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 are

comment. He looked over to his

really

look at Cale, who looked to be the healthiest

Cale whenever they thought Cale was tired. Of course, Cale was full of energy

to caress the whip on her

is it our

with his

the boundary between the outer and

“Grrrrrrrr.”

“Caaaaaaw!”

“Squeeeeeak-”

as he stepped past the boundary. He

“Go.”

of the sea was not

“It’s your turn.”

Flick.

as soon as Cale

Boom!

large crater was created on the ground from the flick

“Grrrrr.”

“Keeeeeeeeee.”

“Squeeeeeeak.”

The noises disappeared.

itching for a fight. Her heart had

“Shall we hurry on?”

young master

as possible. I want to go home

hearing what Cale had to say, before taking out

enemies slowly started to reveal

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

ogres, mutant trolls, spider-like monsters from the Eastern Continent, and even high-level monsters

They still want

stepped forward and peeked back and forth between the Black Dragon and Cale. Cale

“Hurry up and fight.”

“...Yes sir.”

the strong monsters and the Whale

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

he saw a shield being cast, whereupon he asked the

“What about you?”

to deal with those

“Sure. Let’s go.”

walk forward

Boom!

into two even pieces. Some of the

Flick. Boom!

and one of the legs flew over and

“Watch and learn.”

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

seemed to be on a stroll through the forest all disappeared thanks to Witira. Cale stopped once

the start of the

Boom. Boom.

mutant troll’s head fell to the ground before it was followed by

“Let us keep moving.”

“Sigh.”

out a sigh as he followed his sister to Cale’s side. The Whale siblings suddenly stopped walking and

after seeing the

Isn’t it

from the shocked Paseton and looked toward

swamp was as wide as a lake and

spoke to

to fit. It is also unique compared

fitting spot to explain the

the only actual

didn’t expect it

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

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

“It must be poison.”

face. He

the

could hear Cale’s voice coming through the

and have mutated to survive in the environment. Although it might not be a deadly poison, they all have some

make sure he was completely

“...Hong?”

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

“Hong!”

not have a mask nor anything on him. Witira looked toward Cale with shock, but Cale did not seem to be fazed. Witira then heard

“Delicious!”

tail and chewing on a black plant. Cale stepped into the swamp region as well

“How is it?”