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-!”

buildings located in Gwangalli was slowly cutting through the

he could tell

“Commander, that-”

“Your mouth.”

subconsciously covered his mouth after hearing

Kang Hoon as he put his index finger

“Shh.”

Seung Won, who had been about to speak as well, quickly shut

Silence filled the room.

could hear was the monster approaching

Closer…

Slowly getting faster…

monster was getting

Hoon tried not to say anything, but he

how can such a large monster go through

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

it gets smaller when it splits into two…! There should still be a limit

subconsciously

splits its body into two and shrinks-

Cale covered his mouth.

“It’ll hear you.”

Hoon recalled what Cale

this monster has two heads, each

stays the same even when the body is split into

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

it is

covered his own mouth after Cale

specializes in sounds and

then heard

“Please get started.”

shut up

Kim Kang

Oooooo-

cry of an animal

Paat!

Kim Kang Hoon, Cale, and

expression while looking at the light

peeked toward Kim Kang

Kang Hoon, the Shadow of

that would be given to Kim Kang Hoon, the

special ability related to stealth and

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

be able to sense a certain level of noise and presence that came with moving around. Furthermore,

by the blue light

once because they made too much noise or failed an attack, it could not be

it could not be

restriction, but the night was scarier than

sun is not visible because of the

middle of the day, the sun was not visible and the thick fog made it feel

Tap.

gently

nodded

to worry about our

was the message being

why Cale brazenly lifted the blinds

at that

Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-

different noise than the

large monster was now

“Mmph!”

back a gasp and covered his

‘…This, what the-!’

looking heads, one yellow and one blue,

‘That’s an eel?’

Won's pupils

was having the same thought

a snake,

His hands were sweating.

should I call it a

monster with quite the presence was leisurely

Silently.

Majestically.

was moving its two heads in different directions as it slowly looked

if it could see everything

Kang Hoon had this

a monster from

scales were inside the fog but the mixture of blue and yellow

It was beautiful.

why he was

like a monster at

started to get

Rok Soo

The unranked monsters…

were completely different than the monsters they had

gave off was completely incomparable to the Grade 1

to face this kind of

Kang Hoon was starting

Seung Won was curling up

monster started to move at that

Gwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-

being destroyed

‘Mmph!’

‘Gasp!’

Shhhhh-

right in front of the Moonlight

Kang Hoon and Lee Seung Won froze

Tap. Tap.

them felt a warm hand on their

It was Cale.

head with his usual expression on his

Let’s move.

what he was saying

toward the roof even though

‘Ah. That’s a relief.’

had that thought

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

offered his back

the three of them

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

‘As expected.’

Cale started to smile.

looking directly at the

“Ssssssssss-”

head opened its mouth and let

“Chhhhhhhhhh!”

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

Hoon and Lee Seung Won's

‘It’s shrinking!’

‘It’s splitting!’

large monster’s legend-like beautiful body was slowly starting

then split in

“Mm.”

held

had

similar to a Grade 1 snake monster

was the same size as a Grade 1 monster was

now small enough to go

“Ssssssssss!”

“Chhhhhhhhhh!”

split into two made noises at each other before they went

Crackle!

Bang!

the narrow entrance to

had a thought as he watched the

get down is smaller compared to

at that

Bang!

and half of its body was inside

not be able

them heard Cale's

Lee Seung Won turned their

“Let’s move.”

Swoooooooosh-

gust of wind surrounded the three

and jumped across buildings to head toward Gwangan

behind him with Lee Seung

“They’re fast.”