventeen is a major variable!”

In addition, the part her staff officer pointed out struck Seventh General Hinari hard.

General Ferry—

She felt as if she had obtained a clue to the answer behind Ferry’s actions until now.

What should I do?

But nothing immediately came to mind regarding what she should do.

Because the contact had been too sudden.

At that moment.

<The treatment method seems fairly trustworthy, but I am uneasy, so I contacted you, eldest sister!>

Asiprang’s message.

A strange light drifted into Hinari’s eyes.

<Could you come and observe with us, eldest sister?>

<General Ferry secretly came in before the Council of Seventeen anyway, so can’t you secretly come in too, eldest sister?>

<And this is a family matter, so I want you to see it.>

Asiprang was asking her, as family, to secretly come to Island 1.

It was certainly a good pretext.

<General Ferry is hurrying to finish the treatment before the Council of Seventeen. Please come quickly too, eldest sister!>

<According to that healer, the healer General Ferry brought, they say they only have to break the prison. I do not know the details very well, so please listen to them yourself, eldest sister.>

“...A healer who has even grasped the soul prison?”

Seventh General Hinari’s expression turned cold.

Did the second Emperor not say that her prison could not be broken?

She made her decision and immediately opened her mouth.

Every moment mattered.

Therefore, they had to hurry, but they had to be thorough.

“Asiprang still does not know the culprit.”

He must have contacted her this way because he did not suspect her.

General Ferry would be the same.

“Secretly pull the ship back. Arrange a separate fishing boat. We will go to Island 1 through the secret passage.”

They would secretly go to Island 1.

“And contact the second Emperor. Tell her a healer who says they can break the soul prison has appeared.”

She added.

“Tell her this must be stopped no matter what. The great general must not wake.”

Her cold eyes stared at the message her younger brother had sent.

“The great general will only be able to rest peacefully when I inherit his position.”

The position of great general is mine.

Seventh General Hinari thought of the father who had never said he would hand the position of great general to her, and bit her lip.

Beeeeeeep—

Soon, the Seventh General sent a message through the video communication orb the second Emperor had given her, saying it was connected to her.

The second Emperor had given her a communication orb that could only be used to contact through messages.

<Second Emperor. General Ferry has appeared with a healer who says they can break the soul prison. They say that healer will treat the great general soon. This is different from what you said. What will you do?>

<You agreed to help me become the great general. So please answer quickly.>

The one who read the message—

“Haha—”

Burst into laughter.

“I knew the Seventh General was greedy, but she truly is stupid.”

Thud.

Third General Wooho placed the video communication orb displaying the message on the desk.

“A mere chess piece still does not realize what she is.”

The video communication orb said to be capable of connecting to the second Emperor.

That video communication orb had been handed over to Wooho, the eldest sworn brother of the Three Emperors, by the second Emperor a few days ago, when she told him to wrap up the matter well.

The third, Soyeon, added a word.

“But since they mentioned the soul prison, should we not report it to the second Emperor-nim?”

“That is true. Even so, our plan does not change.”

Wooho gave a low chuckle.

“Because the Seventh General and the great general will all die on the day the great council is held anyway.”

When he thought of the red blood that would soak the sea, excitement rose in him again.

But he regained his composure.

“Third. Let us contact the youngest. Something is strange.”

Had it not been Mujeon, the youngest among the Three Emperors and their three sworn brothers, who opened the Council of Seventeen while pretending to be General Ferry?

And yet General Ferry was already inside Island 1 with a healer who knew about the soul prison?

This was something that had to be checked.

“If Mujeon handled the matter strangely, then he must be punished.”

Second brother Wooho’s expression toward the youngest was nothing but cold.

And soon, the message the third Wanderer Soyeon sent to Mujeon—

Bzzzzzz—

“Oh. So this is what happened?”

Arrived at Cale.

Cale raised one corner of his mouth and looked down.

At the Wanderer Mujeon, who was kneeling obediently with his head bowed.

“......”

Mujeon simply stayed silent.

Because he had seen all information enter Cale Henituse’s palm.

“How very interesting.”

At Cale’s calm voice, Mujeon merely curled his body inward.