Trash of the Count’s Family Chapter 1287

The sea and rain collided.

The sea tried to sweep away everything beyond the rain, and the rain tried to block that sea and push it back.

“…Ah.”

“How can this be—”

A sight of nature clashing against nature.

The demons who faced it felt something beyond awe. Strategist Ed saw the Demon King’s army, the territorial soldiers, his subordinates, and the mages around him lose strength in their legs or stagger at the sight unfolding right before them, right in front of the city wall, but—

Cale Henituse—

He could not say a word to them and only stared at one person.

Yes, he stared at the human, an alien existence in the Demon World.

You—

Cale Henituse.

Were you this strong?

He had been mistaken.

He had severely underestimated Cale Henituse’s strength.

This rain stood proudly against the third Emperor.

“Strategist! It’s holding!”

“No, it’s pushing it back!”

As he heard the voices of his aides, filled with joy and hope, Strategist Ed looked only at Cale.

“…Truly arrogant.”

Cale Henituse was reaching his hand toward the sea with an indifferent expression.

It was the arrogant face of a human standing against mighty nature.

“No.”

It was not arrogance.

Because he had created the rain that stood against the sea, then he too—

“…Is he nature?”

Cale Henituse. This human was nature?

Strategist Ed was startled by his own thought and unconsciously rubbed his arm. Goosebumps had risen over it.

“……!”

Then, suddenly, he saw something.

He’s trembling?

Cale Henituse’s hands were trembling slightly.

Ah.

He was overdoing it.

Truly, Cale Henituse was holding out against the sea!

“Ha!”

Ed was dumbfounded.

Not by Cale Henituse, but by himself, standing here so blankly.

You foolish bastard!

He cursed himself and opened his mouth.

“What are all of you doing?”

He gave orders to his subordinates.

“Contact the Demon King’s castle immediately and summon the mages! Mages, establish shields!”

They could not simply rely on Cale Henituse.

This was the Demon World.

They could not survive by leaning on a human.

“The Demon King’s army will begin evacuating the residents immediately!”

Not for an instant.

They could not waste even a single second of the time Cale Henituse had given them.

“Move quickly! This is a fight against time! Everyone, hurry!”

One of his subordinates approached with a puzzled look.

“Is Sir Cale not taking care of it?”

Instead of cursing at the subordinate who spouted such idiocy, Strategist Ed poured out words.

“Do your eyes not see what Sir Cale looks like?”

He had been pushing himself for days to purify the gray sickness, and now he was facing the third Emperor’s sea on top of that.

Cale Henituse was in a state where it would not be strange for him to collapse at any moment.

It was then.

“Strategist.”

Someone came up onto the city wall.

“Who are you?”

Ed had never seen this person before, and the other party opened his mouth.

“I am a warrior of the Gray Tree clan.”

The Gray Tree clan warrior spoke urgently with a stiff face.

“The ancient site is shaking!”

“What does that mean?”

Strategist Ed’s face went pale.

“A strange pulse is rising from the center of the ancient site!”

“Did you confirm what kind of pulse it is? The cause?”

“The wooden towers are protecting the ancient site, so we cannot look inside! Only the priest can enter, but she is currently unconscious—”

Damn it!

Strategist Ed’s head began to ache as yet another problem occurred in an already complicated situation.

“Did you deliver this news to Mika as well?”

“Yes. We sent people to General Mol and Sir Cale!”

Strategist Ed looked at the white curtain still holding out against the sea, then shifted his gaze.

“…Damn.”

WOOOONG—WOOOONG—

The ancient site of the demon god.

The four wooden towers guarding the ancient site of the demon god were emitting light and creating a protective barrier.

At the same time, a vibration was rising from the ancient site inside that translucent barrier.

And this situation was also delivered to the city wall of Mika, where General Mol was.

“Damn it!”

In the end, he cursed out loud.

“You, lead soldiers to the ancient site of the demon god!”

At General Mol’s order, one knight led soldiers toward the ancient site of the demon god.

Mol glanced forward.

Cale Henituse. You heard that, didn’t you?

Mol approached Cale.

Damn it.

He could see Cale Henituse.

The trembling that had begun in his hands had spread to his arms, and both of them were shaking violently.

