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

up at Cale’s comment. He looked over to

he really be saying

turned back to look at Cale, who

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

caress the whip on her arm as she asked

master Cale, is it our

his foot instead of

boundary between the outer and inner

“Grrrrrrrr.”

“Caaaaaaw!”

“Squeeeeeak-”

out toward Cale as soon as he stepped past the boundary. He then proceeded to speak to Witira,

“Go.”

of the sea was not the type to be

“It’s your turn.”

Flick.

as soon

Boom!

on the ground from the flick of

“Grrrrr.”

“Keeeeeeeeee.”

“Squeeeeeeak.”

The noises disappeared.

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

“Shall we hurry on?”

young master responded back

as fast as possible. I want to go

what Cale had to say, before taking out his whirlpool

started to reveal

for monsters that were weaker than the monsters in

ogres, mutant trolls, spider-like monsters from the

They still want

Black Dragon and Cale. Cale nodded his head and gave

“Hurry up and fight.”

“...Yes sir.”

battle between the strong monsters and the Whale siblings

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 could rule over them

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

“What about you?”

to deal

“Sure. Let’s go.”

slowly walk forward with the

Boom!

ogre’s body was split into two even pieces. Some of the blood spurted

Flick. Boom!

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

“Watch and learn.”

spoke, while On, Hong, and the Black Dragon all

that appeared in front of Cale who 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 before

now the start of the

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.”

suddenly stopped walking and tightly pressed their masks. It was because poison and

opened wide after seeing the swamp that was covered by large trees until

think? Isn’t it fitting

away from the shocked Paseton

swamp was as wide as a

to

huge ships to fit. It is also unique compared to other swamps because this swamp

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

actual black spot in the

it to be so

her admiration. She then took a gulp after looking at the swamp area. Cale understood

or brown, yet they were not dying, and instead they were extremely

“It must be poison.”

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

the

Cale’s voice coming

grown up with in the poison and have mutated to survive in the environment. Although it might not be a deadly poison, they

Paseton think about the mermaids’ poison and quickly, make sure he

“...Hong?”

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

“Hong!”

Witira looked toward Cale with shock, but Cale did not seem to

“Delicious!”

plant. Cale stepped into the swamp region

“How is it?”