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-!”

Something much larger than the buildings located in Gwangalli was slowly cutting

properly, but he could tell

“Commander, that-”

“Your mouth.”

his

Hoon as he put

“Shh.”

Won, who had been about to speak as

Silence filled the room.

was the monster approaching from

Closer…

Slowly getting faster…

monster was

Hoon tried not to say anything, but he

a large

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

when it splits into two…!

Kang Hoon subconsciously continued to

body into two and

Cale covered his mouth.

“It’ll hear you.”

Cale had explained

heads, each head has

when the

that the abilities of the Electric Eel would be split following the

is why it is possible to

own

yellow head specializes in

heard

“Please get started.”

shut up as

Kim Kang Hoon

Oooooo-

cry of an animal could

Paat!

Kang

while looking at the light surrounding

toward Kim

Kang Hoon, the Shadow

nickname that would be given to Kim

ability

remember that enemies would not be able to see him nor sense him when he uses

noise and presence that came with moving around. Furthermore, the enemies would not

people surrounded by the blue light could

made too much noise or failed an attack, it

it could not be used

like quite the restriction, but the night was scarier than

is not visible because of the thick

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

Tap.

Hoon gently tapped

nodded

you don’t need to worry about our

tell that that was the message being conveyed through Kim

was why Cale brazenly lifted the blinds a

was at

Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-

the sound of something moving through the

faintly visible large monster was

“Mmph!”

Won held back a gasp and

‘…This, what the-!’

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

‘That’s an eel?’

Won's pupils were

having the same

snake,

His hands were sweating.

should I call

quite the presence was

Silently.

Majestically.

Electric Eel was moving its two heads in different directions

see everything even with the fog covering the

Kang Hoon had this thought

a monster

inside the fog but the mixture

It was beautiful.

why

monster at the level

to get

Rok Soo was

The unranked monsters…

monsters

presence they gave off was completely incomparable to the Grade 1

to face this

was starting

was

to move at that

Gwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-

being destroyed as

‘Mmph!’

‘Gasp!’

Shhhhh-

large body moved past right in front of the Moonlight

and Lee Seung Won froze where they were

Tap. Tap.

two of them felt a warm hand on their

It was Cale.

his usual expression on his

Let’s move.

he was saying

to walk toward the roof even though their

‘Ah. That’s a relief.’

Hoon subconsciously had that

felt relief while looking at the person walking in front of him and his unwavering

his back

three of them soon

a straight line and was looking at

‘As expected.’

Cale started to smile.

directly at the Gwangan station

“Ssssssssss-”

its mouth and let out an odd

“Chhhhhhhhhh!”

make a noise

and Lee Seung Won's

‘It’s shrinking!’

‘It’s splitting!’

beautiful body was slowly

then split

“Mm.”

Kang Hoon held back a

had

similar to a Grade 1 snake

the same size as

now small enough to

“Ssssssssss!”

“Chhhhhhhhhh!”

that had split into two made noises at each other before they went down

Crackle!

Bang!

through the narrow entrance to get

had a thought as he watched

down is smaller compared to the

at that

Bang!

noise and

not be

two of them heard

Kang Hoon and Lee

“Let’s move.”

Swoooooooosh-

of wind surrounded the three

the ground and jumped across

Hoon followed behind him with Lee Seung Won on

“They’re fast.”