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

Baaaaaaaaaang!

the direction Choi Han’s sword was

Yong swept

front of the building before it disappeared as if it had

created a path

into the path and stood in

"We are moving.”

Cale followed behind them.

“…Ha!”

that had become full of goosebumps before quickly starting to

didn't want to be accidentally left

“Please hurry.”

used his wind to help Kim Woo and his subordinates. Kim Woo bit down on his lips

‘He’s strong.’

filled his

didn't have time to stand there lost in his

“Roooooar!”

“Screeeeeeeeeeeeech---!”

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

Mister Rabbit slapping them with his

“Leader-nim!”

“Leader!”

outside the building entrance, could not hide their joy after seeing Lee Soo

“…Mm.”

not look good as he looked

was because all of them looked

have you been

had been fighting in

slightly over an hour and a

must have

while the Assistant Squad Leader

sir! You came

was

“Leader-nim, but these people-”

Rok Soo over here is in

“Excuse me?”

Squad Leader and the rest of the rescue team members, who were

and looked

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

two strong people out here even though they were going to

could not take

“Mr. Kim Woo.”

“…Huh?”

Cale to call him, looked toward Cale in

help with

“Sure.”

shocked at the fact that Kim Woo, the man who always argued with

looked toward the Assistant

"And-”

Assistant

are going to

Please let me

Leader peeked toward Lee Soo

bright expression on

third floor protecting the people we rescued. They were

quickly headed up to

all that’s

Squad Leader looked

quietly said something at that

monsters suddenly

not too long after we found the people. We must have attracted them as we entered the

Squad Leader was happy at the fact that they would

he could not see the grim expressions on the people behind him as he was in the

“I see.”

asked in a casual

people you rescued said

are all too weak and

onto the third floor and waved

"Squad Leader-nim!”

already waiting for them outside the

after seeing Cale, but he soon

“Leader, you’re here?”

“Hold on.”

held up his hand before

Leader found this to be odd, but Cale had already walked past the

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

“…Who are you?”

rescue team members

Hyuk's voice echoed through the

in charge of this

person blocking Cale flinched and

headed toward the center of

Soo Hyuk, Choi Han, and

“…Ho.”

sigh while Kim Woo seemed

“Sob.”

“Sob, sob.”

Feeble.

Weak.

They looked extremely pitiful.

gathered together and shaking in fear in the middle of the third

so pitiful that anybody

“Mm.”

Han

are monsters? They're

that to

look too much like

truly seemed to be

actions were very similar

they were children, adults, or old people… They all

were looking at Cale, who was heading toward them,

came to save them, but also wary because they didn’t know

stopped walking and stood in

left Bae Puh Rum and Kim Min

to understand why Cale had done

Jung Soo looked toward Choi Han

stood in front of him because Choi Jung Soo was taller, so he just quietly stopped walking and looked

to speak

reason to drag this

stopped in front of

probably worn out, so it’ll be best to quickly take care of things and then get

then slowly crouched

moved to an old man who was on the

in a jacket one the rescue team members had given him, looked toward Cale with a shaking

rescue team

tricked

Lee Soo Hyuk had

and decided to just rescue the people first before thinking

his

“In this world…”

mouth seemed to

heart is weak and you have a lot

team members who

“What-”

rescue team

couldn't understand why Cale was wasting time like this when they should

Shhhhh.

their hand to

“Leader?”

was Lee Soo

Hyuk stopped the rescue team member with his hand as he

looking around at the third

could see some of the rescue team members at the corner of the floor who had received severe injuries and had only gotten

Everybody looked terrible.

they were trying to

like this while trying

people were

of Lee Soo Hyuk’s

die sooner if your heart is