Trash of the Count’s Family Part 2 Chapter 302: I’ll bet on you (4)

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“Choi Han.”

Cale called out to Choi Han.

Bang!

Choi Han and the Elf exchanged blows.

Choi Han’s sword struck the Elf’s fist with a loud noise.

“Human!”

“I want to know if you are okay, nya!”

“Are you okay?”

Cale waved to the children averaging ten-years-old to let them know that he was okay.

“Stop.”

Bang!

Choi Han pushed the Elf back with his sword and retreated as soon as he heard that order.

His gaze turned toward Cale.

He looked quite confused.

“Cale-nim, didn’t you tell me to get rid of that?”

He was sure Cale had said that.

‘Get rid of that first.’

Get rid of that first and then head to the World Tree.

“Yeah. I did.”

Cale admitted to it.

“Ha!”

The silent Elf scoffed in disbelief.

He tried to say something but Cale was faster.

“Why bother fighting?”

He motioned to Choi Han.

He then added on.

“It’s a waste of time.”

Choi Han’s eyes clouded over while the Elf didn’t know how to interpret those words.

Cale didn’t care and spoke leisurely.

“Why drag it out when he isn’t even that strong? How annoying.”

“Ha.”

The Elf scoffed in disbelief again.

One corner of his lips curled up.

“I was curious and came over because I heard a human saved the World Tree. You are quite arrogant.”

The Elf’s gaze became even more vicious while standing in the flame, as if he was not affected by the flames at all.

“This esteemed Elf personally came to get you-”

He could not finish his sentence.

“Ah. So loud.”

Cale nonchalantly commented.

He then used his ancient power.

Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-

It was not the Sky Eating Water.

Boom.

The Elf knelt down on one knee.

“Ugh!”

He covered his neck with both hands.

He could not breathe.

He felt his whole body go cold despite the flame on his back.

The air around him was pushing him down.

This feeling of being dominated…

‘What is this-’

He could not speak properly.

He barely raised his head.

He could see the human looking down at him.

The red-haired man…

Inquisitor 1 had ordered him to capture this bastard.

Inquisitor 6, who had come to get Cale, could not say anything.

‘Dragon Lord?

No, this guy is clearly human.

How can he use Fear at the level of the Dragon Lord?’

Shhhhh.

His body was shaking.

Something, yes, an unexplainable source of fear seemed to be pushing him down.

As a child, he had not listened to his parents and ran to play in the woods on his own. He had gotten lost and night arrived.

Just like the fear he had felt in the darkness at that time…

No, he was even more scared than he had been at that time.

‘What is this?

What is going on right now?’

He could not understand it.

However, he too was a transcended being after having consumed the foundation of this world. He barely managed to get the words out.

“Y, you are-”

Inquisitor 6 could not say anything after looking into the red-haired man’s eyes.

‘Ah.’

He recalled what the man had said a few moments ago.

‘Why drag it out when he isn’t even that strong? How annoying.’

Thinking back to the other things the man had said…

‘Why bother fighting?’

‘Get rid of that first.’

How annoying.

No need to fight.

Get rid of it.

‘Ah.’

Inquisitor 6 realized what that ‘it’ was.

This human turned him like this without putting a finger on him.

He couldn’t move as if he was a prey on a spider web.

‘No.’

A prey on a spider web would be able to flail around, but the only thing he could do was open and close his mouth.

Why?

‘I’m scared.’

Inquisitor 6 avoided Cale’s gaze.

The cold gaze that was looking down at him as if he was nothing…

He could still see the anger in those eyes.

That anger looked like it would kill him.

“Let’s go.”

The others followed Cale without saying anything.

“Ah.”

But Cale soon stopped moving.

“Ron.”

Cale had left this weak bastard like this because he didn’t want to leave the children averaging ten-years-old in this sea of fire, but…

“What do you want to do?”

Ron’s opinion was the most important.

Clang.

Choi Han pulled his sword out again.

Ron smiled gently and calmly answered.

“Please go first, young master-nim.”

“Okay.”

Cale motioned to Choi Han with his eyes.

Choi Han stood next to Ron.

“Let’s go.”

The children averaging ten-years-old responded to Cale.

“Alright! Grandpa Ron, make sure to rub the potion on those wounds!”

“Meeeeeow!”

“Meeow!”

Cale and the children averaging ten-years-old soon left first.

“Cough!”

Only then did Inquisitor 6 cough like someone who was drowning and barely made it out of the water.

His whole body was shaking and it was hard for him to think straight.

It was hard enough to calm his body now that he was out of that suffocating aura.

A dagger immediately flew toward him.

“!”

Inquisitor 6’s eyes opened wide while Choi Han quietly watched.

“I can’t leave behind future trouble, especially one that aimed for the young master.”

Ron was not someone who would make a move because he was hurt by someone.

The reason he remained was because he could not ignore the reason this enemy barged into this place.

Choi Han just remained silent.

He then thought to himself.

‘He’s gotten stronger.’

Cale’s aura…

That was now beyond the level of Dragons.

It wasn’t at the level of the gods yet, but it was at a level where nothing in the world could compare to it.

Choi Han was sure of it.

Otherwise, Cale would not have been able to suppress Inquisitor 6 so easily with just his aura.

“Let’s go.”

Ron approached him.

Boom.

Inquisitor 6 fell to the side, unconscious.

“I guess you have no plans on being an assassin anymore.”

