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-!”

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

he

“Commander, that-”

“Your mouth.”

his mouth after hearing Cale’s

Kang Hoon as he put his index finger

“Shh.”

who had been about to speak as

Silence filled the room.

could hear was the monster approaching from the

Closer…

Slowly getting faster…

was

not to say anything, but he

a large monster go through

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

smaller when it splits into two…! There should

Hoon subconsciously

body into two and shrinks-

Cale covered his mouth.

“It’ll hear you.”

Cale had explained

heads, each head

same even when the body is split

split following the abilities of

is possible to take

own mouth after Cale removed

yellow head specializes in sounds and

then heard Cale's quiet

“Please get started.”

shut

was enough. Kim Kang Hoon quickly

Oooooo-

the quiet cry of an animal

Paat!

half-transparent blue light surrounded Kim Kang Hoon, Cale, and Lee Seung

an odd expression while looking at

peeked toward Kim Kang

the

given to Kim Kang Hoon, the

ability related to stealth

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

wouldn’t be able to sense a certain level of noise and presence that came with moving around. Furthermore, the enemies would not be able

blue light could sense

once because they made too much noise or failed an

could not

the night was scarier than the day in this

because

the sun was not visible and the thick fog

Tap.

Kang Hoon gently tapped on Cale’s

nodded his

don’t need to worry about

message being conveyed through

lifted the blinds

at that

Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-

different noise than the sound

faintly visible large monster was now clearly

“Mmph!”

gasp and covered his mouth with both

‘…This, what the-!’

heads, one yellow and one blue, cut through the

‘That’s an eel?’

Won's pupils

Hoon was having

a snake, no, an

His hands were sweating.

should I call

indescribable monster with quite the presence was leisurely

Silently.

Majestically.

its two heads in different directions as it slowly looked through the

it could see everything even with

this thought in

looks like a monster from

inside the fog but the mixture of blue and yellow was

It was beautiful.

was why he

a monster at

started to get the

Rok Soo

The unranked monsters…

completely different than the monsters they had fought against until

completely incomparable to

had to face this

was

Won was curling up

large monster started to move at

Gwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-

being destroyed as it

‘Mmph!’

‘Gasp!’

Shhhhh-

right in front of

Lee Seung

Tap. Tap.

them felt a warm hand

It was Cale.

with his

Let’s move.

what he was saying with this

walk toward the roof even though their presence was

‘Ah. That’s a relief.’

Kang Hoon subconsciously had that

relief while looking at the

offered his back to Lee Seung

the three of

monster had its body in a straight line and was looking at a single spot with both

‘As expected.’

Cale started to smile.

looking directly at the Gwangan station entrances heading

“Ssssssssss-”

mouth and let out an odd

“Chhhhhhhhhh!”

blue head started to make a noise as well and then something

Lee Seung Won's eyes opened

‘It’s shrinking!’

‘It’s splitting!’

body was slowly

then split in

“Mm.”

held

size had shrunk

similar to a Grade

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

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!

narrow entrance to

thought as he watched

down is smaller compared to the subway

was at

Bang!

yellow head made a loud noise and half of its

not be

two of them heard

Lee Seung Won turned their

“Let’s move.”

Swoooooooosh-

wind surrounded the

off the ground and jumped across buildings to head toward Gwangan

him with

“They’re fast.”