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 really are

looked over to his sister and asked with

really be

avoided answering the question. Paseton turned back to look at Cale, who looked to be the healthiest

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 whip on

is it

his foot

the boundary between

“Grrrrrrrr.”

“Caaaaaaw!”

“Squeeeeeak-”

past the boundary. He then proceeded to speak to Witira, who took a step past

“Go.”

the sea was

“It’s your turn.”

Flick.

her whip as

Boom!

was created on the ground from the

“Grrrrr.”

“Keeeeeeeeee.”

“Squeeeeeeak.”

The noises disappeared.

Dragon, was itching for a fight. Her heart had been beating wildly while looking at

“Shall we hurry on?”

this mysterious young master responded back with

possible. I want to go home and

sigh after hearing what Cale had to

slowly started to reveal themselves

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

trolls, spider-like monsters from the Eastern Continent, and even high-level

really are different. They still want to

between the Black Dragon and Cale.

“Hurry up and fight.”

“...Yes sir.”

between the strong monsters

of Darkness did 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 person who

leisurely watched for a bit until he saw a shield being cast, whereupon

“What about you?”

deal with those

“Sure. Let’s go.”

to slowly walk

Boom!

split into two even pieces. Some of the blood spurted

Flick. Boom!

a giant spider, and one of the legs flew over and hit

“Watch and learn.”

On, Hong, and the Black

forest all disappeared thanks to Witira. Cale stopped once he could see the

the start of

Boom. Boom.

before it was followed by its

“Let us keep moving.”

“Sigh.”

sigh as he followed his sister to Cale’s side. The Whale siblings suddenly stopped

wide after seeing the swamp that was

Isn’t it fitting for

turned away from the shocked Paseton and

as a lake and pitch

to the

large lake. It is large enough for multiple huge ships to fit. It is also unique

spot to explain the reason for the name of

only actual

expect it to be

let out her admiration. She then took a gulp after looking at the swamp area. Cale understood why she would have such

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

“It must be poison.”

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

rest of the

hear Cale’s voice coming through the

in the environment. Although it might not be a deadly poison,

quickly, make sure he was completely covered. He then felt that

“...Hong?”

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

“Hong!”

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

“Delicious!”

a black plant. Cale stepped into the

“How is it?”