Trash of the Count's Family

“Grr… you’re annoyingly persistent.”

The Cat tribe leader was trying to catch his breath while frowning at Ron.

“Huuuuuu.”

Ron’s breath was also slightly heavy. His face was calm but his back was full of sweat. The old man’s eyes observed the berserk tribe leader.

“I’ve heard stories about berserk Cats but this is my first time seeing it in person.”

Berserk transformations were different based on the attributes of the Beast tribe.

Some of them, such as Tigers and Wolves, grew bigger and their strength increased exponentially. There were also transformations like the Whale tribe’s where there were no physical changes but a medium was used to increase their strength.

The Cats had their own unique transformation as well.

‘First, their whole body becomes covered in fur.’

Their body didn’t grow bigger like the Wolves but there were some physical changes.

‘Most importantly, they become extremely agile and don’t make any noises in their movements.’

They moved very quickly and didn’t make any noise when their feet touched the ground as they moved. This berserk transformation was probably why the Cats were known for being stealthy.

The tribe leader smirked while looking at Ron observing him.

“Keke. You sound very tired.”

Ron didn’t respond to the tribe leader. It was the truth.

Ron had barely caught up to the tribe leader.

“So persistent. Such annoyingly persistent old bastards.”

The tribe leader commented while looking around.

“How they hell do none of you groan even after getting hurt? Your venomous aura should decrease with age but your eyes are all boiling with venomous aura.”

The reason Ron was able to catch up to the tribe leader…

“…….”

“…….”

It was thanks to the people from the Molan Household surrounding the tribe leader.

Whether it was their arm or leg… They were all bleeding with injuries here and there but none of them had released a single groan.

“…You pestering bugs.”

On the way here… Attacks that made the Cats who were running away with the tribe leader stop temporarily or forever had continued all around the forest.

They were all attacks by the Molan household.

They were so persistent in chasing the Cats that they forced the Cats to split up and escape in different directions.

Ron responded with a stoic expression on his face.

“You’re left all alone thanks to those so called pestering bugs.”

“Ugh!”

The tribe leader frowned.

The Cat that was taken down by Ron’s dagger just moments ago was the last one who had been escaping with the tribe leader.

Ron had heard Dodori shouting behind him the moment before he jumped into the forest.

‘Cale fainted! It’s serious!’

On and Hong had run off earlier than he did and did not hear it. Ron realized that there was not much time. He needed to take care of the enemies as quickly as possible before returning to the Roan Kingdom.

Shhhhh.

Ron raised his hand and the people from the Molan household who had not made a single noise disappeared into the fog at his signal.

“Hmph.”

The Cat tribe leader scoffed as if he found them ridiculous but still prepared for their attacks.

Oooooo– oooooo–

There was an eerie noise and the fog around them started to roar.

“Grrrrrrr. Did you really think you could survive after stepping into my domain?”

The tribe leader’s fog ability… Adding on his extremely improved speed and soundless movement from his berserk transformation…

Those two together made it so that coming into the fog domain of a berserk Fog Cat was pretty much asking to be killed.

However, he soon frowned.

“…These crazy bastards!”

The rest of the Molan household other than Ron who had disappeared into the fog moved away from the tribe leader.

The tribe leader quickly swung the dagger in his hand.

Claaaaang!

Ron’s dagger and the tribe leader’s dagger slammed into each other and made a terrible noise.

They were inside the tribe leader’s thick fog. However, the tribe leader could see Ron’s face clearly because he was the master of this fog.

Ron was smiling.

“I’m pretty sure I said I was going to kill you, you bastard.”

“…Is that why you sent your damn subordinates elsewhere?”

“That’s right.”

The tribe leader frowned.

Ron should not be able to see him inside this thick fog. But he was looking right at him. What was going on?

“……!”

The tribe leader then saw a faint red light in his fog and urgently looked behind him.

He could see a red fog trying extremely hard to break into his fog domain.

Small amounts of it were able to push its way into his fog domain.

‘Those motherfucking mutant bastards!’

This was definitely On and Hong’s fog.

Not just that, this was poisonous fog.

That red fog must be telling this damn Molan patriarch about his location.

The tribe leader started sweating.

He had seen the fog that had covered about half of the mountain as he ran away earlier.

