Trash of the Count's Family

Team leader Lee Soo Hyuk.

Cale started to think about him.

The company that Kim Rok Soo had worked for would have been worth nothing without team leader Lee Soo Hyuk.

That was how influential team leader Lee Soo Hyuk was as one of the legends and heroes of the Korean ability users’ world.

‘Me?’

One of the other employees had once asked team leader Lee Soo Hyuk what kind of person he was before the world flipped over.

He had been curious to know what kind of this person with so many achievements had been.

‘Mm, I was average.’

‘What was your job?’

‘Me? I was a slacker with no job.’

‘Oh, really?’

‘Wow, look at this little punk, Kim Rok Soo. He chimes in because we are talking about being a slacker!’

Kim Rok Soo who did not usually participate in these get-togethers and had come for the first time in a long while was interested about hearing that the team leader had been a slacker.

The team leader who was laughing as he looked at Kim Rok Soo shrugged his shoulders at the employee who was asking if he really was a slacker.

‘Yes. I really was a slacker. A slacker with many dreams.’

‘Boo, too boring.’

The employee lost interest in team leader Lee Soo Hyuk's response and moved away. The table soon became loud and there was only one person who paid any attention to the team leader who was drinking on his own.

‘What are you looking at?’

‘Team leader.’

‘What is it? Our rude youngest punk who speaks to me so informally.’

‘…I am not the youngest.’

‘Once the youngest is always the youngest. Anyway, what's up?’

‘What was your dream?’

Team leader Lee Soo Hyuk picked up a shot of soju instead of responding to Kim Rok Soo’s question. He then stared into the soju inside the transparent shot glass as he started to speak.

‘To become an actor.’

‘…Team leader, you wanted to be an actor?’

‘Is it hard to believe? I'll be honest with you. My dream was to be an actor for an action movie. Doesn’t that sound cool?’

‘Action movie actors are cool, but you aren’t cool at all, team leader.’

‘Ha! What an honest little punk.’

Lee Soo Hyuk chuckled before gulping down the shot of soju. Kim Rok Soo had a thought at that time.

It suits him well.

He was thinking that team leader Lee Soo Hyuk would have been quite successful as an action movie actor. He had a muscular body and his face was perfect for the main character of a thriller or an action movie with a mysterious past.

Of course, Kim Rok Soo didn’t say such praise out loud.

‘Well, the subordinate of the evil villain would have been a perfect role for you.’

‘Aigoo, is that so?’

Lee Soo Hyuk stared at Kim Rok Soo who was spewing such nonsense next to him instead of getting along with the other team members before continuing to speak.

‘You see, here’s the thing with actors. They need to be able to store everything. Sometimes they have to be the judge, sometimes a murderer, and sometimes even the only main character. They have to be able to store the character’s story and their life inside them each time. That’s the only way to become that person.’

He started to laugh before looking embarrassed as he continued to speak.

‘It’s something I realized while being a slacker! It’s all just nonsense, pure nonsense. It’s just shit coming from a bastard who never even made it as an extra, hehehe.’

Kim Rok Soo had asked while looking at the laughing team leader.

‘Team leader, isn’t that your ability?’

Lee Soo Hyuk turned toward Kim Rok Soo.

‘The power to store anything.’

Smirk.

Lee Soo Hyuk started to smile.

‘That’s right. That is my ability. Remember it well. I will teach you how to use it in return for keeping a drunk superior company.’

He filled Kim Rok Soo's glass.

‘The moment the thing you are trying to store comes at you… That is your chance.’

Kim Rok Soo, no, Cale, slowly drifted away from the memory of the past and faced reality.

Team leader Lee Soo Hyuk had not been drunk at all during that time. He had just shared the way to use his ability, something that others would have kept as a secret, with this punk who couldn't get along with others at the get-together.

“Screeeeeeeeeech-!”

Boom, boooooom!

The large snake charged toward Cale with its mouth open.

However, it was not just charging forward.

Crunch, crunch.

The snake was gobbling up all of the granite in its way. The snake's scales turned even redder and resembled blood the more he gobbled up.

The snake's body started to get larger as well. It looked as if the large snake would cover the entire peak and crush Cale.

Drip. Drip.

The red liquid coming out of the snake’s mouth was dying the mountain peak red.

“…Cale-nim!”

Han's voice, but Cale only focused on the snake

Han bite down on

the enemy like Kim Rok Soo's reddish-brown

recording the snake right

need to trust

decided to trust Cale as he stepped back. However, he was ready to jump in to save Cale from the snake at any

not see any of

Boom. Boom. Boom.

time his heart beat. How it was moving, what it was destroying, what noise it was making… Cale was

Lee Soo Hyuk’s voice he

the opportunity came knocking on its

opportunity has come, team leader. The snake

‘In that case…’

that was now as large as a large building was destroying

look. You're better than

I'm still looking at it now. I am recording it.

you'll be able to see it. You'll be able to

Cale waited.

and felt his heart beating

see the center

this snake was still

the Wind was a top underneath

was a

Cobblestone was a stone in

Fire of Destruction was a sculpture

a stone pillar at the

Eating Water was

"What are you?”

red snake was not

is your true

power. Ancient powers always existed at the

think? You should

repeated Lee Soo Hyuk's voice

Boom- boom!

while destroying the mountain peak. The snake continued to

it gobbled

those boulders have

Cale started to smile.

‘Can you see it?’

leader, are

can you see

leader. I can

2

the snake's appearance every

and the present was being

could then

body that continued to

that continued to get

was slowly starting to drip out in

"Screeeeeeeeeech!”

finally raised its body and lifted its head in front of Cale… Once

“I found it.”

had finally found

toward the

The cracked bell.

cracked after being hit by Cale's

to get bigger as the snake moved

Craaaaaaack.

once that crack went from the

could see the small rock

rock caught

‘That must be it.’

Rok Soo. You can see the center, right?

started

"Screeeeeeeeeech!”

snake’s open mouth moved

Got it? Kim Rok Soo, run toward the center. Then, your Embrace power will start to

Embrace power will

come on! Listen when I'm telling you about

Baaaaaang!

head slammed down

“Cale-nim!”

be

"Screeeeeeeeeech!”

also screeched

was only full of broken rocks. The snake’s

“Huff, huff, huff.”

Cale ran.

use the Sound of the Wind. He felt like he would faint

didn’t get Choi Han's help

get any help if I want to

quickly move as he was running

observing.

It was anticipating.

at

snake charged toward him

movement. He didn’t need much data. There were only a few ways that such a large body could

needs to

“Ugh!”

broken rocks started to leave scratches on Cale's body. However, Cale had already anticipated when the snake’s scale would

‘3, 2, 1.’

down and

up as far as this feeble

“Cale-nim! Behind you!”

Choi

behind him. It

Drip. Drip.

liquid fell on

However, Cale didn’t care.

“Got you.”

onto the snake’s bell. One of his fingers then touched the red rock through the crack on

the ability. The Embrace ability will take care of everything for you as it shoots up from your

is, team

The power flowed through his two hands. It then passed through his fingers to touch

be honest with you. I gave it the name Embrace, but… Ah, I'm only telling you, okay? That ability is more of a binding than an embrace? No, hmm, is there no better word

had laughed

power is like dominance. It dominates the target and binds them into your

violent to