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 was slowly cutting through the water

couldn't see its shape properly, but he could tell that

“Commander, that-”

“Your mouth.”

Kang Hoon subconsciously covered his

Kim Kang Hoon as he put his

“Shh.”

who had been about to speak as well, quickly shut

Silence filled the room.

they could hear was the

Closer…

Slowly getting faster…

monster was

not to say anything, but he couldn't hold

how can such a large monster go

able to

if it gets smaller when it splits into two…! There

Kang Hoon subconsciously

it splits its body into

Cale covered his mouth.

“It’ll hear you.”

what Cale had

has two heads, each head has

even when the body is split into

be split following the abilities of each head when split

is possible to

covered his own mouth after Cale removed his

head specializes

then heard Cale's

“Please get started.”

then shut up as

enough. Kim Kang Hoon quickly formed a hand

Oooooo-

as if the quiet cry of

Paat!

surrounded Kim Kang Hoon, Cale, and Lee

had an odd expression while looking at

peeked toward Kim

the

nickname that would be given to

a special ability related to

see him nor sense him when he uses his abilities as long as the sun is

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

the blue light could

the enemy caught them once because they made too much noise or failed

addition, it could not be used

might seem like quite the restriction, but the night was scarier than the day in this

is not visible because

sun was not

Tap.

Kang Hoon gently tapped on Cale’s

nodded

don’t need to worry about

that was the message being conveyed through Kim Kang Hoon's

lifted

was at that

Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-

the sound of something

visible large monster was now clearly

“Mmph!”

held back a gasp and covered his mouth with

‘…This, what the-!’

two different looking heads, one yellow and one blue, cut through the

‘That’s an eel?’

Won's

Hoon was having the same thought as

snake, no,

His hands were sweating.

should I call it

monster with quite

Silently.

Majestically.

two heads in different directions as

everything even with

Kang Hoon had this

a

but the mixture of blue and yellow

It was beautiful.

was why

like a monster at the level of

to get

Rok Soo

The unranked monsters…

completely different than the monsters they

they gave off was completely incomparable to the Grade

this

was

Seung Won was curling up

to move at

Gwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-

destroyed as

‘Mmph!’

‘Gasp!’

Shhhhh-

large body moved past right

Lee Seung

Tap. Tap.

them felt a warm hand on their shoulders at

It was Cale.

nodded his head with his usual expression

Let’s move.

he was saying with this

walk toward the roof even though their presence was

‘Ah. That’s a relief.’

subconsciously had that

as he felt relief while looking at the person walking

his back

Won got on and the three of them soon

line and was looking at a single spot with both of its heads when they got up

‘As expected.’

Cale started to smile.

looking directly at the Gwangan

“Ssssssssss-”

head opened its mouth and let out an

“Chhhhhhhhhh!”

head started to make a noise as well and then

Hoon and Lee Seung Won's eyes opened

‘It’s shrinking!’

‘It’s splitting!’

body was

then split in

“Mm.”

Kang Hoon held

had

Grade 1 snake monster

the same size as a Grade 1 monster

was now small enough to go

“Ssssssssss!”

“Chhhhhhhhhh!”

two made noises at each other before

Crackle!

Bang!

broke through the narrow entrance to get

a thought as he watched the

the entrance to get down is smaller compared to the

at that

Bang!

noise and half of its body

not be able to

them heard

and Lee Seung

“Let’s move.”

Swoooooooosh-

gust of wind surrounded the three

jumped

behind him with Lee Seung Won on his

“They’re fast.”