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

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

really

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

look after Cale whenever they thought Cale was tired. Of course, Cale was full of energy thanks to the Vitality of the Heart, but nobody

continued to caress the whip on her

master Cale, is

pointed with his foot

boundary between the outer and inner

“Grrrrrrrr.”

“Caaaaaaw!”

“Squeeeeeak-”

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

“Go.”

Humpback Whale. This ruler of the sea was

“It’s your turn.”

Flick.

as soon as Cale

Boom!

created on the ground from the flick of the

“Grrrrr.”

“Keeeeeeeeee.”

“Squeeeeeeak.”

The noises disappeared.

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

“Shall we hurry on?”

smiled and asked Cale as this mysterious young master responded

I want to go home

sigh after hearing what Cale had to say,

enemies slowly started to reveal themselves in the

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

spider-like monsters from the Eastern

They still want to fight,

forth between the Black Dragon and Cale. Cale nodded his head

“Hurry up and fight.”

“...Yes sir.”

the battle between the strong

tribe. In fact, it made them charge at them even harder.

until he saw a shield being cast, whereupon he asked

“What about you?”

to deal with those

“Sure. Let’s go.”

to slowly walk forward with the

Boom!

even pieces. Some of the blood spurted onto

Flick. Boom!

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

“Watch and learn.”

spoke, while On, Hong, and the Black Dragon

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

is now the start of the

Boom. Boom.

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

“Let us keep moving.”

“Sigh.”

side. The Whale siblings suddenly stopped walking and tightly pressed their masks. It was because poison and a

their eyes opened wide after seeing the swamp that was

Isn’t it fitting for

turned away from the shocked Paseton and looked

wide as a lake

spoke to

enough for multiple huge ships to

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

actual black spot in

didn’t expect it

a gulp after looking at the swamp area.

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

“It must be poison.”

face. He also tightened the

the

voice coming

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

and quickly, make sure he was completely covered. He then

“...Hong?”

kitten strolled past him. Hong looked toward Cale and dashed into the swamp region after seeing Cale

“Hong!”

nor anything on him. Witira looked toward Cale with shock, but Cale did

“Delicious!”

black plant. Cale stepped into the swamp region as well and

“How is it?”