Trash of the Count's Family

We should get there in about an hour.

Cale put the now accurate map back in his pocket before looking at his group.

Drip, drip.

Drops of blood were dripping from On’s sharp claws.

“Grr, Grrrrrr.”

A small monster that looked like a fox was twitching on the ground from being poisoned. The Black Dragon came over to report.

“All done.”

Close to twenty of these fox-like animals were dead.

‘They really are getting stronger with experience.’

On and Hong could not learn properly because they had to live in hiding as they had run away from their tribe. The Black Dragon naturally lacked experience after living in confinement his entire life. Cale was using the Forest of Darkness’s monsters to quickly fill those gaps in their training.

“Should I have fought as well?”

Where else would he get an opportunity to safely build experience? The Black Dragon and the kittens all abruptly turned their heads as Cale mumbled to himself.

“Seems like a useless idea!”

“Weak human, it is too much for you at this point. One day is enough.”

“Our youngest is right. You spit out blood from using the shield too much last time!”

Paseton let out a gasp.

“...Ho.”

However, Cale could see that Witira was just smiling brightly. He then saw her caress her whip with a determined gaze.

That was the look of someone who wanted to fight. She really was a scary person.

Cale quickly opened up his magic bag and gathered everyone around him.

“Everybody put this on before you go any farther.”

“Is it because of poison?”

“Yes.”

Cale answered Paseton’s question before putting the mask on the Black Dragon, who stuck his head toward him.

“Human. There is a weird scent.”

The Black Dragon frequently said this to Cale since a few days ago.

“What is it?”

“I don’t know. It is stronger here. It is something I am familiar with.”

“It is probably poison or the rotting smell from the nearby plants.”

Cale brushed it off and approached On. The Black Dragon that was ignored tilted his head while wearing the mask.

The Black Dragon started to mumble, but the mask prevented Cale from being able to hear what he was saying.

“...No. It is not such a trivial scent.”

However, the Black Dragon remained quiet because it was not a dangerous scent.

Cale then put the mask on On’s face.

‘Even Choi Han avoided this swamp.’

Choi Han had a pretty high resistance to poison. However, there was no reason to go through the swamp when there were many other paths in the Forest of Darkness while this path was messy and annoying.

Paseton approached Cale.

“It is really interesting that there are only two swamps in a forest this large.”

“Really? I don’t think so.”

Paseton could see Cale’s starting to smirk from underneath the mask. It was a pretty sly smirk.

“You’ll understand once you see it.”

Two swamps were enough. Cale verified that everyone had their masks on and checked their expressions. They had only been sleeping between 1 - 3 hours a night ever since they entered the Forest of Darkness.

“You all look so healthy.”

Nobody looked tired.

of you

Cale’s comment. He looked over to his sister and

he really

look at Cale, who looked to be

the kittens. They rushed over to look after Cale whenever they thought Cale was tired. Of course, Cale was full of energy thanks

continued to caress the whip on her arm as she

master Cale, is

pointed with his

the boundary between the outer and

“Grrrrrrrr.”

“Caaaaaaw!”

“Squeeeeeak-”

Cale as soon as he stepped past the boundary. He

“Go.”

ruler of the sea

“It’s your turn.”

Flick.

flicked her whip as soon as

Boom!

large crater was created on the

“Grrrrr.”

“Keeeeeeeeee.”

“Squeeeeeeak.”

The noises disappeared.

whose strength fell between Choi Han and the Black Dragon, was itching for a fight. Her heart had been beating wildly while looking at

“Shall we hurry on?”

smiled and asked Cale as this mysterious young master responded back with

possible. I want to

sigh after hearing what Cale

started to reveal themselves in the now quiet

and inner regions was a location for monsters that were weaker than the monsters in the inner region, but the

monsters from the

are different. They still

stepped forward and peeked back and forth between the Black Dragon

“Hurry up and fight.”

“...Yes sir.”

jumped forward and the battle between the strong

members of the Whale tribe. In fact, it made them charge at them even harder. It

until he saw a shield

“What about you?”

annoying to deal with

“Sure. Let’s go.”

slowly walk forward with

Boom!

body was split into two even pieces. Some

Flick. Boom!

sound of the whip was followed by the explosion of a giant spider, and

“Watch and learn.”

straight line as he leisurely spoke, while On, Hong, and the Black Dragon all pretended not to care but were

seemed to be on a stroll through the forest all disappeared thanks to Witira. Cale stopped once he could see the swamp in the distance

the start of

Boom. Boom.

ground before it was followed by its body. Witira flicked off the fluids on the whip as she

“Let us keep moving.”

“Sigh.”

side. The Whale siblings suddenly stopped walking and tightly pressed their

eyes opened wide after seeing the

think? Isn’t it fitting

shocked Paseton and looked

swamp was as wide as

spoke to

large lake. It is large enough for multiple huge ships to fit. It is also unique compared to other swamps because

most fitting spot to explain the reason for the name of the Forest of

actual black spot

didn’t expect it to

then took a gulp after looking at the swamp area. Cale understood why

the plants were either black or brown, yet they were not dying, and instead they were

“It must be poison.”

in response and tightened the mask on his face. He also tightened the laces on his shoes and put on

rest of the

could hear Cale’s voice

have mutated to survive in the environment. Although it might not be a deadly poison, they all have some type of poison within them. Be careful and make sure the plants do not

sure he was completely covered. He then

“...Hong?”

Cale and dashed into the swamp region after seeing Cale nod. Witira tried to reach out and grab him, but

“Hong!”

not have a mask nor anything on him. Witira looked toward Cale with shock, but Cale did not seem to

“Delicious!”

chewing on a black plant. Cale

“How is it?”