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

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

really be

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

was tired. Of course, Cale was full

the whip on her arm as she asked

master Cale, is

pointed with his foot instead of

there was the boundary between the

“Grrrrrrrr.”

“Caaaaaaw!”

“Squeeeeeak-”

noises poured out toward Cale as soon as he stepped past the boundary. He then proceeded to

“Go.”

Whale. This ruler of the sea was not the

“It’s your turn.”

Flick.

as soon as Cale

Boom!

created on the ground

“Grrrrr.”

“Keeeeeeeeee.”

“Squeeeeeeak.”

The noises disappeared.

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

“Shall we hurry on?”

as this mysterious young master responded

as possible. I want to go

sigh after hearing what Cale had to

to reveal themselves in the now quiet

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

from the Eastern Continent, and even high-level

still want to fight, even after seeing

between the Black Dragon and

“Hurry up and fight.”

“...Yes sir.”

forward and the battle between the strong monsters and the

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

he saw a shield being

“What about you?”

deal with those

“Sure. Let’s go.”

walk forward with the

Boom!

two even pieces. Some

Flick. Boom!

and one of the legs flew over and hit

“Watch and learn.”

in a straight line as he leisurely spoke, while On, Hong, and the Black Dragon all pretended not to care but were seriously watching the

appeared in front of Cale who seemed to be on a stroll through the forest all disappeared thanks to Witira. Cale stopped once he

start of the

Boom. Boom.

followed by its body. Witira flicked off the fluids on the whip as she

“Let us keep moving.”

“Sigh.”

siblings suddenly stopped walking and tightly pressed their masks. It was because poison and a rotting smell entered

wide after seeing the swamp that was

it fitting

away from the shocked Paseton and looked

was as wide as

to

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

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

only actual

it to be

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

were either black or brown, yet they

“It must be poison.”

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

rest of the party followed

could hear Cale’s voice coming through

Although it might not be a deadly poison, they all have some type of poison within them.

poison and quickly, make sure

“...Hong?”

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

“Hong!”

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

“Delicious!”

plant. Cale stepped into the

“How is it?”