SHAAAAAAA—

The pouring rain remained heavy, and that rain did not vanish. Instead, it formed an even thicker curtain and blocked the sea.

KWAAAAAA— KWAAAAAA!

But the sea had to flow.

Because there was no reason for it to retreat, the sea advanced toward the rain.

It tried to devour the rain.

Because rain was water too.

KIIIIIIII—

Neither the rain nor the sea yielded an inch.

A strange, chilling sound flowed out as the battle continued between the rain trying to hold and the sea trying to eat it.

“Ah!”

At that moment, the sea retreated for an instant.

Just as General Mol’s expression brightened—

“Damn it!”

Cale Henituse spat out harsh words, and General Mol saw the two dragons standing beside him.

Among them, the young dragon extended his front paw forward.

“The magic circle is complete!”

The magic circle he had created with the gold dragon old man.

Cale’s group had always tried not to leave everything to Cale.

That was why the moment they saw the sea retreat, they realized the time had come.

KWAAAA—

The sea had retreated.

And that sea slammed forward again.

Like a wave.

“!”

General Mol was shocked by the force that collided with them in an instant.

The sea had not been pushed back.

It had merely taken one step back in order to shatter the curtain before charging in again.

“Human, I’ll go first!”

WOOOONG—WOOOONG—!

And the black shield created by the black dragon spread out in front of the curtain.

KWAAAAAAANG—!

Several shields appeared, were broken by the sea, and broke again.

KWAAAAAAA—

And the sea that had pierced through them collided with the curtain of rain once more.

Drip.

Blood flowed from Cale’s mouth for the first time.

“Human, I’ll make them again!”

The moment Raon said he would step forward again—

This won’t work.

Cale realized that they could not defeat the sea like this.

—More!

The Water that Devours the Sky raised her voice.

—More!

The more she did, the thicker the curtain of rain became.

The trembling in Cale’s body grew worse.

Drip.

Blood continued to flow from his mouth.

“Cough.”

He even coughed up a little blood.

Crazy—!

It’s seriously strong!

Five-Colored-grade individuality was truly strong. Was this not basically the power of a god?

The powers of nature that Cale had used so far while being called godlike were fake compared to this sea filled with the third Emperor’s full strength.

He felt like he had gained some idea of what a battle at the level of gods was like.

Still, it’s gotten stronger.

The third Emperor’s sea.

The Water that Devours the Sky was holding out against it right now.

SHAAAAAAA—

The curtain of rain was so solid.

And it was growing so thick.

It’s being pushed back.

The sea was slowly being pushed back by the thickening curtain.

The collision was between such massive existences that others might not clearly perceive the fact that it was being pushed back, but at least Cale perceived it properly.

“…This is doable.”

Yes. It was doable.

Just a little more!

If they held out just a little longer, the curtain would be able to push the sea away.

“Human, that’s not something you should say while bleeding!”

For now, he let Raon’s scolding go in one ear and out the other. He could feel the gazes around him, but he pretended not to notice.

Instead, he listened to another sound.

The roar created by the sea and rain.

Beyond that, Cale strained his ears.

Would some kind of signal come if the Demon King caught the third Emperor?

Would the sea naturally disappear once the third Emperor was captured?

Holding it and pushing it back is possible, but—

They could not shatter the sea or devour it.

That was the Water that Devours the Sky’s current limit.

In addition—

The rain clouds are thinning.

The rain clouds in the sky were also nearing their limit.

Of course, there was also the power the Water that Devours the Sky was releasing.

If I use that up too, I’ll pass out.

Of course, it would be fortunate if he passed out after blocking everything.

But he needed to leave that as a last resort.

“They are evacuating the demons toward the opposite city gate! They say they are moving to the nearby hills!”

Choi Han reported the surrounding situation to Cale.

Without looking away from Cale, who was trembling and bleeding, he took him fully into his eyes.

“Ah!”

And Choi Han knew better than anyone what Cale was waiting for.

“It’s the third Emperor!”

Choi Han’s voice was joyful.

Cale’s gaze moved.

Beyond the curtain and the sea.

The third Emperor was faintly visible.

He was bleeding far more heavily than Cale and looked as though he had been beaten to a pulp.

That bastard staggered and rolled across the ground.

THUD!

