Trash of the Count’s Family

hey found a way to freely move across the Gorge of Death.

‘However, they will not reveal the method until right before the attack. It looks like they are seeking redemption for the ships at the Caro Kingdom. I think they are trying to exaggerate their abilities by revealing it at the last possible moment.

‘Anyway, I will let our Roan Kingdom know as soon as I find out, so it shouldnt matter, right? Hahahaha!

Cale started to frown after recalling Clopehs crazy laugh as well. He would only trust half of what that crazy bastard said from now on.

Rosalyn did not see Cale ’s expression as she pointed to a side.

“Ah, young master Cale. You know Count Ecross, right?”

Cales gaze headed toward where Rosalyn was pointing.

Count Ecross.

He was the number one disciple of the top mage in the Breck Kingdom, making him the second-ranked mage in the entire Breck Kingdom. Of course, Rosalyn was not a part of that ranking.

Cale clearly remembered how Ecross had ignored and looked down on him when he visited the Gorge of Death last time.

Count Ecross flinched as soon as they made eye contact. He subconsciously gulped.

Cale Henituse.

Ecross clearly remembered how Cale had come with the Tiger tribe earlier in the year. The Cale from back then and Commander Cale in uniform today felt extremely different.

It could not be helped as Ecross had heard about everything Cale had done.

The battle at the Henituse territory, the battle at the Roan Kingdom ’s northeast regions shores, and finally, the battle in the Caro Kingdom.

All of those deeds had made Count Ecross embarrassed about his past actions, however, he felt relief knowing that the Cale who came to assist the Breck Kingdom was reliable.

“Long time no see, Count Ecross.”

“Yes, Commander Cale-nim. It has been a while.”

Count Ecross subconsciously used respectful language toward Cale, however, neither of them realized the change.

I knew he would be like this!

Raon had realized it, but Cale did not have time to pay attention to him.

“Commander-nim.”

“Cale-nim.”

Cale could see a group of people walking toward him from the other side.

They were the Roan Kingdom ’s First Knights Brigade and the Mage Brigade.

Finally, there was Choi Han, Mary, and the rest of his group.

Count Ecross looked toward the main characters responsible for the Roan Kingdom ’s victory and took a small step back. They had already won two battles. The aura around them was completely different than his own.

Cale looked at the people around him and started to speak.

“Let us start our meeting.”

The Dwarves method of crossing the gorge, the Lion tribe and Bear tribe, and even the enemy soldiers that will come with them.

They needed a good plan that would make all of them walk on top of their palms.

Cale headed back to the tent with Rosalyn and the other leaders and passed by Lock, who was standing behind him. He walked by and said something to Lock.

“Lets eat dinner together tonight.”

Cale saw that Choi Han, Mary, and the others who were not a part of the meeting surround Lock and continued to walk without any second thoughts.

“What are you doing? Are you not going to eat?”

This tent had been created for Cale.

A decent dinner table was set up in this quite large tent that was imbued with soundproof magic.

Cale continued to eat the food in front of him and peeked toward the other side.

“Did the Breck Kingdom not feed you?”

“N, no, they did.”

Lock flailed his arms in shock. However, Cales expression did not look good.

Kim Rok Soo had once had to starve in the past. He did not enjoy seeing children looking so skinny. Although Lock had always looked feeble and his tall height made him skinny from the start, he seemed even thinner now.

Cale looked at Lock, who was holding a fork but unable to eat anything, before turning his gaze back to his plate.

“If you have something to say, hurry up and say it so that you can eat some food.”

Lock flinched and looked at Cale.

Only Ron, Cale, and Lock were at the table. The others were eating dinner together elsewhere. Lock knew the reason Cale had prepared this meal for just the three of them. He slowly started to speak.

“…Really, I really trained very hard. I wanted to show you that you were right to trust me, and so I trained as hard as I could.”

‘I trust you.

Lock had trained endlessly at the Gorge of Death in order to thank Cale for trusting him. He had worked so hard, such that he had almost passed out numerous times.

Every day felt so long at the Gorge of Death if he did not do that.

But most importantly, he didn ’t want to be left behind as his friends got stronger.

“I pushed myself harder and harder after hearing about how Choi Han-hyung and the others performed during the battles.”

The story of how they had protected the Henituse territory.

The story about the battle at the Roan Kingdoms shores.

Hearing those stories had made his heart beat wildly.

‘My family did these things!

He was so proud that he wanted to share it with everybody while being thankful that they were okay.

He then used it in order to motivate himself as he was left alone at the gorge.

“…I read through the Wolf King ’s diary that you gave me, young master-nim.”

He had a wonderful tool to assist him.

The diary that Cale had given him.

That diary had been written in someone ’s blood.

Cale had read that diary as well. He looked toward Lock.

“This was written inside the diary.”

The reason Cale had left Lock here alone had to do with the diary as well. The young boy started to recite what he had read in the diary.

“Wolves need to know about loss and loneliness. Only when they are alone can they realize the importance of those that are precious to them and become stronger.”

Lock did not disagree with the statement.

He agreed with the old diary. The words written in dry blood were correct.

He too had gone through his first berserk transformation when he had lost the Blue Wolf tribe and his family. That was when he had first found a way to get stronger.

What the Wolf King was saying was true.

“Although a Wolf may shed its own blood, it will not allow those precious to it to bleed.”

Lock had agreed with the Wolf King here as well.

It was better for him to bleed than for those precious to him to bleed. He really believed this to be the case.

“I read that over and over and trained really hard. But…”

Lock saw that the hand holding his fork was shaking, and so he clasped his two hands together.