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.

you

comment. He looked

really

shrugged her shoulders and avoided answering the question. Paseton turned back to look

then looked toward the Black Dragon and the kittens. They rushed over to look after Cale whenever they thought Cale was tired. Of course, Cale was full of energy thanks to the Vitality of the Heart,

continued to caress the whip on

is it

his foot

between

“Grrrrrrrr.”

“Caaaaaaw!”

“Squeeeeeak-”

toward Cale as soon as he stepped past the boundary. He then proceeded to speak to Witira, who took a step

“Go.”

humanized Humpback Whale. This ruler of the sea was not the type

“It’s your turn.”

Flick.

her whip as soon as Cale

Boom!

created on the ground from

“Grrrrr.”

“Keeeeeeeeee.”

“Squeeeeeeak.”

The noises disappeared.

between Choi Han and the Black Dragon, was itching for a fight. Her heart had been

“Shall we hurry on?”

as this mysterious young master responded back with a completely

fast as possible. I want to go home

Cale

started to reveal themselves in the

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

trolls, spider-like monsters from the Eastern

here really are different. They still want to fight, even after seeing

between the Black Dragon and Cale. Cale nodded his head

“Hurry up and fight.”

“...Yes sir.”

and the battle between the strong monsters and

not get scared, even in front of strong creatures like a dragon or members of the Whale tribe. In fact, it made them charge at them even harder. It was like they were fighting for their survival, thinking that they could not allow a strong

a bit until he saw a

“What about you?”

annoying to deal with

“Sure. Let’s go.”

walk forward with

Boom!

pieces. Some of the blood spurted onto

Flick. Boom!

spider, and

“Watch and learn.”

On, Hong, and the Black Dragon all

stroll through the forest all disappeared thanks to Witira. Cale stopped once he could see the swamp in the distance before starting

now the start of the swamp

Boom. Boom.

the ground before it was followed by

“Let us keep moving.”

“Sigh.”

sigh as he followed his sister to Cale’s side. The Whale siblings suddenly stopped walking and tightly pressed their masks. It was because poison and

after seeing the swamp that was covered by large trees until

think? Isn’t it fitting

the shocked Paseton and looked toward the

swamp was as wide as

to

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

to explain the reason for the

the only actual black spot in

it to

after looking at the

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

“It must be poison.”

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

rest of the party

could hear Cale’s voice coming through the

mutated to survive in the environment. Although it might not be a deadly

Paseton think about the mermaids’ poison and quickly, make sure he was completely covered. He then

“...Hong?”

after seeing Cale nod. Witira tried to reach out and grab him,

“Hong!”

have a mask nor anything on him. Witira looked toward Cale with shock, but Cale did not seem to be fazed. Witira then heard Hong’s

“Delicious!”

and chewing on a black plant. Cale stepped into the swamp

“How is it?”