“His Majesty caught him!”

“It’s over now!”

The faces of the Demon King’s army knights brightened.

Because they had seen the Demon King, still looking perfectly clean, rushing toward the third Emperor.

The third Emperor looked at him and scrambled to his feet. But perhaps because he had no strength, the way he rose while trembling made it seem as though he could collapse again at any moment.

“Oh dear.”

“Cale.”

And Eruhaben’s and Choi Han’s faces hardened when they saw it.

“Cale, the third Emperor is coming this way.”

The third Emperor was currently fleeing from the Demon King.

And he was fleeing this way.

“Yes. I see him.”

Drip.

As blood flowed, Cale saw the third Emperor stretch out his hand.

No matter how quickly he ran, he would not reach this sea.

Because the Demon King had already—

“Where do you think you’re going?”

Grabbed him by the nape of the neck.

Even so, the third Emperor did not retract his outstretched hand.

Instead, he grasped something.

GRAA…?

It was the water dragon.

He threw it toward the sea.

“Devour it!”

He gave the sea food.

“And shatter it!”

Sweep them away.

He withdrew that command and instead told it to shatter.

GRAAAAA—!

The water dragon shed tears at its master’s betrayal as it was thrown toward the sea.

Though the water dragon had been reduced to one-tenth, the third Emperor’s power was contained inside it.

The essence of the sea was contained there.

GRAAAA—!

The water dragon fell into the sea.

And for an instant, the sea grew even larger.

The next step was already decided.

“It’s coming.”

Just as someone said.

The sea retreated, then slammed into the curtain once again.

KWAAAAAAA—!

“Ugh!”

Raon’s shields shattered at once.

“Ugh!”

Cale’s body staggered, and the curtain trembled.

SHAAAAAA—

The falling rain began to lessen.

Damn it!

Can I even block this if I pass out?

Cale’s face twisted.

—We can do it! More!

Ah, seriously!

The Water that Devours the Sky had no limit.

Only Cale’s body had a limit.

This was the first time he had encountered a case like this, and just as Cale’s face twisted even more—

THUD!

The ground shook.

Damn it!

Was the ground collapsing now because of the sea?

Could the city wall not hold?

Cale’s face contorted.

Even so, he bit down on his blood-soaked mouth and took one step forward.

I have to hold.

If he collapsed here, everyone would die.

They really would all die.

That could not happen.

Soon, the Demon King would either catch the third Emperor, kill him, or make him lose consciousness.

He just had to hold until then.

“Yeah, this is doable…! Cough!”

Cale shouted and spat out a mouthful of blood at that moment.

THUD!

The ground vibrated again.

Mm?

Cale suddenly realized something was strange about that vibration.

Because he was in danger, his senses were sharper than ever, and he immediately noticed the variable occurring nearby.

It’s not here?

This vibration was not coming from the city wall.

It was beside it.

…The ancient site?

The ancient site of the demon god.

The vibration was spreading from there.

—Cale!

He heard the Ancient Tree’s urgent voice.

—Some kind of power is coming from the ground!

THUD!

THUD!

THUD!

The vibrations felt faster and closer by the moment.

THUD!

And the instant the vibration was finally felt fully beneath his feet—

“Ugh!”

“Don’t collapse!”

“What is this? What’s with the shaking?”

The city wall shook, and everyone was trying to keep their balance against the vibration when—

“Cale!”

“Human!”

“Cale!”

Choi Han, Raon, and Eruhaben each grabbed Cale’s arms and back, lifting him up as he staggered.

CRACK.

Something burst through the city wall and surged upward.

Cale took it into his eyes.

In the middle of this chaotic situation, with the rainstorm raging, the sea trying to shatter everything, and everything generally a complete mess.

CRACK.

The thing that pierced through the stones of the city wall and rose up was—

A tree?

It was a very small branch.

Rustle.

The instant its leaves shook in the wind, the moment Cale took that tree into his eyes—

—I… found… you.

Cale heard someone’s voice.

A strange voice he had never heard before.

At that moment—

THUD!

The ancient site shook violently.

It was a massive vibration incomparable to the ones before.

Those who had been running away.

Those who had been defending.

Everyone turned toward the ancient site in shock.

Rustle—

And the four wooden towers of the ancient site withdrew the protective barrier.

