Trash of the Count's Family

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Lee Seung Won started to use his ‘Recording’ ability.

“It is currently 12pm on November 6th.”

Time had flown by since they left the shelter yesterday.

The words coming out of Lee Seung Won's mouth were being recorded.

"We are currently stationed on the third floor of Moonlight Hotel located directly across from Gwangalli beach.

There were many hotels built on the street facing Gwangalli beach.

Lee Seung Won was currently standing inside Moonlight Hotel, one of those many hotels.

This hotel was originally over 10-stories high but only about four stories of it now remained.

Shaaaaaaaaaaa-

They could feel the ocean breeze.

“The area around Gwangalli beach is covered in a thick fog, making it difficult to see anything.”

The fog made it impossible to tell where that breeze was coming from.

"Forget the Gwangan Bridge, we are unable to even see the sand on the beach.”

Boom. Boom. Boom.

Lee Seung Won’s heart was beating wildly from nervousness.

The fog had suddenly pushed in from the horizon at midnight.

That fog covered a part of Gwangalli and the entire Busan area according to their reports.

It was as if it was announcing the arrival of the enemy king.

That was why Lee Seung Won was anxious as he stood here without being able to see much.

He felt his lips drying out as he started to speak again.

"We are currently waiting for the first unranked monster, the Electric Eel.”

He was scared.

His ability would not let him defeat a Grade 3 monster let alone a Grade 1 monster.

But he was in the vanguard in the fight against this unranked monster.

‘…It’ll be fine.’

Lee Seung Won consoled himself.

In this hotel room with the windows all broken… There was someone leaning on a pillar by the window sill with his arms crossed.

“Are you done recording?”

“Yeah, I'm done, hyung.”

Kim Rok Soo was here with him.

Lee Seung Won's finger started to move.

Click.

Lee Seung Won’s first recording ended with that quiet click.

“My heart is beating so quickly.”

Lee Seung Won's gaze started to move.

Kim Kang Hoon, the Changwon Seongsan-gu shelter’s leader and current Gyeongnam representative, was sitting on an old couch he found from who knows where.

Cale, Lee Seung Won, and Kim Kang Hoon.

Only these three people were here right now.

They were the only ones in all of Gwangalli.

‘…I didn’t really think that only the three of us would come here.’

Kim Kang Hoon was getting a bad feeling as time passed on.

The fog had slowly started to cover Busan starting on November 6th as Commander Kim Rok Soo had mentioned.

He could feel the foresight becoming a reality with his own body.

“There’s no need to be nervous.”

He turned his head after hearing a voice.

Kim Rok Soo was looking at him.

“There’s no need to be worried either.”

Kim Kang Hoon became even more worried after hearing his calm voice.

Why?

"We are not attacking the monster from here. We are just here to watch.”

‘Exactly! That’s why I'm even more scared! That’s the reason only three of us are here!’

Kim Kang Hoon was wondering if he should not have stepped up.

This combination seemed more unreliable the more he thought about it.

“…Lee Seung Won is not an attack-type ability user. He isn’t a defense-type either. He has zero fighting ability.”

And…

‘I heard that Kim Rok Soo is strong, but I have not seen it with my own eyes.’

That was why he could only trust himself.

Kim Kang Hoon bit down on his lips with nervousness.

“Uhh, uhh-!”

He then heard Lee Seung Won's voice and…

“It's here.”

He also heard Kim Rok Soo's calm voice.

Chhhhhhhhh!

Cale pulled on the string of the blinds they had installed yesterday.

About two-thirds of the window was covered starting from the top.

“Put the light out.”

Lee Seung Won, who had been stuttering, quickly put out the candle after hearing Cale’s stern voice.

“Huuuuuuuu-”

The room instantly turned dark.

But that darkness was not what Lee Seung Won and Kim Kang Hoon were focused on right now.

Chhhhhhhhhhhh-

This noise was different from the sound of the wind.

It was definitely the sound of something moving through the water.

It was the sound of the monster getting closer.

They could then see it.

Kim Kang Hoon moved over to Cale who was crouching and looked out the open third of the blinds.

“…M, my goodness.”

He could see it.

Out in the distance where the water should be but he could only see white fog right now…

“…M, monster-!”

in Gwangalli

properly, but he could tell that it had two

“Commander, that-”

“Your mouth.”

his mouth after hearing

Kim Kang Hoon as he put

“Shh.”

had been about to speak

Silence filled the room.

they could hear was the monster approaching from the

Closer…

Slowly getting faster…

was

to say anything,

a large monster go through

able to fit inside

into

Kang Hoon subconsciously continued

if it splits its body into two

Cale covered his mouth.

“It’ll hear you.”

what Cale had

heads, each head has

the same even when the body

would be split following the abilities of each head when split into two

why it is possible to take it

Hoon covered his own mouth

specializes in

heard Cale's

“Please get started.”

then shut up as

Kim Kang

Oooooo-

cry of an animal could be

Paat!

Kang Hoon, Cale,

an odd expression while looking at

toward

Kang Hoon, the Shadow of the

nickname that would be given to Kim Kang Hoon, the

ability related

him nor sense him when he uses his

to sense a certain level of noise and presence that came with moving around.

the blue

made too much noise or failed an attack, it could not be used

not be

seem like quite the restriction, but the night was scarier than

sun is not visible because

day, the sun was not

Tap.

Hoon gently

then nodded

don’t need to worry about our

message being conveyed through

why Cale brazenly lifted the

was at that

Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-

a different noise than the

faintly visible large

“Mmph!”

gasp and covered

‘…This, what the-!’

different looking heads, one yellow and

‘That’s an eel?’

Won's pupils were

was having the same thought as

snake, no,

His hands were sweating.

I call

quite the presence was leisurely

Silently.

Majestically.

heads in different directions as it slowly looked through the

could see everything even with the fog covering the

had this

a monster from

the mixture of

It was beautiful.

was why he

looked like a monster at the

to get the

Rok Soo was

The unranked monsters…

different than the monsters they had fought against

presence they gave off was completely incomparable

to face this kind of monster

Hoon was starting to

Won was

to

Gwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-

buildings were being destroyed as it moved past

‘Mmph!’

‘Gasp!’

Shhhhh-

right in front of the

Hoon and Lee Seung Won froze where they

Tap. Tap.

felt a warm hand on

It was Cale.

his head with his usual expression

Let’s move.

he was saying with this

walk toward the roof even though

‘Ah. That’s a relief.’

Kang Hoon subconsciously had that

he felt relief while looking

offered his back

on and the three of

straight line and was looking at a single spot with both

‘As expected.’

Cale started to smile.

directly at the Gwangan station

“Ssssssssss-”

opened its mouth and let

“Chhhhhhhhhh!”

make a noise as well and then something shocking

Hoon and Lee Seung

‘It’s shrinking!’

‘It’s splitting!’

legend-like beautiful body was slowly

then

“Mm.”

held

monster’s size had shrunk quite a

similar to a Grade

same size as a Grade 1 monster was not the

was now small enough to go through the

“Ssssssssss!”

“Chhhhhhhhhh!”

had split into two made noises at each other before they went down the seventh exit and

Crackle!

Bang!

through the narrow

thought as he watched the

get down

was at that

Bang!

made a loud noise and half of its body was

not be able to hear

of them

Hoon and Lee Seung

“Let’s move.”

Swoooooooosh-

gust of wind surrounded

the ground and jumped across buildings to

him with Lee Seung Won

“They’re fast.”