Trash of the Count's Family

“…The ones our rescue team members are trying to save in there aren’t human?”

Lee Soo Hyuk's eyes opened wide.

Cale just responded by nodding his head.

The Yeonsan-dong rescue team incident.

The incident that made people stop relying solely on ‘strength’ to rank the monsters and start adding the monster’s ‘attributes’ as well.

"The Mirror Masks have two special abilities. One is the ability to copy the appearance of a living creature they killed.”

It didn’t have to be humans.

The Mirror Masks perfectly copied the appearance of any creature they consumed.

“However, the Mirror Masks usually look like humans.”

This was because they ate a lot of humans.

They were wicked creatures.

Cale, who had fought against many monsters, wouldn't usually make such a harsh judgment about a monster, but the Mirror Masks were truly wicked creatures to him.

It was not just because they ate a lot of humans.

“It eats the weakest of a race and then drags in and kills stronger beings who show concern about the weak. These monsters continue to get stronger by doing that.”

For example…

“If we were to use humans as an example, they would first eat children and old people and act extremely pitiful looking like them before dragging in and eating other humans who want to help them.”

These Mirror Masks aimed for the weak first.

Then they used human compassion to their advantage in order to hunt the people trying to help them.

“…Ho.”

Kim Woo, who was listening, gasped.

Cale just stared at Lee Soo Hyuk's emotionless face as he continued to speak.

“The Mirror Masks’ second special ability is their ability to lure monsters and make them lose their rationality.”

Cale slowly turned toward the monsters surrounding the building.

He could see the monsters doing everything they could to get inside the building to where the rescue team members and the Mirror Masks were hiding.

“Mister Rabbit.”

The White Rabbit was already looking at the monsters as if they were odd.

“Those monsters will not become afraid even if you step in.”

“That must explain why they are showing no responses when the fact that I am here should make them become at least a bit wary or start to run. They definitely seem to have lost their rationalities as you mentioned, Mr. Rok Soo.”

One of Kim Woo's subordinates started to speak.

“Isn’t this a complicated situation then?”

He quickly continued to speak once he made eye contact with Cale.

“Isn’t it, sir? That means the monsters will continue to come charging in.”

Lee Soo Hyuk started to speak at that moment.

“It doesn’t seem that complicated at all.”

“Excuse me?”

Cale started to speak once Kim Woo's subordinate asked.

"We just need to create a path.”

Joo Ho-Shik shouted at the same time.

“I have faith!”

Lee Soo Hyuk instantly got chills on his back.

It was the same for Kim Woo as well. Kim Woo’s eyes opened wide.

“W, what is that?”

He could see black smoke slowly starting to gather in the air once Joo Ho-Shik shouted.

Cale quietly said something at that moment.

‘Kim Woo, Heo Sook Ja, and Lee Soo Hyuk… All three of you fighting together would not be able to defeat Choi Han.”

Cale could see Lee Soo Hyuk and Choi Jung Soo’s gazes focused on Choi Han.

“…Really?”

Choi Jung Soo subconsciously clenched the White Rabbit's fur that he was holding. Mister Rabbit peeked toward Choi Jung Soo before starting to smile.

Choi Jung Soo did not realize this as he focused on each and every one of Choi Han’s movements.

‘I will only teach you sword arts.’

Those words that Choi Han said to him in the past were filling his mind.

“That sword art-”

‘He was going to learn that sword art?’

Choi Jung Soo's heart started to beat wildly. However, his gaze turned sharp, unlike his excited heart.

‘He's definitely related to my family somehow.’

This sword art was similar to the ancient sword art that the Choi family had been researching.

“The foundation does not change.”

Choi Jung Soo focused on this man from the Choi family who was younger than him but used a sword art that had the same foundation as his own.

And one more person…

“Ha.”

Lee Soo Hyuk let out a short gasp.

His eyes were observing how the black smoke in the air was slowly turning into the shape of a Yong.

“…He is strong.”

Lee Soo Hyuk had figured out that Choi Han was an extremely strong swordsman when he shook Choi Han’s hand.

The scars and calluses on his hand told him about how much work Choi Han had put in.

But seeing Choi Han using his sword with his own eyes…

‘I can’t beat him.’

However…

‘But I won’t lose.’

His attribute was ‘slash’.

That made it so that Lee Soo Hyuk would not lose even if he could not win.

This was especially the case when it came to the sword.