Ron chuckled at Choi Han’s nonchalant words and quickly started to walk.

“Maybe I’ve been looking after the kids too long.”

Choi Han chuckled before following Ron.

The two of them moved very quickly in the direction Cale went.

Axion.

The Third Saint Dragon’s Estate started to burn even more.

The flames were so strong that it was burning the entire building and almost reaching the rear garden.

“What happened?”

Cale asked the children averaging ten-years-old, more specifically On, about what was going on.

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

Water was creating a thin barrier around him.

Cale and the children averaging ten-years-old were within the barrier.

Swoooooooosh-

Raon’s whirlwinds around their feet were letting them move very quickly.

On answered him.

“There was suddenly a large explosion about thirty minutes ago.”

“By the way, human, you were unconscious for ten hours twenty-four minutes and twenty-three seconds!”

Cale was about to ignore Raon’s comment when he flinched.

“It hasn’t even been half a day?”

‘All this happened in less than twelve hours?’

“Axion said one hour ago that the Dragon Lord has returned. The adults went toward the World Tree to discuss what to do.”

“Goldie Gramps and Witira went as our representatives!”

Raon added on from the side.

“…Witira?”

Cale was reacting to that before looking at On and Hong and asking.

“How did the two of you end up here?”

‘Oh, Ron is here too.’

“Heh-”

Hong looked up at Cale and smiled oddly.

Cale flinched after seeing this.

The look Hong was giving him was that of an older brother looking at his impossible to control and mischievous younger sibling. No, it was the gaze of a nephew looking at his immature uncle.

‘…Hong is looking at me like this?’

Cale was slightly shocked.

It was even more shocking than becoming an NPC inside a game.

Hong didn’t care and cheerfully answered.

“Clopeh Sekka sent a video recording device to the Black Castle, nya! We saw it all, nya!”

“W, what did you see?”

Cale stuttered as he asked but none of the children averaging ten-years-old answered him.

On calmly continued to speak.

“So the entire Black Castle came over. It is currently hiding in a nearby forest.”

‘…So, the entire Black Castle came here after seeing footage in a video recording device that Clopeh sent them?’

“Human, everybody in the Black Castle saw you save the World Tree.”

Cale shuddered after hearing Raon’s voice.

He slowly peeked at Raon to see an extremely vicious look in Raon’s eyes.

Cale just closed his mouth.

This was a wise decision.

“Haaaa.”

His shoulders flinched at On’s sigh but On looked at that action with pity as well before continuing to speak.

“We didn’t get to see it. The adults wouldn’t let us see it.”

‘Oh.’

Cale was a bit relieved but seeing that look of relief on his face made the children averaging ten-years-old, especially Raon, glare viciously again. Cale looked away again while On shook her head and continued to speak.

“The explosion happened in the building where the Inquisitors were gathered.”

The explosion led to an opening from the troops keeping an eye on the building, allowing the Inquisitors to make their move.

“I also heard that the rest of the 10 Dragon gods and Dragons all either escaped from Axion’s castle or were trying to attack it.”

But all they could hear were the explosions from the flames, no large rumblings or the sounds of Dragons attacking.

“Human, Axion put a barrier around this place! Any Dragon attacking this building will be banished while outside attacks are blocked by a barrier!”

“Axion said that Dragons weaker than him will be reflected back, nya!”

Cale nodded his head at Raon and Hong’s explanations and looked back.

Choi Han and Ron had arrived.

“We are the only ones on this floor?”

Cale did not meet anybody while walking to the end of the hallway.

Choi Han explained.

“Yes, Cale-nim. After putting you in a room up here, Axion made it so that nobody would come to this floor.”

Axion had made it quite convenient for Cale.

Even if that meant emptying the top floor of his own house.

“So why is nobody putting this fire out?”

Cale could see outside the window.

The staff in Axion’s castle were running away while the soldiers were withdrawing instead of trying to put the fire out.

Cale received two answers to that question.

“Apparently Inquisitor 1’s attribute is the Unending Fire.”

Choi Han.

– We can put it out.

The Sky Eating Water.

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

The sound of water around Cale got louder and the water barrier around him became thicker.

Choi Han watched this as he continued to speak.

“The fire did not go out when they physically poured water on it or even when they used magic. He said that he would take care of the fire once as many people as possible managed to escape. Before it reaches the rear garden.”

The rear garden was where the World Tree was located.

“How is he going to take care of the fire?”

Choi Han explained the rest.

“Axion said that his attribute is dirt.”

“He’s going to cover all of the fire with dirt?”

“Yes, Cale-nim.”

Cale started to walk again.

He headed toward the window.

He could finally see beyond the flames.

“The main building, the annex, and the garden. Everything is in flames. If he covers everything with dirt-”

The castle no longer looked vintage and refined.

“It’ll be done for even if the fire is out.”

Cale was no longer looking at the building.

He was looking up at the sky.

“Ha. What a spectacle.”

Honestly speaking, Cale didn’t know why the Black Castle was in hiding.

Furthermore, why were Eruhaben, Witira, and the others by the World Tree when they didn’t need to be there?

He had many questions.

In addition, it was weird that the building was quiet despite this chaos.

He got the answer as soon as he looked up at the sky.

—!

–!

—! -!

He could not hear anything.

However, beyond the large dome barrier surrounding Axion’s castle…

There were ten or so Dragons in their Dragon forms attacking the barrier.

That barrier was a half-transparent bronze dome.

– It’s dirt.

