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 really are

at Cale’s comment. He looked over to his

he really be

to look

the Black Dragon and the kittens. They rushed over to look after Cale whenever they thought Cale was

caress the whip on her arm as she asked

master Cale, is

with his foot instead

the boundary between the outer

“Grrrrrrrr.”

“Caaaaaaw!”

“Squeeeeeak-”

plethora of noises poured out toward Cale as soon as he stepped past the boundary.

“Go.”

ruler of the sea was not the

“It’s your turn.”

Flick.

whip as soon

Boom!

the ground from

“Grrrrr.”

“Keeeeeeeeee.”

“Squeeeeeeak.”

The noises disappeared.

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

“Shall we hurry on?”

this mysterious young master

as fast as possible. I

sigh after hearing what Cale had to say, before taking

enemies slowly started to reveal themselves

in the inner region, but the monsters in

ogres, mutant trolls, spider-like monsters from the Eastern Continent, and even

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

the Black Dragon and Cale. Cale

“Hurry up and fight.”

“...Yes sir.”

jumped forward and the battle between the strong monsters and the Whale siblings

at them even harder. It was like they were fighting for their survival, thinking that they could not allow a strong person who could rule over them to appear within

leisurely watched for a bit until he saw a shield being

“What about you?”

deal with

“Sure. Let’s go.”

slowly walk forward with

Boom!

was split into two even pieces. Some of the blood spurted onto

Flick. Boom!

of the whip was followed by the explosion of a giant spider, and one of the legs flew over

“Watch and learn.”

battlefield in a straight line as he leisurely spoke, while On, Hong, and the Black Dragon all pretended not to

of Cale who seemed to be on a stroll through the forest all disappeared thanks

now the start of the swamp

Boom. Boom.

head fell to the ground before it was followed by

“Let us keep moving.”

“Sigh.”

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

wide after seeing the swamp that was covered by

do you think? Isn’t it fitting for the

away from the shocked Paseton and looked toward the

swamp was as wide as a lake and pitch

to the

multiple huge ships to fit. It

to explain the reason for

actual black spot

expect it to

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

black or brown, yet they were not

“It must be poison.”

the mask on his face. He also tightened the

of the party

voice coming through

here have grown up with in the poison and 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

about the mermaids’ poison and quickly, make sure

“...Hong?”

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

“Hong!”

Witira looked toward Cale with shock, but Cale did not

“Delicious!”

and chewing on a black plant. Cale stepped into

“How is it?”