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 was slowly

he could tell that it

“Commander, that-”

“Your mouth.”

subconsciously covered his mouth after hearing Cale’s

didn’t even look at Kim Kang Hoon as he put his index finger up

“Shh.”

who had been about to speak as well, quickly shut his

Silence filled the room.

hear was the monster approaching

Closer…

Slowly getting faster…

was

to say anything, but

can such a large monster go

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

splits into two…! There

subconsciously continued to

it splits its body into two and

Cale covered his mouth.

“It’ll hear you.”

recalled what Cale had explained about

heads, each

when the body

split following the abilities of each head

it is

covered his own mouth after Cale removed his

head specializes in

then heard

“Please get started.”

then shut

Kim Kang Hoon quickly formed a hand

Oooooo-

quiet cry of

Paat!

half-transparent blue light surrounded Kim Kang Hoon, Cale,

looking

toward Kim

Hoon, the Shadow

nickname that would be given to

ability

enemies would not be able to see him nor sense him when he uses his abilities

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

the blue light could sense each

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

not be used

might seem like quite the restriction, but the

not visible because of the thick

the sun was not visible and the thick fog made it

Tap.

Hoon gently tapped on Cale’s

nodded his

don’t need to worry

tell that that was the message being conveyed through Kim Kang

brazenly lifted the

was at

Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-

the sound of something moving through the

faintly visible large monster

“Mmph!”

Seung Won held back a gasp and covered

‘…This, what the-!’

looking heads, one yellow and one blue,

‘That’s an eel?’

Seung Won's

Kang Hoon was having the same thought

snake,

His hands were sweating.

I call it a

indescribable monster with quite the

Silently.

Majestically.

its two heads in different directions as it

see everything even with the fog covering

Hoon had this

a monster

the fog but the mixture of blue

It was beautiful.

was why

like a monster at the level

started to get the

Soo

The unranked monsters…

monsters they

off was completely incomparable to the

face this kind of monster without

Hoon was starting to

Won was curling up

monster started to move at that

Gwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-

were being destroyed as it

‘Mmph!’

‘Gasp!’

Shhhhh-

body moved past right

Seung

Tap. Tap.

felt a warm hand on

It was Cale.

his usual expression on

Let’s move.

was what he was

to walk toward the roof even though

‘Ah. That’s a relief.’

Kang Hoon subconsciously had that thought for a

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

offered his back

on and the three of them

in a straight line and was looking at a single spot with both of its

‘As expected.’

Cale started to smile.

was looking directly at the Gwangan station entrances heading

“Ssssssssss-”

head opened its mouth and let out an odd

“Chhhhhhhhhh!”

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

and Lee Seung Won's eyes opened

‘It’s shrinking!’

‘It’s splitting!’

large monster’s legend-like beautiful body

then

“Mm.”

Hoon held back a

monster’s size had

Grade

as a Grade

enough to

“Ssssssssss!”

“Chhhhhhhhhh!”

each other before

Crackle!

Bang!

narrow entrance to get

had a thought as he watched

to get down is

at that

Bang!

noise and half of

head should not be able

of them heard Cale's

and Lee Seung Won turned

“Let’s move.”

Swoooooooosh-

wind surrounded the three

jumped across buildings

him with Lee Seung

“They’re fast.”