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

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

really be

shrugged her shoulders and avoided answering the question. Paseton turned back to look at

toward the 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 thanks to the

the whip on her

Cale, is it our

his

was the boundary between the outer and

“Grrrrrrrr.”

“Caaaaaaw!”

“Squeeeeeak-”

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

“Go.”

Humpback Whale. This ruler of the sea was not the type to be

“It’s your turn.”

Flick.

whip as soon

Boom!

the ground from the flick of the

“Grrrrr.”

“Keeeeeeeeee.”

“Squeeeeeeak.”

The noises disappeared.

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

“Shall we hurry on?”

mysterious young master responded back with a

as fast as possible. I

Cale had to say,

enemies slowly started to reveal themselves in

location for monsters that were weaker than the monsters in the inner region, but the monsters in front of them were still much stronger

the Eastern Continent, and

here really are different. They still want to fight,

back and forth between the Black Dragon and Cale. Cale

“Hurry up and fight.”

“...Yes sir.”

the strong

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

a shield being cast, whereupon he asked the Black

“What about you?”

annoying to deal with

“Sure. Let’s go.”

started to slowly walk

Boom!

split into two even pieces. Some of the blood

Flick. Boom!

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

“Watch and learn.”

battlefield in a straight line as he leisurely spoke, while On, Hong, and the Black Dragon all pretended

to be on a stroll through the forest all disappeared thanks to Witira. Cale stopped once he could see the swamp in

is now the start of

Boom. Boom.

it was followed by its body. Witira flicked off

“Let us keep moving.”

“Sigh.”

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

wide after seeing the

think? Isn’t it fitting for the Forest of

turned away from the shocked

as a lake and

to

It is large enough for multiple huge ships to fit.

the reason for the name of the Forest

the only actual black

expect it to be so

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

the plants were either black or brown, yet they were not dying,

“It must be poison.”

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

of the party followed

voice coming through

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 and make sure

make sure he was completely covered. He then felt that

“...Hong?”

and dashed into the swamp region after seeing Cale nod. Witira

“Hong!”

on him. Witira looked toward Cale with shock, but Cale did not seem to be fazed. Witira then heard

“Delicious!”

on a black plant.

“How is it?”