He heard the Super Rock’s voice and Cale could see the only figure in the sky who stood there as if he was keeping the barrier pushed up.

“… Axion.”

He was dealing with the attacks of the ten or so Dragons on his own.

He was known as the Dragon Lord’s sword, but seeing this would make it feel like a shield would be a better name for him.

However-

“A sword being used as a shield cannot function properly.”

Cale headed toward a window facing the rear garden.

There was another barrier covering the walls of the rear garden and the sky.

“That must be Eruhaben-nim.”

“Yes, Cale-nim. The plan was to take you over there.”

Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa—-

The sound of water became louder.

Raon let out a deep sigh and came over to Cale’s side.

“Human, are you going to do it?”

“Do I have a choice?”

The Sky Eating Water commented.

– This is easy. It’s not like we are facing off against a god.

The Dominating Aura was not the only one to get an upgrade.

– I’m a bit scared now. I can’t see her limits.

Cale ignored the Fire of Destruction’s grumbling and calmly answered.

“This is light work.”

He then added on.

“Axion seems to have bet on our side.”

It seemed clear that Axion had betrayed the Dragon Lord.

The reason was probably for his family, but…

Either way, if someone showed sincerity…

“Then we should at least protect his house.”

Cale’s style was to give back as much as he received.

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

The sound of water became louder.

“…….”

It was so loud that Axion reacted from the top of the barrier and turned around.

“Hold on.”

“Excuse me? But Butler-nim, we need to hurry up and evacuate-”

“No. Hold on.”

It was loud enough for the butler, who had heard this sound of water before, to stop the knights and look back at the building.

“Ha. That punk. He must have woken up.”

Eruhaben heard the fluctuation of a strong power along with the sound of water and smiled while looking at Witira.

“This clear and beautiful water could only come from him.”

As he nodded at the smiling Witira’s confirmation…

– I know how to make clouds now!

Cale flinched after hearing the Sky Eating Water’s comment.

‘Hmm?

Make what?’

– Hoo. I knew I wasn’t the only one to absorb that power.

– Shut up. You damn braggart.”

-…….

The Dominating Water spoke to Cale.

– We are not trying to break it. We’re also not trying to swallow the building. We also can’t have people get swept up by a tsunami.

Saving the World Tree…

The Sky Eating Water had realized another true nature of water while experiencing the World Tree’s destruction and birth.

That was life. The ancient power grew stronger after realizing the meaning of being alive.

No, it realized a power of water that it always had.

This was potentially because it had relieved a portion of its remaining anger after personally destroying chains left behind by the God of War.

– So let’s just put the fire out.

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

– Let’s head outside. It’s too cramped in here.

Cale walked out as the Sky Eating Water asked.

One he got out the window and headed near Axion-

“Hi?”

He greeted him.

“…What are you trying to do?”

“What else? I’m just trying to help out an ally.”

He calmly answered Axion’s question and addressed the Sky Eating Water.

“Will this be enough?”

– Yeah.

Then the sound of water started to spread out from underneath Cale’s feet.

It was like a ripple created by a little leaf that falls onto the surface of a lake.

The air spread out like a wave and the ripple created a cloud.

This white cloud would make someone think of the clear sky.

It was completely different from the ash-colored clouds that usually held rain.

– I do not wish to be like those things.

I’m different.

The water kept its word.

Drip. Drip.

Drops of water gently started to fall down.

It started to rain.

It was a warm and gentle rain like the one that cautiously signaled the arrival of spring.

As if it was obvious, that rain…

Easily put out the fire that was trying to burn and destroy.

It became a refreshing strand of water supporting the creatures trying to survive.

“…….”

Axion quietly watched the human calmly standing in the center of this large white cloud that resembled a white piece of parchment without any blemish.

The people on the ground blankly looked up at the warm yet refreshing and impossible to explain drops of water falling from the white cloud.

The places that had been swallowed by the fire came back to life.

There was no need to be destroyed by the fire.

There was no need to be buried by the dirt.

Drip. Drip.

These small drops of water saved everything above the ground.

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Trash of the Count’s Family Part 2 Chapter 301: I’ll bet on you (3)

Cale stared at the system window in disbelief.

“You are the system but you have no power?”

Chhhhhh.

The window giving off black smoke filled with words again.

[To be completely honest, I am a bug that was born out of necessity. With the Transparent © having removed most of the system’s authority, there is not much I can do without them noticing.

“Necessity? Bug?”

Cale slightly scowled at some of the words.

He did not know much about such machines or systems.

He had read many genres of novels, but he had never gamed as Kim Rok Soo.

[In the case of NGB1, the system created by the Transparent ©, there are rules and laws for the world of ‘Raising my very own precious omnipotent god,’ which is known as New World. But because it is a world with a high level of freedom, numerous variables could take place. It recognizes that there may be variables that pop up and accept them as part of the process.]

“Mm.”

Cale continued to read the words on the window.

[However, exceptions have recently happened because of moderators of Transparent ©. They were not unexpected variables that took place in the world nor were they the addition of new rules through an update. An exception occurred where a law was destroyed.]

[The system started to look into the reason for this issue.]

[However, the majority of the system is being controlled by the Transparent ©.]

[Because the system’s fundamental reason for existence is the maintenance of this world and its balance, the incidents caused by the moderators became the ‘cause.’ In order to resolve this issue, the ‘conclusion’ the system arrived at was creating ‘me’ as a necessity to handle the issue.

