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-!”

large. Something much larger than the buildings located in Gwangalli was

see its shape properly, but he could tell

“Commander, that-”

“Your mouth.”

his mouth after hearing

as he put his index finger up

“Shh.”

about to speak as well,

Silence filled the room.

could hear was the monster

Closer…

Slowly getting faster…

was

tried not to say anything, but

a large monster go through the

by the fog would not be able to fit inside the subway tunnels even if it was split in

it gets smaller when it splits into two…! There should still be

Hoon subconsciously

it splits its body into

Cale covered his mouth.

“It’ll hear you.”

recalled what Cale had explained

monster has two heads,

stays the same even when

meant that the abilities of the Electric Eel would be split

it is possible to

own mouth after Cale removed

head specializes in sounds

heard Cale's quiet

“Please get started.”

shut up

that was enough. Kim Kang Hoon quickly formed

Oooooo-

quiet cry of an

Paat!

surrounded Kim Kang Hoon,

an odd expression while looking

toward Kim Kang

the Shadow of the

the nickname that would be given to Kim Kang Hoon, the Gyeongnam

had a special ability related to stealth and

to see him nor sense him when he uses his abilities as

and presence that came with moving around. Furthermore, the enemies would

blue light could sense each

much noise or failed an attack, it could

addition, it could not

but the night was scarier than the day in this

sun is not visible because

the sun was not visible and the thick fog made

Tap.

Kang Hoon gently tapped

then nodded

need to worry about our presence

could tell that that was the message

why Cale brazenly lifted the blinds a little

at

Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-

than the sound of something moving

visible large monster was now

“Mmph!”

back a gasp and covered his mouth with

‘…This, what the-!’

looking heads, one yellow and one blue,

‘That’s an eel?’

Seung Won's

Kang Hoon was having the same thought

a snake, no,

His hands were sweating.

should I call it a

with quite the presence was

Silently.

Majestically.

was moving its two heads in different directions as it slowly looked

everything even with the fog covering the

had this

looks like a monster

the mixture of

It was beautiful.

was why he was

like a monster at the level of the

started to get the

Rok Soo was

The unranked monsters…

different than the monsters they had

was completely incomparable to the Grade 1

we had to face this kind of monster without

was starting to

Seung Won was curling

started to move at that

Gwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-

buildings were being destroyed as

‘Mmph!’

‘Gasp!’

Shhhhh-

moved past right

Seung Won froze where they were

Tap. Tap.

two of them felt a warm hand on

It was Cale.

nodded his head with his usual expression on his

Let’s move.

what he was saying with this

started to walk toward the roof even though their presence

‘Ah. That’s a relief.’

Hoon subconsciously had

to melt as he felt relief while looking at the person

his back to Lee Seung

Won got on and the three of them soon

line and was looking at

‘As expected.’

Cale started to smile.

looking directly at the Gwangan station entrances

“Ssssssssss-”

opened its mouth and let

“Chhhhhhhhhh!”

head started to make a noise

and Lee

‘It’s shrinking!’

‘It’s splitting!’

monster’s legend-like beautiful body was slowly starting

then split

“Mm.”

Hoon held back

monster’s size had shrunk

to a Grade 1 snake monster

it was the same size as a Grade 1 monster was not the

small enough to go

“Ssssssssss!”

“Chhhhhhhhhh!”

two made noises at each other before they went down the seventh

Crackle!

Bang!

broke through the narrow

Hoon had a thought as he watched

guess the entrance to get down

was at that

Bang!

made a loud noise and

head should not be

them heard

and Lee Seung Won turned their

“Let’s move.”

Swoooooooosh-

gust of wind

jumped

behind him with

“They’re fast.”