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-!”

located in Gwangalli was

couldn't see its shape properly, but he could

“Commander, that-”

“Your mouth.”

subconsciously covered his

even look at Kim Kang Hoon as he put his index finger up

“Shh.”

Won, who had been about to speak as

Silence filled the room.

could hear was the monster approaching from

Closer…

Slowly getting faster…

monster was

Hoon tried not to say anything, but he

such a large monster go

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

when it splits into two…!

Hoon subconsciously continued

it splits its body into

Cale covered his mouth.

“It’ll hear you.”

Cale had explained

has two heads, each head has

same even when the body is split into

the abilities of the Electric Eel would be split following the abilities of each head when split into

is possible to

own mouth after

yellow head specializes in sounds and

heard Cale's quiet

“Please get started.”

shut

was enough. Kim Kang Hoon quickly formed a hand

Oooooo-

felt as if the quiet cry

Paat!

blue light surrounded Kim Kang Hoon,

expression while looking

toward Kim Kang

Kang Hoon, the

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

had a special ability

remember that enemies would not be able to see him nor sense him when he uses his abilities as long

that came with moving around. Furthermore, the enemies would not be able

the blue

caught them once because they made too much noise or failed an attack, it could not be used on the

could not be

but the night was

visible because of the

of the day, the sun was not visible and the thick fog

Tap.

Hoon gently tapped

then nodded his

to worry about

that that was the message being

lifted the blinds a little

was at that

Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-

than the sound of something moving

large

“Mmph!”

Seung Won held back a gasp and covered his mouth

‘…This, what the-!’

yellow and

‘That’s an eel?’

Seung Won's pupils were

was having the same thought

a snake, no, an

His hands were sweating.

call it a

quite the presence

Silently.

Majestically.

two heads in different directions as it

everything even with the fog

Kang Hoon had this thought in

looks like a

but the mixture

It was beautiful.

was why he

at the level

started to get

Soo was

The unranked monsters…

than the monsters they had fought against

gave off was completely

this kind of

Hoon was starting to

was

large monster started to move at

Gwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-

being destroyed as it moved past

‘Mmph!’

‘Gasp!’

Shhhhh-

past right in front

and Lee Seung Won froze

Tap. Tap.

them felt a warm hand on

It was Cale.

his usual expression on his

Let’s move.

was saying with this

toward the roof

‘Ah. That’s a relief.’

subconsciously had that thought for a

he felt relief while looking at the person walking in front of him

his back to Lee

three of them soon reached

body in a straight line and was looking at a single spot

‘As expected.’

Cale started to smile.

Eel was looking directly at

“Ssssssssss-”

mouth and let

“Chhhhhhhhhh!”

head started to make a noise as well and

Lee Seung Won's eyes opened

‘It’s shrinking!’

‘It’s splitting!’

monster’s legend-like beautiful body was

then split

“Mm.”

Hoon held back a

size had shrunk quite a

similar to a Grade 1

it was the same size as a Grade

now small enough to go

“Ssssssssss!”

“Chhhhhhhhhh!”

split into two made noises at each other before they went

Crackle!

Bang!

the narrow entrance

Kang Hoon had a thought

down is smaller compared to

at

Bang!

head made a loud noise and half of its body was

should not be able

of them heard

Hoon and Lee

“Let’s move.”

Swoooooooosh-

of wind

jumped

with Lee Seung Won

“They’re fast.”