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.”

to

Baaaaaaaaaang!

Choi Han’s sword was pointing

black Yong swept through the

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

instantly created a

Han and Kim Min Ah stepped into the path and stood in front of

"We are moving.”

Cale followed behind them.

“…Ha!”

back of his hands that had become full of goosebumps before quickly starting to

want to be accidentally

“Please hurry.”

Woo and his subordinates. Kim Woo bit down on his lips after hearing Bae Puh Rum, who was much younger than him, nonchalantly

‘He’s strong.’

his

have time to stand there lost in

“Roooooar!”

“Screeeeeeeeeeeeech---!”

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

slapping them with his large

“Leader-nim!”

“Leader!”

outside the building entrance,

“…Mm.”

did not look good as he looked

was because all of them

have

group, who had been fighting in

over an hour and a

must have

while the Assistant Squad Leader shook his

sir! You came for us,

expression was quite

“Leader-nim, but these people-”

here is in charge

“Excuse me?”

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

their gazes and looked toward his

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

strong people out here

not take the two

“Mr. Kim Woo.”

“…Huh?”

Cale to

two subordinates help with

“Sure.”

man who always argued with Lee Soo Hyuk,

the Assistant

"And-”

Assistant Squad

are going to

Please let

Lee Soo Hyuk

had a bright expression on

members are currently on the third floor protecting the people we rescued. They were

up to the

leader-nim is here so all that’s left is to safely go

Squad Leader looked

said something at

the monsters suddenly

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

they would get to rescue

on the people behind him as

“I see.”

in

people you rescued

too weak and

third floor and

"Squad Leader-nim!”

Leader was already waiting for

for a moment after seeing Cale, but he soon greeted

“Leader, you’re here?”

“Hold on.”

up his hand before

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

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

“…Who are you?”

of the rescue team

through

in charge of

blocking Cale flinched and moved

toward the center of the third

Hyuk, Choi Han, and the others followed

“…Ho.”

Jin Tae couldn’t help but sigh while Kim Woo seemed

“Sob.”

“Sob, sob.”

Feeble.

Weak.

They looked extremely pitiful.

and weak people was gathered together and shaking in fear in the

looked so pitiful that anybody would be forced to

“Mm.”

Han

are monsters? They're Mirror

that to be the

look too much like

seemed to

were very similar to humans as

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

looking at Cale, who was heading toward them, with both

to save them,

Han subconsciously stopped walking and stood in front of

left Bae Puh Rum and Kim

seemed to understand why

Jung Soo looked toward

him because Choi Jung Soo was taller, so he just quietly stopped walking and looked forward as he could still see

speak

to drag this

in front of the

members are all probably worn out, so it’ll be best to

then slowly crouched

to an old man who was on the

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

rescue

all died after being tricked and

Lee Soo Hyuk had been

been frantically fighting the monsters off and decided to just rescue the people first before thinking about

opened his mouth

“In this world…”

of his mouth seemed to twist

weak

rescue team members who were

“What-”

rescue team

Cale was wasting time like this when they should be quickly getting

Shhhhh.

moved their

“Leader?”

was Lee Soo

team member with his hand

around at

the rescue team members at the corner of the

Everybody looked terrible.

were trying to save

ended up like this while trying to do

those people were

filled the inside of Lee Soo Hyuk’s

world… You die sooner if your heart is weak