This is the reason that ‘I’ am calling myself a bug that was born out of necessity.]

[This was only possible because of the discovery of the existence of my older brother, Zero, the AI within the system, during the process to find an answer for system NGB1’s issue.]

[The traces found during that time were used as the foundations to create me.]

“So…”

Cale tried to organize it as simply as possible.

“You are an AI, a bug created by the system to combat the Transparent © moderators continuing to break the rules.”

[That is correct.]

“Most of the system is being controlled by the moderators, so there is not much that you can do?”

[That is correct.]

“But your will is the system’s will?”

[That’s right.]

The AI bug continued.

[I guess you can explain it like this in human terms.

NGB1 and I have determined that the current moderators of New World are destroying the world and have the ‘will’ to stop it.]

Will.

Cale buried himself deeper into the couch and looked away from the window.

“!”

He then flinched.

“…What are you doing?”

Count Ruiphe II.

He suddenly came down to the ground, knelt down, and quietly sat in front of Cale.

“Mm.”

Count Ruiphe II smiled awkwardly and answered.

“You are now my liege.”

“Ah.”

‘That’s right.’

[Title: The tutorial’s hidden final boss]

‘That’s me.’

Cale’s new account, no, monster, no…

‘How do I describe this?’

Cale was not a game user, but he could not call himself an NPC either.

Regardless, he looked at his information window and asked.

“But why are there so many empty spots?”

Cale’s information had a lot of stuff missing, starting with his name.

[The plan is to input it properly in secret during the upcoming update.]

‘Hmm.’

Cale asked the thing that he was concerned about.

“What is the update?”

[A new field will appear.]

Cale nodded his head, let out a quiet sigh, and answered.

“Let’s just keep things casual.”

Count Ruiphe shook his head.

“That is not acceptable, Boss.”

‘Okay. Just do whatever you want.’

Cale just let it go.

“Let’s take care of a few things first.”

He looked at Count Ruiphe, and-

“Ah. What should I call you?”

[One.]

Cale finished his sentence after looking at the black smoke coming out of the window.

“Okay. One. You and Count Ruiphe-”

“Boss. Please just call me Ruiphe Jr.”

“Mm. Okay. That name is long so I will just call you Ruiphe.”

Cale already felt exhausted but continued to speak.

“I think that you guys should know a bit about the Hunters or the omnipotent god. Let’s exchange some info.”

Chhhhhh.

[Fine.]

Chhhhh, chhhhhh-

[But right now is not a good time.]

‘Hmm?

Could it be?’

Cale’s expression turned odd.

[The red hand has already ordered a destruction. I will first send you out of here, and when you are able to login normally after the update… We will be able to talk.]

Chhhhhh.

Even more black smoke was rising from the window.

“Ah.”

Cale got the answer.

“Leave for now?”

[That is correct.]

“Haaaa.”

Cale sighed and nodded his head.

‘Yes. I can’t be wasting time like this here when I have no idea what is going on in Aipotu.’

He asked the system.

“How do I leave?”

[You just have to shout, Log out.]

‘This is the same as the game users.’

As Cale debated whether he was a user or mob, or how to really describe himself in this place…

Chhhhhh—!

Even more black smoke started to rise.

Crackle–!

Fire started to crackle in between the black smoke.

A pure red flame…

The flame burned the window down.

[Af@$%ter you le@@#, next time!$#%]

“Uh, uh, yeah. Go!”

Cale slowly moved away from the window glowing red with black smoke and pushed his body back on the couch.

He then waved his hand.

[@$#You#% nice@%%]

Crackle-

Now within the heavy flames…

Bang!

There was a loud noise and the window exploded.

“!”

Cale got scared as the window disappeared without a trace.

What remained in the room was Count Ruiphe, who was still kneeling and looking up at Cale.

Cale asked him a question.

“I should quickly leave too, right?”

“Umm, probably, boss?”

Count Ruiphe spoke in an awkward tone.

“The red hand won’t be able to find you here, but it is highly likely that she will try to look through the dark dungeon.”

Cale thought about the red hand he saw earlier.

The large hand looked quite disgusting.

“What exactly is the red hand?”

“To keep it simple, it is the destroyer. It is the judge who follows the rules as determined by the Transparent ©.”

It was at that moment.

Boom-

The ground and the room started to shake.

“…Is it here?”

Count Ruiphe answered Cale’s question about the red hand’s arrival with a stiff look on his face.

“I’m not sure, boss. I think I will need to go out to confirm. This is a secret area created within a gap in the system, so-”

“Then I leave for now?”

“I think that is a good idea, boss.”

Cale nodded his head and asked before logging out.

“By the way, what is a hero?”

“It is who NGB1 believes has the qualities to become an adversary for the moderators.”

“Really? Have you found the hero?”

“Yes, boss. Information about the hero-”

Boooom!

The dungeon shook even more intensely.

“Mm.”

Cale looked up at the ceiling.

Plop. Plop.

The ceiling cracked and small pebbles were falling.

“I think that we should discuss that later, boss.”

Cale nodded his head after seeing the urgent look on Count Ruiphe’s face.

“Okay. I’ll see you next time. Be careful.”

Based on what he saw earlier, the red hand really was no joke.

Count Ruiphe smiled elegantly in response.

He truly resembled a noble gentleman.

“Please don’t worry, boss. I will at least make sure to protect this place.”

Cale heard that answer as he opened his mouth.

“Log out.”

[Will you leave New World?]

