Trash of the Count's Family

Seomyeon, Busan.

Those words became etched in people's minds.

They also thought about the information regarding the ‘unranked monsters’ Cale had mentioned.

One person started to speak while everybody was silent.

“Hey. Will we be able to do anything against such a monster even if we go?”

It was Lee Chul Min.

His expression was peaceful and very good compared to during the 24-hour battle a few days ago.

He had his head up as he continued to speak to Cale.

“Kim Rok Soo, according to what you just said, that monster is strong enough to easily destroy a Metropolitan City and the nearby cities. You also said it has some special abilities. Wouldn't it be better for us to stay here?”

Lee Chul Min continued to speak while looking at Cale as if he could not understand him.

“It’s not like we're going there to die. Why would we leave a great place like this and……”

Lee Chul Min turned his head to the left after feeling his left cheek getting hot.

“……!”

He could see Park Jin Tae's vicious gaze.

He could also see Choi Han standing behind Cale and observing him with an emotionless gaze as well.

“No. What I'm saying is-”

Lee Chul Min urgently looked around at the people inside the meeting room as he continued to speak.

"Will we be enough to take it down? You said that the nearby monsters would start rampaging when the unranked monster appears as well.”

“They do.”

Cale nodded his head without any hesitation. He then added on while looking at the people inside the meeting room.

“The nearby monsters will go wild. They'll act as if they are excited that their new leader has appeared.”

Bae Cheol-Ho and Park Jin Tae flinched after hearing the word, ‘leader.’

Their gazes clouded over.

“No matter what, it will be a difficult situation.”

Bae Cheol-Ho calmly stated as he looked toward Cale.

“Rok Soo. Emotionally, I want to go with you to Seomyeon, Busan. You said that these monsters are the only ones that could take down these great central shelters-”

Bae Cheol-Ho had felt peace for the first time in a long while once he took a step into this new central shelter.

This was the case for the others as well.

This new central shelter was a castle or a fortress that was large enough for people from 3 - 5 of the original central shelters and all the nearby temporary shelters to use together.

It was almost a small city.

The existence of the unranked monsters that were the only monsters that could destroy this place gave Bae Cheol-Ho's heart the chills.

But Bae Cheol-Ho started to frown.

“Even if you and Choi Han… And the others are talented… Realistically speaking, us going to Seomyeon, Busan-”

Cale said something at that moment.

“Lee Soo Hyuk.”

The atmosphere in the meeting room instantly changed.

‘Hmm?’

Bae Puh Rum who was at the outskirts of the room opened his eyes wide and looked around.

He then looked toward Kim Min Ah and silently mouthed his question.

‘What's going on?’

‘I don’t know.’

Kim Min Ah shrugged her shoulders and shook her head.

Bae Puh Rum and Kim Min Ah did not know about Lee Soo Hyuk. But they felt odd that just saying his name changed the atmosphere so much.

This was the same for Kim Min Joon as well.

“Lee Soo Hyuk. Who is that person?”

He quietly whispered to Lee Seung Won to ask.

Lee Seung Won, who had been recording the contents of their meeting, debated for a moment before whispering back.

But the meeting room had been so quiet that everybody heard their conversation.

“…He’s someone who set the foundation.”

“The foundation?”

“There are a lot of people here who are alive thanks to Mister Soo Hyuk.”

Cale started to speak at that moment.

“He saved me as well.”

Kim Min Joon, Kim Min Ah, and Bae Puh Rum’s eyes all opened wide.

‘A person who saved Kim Rok Soo?’

Bae Cheol-Ho gasped as he started to speak.

“Ho. Lee Soo Hyuk is in Seomyeon, Busan?”

Cale could see Park Jin Tae looking at him at that moment.

“Lee Soo Hyuk… did your ability help you locate hyung-nim as well?”

Park Jin Tae's expression was odd as he asked that question.

His mind seemed to be a complicated mess.

“Yes, it is my ability.”

Cale was completely speaking informally to Park Jin Tae now.

He continued to speak to everybody in the meeting room.

the new central

Bae Cheol-Ho responded.

“That changes things.”

had been quiet, nodded

Lee Soo Hyuk.

name was something that automatically caused a reaction from people, similar to how the name Kim

Cheol-Ho thought about something

they are his subordinates or friends… There are bound to be a lot of strong

Cale nodded his head.

That was the case.

large number

people there who end up surviving would go on to become the future pillars of Korean

that it was fate and not a coincidence that the unranked monster

things for a moment before starting to speak

need to protect

“You're right.”

Cheol-Ho sighed in relief after hearing Cale responding

took a piece of

up with a team to go through

Min subconsciously shouted after hearing

are you to decide that on your

heart was beating

started the moment he heard the name, Lee Soo

was to

to Seomyeon wasn't

met

it would

hot-head would do to

people and tormented them if they didn’t have abilities? Oho. You beat up Kim Rok Soo? Was it fun to beat someone up? Chul Min. Do you want to get beaten up too? Hmm? Who are you to beat someone up?

‘…Fuck.’

Min suddenly started to

“Hey! I, I-”

can't go to

what he

“Chul Min.”

shake after hearing

he still managed

was saying something

Lee Soo Hyuk is there! Will

did not understand anything

Park Jin Tae's mind was a complicated mess with a different thought

frustrated as if he had stuffed 10

was at

Han slightly clenched his

Min noticed it and saw that Choi Han was looking

is even crueler and scarier than Lee Soo Hyuk. I can't believe I feel this way about a damn

but lowered his head

Min

Chul Min who started to talk and

don’t like the team that

revealed the

split into two, with one team protecting this place while

he revealed

nobody who opposed

highway connecting Seoul and

not look the same anymore as it was

urgently people had

that something big had happened to destroy the road that was a foundational amenity

just showed an extremely desolate

either crushed or destroyed and did not have any

to go down already! Let’s hurry up and move

cars that were blocking

only half destroyed. There should be no monsters coming from the

hurry up and

cars into a

Mr. Kim! Hurry

already moving as fast as I can? Your nagging

Mister Kim was grumbling

then started to speak to the young man standing next

It's hard,

“It’s otay.”

man named Jung Soo smiled

guy whose bulky

to speak to

arts

man smiled after hearing the

better than an ability user like you, eh

you are,

with a grumbling expression before

to hurry up

said your

Busan. I was up

Kim couldn’t keep

He quickly changed topics.

you say Busan is not your

going there because it’s

shadow visible on Choi Jung Soo's face as he responded with an

need to hurry up and get

to quickly get

not be easy to go straight to his hometown with

groups and move with them, making

luckily ran into people who were heading to Busan and the five of them were helping

sure I can find people heading to

would look for other people going in the same direction to make it

Soo firmed his

Home.

was his only

you

me?! Jung Soo is here with

type of person to slack off? He just can't work because he’s responding to you! We need to create a spot to sleep

I got

started to

Jung Soo,

“Yes, sir!”

Kim chuckled after seeing Jung Soo smiling brightly and pushed the car toward

was at

“Huh?”

who was standing watch nearby removed the binoculars

“M, monster……!”

quickly took their hands

“What?”

you say a

toward the direction the child

subconsciously took

Boom. Boom-, boom!