“Huff. Huff.”

The priest, who had just regained consciousness, was running frantically toward that ancient site.

“The prophecy… changed—”

The prophecy had changed.

“Gray rain—”

It did not mean something like gray sickness.

It was not such a simple power.

The priest, who had seen the true prophecy, ran with strength in her old body as she wept.

“Ah, demon god—!”

The moment she shouted.

The moment it was already too late for her to set foot inside the ancient site.

WOOO—WOOOOO—

Gray light surged up from the ancient site.

Such a thing had never once happened at the ancient site before.

The demons of the Gray Tree clan beside the priest all froze and took the wondrous sight into their eyes.

That gray light, reflected in every demon’s eyes, moved straight away.

Toward the existence it had waited and waited for.

—…I found you……

Cale heard a strange voice.

The voice, which seemed to be audible only to him, spoke.

—…One with… the talent… to kill gods……

What?

…Kill gods?

…Someone who kills gods……?

Who? Me?

I don’t have that kind of talent?

More importantly, this voice—

“…The demon god?”

Rustle—

Cale saw the gray light stabbing down toward him and heard a voice filled with rage.

—Demon god? There is no such thing. There exists only one who kills arrogant gods.

The voice that had come from the place believed to be the ancient site of the demon god spoke.

There had never been a demon god in the first place.

Only one who killed gods existed here.

The demon god who no longer existed.

The Demon World, waiting for another demon god to be born.

The one they waited for was not a demon god, but one who killed gods.

—I cannot tolerate the divine realm and the heavenly realm calling me a demon god……!

A memory so ancient it had been forgotten and distorted in the Demon World.

The truth was that the one who killed gods had been called a demon god.

The gray light wrapped around Cale’s entire body.

“Ugh!”

“Ugh, human!”

“Ugh!”

Choi Han, Eruhaben, and Raon were flung away.

“……”

And as Cale looked at the gray light wrapped around his body, he heard the Water that Devours the Sky’s voice.

—Oh. My power got stronger.

The Water that Devours the Sky began to run wild again.

—I will break it too!

She was imitating Raon’s way of speaking.

The curtain of rain began to turn gray.

“Oh.”

Cale was impressed.

The power of the Water that Devours the Sky, having eaten the gray-light buff from the ancient site of the demon god, had truly grown much stronger.

Twice as strong?

No. Three times?

No.

Four times.

The Water that Devours the Sky’s power had increased by about four times.

And he instinctively felt that this would last only while the gray light remained in Cale’s body.

“Human, are you okay?”

Raon approached in alarm, then flinched and stopped.

“Human, why are you smiling like that?”

Drip. Drip.

Even as blood dripped from him, Cale smiled.

We can figure out what’s happening later.

Whatever the case, they were four times stronger right now, weren’t they?

Then first—

“Hey. If I use this power, will it hurt me?”

He checked for side effects.

—…It will not… one with talent……

“Oh.”

Jackpot.

Then the answer was obvious.

The Water that Devours the Sky asked in an excited voice.

—Then do we go?

“Yes, let’s break it!”

Cale answered refreshingly.

Of course, although there were no side effects from the gray light, he failed to gauge the aftereffects from excessive use of an ancient power. He did not realize that this was not ordinary excessive use, but extremely, severely excessive use in order to stand against power at the level of a god.

SHAAAAAAA—

The white curtain turned gray.

And every single strand of rain released gray light as it headed toward the sea.

The curtain that had begun in the sky suddenly threw its massive body over the sea.

The gray curtain covered the sea.

SHAAAAAAA—

And began to devour it.

SHAAAAAAA—

The sea and the gray rain began to mix together.

They tangled and tangled again.

They tried to devour each other.

WHOOOOOSH—

Like a whirlpool, the two bodies bound together surged upward, toward the sky.

And they gradually turned gray.

“Ah, aaaah— Gray rain, gray rain is—falling—!”

The priest looked at that sight and wailed with joy.

Of course, Cale knew nothing of that sight and simply smiled.

Drip. Drip.

As blood dripped from him.

This time, I don’t have to run away.

He was simply satisfied by that fact.

Without knowing that Clopeh Sekka’s recording orb was glittering as it diligently recorded everything.