The foundation of a sword was to slash.

Lee Soo Hyuk, who had that foundation, recalled how Kim Rok Soo had said that he would not be able to win.

‘Does he know about my ability?’

Kim Rok Soo had figured out the true identity of his ability?

Just making that assumption made Lee Soo Hyuk slowly move his gaze from Choi Han to Cale.

“…This is no joke.”

the ground start to shake as soon

Baaaaaaaaaang!

Han’s sword was pointing

Yong

in front of the building before it disappeared as if it had ascended

created a path

the path

"We are moving.”

Cale followed behind them.

“…Ha!”

that had become full of goosebumps before quickly starting

didn't want to be accidentally left

“Please hurry.”

lips after hearing Bae Puh Rum, who was much younger than him, nonchalantly say that before rushing past

‘He’s strong.’

his mind over and

didn't have time to stand there lost in his

“Roooooar!”

“Screeeeeeeeeeeeech---!”

Min Ah's spear, Choi Han's sword, as well as Bae Puh Rum and Park Jin Tae's supporting attacks from

course, Mister Rabbit slapping them with his large

“Leader-nim!”

“Leader!”

members, who were watching this with shock from outside the building

“…Mm.”

Hyuk's expression did not look good as he looked at

all of

have you

Assistant Squad Leader of the group, who had been fighting in the front,

slightly over an

have

the Assistant Squad Leader shook his

came for us,

was

“Leader-nim, but these people-”

is in

“Excuse me?”

and the rest of the rescue team members, who were peeking this way while still fending off

their gazes and looked

Bae Puh Rum and help the rescue team members defend against the

here even though they were going to fight with Mirror

Cale could not take

“Mr. Kim Woo.”

“…Huh?”

who had not expected Cale to call him,

help with

“Sure.”

at the fact that Kim Woo, the man who always argued with Lee Soo Hyuk, agreed to what this man named Kim Rok Soo said without

the

"And-”

the Assistant

are going

sir! Please let me

Leader peeked toward Lee Soo Hyuk before quickly walking

bright expression on his

are currently on the third floor protecting the people we

up to the

that’s left is

Squad Leader

something at

the monsters

to attack not too long after we found the people. We must have attracted them

Squad Leader was happy at the fact that they would get to rescue these people and safely

on the people behind him as he was in the front with

“I see.”

in

people you rescued said

Ah, they are all too weak and found it difficult

Squad Leader then stepped onto the third floor and waved his hand toward the Squad

"Squad Leader-nim!”

already waiting for them outside the third-floor

after seeing Cale, but he soon greeted

“Leader, you’re here?”

“Hold on.”

Soo Hyuk held up his hand before

Cale had

had pillars here and there, but all that was left of the walls were

“…Who are you?”

rescue

voice echoed through the

in charge

blocking Cale flinched and

the center of the third

Choi Han, and the others followed

“…Ho.”

couldn’t help but sigh while

“Sob.”

“Sob, sob.”

Feeble.

Weak.

They looked extremely pitiful.

skinny and weak people was gathered together and shaking in fear in the middle of the third floor as rescue team members surrounded them to protect

looked so pitiful that anybody would be forced to

“Mm.”

Choi Han

monsters?

that to be the

too

seemed

actions were very similar to humans as

were children, adults, or old people… They all reacted the

looking at Cale, who was heading toward them,

to be hopeful because this person came to save them, but also wary because they didn’t know this

and stood in

a reason he left Bae Puh Rum and

to understand why Cale

Soo looked toward

Jung Soo was taller, so he just quietly stopped walking and looked forward as he could still see everything over

started to speak at that

reason to drag

stopped in front of the

be best to quickly take care of things and then get some rest back at

then slowly crouched

gaze moved to an old man who

while bundled up in a jacket one the rescue team members had given him, looked

Yeonsan-dong rescue team

tricked and ambushed

Soo Hyuk had been

that he had been frantically fighting the monsters off and decided to

his

“In this world…”

of his mouth

weak and you

Hyuk and the rescue team members who were watching him

“What-”

the rescue

this when they should be quickly getting out of here with

Shhhhh.

moved their hand to stop

“Leader?”

was Lee Soo

the rescue team member with his hand as he looked at

he was looking around at

the corner of the floor who had

Everybody looked terrible.

trying to save

like this while trying to do

those people were

filled the inside of

if your heart is weak and you have a