Cale answered that question.

“Yeah.”

Boom, Boom–

The dungeon shook intensely at that moment.

‘Is it not going to break like this?’

Cale confirmed that his body was turning transparent as he had that thought.

He also felt like he was floating up.

Cale took one last look at his status window.

Count Ruiphe bowed respectfully and sincerely as Cale recorded all of this.

“I’ll see you next time, boss.”

He spoke to Cale with a firm look on his face.

“You don’t have to worry about this place, boss. It is not that weak. The place that is revealed as the final testing ground of the tutorial is only the first floor. This Hell of Darkness is actually one of the continent’s Eight Evils!”

‘Hmm?

What?

Eight Evils?

It isn’t just a small dungeon users destroy as a tutorial when they start the game?’

“This is a dangerous and hidden place where even the rankers have not managed to step into the true Hell of Darkness! You have nothing to worry about.”

Raising my very own precious omnipotent god.

This game was not a global hit because it was a virtual reality game.

A vast open world.

Furthermore, all of the existences in the game were there for a reason. This game was one where users could find joy in figuring out all of the hidden secrets!

Naturally, even the tutorial was not just a process to get through.

One of the hidden secrets of the tutorial was the Hell of Darkness.

Count Ruiphe II was in charge of the ninety-ninth floor of the Hell of Darkness.

He showed his respect toward the boss who would become the new liege of the one hundredth floor and said goodbye.

“Boss, all of your subordinates in the 99 floors will protect this place so please return with no worries.”

He looked extremely elegant as he bowed.

Count Ruiphe II.

Cale could see the Count’s title starting to change.

The status window seemed to be changing now that he figured out some hidden information.

[Third Evil, Ghost of Darkness, Ruiphe]

“Hoho.”

Cale just laughed as he logged out of the game.

Of course, he had already recorded the words written clearly in his own status window.

[Skill: Fear of Chaos (Deactivated)]

Fear of Chaos.

He had not digested the power he took from the Saint yet, but he should be able to activate it next time.

– Hoo. Evil? This should be fun.

Cale heard the Dominating Aura’s entertained voice as his surroundings turned dark and his eyes closed.

– The Boss of the Evils going against the God of Chaos! The greatest of all evil! The Evil God! What do you think?

‘This guy is crazy.’

– Did you just say god? Please shut the fuck up. Before I fuck you up.

– …….

The Dominating Aura became quiet after hearing the Sky Eating Water speak in a gentle voice.

Cale also thought that he should not fight against the Sky Eating Water and slowly opened his closed eyes.

‘I need to go back to Aipotu and work hard at the plan to take down the Dragon Lord.

No, do I need to go console Raon and the other kids first?

Hmm?’

Blink blink.

Cale blinked a few times.

“…Am I dreaming……?”

“Huff. Huff.”

He heard heavy breathing.

It was not Cale’s breathing.

“You’re away, young master-nim.”

His attendant, Ron Molan.

It was his breathing.

Drip. Drip.

Cale wiped the liquid falling on his face with his hand.

It was red.

As Ron looked at Cale… His forehead was bleeding.

Cale didn’t know where he got beaten up, but Ron’s face was a mess, with one eye especially swollen to the point that he could not open it properly.

‘The smell-’

He could smell things burning.

Cale turned his head.

The place he was in, the entire residence was burning.

‘What the hell happened while I was unconscious?’

Ron spoke at that moment.

“It’s an ambush, young master-nim. It hasn’t even been 10 minutes since this situation started.”

Cale’s eyes instantly lit up.

Ron urgently grabbed Cale.

“Please get on my back, young master-nim.”

Ron’s hand was shaking as he held Cale’s shoulder.

Cale covered Ron’s hand with his own and asked.

“Who caused this fire?”

“I believe the Inquisitors and a Dragon.”

“He’s here?”

Ron answered the vague question.

“Yes, young master-nim. I believe the Dragon Lord has returned.”

“Yeah?”

Cale’s gaze moved.

He looked toward a part of the room covered in darkness.

“Then you must be one of the Inquisitors?”

Cale looked toward the figure that had put Ron in this state of urgency.

Crackle-

The Elf who was visible thanks to the light outside the window…

The Elf’s hand, which was covered by fighting gloves, had blood on it.

It must be Ron’s blood.

Cale asked the stoic Elf.

“Are you the one who did this to Ron?”

The door slammed open as he asked that question.

Craaaackle-

The burning hallway…

He could see figures walking through it.

“Cale-nim!”

“Human!”

“Meeeeeow!”

“Meeow!”

It was Choi Han and the children averaging ten-years-old.

Ron then said something.

“Eruhaben-nim went to the World Tree with Clopeh earlier.”

From within this fire…

Cale started to give orders.

“We are heading to the World Tree.”

He then added on.

“Get rid of that first.”

Clang.

Choi Han had already pulled out his sword and was charging toward the potential Inquisitor.

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

The sound of water started to spread from around Cale.

– You’re already going to use your powers? I’m worried.

Cale ignored the Super Rock and got up from the bed.

His body felt light, potentially because he just slept for a while.

Of course, his mind was extremely annoyed.

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Tutorial’s hidden final boss….

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Trash of the Count’s Family Part 2 Chapter 300: I’ll bet on you (2)

Raising my very own precious omnipotent god.

The Virtual Reality game ran by the Transparent ©, the global hit in President Ahn Roh Man’s Earth 3.