‘…How the hell can a twelve year old create such fog?! How can she be so similar to her father-?!’

On and Hong’s father, the former tribe leader, was extremely weak physically compared to the other Cats because he could not go berserk.

The Cats were also a tribe that had to fight. Stealthiness and movement were the two most important things when it came to assassination.

However, the former tribe leader’s fog ability was much stronger than anybody else his age.

that the fog of

Oooooo– oooooo–

again. His fog was quite thick fitting his title as the current

that faint red fog, even dust could

who could

even though

Slaaash-!

even as he

know where I

tribe leader could see Ron’s dagger that was flying directly at his new

quickly blocked Ron’s

‘Fuck!’

tribe leader could not say anything and just changed directions. It was to aim for Ron’s side since Ron should

Bang!

blocked that attack with the dagger in his

in his other hand that

Baaaaang! Bang!

the thick fog… The tribe

“Unbelievable!’

launch another attack when he

‘Holy shit, how?!’

away to take the

only has

was not here and this was

this old bastard moving as if

for him. He had

Baaaaang! Clang! Claaaaang!

endless sounds of their daggers

crap! Why the fuck is

tribe leader’s forehead was dripping

Dagger arts. Strength.

surpass the tribe

did not grow stronger when they went berserk. Their original

‘Unbelievable!’

was holding his dagger was

didn’t have time to pay attention to

he able to attack me when

Fog Cat Tribe’s fog. The tribe leader had achieved victory over

had no answer since all

Claaaaang!

“Ugh!”

could not help but groan while

moment the silence

“How?!”

while looking at

it?! Are you able to see me?! What magic did you

body was covered in sweat but he said a single word with a calm expression

“Breath.”

“What?”

the tribe leader’s response and immediately started attacking

“Ugh!”

Claaaaang! Clang! Tang!

focused as much as possible for this

battle against the Cats at Sheritt’s

to go up against the Fog

training had been

‘Find the enemy’s opening.’

was someone who became stronger in a different manner from Choi Han,

for an assassin to be stronger than

mattered was how well they

was the

the

Rustle.

couldn’t help but make noises whenever he moved. But the Cat tribe leader made no

Cat tribe leader always

was the sound

in and breathing out.

breathing is slowly

his hearing get worse but Ron continued to remember a certain

the moment

away with

survival… Running to

enemies. The scariest thing at that time

that enemies who would kill him and his son

where he had to cover his mouth and his son’s mouth despite their heavy breathing while shaking in

was able to completely restore his senses to be as sharp as it had been

Claaaaang!

“This motherfucking old bastard!”

Drip. Drip.

dripped down the side of Ron’s face and

used a lot of his mental fortitude to focus

the tribe leader

after going berserk. I’m relieved you only got faster. I’ll be able to easily kill

tribe leader’s eyes roared

hide in the fog and chose to put everything on the line to

“I’ll kill you!”

used every ounce of strength to

Claaaaang! Clang! Tang!

after seeing that Ron was extremely

this! You’ll be the first to die, you

tribe leader could see a tree behind

foot and kicked

Pow!

swung his dagger the moment Ron raised both arms to block his kick and Ron barely dodged that dagger

Boom!

leader saw the slightly stiffened expression on Ron’s face before immediately moving his dagger

“Time to finish this!”

Ron’s face as soon as

“Who knows?”

that the tribe leader subconsciously questioned what

children who are learning everything I

had taught stealth techniques and everything he knew other than assassination skills to the children who had lived the life of runaways as he had

Rustle.

quiet noise reached

above

from the

expected and the sound of their daggers clashing had been so loud that… He did

‘An intruder!’

moment the tribe leader finally

land on the

Slaaash-!

something

after hearing the noise and could not

You, you-”

ankle and

to be careful

heard the voice of the younger of the

climbed across trees and stealthily approached him, smiled the same way Cale usually

sharp claws that were full of poison left some not too deep yet not too shallow marks

Drip. Drip.

was dripping from his

“You shithead-, ugh!”

leader who tried to swing his dagger toward Hong stumbled as the world seemed

his

Slaaaash-

opened even more and the black poison seeped

You, you-!”

plopped down on the ground and felt as if he was suffocating as he

Black poison.

was most

voice through the fog. Rustle. Rustle. On did not hesitate