Trash of the Count's Family - TCF Part 2 - Chapter 55

The knights were shocked to see a real dragon. But they were even more shocked to see a palace turning into dust and not simply being destroyed or collapsed. The palace disappeared in an instant, and Eruhaben smiled. The gold dust surrounding him like a halo shook more, and the knights faltered at the sight.
His pupils turned into slits, and everyone realized that he was a true dragon. The black mage’s legs weakened, eventually kneeling down on the floor. A black mage was still a mage, so meeting a dragon that was only heard about in legends was overwhelming. He had recognized Appe as a dragon, but recognizing a dragon and facing a dragon’s power was two different things.
Appe sighed as she stared at her shaking fingers. She knew that Eruhaben was angry. Eruhaben had been angry since he had learned that the hunters had annihilated the dragons, that Appe was born out of dead mana, and that the dragon corpses had been turned into Jiangshi. As Eruhaben’s anger soared and he released everything that held him back, Appe trembled in excitement.
Cale had not given Eruhaben many instructions. He only asked Eruhaben to cause a big enough explosion that could be seen from the central plaza. Eruhaben was free to do whatever he wanted afterwards. It seemed like Cale knew what Eruhaben was going to do without him saying it. Eruhaben had blown up the black mages building in the Imperial Palace too, but he realized that too few troops had responded to his attacks.
Most of the troops were in the central plaza. But that did not matter to him as today was the day he could do whatever he wanted. He admitted that he had a bad temper as he activated his Dragon Fear, and said that his temper was growing worse today. His gold dust swept towards the enemies in waves, and one knight asked another to run to the central plaza and inform them of this incident, since the entire Imperial Palace complex might collapse.
Eruhaben conveyed his message to Appe through telepathy, telling her to watch and learn. Appe smiled and her fingers twitched faster as she thought of everything being destroyed. He continued that the best way to anger one’s enemy was to steal their most precious things. Appe tilted her head in confusion, and he continued that they would pretend to flip everything over in anger, and then head to the catacombs and steal stuff before escaping.
He thought of Cale being an interesting punk as Cale knew that Eruhaben would not destroy the entire palace as long as the dragon corpses were in the catacombs. So he was planning to steal the dragon corpses first. He looked at the knights and said that their level was low. Nothing could stop him as he headed to the catacombs.
Eruhaben knew that the Huayans were strong, but did not worry too much about it. During the time he experienced the power of Cale when he purified the lake, he thought that he would completely lose against Cale. And Cale had only used half of his power at that time. He grinned and continued his way with Appe following him, destroying all the traps in the basement.
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The crowd was scared and confused that the Imperial Palace was attacked again. The cleverer candidates realized that this was no longer part of the test and that their lives were in danger. There were white arrows and a flying bone dragon in the sky, Zero’s captives who had broken their restraints, and the knights and black mages pointing weapons at them.
Redok spoke out, saying that it was the priest who did all of those things. Cale admitted that it was him, the Purifier, who had purified the area outside District 9. Raon praised Cale for finally acknowledging his work and for the good introduction he gave. Cale mentally cursed as he felt uncomfortable revealing himself as the Purifier.
He knew that he would eventually leave this world once he solved its problem, but still felt restless, as if the God of Death was giggling behind him. Other people were surprised at the word ‘purified,’ but the Chief of Staff exclaimed that it was nonsense. An archer shot an arrow towards Olivia. The moment she saw the arrow heading towards her, she looked up the stage.
The emperor sighed and shook his head, and Redok had an indifferent look, as if they were merely killing insects. CH split the arrow into two with his aura, and Redok ordered the troops to kill them. Zero frowned when one of the candidates who had been envious of him had suddenly attacked him with a sword. He saw the black lines on the candidate’s skin disappear, realizing that the candidate was not a real necromancer.
In addition, the candidate was a Sword Master. Zero laughed out loud upon grasping the situation, saying that the hunters were everywhere. Some people from the crowd pulled out their weapons, and Olivia muttered that this was crazy. All the strong people in the world seemed to have gathered here today, including high-ranking mages and black mages, and swordsmen and archers that could use aura.
Olivia wondered if they were all hunters, and understood how they had annihilated the dragons and destroyed this world. There was also the Jiangshi in the basement of the Imperial Palace. Her hands trembled as she thought that there would be many casualties even if they won against the hunters. She then heard the emperor call her stupid.
But Olivia laughed and the emperor was confused. She asked if she passed, but he did not answer. Rather, it was Redok who said that she lost. The white arrows in the sky moved as he said that nothing could stop the hunt. Redok gazed at the Purifier and thanked him for all the quality sacrifices today. However, Cale looked up the sky and smiled.
He asked if they knew that the clear sky was covered in fire and lightning. The Fire AP excitedly said that he knew. Above the bone dragon and the white arrows, the sky began to rumble. The pope clasped her hands and muttered, “O esteemed Purifier.” Rose gold lightning bolts fell from the sky. It was not as numerous as the white arrows, but for Cale, it was enough.