‘The Hunters are trying to turn that virtual reality into its own real world.’

They seemed to be trying to give birth to the omnipotent god in that world.

Furthermore, that plan right now-

‘The Hunters, the Divine World, and the Demon World are all involved.’

Cale thought that these large organizations had a complicated intertwined relationship.

‘That’s that.’

Yes, that was that, but…

‘Why am I in that virtual reality game right now?

Haaa, seriously. This is kind of hard to believe.’

Cale thought about the steps that led up to this.

First, the power of the golden eye that the Saint of the God of Chaos used.’

The Dominating Aura used the Sky Eating Water to swallow a portion of that power.

In order to properly digest it…

It had Cale faint.

Cale opened his eyes in a dark place after fainting and extended his hand toward the golden power.

‘And then I ended up here.’

He suddenly logged into the game and started the tutorial.

– Cale, what is this?

The Dominating Aura was quite anxious.

Cale didn’t care and completely ignored the imposing voice.

He then came up with a hypothesis.

‘I guess the Saint must have been in the game.’

Was he a regular user?

Or was he an existence that seeped into the game for some reason?

‘There’s no need to rush for an answer.’

Cale did not think about it any longer.

But he became certain about something because of this.

‘The fact that the Saint of the God of Chaos has a close relationship with this game means that this game is that important to them.’

This-

“That means it is highly likely that this is at the core of what they are doing.”

‘Oops.’

Cale said that out loud and then flinched.

He raised his head to look at the screen in the air.

[Set your nickname to ‘That means it is highly likely that this is at the core of what they are doing’?]

“Fuck.”

‘Oops.’

He spoke out loud again.

As Cale started to scowl…

[Set your nickname to ‘Fuck’ 3&%$(!@(#$)—–]

“Hmm?”

‘What the?’

Cale flinched.

[@%$^$%* S, system error *#()^ discovered, &*!@%*]

Wiiiiiiiiiiiing- Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing- Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing–

Cale, who was standing in the middle of a vast grassy plain, could see everything start to turn red.

It felt as if an alarm was going off.

[@#%^ Source &@% of error, %&#( un*authorized, u@ser access$&@(%)]

He could see words in the middle of the symbols.

‘Source of error, unauthorized user access.’

Cale understood.

‘I guess I am an unauthorized user.’

He didn’t use any official means to enter the game. He ended up like this after touching a gold eye.

Wiiiiiiiiiiiing- Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing- Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing–

Cale lifted his head up.

The clear blue sky turned red as well.

The entire world was red as if it was about to be destroyed.

– C, Cale, we should be okay, right?

The Dominating Aura.

This punk was scared.

‘Haa.’

Cale let out a sigh.

‘I guess a guy like him would have never experienced something like this.’

But Cale had an idea about what would happen.

‘They’ll obviously call it an abnormal login and kick me out.

Then I’ll be kicked out and wake up.

Haaaa.’

Just thinking about it made him sigh.

‘I know I coughed up blood in Clopeh’s face as I fainted.

How much time has passed since I fainted?

What will happen?

Fuck!

I wouldn’t be so anxious if it was Raon or Choi Han!

I have no idea what that bastard Clopeh will do, so, I-, I really-

I’m really scared!’

Cale admitted to being scared.

‘I don’t think I can digest the Saint’s power right now, so let’s just hold onto it.’

Even if they kicked him out right now, he will go to the World of the Transparent Bloods later and officially login with President Ahn Roh Man’s help. He could properly absorb this power once he made an account.

It would take some time… And he won’t be able to use it in the fight against the Dragon Lord, but…

That would be the safe way to do it.

Wiiiiiiiiiiiing- Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing- Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing–

[Abnormal @^&%*access @&%( res@&%*olution method : %&@(%-]

Yes.

Let’s resolve it.

Swooooooosh-

There was a gust of wind.

Cale let that gust of wind take him.

He then looked up at the red light that turned that picturesquely beautiful world so ominous.

“Hmm?”

He then flinched.

– Cale, w, what is that?

‘I know, right?

What is that?’

Something was coming down.

Something was coming down very quickly from the sky.

“Huh?”

Cale became anxious.

– D, D, De-

The Dominating Aura could not speak properly.

Well, it took him a while to say what he wanted to say.

– D, D, Demonic race–!

While Cale was Kim Rok Soo and read fantasy novels for years, the Demonic race was frequently mentioned.

Something that looked like the typical appearance of the Demonic race as he had imagined was flying quickly toward Cale.

It was descending vertically.

‘Do I need to dodge?’

Cale subconsciously tried to use the Indestructible Shield.

‘Hmm?’

He became flustered.

“Huh? Why is it not working?”

His ancient power was not coming out.

– Hmm?

The glutton priestess became flustered as well.

‘What is going on?

Ah!’

Cale thought about it for a moment before figuring out the answer.

‘This is inside a game!

I haven’t even registered as a user!

I’m an error that has no level or skill!’

He wasn’t even considered a newbie.

His existence was nothing in this world.

“Fuck!”

As Cale scowled intensely…

“!@&*$%(”

The Demonic race shouted something.

It had large black wings and it’s outfit looked like the typical outfit of the Demonic race in a novel. Maybe it was best described as the outfit of a dignified noble?

He could see the baggy sleeves.

He was very handsome as well.

It was the decadently handsome face that people expected from the Demonic race.

“@# $%%”

This bastard continued to say something.

Cale could see him very well now.

That was how close he was.

