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

He looked over to his sister

he really

turned back to look at Cale, who looked to be the healthiest

Cale was tired.

continued to caress the whip on her arm as she asked

is it our turn

his

there was the boundary between the outer and inner

“Grrrrrrrr.”

“Caaaaaaw!”

“Squeeeeeak-”

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

“Go.”

Whale. This ruler of the sea was not the type

“It’s your turn.”

Flick.

her whip as soon as Cale finished

Boom!

was created on the

“Grrrrr.”

“Keeeeeeeeee.”

“Squeeeeeeak.”

The noises disappeared.

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

“Shall we hurry on?”

asked Cale as this mysterious young master responded

fast as possible. I want to go home

let out a sigh after hearing what Cale

enemies slowly started to reveal themselves in the now

weaker than the monsters in the inner region, but the monsters

spider-like monsters from the Eastern Continent, and even

different. They still want to

Black Dragon and

“Hurry up and fight.”

“...Yes sir.”

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

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 to appear within their Forest of

a shield being cast, whereupon he asked

“What about you?”

deal with those

“Sure. Let’s go.”

walk forward with

Boom!

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

Flick. Boom!

followed by the explosion of a giant spider, and one of

“Watch and learn.”

while On, Hong, and the Black Dragon

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

start of the

Boom. Boom.

troll’s head fell to the ground before it was followed by its body. Witira flicked

“Let us keep moving.”

“Sigh.”

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

wide after seeing the swamp that was covered

it fitting for

from the shocked Paseton and looked

as

to the

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

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

was the only actual black spot

it to be

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

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

“It must be poison.”

the mask on his face. He also

rest of the

voice coming through

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

make sure he was

“...Hong?”

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

“Hong!”

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

“Delicious!”

a black plant.

“How is it?”