Cale’s expression changed.

“Perhaps?”

This Demonic race bastard seemed to be in a rush.

He was looking at Cale as if he was some-

‘Yes, it’s like…

I’m some sort of treasure he needs to save.’

– Cale, that Demon seems quite desperate.

The Dominating Aura was suddenly speaking in a calm voice.

“Right?”

‘What’s up with him?’

Cale quietly looked up at the desperate face of the Demon reaching his hand out to him.

He could hear this Demon’s voice loudly now.

“@#%%”

He still could not understand it.

“I guess there’s no language patch if you don’t register as a user.”

Cale was answering casually before he flinched.

The distance became closer.

The Demon did everything he could to grab Cale.

Once there was about 5 meters left…

Cale suddenly had a thought.

“How can he come down so slowly?”

‘Why is he struggling so much to get to me?

Maybe, this-’

Cale stopped talking and flinched.

“Huh?”

The sky split open.

The red sky split in half and something started to come out of it.

The Demon tried even harder to get to Cale.

He extended his hand and body toward Cale as much as possible.

Cale subconsciously reached out toward him as well.

Through the gap in the sky…

A red hand came out of the gap in the sky.

The red hand looked like blood vessels being visible on the outside.

The hand was aiming right for the Demon.

No.

[Abnormal access user resolution method: Destruction]

It was coming toward Cale.

“Fuck!”

‘I can’t use the Sound of the Wind or the shield right now.’

“@&%(%”

To the Demon that was saying something to him…

To the Demon who looked as if he was about to cry…

Toward that Demon’s hand…

Cale started to run toward it.

“Ah, seriously?!”

‘I can’t reach it!’

Cale instantly had a feeling.

He needed to grab this Demon’s hand to survive.

No, in order to not be destroyed.

This red hand…

He had a feeling that something worse than logging out or game over would happen.

Unlike the slowly descending Demon, the red hand came toward the ground very fast.

– Hey, hey! Grab it! Cale, grab his hand!

The Dominating Aura shouted in fear.

– You should have worked out some more.

As the glutton calmly commented…

“@$%”

The Demon got closer.

Cale did whatever he could to run.

Yes, just like during his time as Kim Rok Soo… He used all of his experiences, his years of knowledge, and everything he had.

He trusted Cale Henituse’s physical abilities and the powers hidden beneath his muscles…

– Yes, jump!

Cale jumped up.

‘I reached it-’

He reached the Demon’s hand.

“!”

Cale realized it at that moment.

There had been an invisible barrier between the two of them and that this Demon had pierced through it.

The Demon grabbed his hand.

“Who are you?”

He could finally hear this Demon properly.

Cale then took a deep breath.

It’s hot.

The world outside the invisible barrier, the whole area touched by the red light was getting hotter.

It felt as if it was starting to burn.

“Why is a person from the outside here-”

The Demon was about to say something else before turning around.

“Shit!”

Cale saw the hand trying to push down on both of them.

What he thought was a blood vessel was a half-transparent red coffin filled with a black liquid.

“Let’s first get out of here!”

The Demon’s wings wrapped around Cale and himself.

Cale heard the Demon’s voice once the black wings separated him from the outside.

“Teleport.”

Cale was teleported to somewhere else.

New words could be seen in the half-transparent window.

[Tutorial Dungeon: The &@%#% Room of the Hell of Darkness]

It was a luxurious room completely painted black.

It resembled the room of a noble who liked expensive fancy things.

Even the furniture was black.

But there were many lights lighting up the room.

Cale finally learned the identity of this Demon.

[Dungeon Boss of the Hell of Darkness, Dark Count Ruiphe II]

The Demon in front of him…

Was a monster the users had to defeat.

He was the boss of the tutorial created for new users to figure out game mechanics.

“Huff, huff.”

Dark Count Ruiphe II barely managed to walk over to the couch and plopped down.

His body was shaking as he laid there.

“Fuck. I didn’t know it would be so hard to do that.”

He did not hide his anger as he talked while catching his breath.

He wiped his hand with his shaking hands and looked at Cale.

“You, how did you get in here? Who are you? You are definitely an outsider. What route did you use to access the game?”

Cale sat across from Ruiphe II and asked.

“Then are you one of the game’s NPC?”

“Fuck. Who cares if I’m an NPC? Is it weird that an NPC is not acting as ordered, knows that this is a game, and is acting as he wishes? Huh? Fuck! First, who the hell are yooooooou?!”

The decadently handsome demon looked exhausted.

His eyes were full of despair.

But he also looked full of anticipation.

He asked in a shaking voice.

“You, you-, you’re not one of those people who turned this place weird, are you? Right? Isn’t that why you entered through a weird route? Isn’t that right?”

Cale leaned back against the couch.

He leisurely answered.

“The people who turned it weird? Are you talking about the Hunters?”

“!”

“Or maybe the gods? Or the Demonic race? Anybody who starts the game must have passed through this tutorial. Isn’t that right?”

Cale smiled toward Dark Count Ruiphe II, the tutorial boss who must have met the most users, no, almost all of the users or Raising my very own precious omnipotent god.

It was because he saw the look of anticipation in the Count’s eyes.

“You are enemies with the Hunters, right?”

Cale nodded his head.

“Yeah. We are enemies. In fact, I am the one trying to destroy them.”

“!”

The Count’s face lit up and he covered his face with his hands again.

“Fuck. Finally……!”

His voice sounded teary.

He seemed to be barely holding the tears back.

“Finally, someone who I can talk to……!”

Cale looked at the emotional Demon and leaned toward him as he quietly asked.

“I’m also happy to meet someone here who understands me.”

The Count slowly lowered his hands to look at Cale.

Cale smiled nicely as he asked.

“Now then, what happened to you?”

“…Haaa.”

The Count let out a sigh.

His wings were now gone as he leaned back against the couch and closed his eyes.

“The start, yeah, I guess this is a simple way to explain it.”

Once he opened his eyes, he looked as if he still could not believe it.

“The system that used to control me and give me orders has started to go crazy.”

‘Hmm?’

“Did they call this system AI? I think this AI had a name as well. Anyway, an outsider like you should know. Basically, the AI is starting to go crazy!”

He pulled at his long hair.

– Doesn’t that hurt?

Cale listened to the glutton’s comment as he quietly observed the Demon.

The Demon saw Cale’s calm gaze and pounded his chest as if he was frustrated.

“And that, fuck! Haaa, seriously!”

He shouted while looking teary.

“I’m the only one who knows that! I’m the only one! Nobody else knows that it has gone crazy! That is why the moderators are not fixing it!”

‘Hooo.

So the moderators… Transparent © does not know that the AI has gone weird?’

“Why don’t they know?”

The Demon shouted.

“I don’t know! So how do I know? Because the tutorial has started to crumble! And I started to learn outside knowledge!”

Count Ruiphe subconsciously clutched at Cale’s clothes.

“Hey… Help me out. Please?”

He tearily asked.

“The AI keeps giving me a quest that makes no sense.”

“What quest?”

It was at that moment.

A new half-transparent window appeared in front of Cale’s eyes.

But this window was different from the one earlier as it gave off a dark aura fitting the Demonic race.

[@#% Quest has appeared!]

[1. Find the hero with Count Ruiphe and stop the scary @# god trying to destroy this world!]

[2. Please work with Count Ruiphe to find our older brother.]

‘Hmm?’

[Client: System]

Cale suddenly recalled a memory.

When he heard the tragic tale of the game’s creation from President Ahn Roh Man…

‘And there was an existence that fooled around with my family.’

He recalled that conversation with Ahn Roh Man.

‘…System.’

‘Yes. There was an AI. The minimum artificial intelligence system required to maintain the virtual reality world.’

‘That AI is my friend and sibling. I guess I should call him hyung since he was born a year before me?’

‘That AI kept itself tightly hidden inside the game. Of course, it handed over most of its abilities to the Transparent Corporation as if it had no choice when they took it away. The Transparent Corporation probably didn’t even know that an AI existed. That guy hid himself extremely well and waited.’

That AI helped Ahn Roh Man become the top ranker.

Cale opened his mouth to speak.

“System. Is the older brother you are talking about the AI that was created before you?”

The existence supposedly hiding away deep inside the game…

Chhhhhh.

The window shook irregularly and suddenly rumbled.

A new message appeared on the window giving off the dark aura.

[Do you know our brother?]

‘Oh.’

A small smile appeared on Cale’s face.

He thought that he might end up with a great clue or an ally after unexpectedly coming into the game while trying to absorb the Saint of the God of Chaos’s power.

Cale leisurely buried his body into the couch as he opened his mouth.

Before they could chat…

He said this to the system.

If she wanted to ask for something…

“First, can you create an account for me here? Oh, and make it so the Hunters don’t know about it.”

You have to give something to get something.

Cale received an account.

Furthermore, there was something that caught his attention.

[Race: Half-Demon (&#’s blood flows through him).]

“Why am I a Half-Demon?”

[*Planned to be slipped in unnoticed during a major update.]

“No. That’s not the issue.”

[Title: The tutorial’s hidden final boss]

[*Can only be approached through a hidden quest]

“Final boss? Am I an NPC?”

A monster the game users had to defeat. ‘That’s me?

Is that okay……?’

“Wait, can’t you just make me a normal account?”

Chhhhhh.

[I don’t have the power to do that……]

Cale scowled while looking at the weakly written answer.

Things seemed to be going differently from what he expected.

* * *

The once in a generation masterpiece created by the Transparent ©.

‘Raising my very own precious omnipotent god’

A new notice went up in the game.

< Notice of Major Update >

* * *

“It’s been 6 hours, 25 minutes, and 31 seconds.”

Raon’s eyes were wide open as he stared at the sleeping Cale.

Ron was next to him with a gentle smile on his face, mending Cale’s robe that he had thoroughly cleaned of blood.

“Hoo hoo. As expected, I cannot leave my post.”

He was looking at the sleeping Cale as if he was looking at his cute little grandson.

Eruhaben slowly looked away from the two of them.

Author’s Note

Hello, it is Yu Ryeo Han, who has no idea when Part 2 will end.

I am here with an Author’s Note as we reached chapter 300 of Part 2.

I feel like it was just yesterday when I left an Author’s Note after chapter 200, but we’re already at chapter 300-

It feels new every time I write an Author’s Note like this and I am always thankful.

I guess I will be greeting you at chapter 400 pretty soon as well? Hahaha!

I am always thankful for you being here with me.

I plan to keep working hard so that this novel can continue to add joy to your day.

Thank you very much.

– Sincerely, Yu Ryeo Han –

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Dear Lord, Cale is never going to get to slack, is he? All his friends from other series are retiring and here he is…being forced into slave labor…

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